Hidden in a waterfall! Amazing abandoned lost MEDIEVAL mines (pt1)

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  • @snackycakes7326
    @snackycakes7326 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I appreciate how you explain things so people who don't know anything about mining understand...like me. 👍

    • @joeb6723
      @joeb6723 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree. Much better than - Duuude!

  • @Aledharris
    @Aledharris 4 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    Secret tunnel behind a waterfall? Was fully expecting a treasure chest or a dragon.

    • @Mandrak789
      @Mandrak789 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Or Balrog.

    • @crimzenwoffinden9973
      @crimzenwoffinden9973 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I was expecting a drauger and a rune carved wall.

    • @5Dworld
      @5Dworld 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am pretty sure the name of the guy in front of the camera is Tintin

    • @Krog3rr
      @Krog3rr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@crimzenwoffinden9973 hahaha skyrim

    • @1x0YT
      @1x0YT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@crimzenwoffinden9973 Things get real when you see a carved wall.

  • @kenji961
    @kenji961 4 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    That looks exactly like the cave entrance in Skyrim

    • @LostMines
      @LostMines  4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Haha it sure does, awesome game also

    • @chroniccrypto5621
      @chroniccrypto5621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Which one lol

    • @tiko4621
      @tiko4621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@chroniccrypto5621 oh man it’s been years. The one the main questline sends you to, it’s in a crypt. Totally forget the name of the place.

    • @RobinFleming_
      @RobinFleming_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ti Ko Bleakfalls Barrow?

    • @koenskills6796
      @koenskills6796 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Maybe thats what the people that built this mideval mine based it off

  • @MackerelCat
    @MackerelCat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    So interesting I’m glad you guys had fun exploring and could show it to us. I am personally too terrified to go into such narrow spaces so I’m thankful that you filmed and shared.

  • @pandamusic8373
    @pandamusic8373 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Medieval mines now that’s cool. My great great grandfather James Douglas founded a ton of copper mines in Arizona in the 1870s. I’ve seen some explorations of those, but this is really cool! Thanks for the video!

  • @johnfloydman7735
    @johnfloydman7735 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    That entrance to the roman mine is amazing 👍 like a place in middle earth 🙏👍

  • @UKAbandonedMineExplores
    @UKAbandonedMineExplores 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Wow, dramatic place, never seen one that close to a waterfall, very old coffin level.

  • @Hoosier_Boy
    @Hoosier_Boy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Simply amazing! I can't imagine exploring a mine that old.

  • @TC-jg3cz
    @TC-jg3cz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Dude says “oh look it’s collapsed here”. I’d be like “well… perhaps we should get TF out of here then?”

  • @joem6360
    @joem6360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    I'm glad yall have this and their being no graffiti.

    • @jakemocci3953
      @jakemocci3953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Believe it or not, some people respect their history.

    • @geemcspankinson
      @geemcspankinson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Propably further away from any bigger centers

    • @offgridmesa5035
      @offgridmesa5035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Isn’t it funny it’s always the illiterate that love to write.

    • @stewartwyeth1302
      @stewartwyeth1302 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats just daft. Graffiti is history too. Check out churches. Craftsmen would leave their marks so future generations could see that it was them. The word Graffiti has bad connotations.

    • @offgridmesa5035
      @offgridmesa5035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@stewartwyeth1302 we are talking about the vandalism kind of graffiti here. At least I was but people have different perspectives to the conversation.

  • @thebombdigitydog
    @thebombdigitydog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I am sitting in my home in NW Montana usa... droolilng over the history you guys get to see! Thanks for recording for us! Some of us are a bit... stuck in hell...

    • @LostMines
      @LostMines  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      More to come!

    • @slimjim4981
      @slimjim4981 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why are you stuck in hell?

    • @thebombdigitydog
      @thebombdigitydog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@slimjim4981 The person in charge of my countys health is antivax/antimask and thinks covid is fake, my state currently tops the us boards for infection per 100k people, currently 1 in 26 have covid, the new leader of the state is anti mask and thnks covid is fake, 1.2million people in the state with 50k infected... soo...hell... filled with low iq morons. So watching these guys is a fresh breath of intelligent air. If that makes any sense..

    • @thebombdigitydog
      @thebombdigitydog 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Christopher Gray we have 7 months of winter, california costs of living and ghetto wages and meth galore. its not that great. lovely to visit though.

    • @tomgreene7942
      @tomgreene7942 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thebombdigitydog Your state is pretty high, according to www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/montana/ but it certainly isn't the worst. It is ranked about 10th worst per worldometer. And while there have been 50K confirmed cases, the number of currently sick is between 17-22K. The n

  • @Old_Sod
    @Old_Sod 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Love watching mine explores, and now I find a channel of people exploring in mid wales. Amazing I live in mid wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @I.Live4oldcars.prospecting
    @I.Live4oldcars.prospecting ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome footage. Very interesting. This my first time learning you have mines dating back to Roman times. Wow I would love to see one. I'm in Australia and earliest mine I've explored is 1850's

  • @scottishcatlady
    @scottishcatlady 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thanks for posting this. Was fun and interesting to watch. 😀

  • @australiantruckspotting8883
    @australiantruckspotting8883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Easily the most incredible mine video. 1500 years old? No explosives? Utterly amazing

  • @----S.
    @----S. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    Everybody gangsta until the dwarves start to singing

    • @umbra9913
      @umbra9913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Everybody gangsta until you wake up the Balrog.

    • @chrisderose9585
      @chrisderose9585 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@umbra9913 YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!

    • @clockwinder1149
      @clockwinder1149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😆YAS

    • @clockwinder1149
      @clockwinder1149 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Hynrik It's ye olde English, nincompoop.

    • @Paapi_purush
      @Paapi_purush 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Far over the Mistyyy mountains cold

  • @Life_is_Awesome_Civil
    @Life_is_Awesome_Civil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I saw gold price there in video

  • @joediggings844
    @joediggings844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    That old mine looked more solid then a lot of mines in california I guess the explosives must fracture the rock and lead to feature caveins beautiful in it own way great job!

    • @Bankable2790
      @Bankable2790 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know I’ve seen videos of people going in these abandoned mines and I am shitting like WHY would you do that this looks safe by comparison

  • @ricpowers1475
    @ricpowers1475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Very interesting. I remember finding similiar tunnels in Germany as a boy. Interesting that this tunnel came to a dead end. Wonder what its purpose was other than for hiding.

    • @ricpowers1475
      @ricpowers1475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I get it now! Dummkopf i am. They were harvesting something in these tunnels like building Stone.

  • @cnau3031
    @cnau3031 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Can Yu imagine yourself chipping away in their, for days and days?!

    • @eleven9286
      @eleven9286 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Have to get the ore somehow!

    • @TheHeetee94
      @TheHeetee94 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      i guess, if i was born into it during those times 😂

  • @peterharvey6527
    @peterharvey6527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazing what a mine. I watch Abandoned and Forgotten Places that shows American mines. Really getting very interested in these old mines. Great job and fascinating exploration. Will be watching more.

    • @preztrump4310
      @preztrump4310 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I Knw me too. The ones in America.

  • @Theistliecatcher
    @Theistliecatcher 4 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    I crawled through a lava tube near bend oregon usa, and farted at the very end, we were all on our hands and knees at this point in the tube. Ppl were crawling out as fast as they could. I had diarrhea coming so it stunk bad. It may still stink today and that was 35 years ago lol

    • @cltracy2921
      @cltracy2921 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Was it Lava River Cave?

    • @Theistliecatcher
      @Theistliecatcher 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@cltracy2921 im not sure. It was 3 decades ago

    • @nikolaisikes6245
      @nikolaisikes6245 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I've been there as well about 10 years ago. We wondered what died down in the end of the tube...

    • @Theistliecatcher
      @Theistliecatcher 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nikolaisikes6245 lol

    • @cltracy2921
      @cltracy2921 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@nikolaisikes6245 it was back in 2002 for me, and it still stank then.

  • @bloggalot4718
    @bloggalot4718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    All done by candlelight, amazing determination.

  • @unsafe_at_any_speed
    @unsafe_at_any_speed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing that those tunnels are so old and not one sign of graffiti or garbage. There's hope for humanity after all

    • @shendricks5996
      @shendricks5996 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not anymore, thanks to TH-cam

    • @mikehunt8375
      @mikehunt8375 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't come to America! You'll change your mind real quick!

  • @helentucker6407
    @helentucker6407 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow. That was really interesting! (Just been reading merlin in the crystal cave 😆)

  • @thedrunkenfish5855
    @thedrunkenfish5855 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There’s a certain smell to these mines I love !

  • @barrychuckle5565
    @barrychuckle5565 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely loving these videos. The simple explanations are so helpful and your knowledge is vast. You don't seem to assume that everyone that's keenly interested know all the terms etc. Thanks!

  • @dboogeman2002
    @dboogeman2002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for sharing that with us. It is very amazing.

  • @glennbaz2
    @glennbaz2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Totally amazing. Thanks for all your work to bring this to everyone around the world.

    • @LostMines
      @LostMines  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching!

  • @Carolb66
    @Carolb66 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im so glad i found your channel. Just brilliant so interesting , informative & the mines are just stunning. Great documentary. ❤😊

  • @homefront3162
    @homefront3162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Greetings from a California mine explorer 🇺🇸👍🏻

  • @keithlucas6260
    @keithlucas6260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    People were smaller back then and most likely easily fit in there...and yes baskets were used to haul ore, sometimes in a chain handing it from person to person.

    • @keithlucas6260
      @keithlucas6260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What the rails remind me of is the "pit ponies" used to haul ore....they had a short and rough life and often abused.

  • @outdoorjo6752
    @outdoorjo6752 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    wow, amazing mine, probably the oldest in tact coffin mine I've seen. Thanks for sharing guys :o)
    One of these days you're going to find a hoard down one of these, I can feel it in my bones :o)

    • @LostMines
      @LostMines  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fingers crossed!

    • @mfree80286
      @mfree80286 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@LostMines Better to find a hoard than a horde.

    • @LostMines
      @LostMines  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha yes absolutely

  • @dennis7511
    @dennis7511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I tried to go into an old tin mine in Cornwall, but it was a solid wall of flies!

  • @kristinessTX
    @kristinessTX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I cannot imagine how hard it was to carve those mines

    • @jimritzheimer7465
      @jimritzheimer7465 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Imagine how hard it was to build the pyramids or the walls at Machu Picchu

    • @kristinessTX
      @kristinessTX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jimritzheimer7465 Thanks...my mind just exploded.

    • @kristinessTX
      @kristinessTX 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jimritzheimer7465 I really want to believe they fingered out how to manipulate and control rocks with sounds frequency techniques. In Egypt, I am glad to see that the builders (at least some) were not slaves. They had a nice village and seem to have had provided comfortable lives for the families of builders (even if builders' bodies were destroyed by working with the huge rocks). There was a high price but it seems worth it to them.

    • @jimritzheimer7465
      @jimritzheimer7465 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kristinessTX it's amazing. I cannot fathom how ancient people were able to build these structures that still stand today. What amazes me the most is that with all of our modern technology we still cannot duplicate what they did thousands if not tens of thousands of years ago.

    • @LostMines
      @LostMines  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's amazing actually being in them especially the very old mines, totally mind blowing. Al

  • @HydroSnips
    @HydroSnips ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pretty sure there are blast marks on the left side in a few places, between 6:23 to 6:50 when you both stop to listen to the waterfall. You can see where the fresher, less-weathered rock has been exposed. Like little impact craters.
    Is that a beercan at 4:08? 😀

    • @ixxxxxxx
      @ixxxxxxx ปีที่แล้ว

      interesting. i was wondering if it wasnt as old as it seems but id love to believe its medieval

  • @KYRaSYM_
    @KYRaSYM_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so awesome! And you're so knowledgeable! Thank you for sharing

  • @DrBoneright
    @DrBoneright 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Keep off the moors! Stay on the road!

  • @jackdaniel5807
    @jackdaniel5807 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Went in here last weekend :D, second time going in, unbelievable piece of history!

  • @NecroViolator
    @NecroViolator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How awesome ! They just discovered the sewage !

  • @gvbalajee
    @gvbalajee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So beautiful hidden waterfalls

  • @rdamp2374
    @rdamp2374 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great findings of very old workings going to modern ones all must hidden by the water fall.

  • @richardalangriffith
    @richardalangriffith 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fantastic guys, definitely a bit middle earth 😂. Thanks for your time and effort, keep up the good work.

    • @LostMines
      @LostMines  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you enjoyed it

  • @rtothes936
    @rtothes936 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys are something else, bravo for your bravery.

  • @hanksaarinen5371
    @hanksaarinen5371 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good to know about places like this when our Sun goes into micro nova!

  • @casedoumasr656
    @casedoumasr656 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hello nice to see the real old history of the early Roman time and by the water fall it did not look like a lot of waste at least now showing great video Cjd wash state 👍

  • @timmorris3056
    @timmorris3056 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow! I am Horribly Claustrophobic! I'm 6' tall 250lbs. and watching you go in those tight passages, then crouching to get through some, then you said you're 5'6" tall, I immediately felt convulsions from Claustrophobic Freakout. Some people fear dying in fire, others fear drowning, my greatest fear would be to get stuck in one of those and not be able to move and eventually die there, eeeeesh!!!!

    • @LostMines
      @LostMines  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It does get a bit tight sometimes, my fear is heights 😁

  • @martinruddell2682
    @martinruddell2682 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    2:00
    haha, he's in a rural area and he's blown away that there are "trees and whatnot".

  • @passinthru5992
    @passinthru5992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Throughly enjoyed your video. Thank you for the adventure.

  • @soundguydon
    @soundguydon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was incredible!! Thank you for sharing !

  • @umbra9913
    @umbra9913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Everybody gangsta until you wake up the Balrog.

  • @tyreza79
    @tyreza79 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A good geometry to dig while preventing collapse without adding wooden support

  • @go-explore
    @go-explore 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We found a adit behind a waterfall last year looking for other workings, loved it!

  • @doghouse416
    @doghouse416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Awesome find!!,..and i made it all the way to the 4 minute mark before I freaked out and had to stop watching.

    • @glallsopp413
      @glallsopp413 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Go listen closely @ around 5:20 - 5:25.. do you hear it?

  • @maverick4462
    @maverick4462 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love old mines. So cool!

  • @eduardoguidi3371
    @eduardoguidi3371 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Big movie! Very interesting! Best regards from Guarapari Brazil!

  • @timothybarham6374
    @timothybarham6374 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm 6'-1" I definitely would be very uncomfortable walking in that adit. Thanks for sharing!

    • @LostMines
      @LostMines  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for watching!

  • @llc1976
    @llc1976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s beautiful there! Magical

  • @indianatone218
    @indianatone218 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautifully hewn out there al thanks for showing ,them Romans must of been Mavericks as Romans built straight roads them tunnels were all over lol

    • @petertaylor4980
      @petertaylor4980 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're not likely to be ambushed in a mine.

  • @geofiggy
    @geofiggy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was awesome gents. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

  • @richardduerr9983
    @richardduerr9983 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The one ten days I was in Ireland, I was always amazed by how much water flowed everywhere! Of course it rained almost every day on that trip, but it wasn't crazy heavy rain storms, just light, gentle rains, but pretty much constant, with a break hear or there that fortunately often seemed coordinated with our arrival at a tourist spot. Beautiful green country with beautiful rapid streams and heavily flowing rivers, and pretty green foliage everywhere. I got around to many places in the world during my time in the U.S. Navy, but my ten days in Ireland twenty years later brought me to the most beautiful place on Earth. Such a pretty country!!! If I'm wrong and this isn't Ireland, let me know by replying. It will give me a place to aspire to visit after COVID is not a terrible threat anymore. Great video!!!

    • @peterswales1955
      @peterswales1955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's Wales. Also a beautiful (and very rainy) country.

    • @richardduerr9983
      @richardduerr9983 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@peterswales1955 It is a beautiful country, I hope to visit it soon! Keep posting videos of that amazing land and entice me to visit!

    • @peterswales1955
      @peterswales1955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@richardduerr9983 It's not my video, was just commenting. You definitely should visit.

  • @arlichar11
    @arlichar11 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    so interesting.. i can see how someone could feel clostrophobic in a tunnel like that.. but also feel ok as you know someone has been there before

  • @LostMines
    @LostMines  4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    If you think this level is cool wait until you see what we have found, stunning medieval levels, we will be filming it very soon.

    • @UncleBensOutdoor
      @UncleBensOutdoor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Iv been watching your videos for a few years now, I do much the same myself and by myself. I really appreciate your knowledge and explanations. I'd love to chat and learn a bit more, I'm in clarach myself and always up for a explore.

    • @LostMines
      @LostMines  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@UncleBensOutdoor absolutely no problems, we can arrange something for sure. Al

    • @UncleBensOutdoor
      @UncleBensOutdoor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@LostMines nice! .. Here's my email: moodybmoody@gmail.com let me know when it'll be good to tag along, or what you're planning next, I'm around at weekends, working in the week :(
      I look forward to it.

    • @jessewrites17792
      @jessewrites17792 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why was an entrance made next to a waterfall? And this is not a mine for precious metals ?

    • @LostMines
      @LostMines  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would guess Waterfall wasn't there when it was dug 100's of years ago

  • @ianski65
    @ianski65 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    ‘Oresome’ very enjoyable.

  • @maxwilson7001
    @maxwilson7001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The surface of this place is gorgeous! Also, if only you had a bass singer sing subharmonics in that tunnel... Would've been epic.

    • @LostMines
      @LostMines  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its an amazing place to live for sure.

    • @maxwilson7001
      @maxwilson7001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LostMines Where is it by the way? If you mentioned it I forgot haha.

    • @LostMines
      @LostMines  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Itscin mid Wales near a town called Aberystwyth

    • @maxwilson7001
      @maxwilson7001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LostMines Ahhhh so it's in Wales. That explains the beauty haha. Lovely place and a good video. Thanks for uploading it.

  • @sjm2752
    @sjm2752 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. Reminds me of The Wookey Hole caves in Cheddar, Somerset which I visited a few times while living in Bristol.

  • @wishingwell7820
    @wishingwell7820 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is amazingly beautiful 😍 the entrance is awsome

  • @progressivepondkeeping
    @progressivepondkeeping 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What an amazing place to visit. Thanks for sharing 👍

  • @175firefighter
    @175firefighter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So what did they do with the ore back in those early days when they hauled it out. Did they put the rocks and all on a forge and dealt with whatever smelted down?

  • @mubarakali3100
    @mubarakali3100 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Miraculous
    Marvelous
    Amazing
    Unbelievable
    Your Efforts are highly appreciable.

  • @HarzerBergbau
    @HarzerBergbau 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Glück Auf aus dem schönen Oberharz. ⚒

  • @mrs.chandler9384
    @mrs.chandler9384 4 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Imagine all the eye injuries people got before safety glasses.

    • @ce2flaco
      @ce2flaco 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      No doubt. You had to rely on your "safety squints" entirely.

    • @pointerish
      @pointerish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Back in those days, eye injuries were the least of their concerns.

    • @jzjzjzj
      @jzjzjzj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@pointerish no, they would still be a very big concern you cant do much if you are blind

    • @jimritzheimer7465
      @jimritzheimer7465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Back then your eyelids where your safety glasses

  • @katielyb
    @katielyb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The amount of work that went into creating that tunnel alone is just unfathomable. And to think the price of gold wasn't what it is today. It seems to hold up far better than more modern mines though.

    • @stevendouglas6593
      @stevendouglas6593 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think they were after tin.

    • @jenniferdavis2110
      @jenniferdavis2110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @ Katie L ...please go to Professor Roger and his channel is MUDFOSSIL UNIVERSITY

    • @deandeann1541
      @deandeann1541 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Many Roman mines were dug by prisoners and slaves. There was a copper mine the Romans had in the Middle East, the fumes from the Roman technique of building and quenching fires against the rock faces within the mine released dangerous fumes due to arsenic in the copper ore, the average life span of the miners after they began at the mine was estimated to be three weeks. The prisoners sentenced to the mines had an eye put out and the tendons behind the knee severed so they could not run from the guards (but they could still crawl in the mine).
      Huge human suffering was part of the Roman mining process. So many slaves died in the Roman mines that sentencing to the mines became common for lesser and lesser offenses as time progressed. I am glad I did not live there during that era of the late Roman Empire, when the Empire was struggling economically and needed what the mines produced so badly. Life became too cheap as a result.

  • @Miner49er1
    @Miner49er1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I explore mines over here in the U.S., so we don't have the age of the mines you've got. This mine was really cool! Thanks for sharing your adventures!

  • @DanielGarcia-xh6qo
    @DanielGarcia-xh6qo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    White figure all the way in the back at 2:49 spotted

  • @JFinnerud
    @JFinnerud 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Did they use fire-setting to heat up and crack the rock before using hand picks to break it up ?

    • @LostMines
      @LostMines  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not sure on that one no evidence in the mines

  • @lowkee33
    @lowkee33 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I just found your channel, I have been hooked on watching mine exploration here in the states. I never even thought about some of the older more historical mines that you are going through. I just think its amazing! Thank you and I look forward to see where you go next!

  • @gerry5134
    @gerry5134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Enjoyed watching you both but you wouldn't catch me going far inside of that tunnel . My self preservation instincts would kick in warning me not to be silly !! 😁

  • @raymondparsley7442
    @raymondparsley7442 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Truly interesting human endeavor, the ore must have been quite valuable.

  • @jeremyrobbins9064
    @jeremyrobbins9064 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wonder if the cave in can be cleared out....Should all be some what loose right?

  • @TheDocNorman
    @TheDocNorman 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent... an intelligent crew. Thanks guys.

  • @antaron6
    @antaron6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Really good find guys, if thats where I think there is a nearby level with a kibble at the end . .

    • @LostMines
      @LostMines  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No kibble in the levels here 👍

    • @antaron6
      @antaron6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LostMines Pity, must have been ‘collected away’, I last saw it in 1975 so my memories are also medieval !!

  • @neilurwin9670
    @neilurwin9670 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant Video All The Best Of Health To You All.

  • @Barry9hats
    @Barry9hats 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating! Many thanks. I particularly like the history that goes with it. Well done!

  • @GrizzlyGroundswell
    @GrizzlyGroundswell 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    At 1:00 there is a large horse, mule or unicorn head in the greenery made of the light tailings I am guessing?

  • @stevied9082
    @stevied9082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is a Kool discovery.
    Had they come across a cave troll, that would've been interesting 🤔

  • @paulcarpenter2800
    @paulcarpenter2800 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Incredible find and exploring. Thanks again for sharing your work. Kind regards, Paul in Lower Boddington

  • @manchild111
    @manchild111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So very cool. Love the history. Greetings from the USA. Please be careful and I pray God's protection over you all. 🙏

  • @Samphire2
    @Samphire2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Roman Britain ended about 410 AD so it could be a really old mine in terms of much older than the 1500 - 1600 mentioned? Very interesting stuff, i just subscribed, so looking forward to delve into your other vids.

  • @Quan-ue2rr
    @Quan-ue2rr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice 👍 video thanks 🙏 for sharing my friend stay safe stay connecte good luck 🍀👍

  • @justinbarker172
    @justinbarker172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would love to know where this is. I love exploring hidden caves like this and been to a few in Wales. I understand the need to keep these places secret as to preserve them and to respect the history. I have seen what can happen when folk find out about these secret abandoned places like the car graveyard in Gwynedd - people have trashed the place. It really annoys me that people vandalise these places and ruin for other people.

  • @armoryindustrial7884
    @armoryindustrial7884 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is truly an epic video. Well done.

  • @kerryhughes3351
    @kerryhughes3351 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW,
    THANKS 4 THIS AMAZING VIDEO

  • @jameshughes9087
    @jameshughes9087 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    The tunnel is one person wide, so digging must have been slow.

    • @88_TROUBLE_88
      @88_TROUBLE_88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Probably took well over 2 weeks

    • @labibbidabibbadum
      @labibbidabibbadum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@88_TROUBLE_88 I started digging through the cliff behind my house to test it. As a guide, in one day I got through the best part of 0.5 centimetres.
      So, I'm thinking even the best part of 3 weeks for this one.

    • @ronr.53400
      @ronr.53400 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      one to scrape/chisel and one to pick up/remove debris ... maybe alternating 🤔

    • @percyjackson2800
      @percyjackson2800 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not with ancient modern alien tech.

  • @Jolly56Roger
    @Jolly56Roger 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There used to be a mine were I lived in Peak Forest it was called Oxlow mine we used to mess around it as kid bit risky ,it was very deep and lined with lime stone oval shaped then near the bottom it tapered in. there was a gin at the top it has been cap but there is another way it they missed that. Just wondered if you ever went down it ,there are loads more nearby to.

  • @twinvideoproduction9662
    @twinvideoproduction9662 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video and channel. Enjoyed watching your exploration trip. Entering the portal of history engraved in the rocks brings always surprises. Cheers.

    • @LostMines
      @LostMines  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awesome thank you!

  • @saukraya3254
    @saukraya3254 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Those coffin mine seems to be soot free, wonder how they light it there. Also, wouldn't it be risky with mine methane gas?

    • @LostMines
      @LostMines  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No gasses in these mines ,

    • @mikehunt8375
      @mikehunt8375 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      They used candles

    • @saukraya3254
      @saukraya3254 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mikehunt8375
      A low cost tallow candle would burns dirty with a lot of smoke and deposit thick soot and grease upon the ceiling. Far less expensive than candles made from beeswax, tallow candles were also much messier. Even modern quality candle do.
      What's Causing Those Stains on the Ceiling?
      www.nar.realtor/blogs/styled-staged-sold/whats-causing-those-stains-on-the-ceiling

    • @ayomayonnaise8886
      @ayomayonnaise8886 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Candles bro

  • @lorimangold2890
    @lorimangold2890 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    It would make for Great Theatrics, back in Ancient times, to appear from behind a waterfall, or disappear behind a waterfall, one would think you had God like Powers, if you did that

    • @sarahstrong7174
      @sarahstrong7174 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Enid Blyton uses entrances hidden behind waterfalls as a device in one or two of her books.

    • @ronr.53400
      @ronr.53400 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      devious bordering sinster 😚

  • @unclejack41
    @unclejack41 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thats fuquin cool !!!