So beautifully carved and smooth Sandstone walls Toby, safe as SHIT to , not a fallen rock in sight untill the tunnell turned to rock. Cool video Thanks.
It really is a work of art this one isn't it, as yes, safe as houses till the broken ground, it will be there for a thousand years. Thanks for the comment ;-)
As kids, we spent many days exploring tunnels and drives in the Black Hill workings in Ballarat. Some of them were quite hairy as we were often crawling or squeezing our way over roof falls. Also, a number of them had branches and there was always a fear of getting lost. Parents would have had pups if they knew where we were going.
Black Hill is still a great spot, although most have collapsed or been filled. Great way to grow up exploring like that ;-) I'll be doing a video or two in Black Hill soon.
A very clean cut Adit. At 3.11 and 3.30 it looks like a count of 5 scribed into the top of the tunnel on the brown wall. A count of 5 written as IIII with a line through it. There are 2 holes above it which look like holes for explosives .
It is indeed, I'd really like to get all the way to the end but there is so much silt and clay washed in it's impossible. We may tinker with a remote control or wire control car and a go pro at some point, just need the $ for the go pro.
Hi Toby me again Chris . I was trawling through TH-cam, and someone recorded you doing a GOLD POUR at Soverighn hill. I had no idea you were involved with them . Prety cool. 😊
Hi Chris, it's been a few years but I worked there for about 11 years, Haven't cast 100oz in a pour since, I'd better find richer reefs! 🤣 I haven't seen that video, I'll see if I can find it.
@@vsvnrg3263 Cool, thank you. I wonder how long this one has been sitting here, it'll be there for a while to come I'd say. It's full of bullet holes, someone's had a good crack with a 303 or similar.
Nicely presented, great looking structure.
Thanks mate, it really is a great looking mine, it's a pity it doesn't seem to go anywhere.
We had a rescued wombat as a pet so I understand your fear of them
They'd be a cheeky pet wouldn't they? Yes, I don't mind at all on the surface but sharing tight confined spaces with them, no thanks!
So beautifully carved and smooth Sandstone walls Toby, safe as SHIT to , not a fallen rock in sight untill the tunnell turned to rock.
Cool video Thanks.
It really is a work of art this one isn't it, as yes, safe as houses till the broken ground, it will be there for a thousand years.
Thanks for the comment ;-)
As kids, we spent many days exploring tunnels and drives in the Black Hill workings in Ballarat.
Some of them were quite hairy as we were often crawling or squeezing our way over roof falls.
Also, a number of them had branches and there was always a fear of getting lost.
Parents would have had pups if they knew where we were going.
Black Hill is still a great spot, although most have collapsed or been filled. Great way to grow up exploring like that ;-)
I'll be doing a video or two in Black Hill soon.
Yep in a confined crawl space the last thing you want to is come face to face with a angry wombat lol
No, it doesn't strike me as much fun at all!
A very clean cut Adit. At 3.11 and 3.30 it looks like a count of 5 scribed into the top of the tunnel on the brown wall. A count of 5 written as IIII with a line through it. There are 2 holes above it which look like holes for explosives .
It does indeed! Yes shot holes, they'd have been using either blackpowder or dynamite/gelignite or the like depending on when this was put in.
Thats a long adit 😳
It would be interesting to know where they were headed.
It is indeed, I'd really like to get all the way to the end but there is so much silt and clay washed in it's impossible. We may tinker with a remote control or wire control car and a go pro at some point, just need the $ for the go pro.
Hi Toby me again Chris .
I was trawling through TH-cam, and someone recorded you doing a GOLD POUR at Soverighn hill.
I had no idea you were involved with them . Prety cool. 😊
Hi Chris, it's been a few years but I worked there for about 11 years, Haven't cast 100oz in a pour since, I'd better find richer reefs! 🤣
I haven't seen that video, I'll see if I can find it.
That is amazing. Did they dig that tunnel just with picks and shovels? Thanks for the video
It is pretty cool. They would have blasted the bulk out then picked and crowbarred it to the shape it is now, hard and skilled work.
It's a Morris Minor
Thanks for the ID, it may be a few years too late to do it up but good to know what it is, they are 1960's aren't they?
@@billingmetals ,first released 1948. they were making them in up to 1971.
@@vsvnrg3263 Cool, thank you. I wonder how long this one has been sitting here, it'll be there for a while to come I'd say. It's full of bullet holes, someone's had a good crack with a 303 or similar.