1920's Gold Mine Shaft exploration

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  • @me5768
    @me5768 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I'm glad you barred that down as you went. Most of all I'm glad you're OK 👍. Some of that rock looked pretty good for minerals. Look forward for the next one.

  • @MikeBeasley-i9i
    @MikeBeasley-i9i 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    Awesome. I see the class you took paid off with the additional safety precautions. I’m going to have to buy my equipment again. I’m going to be doing some exploration and prospecting around some mines in Colorado this coming spring/summer.

    • @mineoperator
      @mineoperator  13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @MikeBeasley-i9i Hi Mike! Yes, those SPRAT Level 1 classes definitely paid off. I'll feel much safer on rope now. The class helped me to rig, learn new knots, protect the rope with guards, rescue, and one that surprised me was how load angles on your anchor can reach 200%! You never want to increase your angle past 120 degrees. Angles greater than 120 degrees between 2 rope systems/anchors can start surpassing 100% load and can actually double the load on the anchor and carabiner. Too bad I wasn't headed to Colorado in the spring/summer. Would be fun to join you.

  • @VikingExploration60
    @VikingExploration60 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    Looking at the debris and those trapped timbers at the bottom of that shaft, it could well go a lot deeper and is currently plugged, if it was originally a wood lined shaft, I suspect it could have been deliberately collapsed in to create the plug.

    • @mineoperator
      @mineoperator  13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

      Very good point. Typically, drift levels are driven at 100' intervals. We've seen some levels as close as 45' at times. We are very curious 🤔 if we are approximately 10' away from an intersection. We needed more time out there.

    • @VikingExploration60
      @VikingExploration60 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@mineoperator It did look like there was the start of a drift/adit, in I think was the hanging wall at the bottom of the shaft, there appears to be a cut out that was completely filled with rock. Hope I am right and you find yourselves something nice and juicy.

    • @timothyanderson2108
      @timothyanderson2108 6 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Id not be unclipped from.the ropes if i was mucking out over such a thing ​@mineoperator

  • @GrantFricks
    @GrantFricks 5 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks for showing best practices.

  • @jefferywilson4091
    @jefferywilson4091 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    I don't ever see Jeff Williams barring down when you goes in those shafts

    • @mineoperator
      @mineoperator  13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      I know. We hope to work with him one day. We'll stress the importance if we get the chance. All it takes is one rock 🪨 to end it all. Our first short we ever published on our channel is of Ron and I barring down one of our gold mines. We barely touched the hanging wall with a bar and at least 300lbs of material came down. That was sobering.

    • @wes11bravo
      @wes11bravo 7 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@mineoperator- luckily for me, the inside of my head is compromised entirely of dense bony material - the likelihood of any damage resulting from a rock strike is slim and would be more devastating for the rock. :P

  • @mandybrown7758
    @mandybrown7758 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Beautiful Gold specimens

  • @4seasonspix
    @4seasonspix 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Great adventure 💛
    Just imagine, how many nuggets were missed in the past due to them looking like dirty rocks, and miners not having metal detectors yet (unless they used copper dowsing rods).
    Definitely an awesome area to explore✨

  • @bobsprague3363
    @bobsprague3363 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Seems odd they didn't try drifting on a couple of spots. Great video

  • @krakhedd
    @krakhedd 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Ron - the dude always being sarcastic and cracking jokes - being the only one to ask a prayer for you as you make your initial drop, though!!! :D
    Good editing job, overlapping the videos from different cameras to give a consistent frame of reference

    • @mineoperator
      @mineoperator  2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      We all appreciate his humor. When I heard him say that, I knew he realized that the risk is real. No matter how well trained you are. I didn't want to chance anything coming down on me. The crew up top kept it light and humorous. At times, we have so much footage from different cameras. It can be time consuming to piece the footage together. Thanks for your comment 👍. We all appreciate it.

  • @honeyforce996
    @honeyforce996 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Hooooooo I never realized how many rocks could come down until seeing them getting poked. Glad it doesn't have to be mucked out.
    I like that underwater caving sign: "there's nothing in this cave worth dying for!"
    Bet it's even 10x harder than it looks

    • @mineoperator
      @mineoperator  2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      It was such a great workout. We really appreciate your comment and underwater caving sign. We couldn't agree more. My MSHA trainer reminded me that I'm the softest thing underground. A sobering statement.

  • @Rockymountainprospector
    @Rockymountainprospector 20 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

    Heck yea awesome stuff thats what dreams are made of very cool heavy pans happy holidays heavy pans

  • @kanedalton7395
    @kanedalton7395 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I work in rope access, and that is confined space, great to see you have a pgm.
    But you should have that set as a rigged to rescue.

    • @kanedalton7395
      @kanedalton7395 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      And your rope protection should be greater than the collar of the shaft

  • @azwrenchmaster5334
    @azwrenchmaster5334 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    2 questions. What happened to detecting the shaft? ... and what happened to the target under the boulder near the road?

    • @mineoperator
      @mineoperator  4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @azwrenchmaster5334 Great questions. It had rained during the night making the roads so much worse to the mine shaft that the owner deemed it unsafe. I should've mentioned that. I don't know if we lost the footage or why it wasn't shown. We found a large piece of steel under two large quartz pieces. It fooled us big time. Even after digging out that large rock, I had to go another foot down. So close yet so far away.

  • @lundysden6781
    @lundysden6781 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    too much pry work imo, cool drop, brings back caving memories. We used only one rope 25 yrs ago! You can feel the devil bite your ass!!

  • @DIGGER19860
    @DIGGER19860 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    did you use one of those laser tape measure form home depot to measure the depth of the shaft? i have a bosch one it does about 160 feet. they make better ones that go farther.

    • @mineoperator
      @mineoperator  2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I realized I left mine up top. There was so much to manage and I didn't add it to my list to remind me. Doh! 😆. I had to estimate by how much rope I lowered down and pulled up. Using my arm span of approximately 6', I believe it took 15 rope pulls. We need to double check that when we go back. The mud, clearly all the vegetation for access, drilling anchors, and setting up the anchor systems took awhile. It should be much quicker to setup the next time we go out.

  • @candui-7
    @candui-7 6 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    No large jade boulders down there in that serpentinite?

  • @Yngvi_Barran
    @Yngvi_Barran 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Ye old Baofeng radio 😅

  • @candui-7
    @candui-7 7 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Chase's last name? DeVane?

  • @krakhedd
    @krakhedd 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Was that some "Rebelution", Chad??? 8:20 - either way, reggae is good for the soul; I prefer the roots but Rebelution is a good modern reggae band

    • @mineoperator
      @mineoperator  2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      😆 you caught that. I enjoy the roots as well. Not to mention, Stick Figure, The Movement, and many others. Reggae helps keep you calm when on rope and performing tiring or tricky maneuvers. Glad you appreciated that.

  • @GilgoldProspecting
    @GilgoldProspecting 5 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    This video wasn't even intresting

  • @RectalRooter
    @RectalRooter 9 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Ron brags of being a 1%'er I call us to occupy @MineOperator
    --- Power to the PEOPLE !!!!!! -----
    Wink 😁 Wink