Discovering a Remote Abandoned Mines High Up in the Hills - Exploring the Sunshine Mine

The Sunshine Mine is a remote and obscure site nestled in the rugged hills of the Nevada desert. Silver and lead were mined here, but the mine was never very productive. The mine was abandoned before 1900 and has not been worked on a significant scale since. Today, not much remains of the Sunshine Mine. Unfortunately, the underground workings have been picked clean of artifacts and equipment. Surprisingly, the surface offered more in the way of artifacts than the mine itself.
While this certainly wasn't the best exploration we've done, it was worth checking off the list. This mine's waste dump is quite impressive, so we were hoping for some very extensive workings. Mother nature has taken her toll on the Sunshine Mine as major collapses seal off the deepest portions of the workings.
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[@dominusetdeus060644]

The fact that you show us a map of the mine brought your to the top of my favorite mine exploring channels

[@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88]

The underground building was probably a root cellar. And they may have had ice delivered. It's amazing the network they had to deliver ice. A history that is all but completely forgotten.

[@davidhuckaby7806]

Very entertaining stuff here in the wonderful world of abandoned mines.

[@janblake9468]

Boilers don't make slag, furnaces do. Apparently some smelting occurred there.

[@jamesthompson8008]

That's what I was thinking also, especially given the size of that boiler(?) at the end of the clip. Speaks of far more serious works than appears now.

[@SueGirling68]

Hi, a very nice explore of this old mine, I agree that the cabin was used as a blacksmith forge. I bet that was a very busy little town in it's day.
Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💖

[@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756]

One of the nicer mine sites. Thanks for taking us along👍

[@tomjung1067]

Looks a bit like the new underground train station at stuttgart. Just a bit dryer and more solid.

[@ravenbarsrepairs5594]

The structure at the beginning was a blacksmiths shop. The metal chute going through the roof was to direct the forge smoke out of the building.

[@kevinbrennan2004]

A lot of unanswered questions there. Good to see that what is left, has not been shot to shit.

[@pethoviejo]

Love your videos. You take me to places that I wouldn’t dare go. Thanks

[@bebeandjohnnotsonomadiclif5287]

Blacksmith shop...\ Very cool, thank you!

[@DFDuck55]

I'd guess that mine was all hand dug with picks. I didn't see any shot holes anywhere.

[@chet2201]

Been good to see ore they where mining.

[@macfilms9904]

Yep, that's a hood for a blacksmith's forge.

[@martkbanjoboy8853]

When I was a kid we'd go for drives in the country. A common sight was a type of home which was merely a poured concrete basement with water and electrical, maybe sewer service although plumbing could be tricky you'd imagine, and roof. Back in that era it was possible to get an occupancy permit for this type of house. This was back in the 1970's. Too bad governments no longer have this accomodation for average people. Its a nastier world in this regard. Cheers.

[@georgesmith8113]

👍👍😎

[@alexcooley1665]

7 people weren't mining their own business. I think you should do a collaboration with other mine explorers.

[@ronniecardy]

Never see a lot of things around most of these old mines 😴 as far as buildings go.

[@redlight722]

Is that a tank railcar at the end of the clip?

[@RTLichable]

That cabin could have possibly been used for assays.

[@northerncountymedia3049]

@ 7:18 theres a light coming from the middle shaft did anyone see that

[@StefanOnTour]

some of your collapses look like they are actually backfills imo? :)

[@MinesoftheWest]

I think most of them were loose material coming down from stopes and ore passes. So maybe not collapses in a traditional sense, but not quite backfill either.

[@mountainmineexplorers]

What kinda camera do you use it’s really good in low light. Enjoyed the video!

[@MinesoftheWest]

I used my Sony a7III and a Sigma 14mm F/1.8 for this video. I now mostly use a Zeiss Batis 18mm lens because it is smaller and allows me to use a stabilizer. Thanks for watching!

[@danr1920]

I'm uncomfortable just watching the video being in the mine.

[@kourtneycox8749]

Where do you get your info on the mines. I have an old coal mine on my property and haven’t been able to find much information about it.

[@jordangriffith9102]

Is it deep?

[@jarvislarson6864]

Do you ever take a detector in and sweep around? I would think eventually a guy goin into as many gold mines as you aught to find a few decent nuggets? Maybe get lucky and find a gigantic one just waiting to be dug out!

[@michaelcoker3197]

Don't bypass so much.

[@giuliom8520]

Weak ending of the video. I was left wondering if something happened, or what. We caught a glimpse this giant interesting riveted boiler for only one second, and then nothing. 🤔

[@martinlund9524]

yeeh...
ANd please. Go all the way even if you say it is a dead end or collapse.
We like to see "all" of it.
I think this mine is bigger. The upper/lower levels can be big.
And the place where the hoist would have been. It looked like it was something behind that "room".

[@Philios2Glory1]

it might be original hires rootbeer can

[@garyfrey7930]

If you don’t know what the building is used for then maybe you should read up on mining

[@rosilenea4620]

RDR2 total rs

[@TheDamageinc81]

The possibilities beyond the collapse ...⛏️⛏️⛏️🟧🟥🟥🟧 ???