JH Montgomery Machinery Co. was on Curtis street in Denver, and the founder, James H. Montgomery, passed away at home in 1913. I think we can assume the company folded up or sold off soon afterwards.
@@TVRExploring Yeah i found an old ad in a newspaper dated 1899 saying they had bargain eqquipment at up to 50% off with a big list of stuff. All sorts from complete mills to individual parts. Seems they were into the buy and sell market of more complex stuff and made more simple things for themselves. They supplied the original tram ore cars for Cerro Gordo silver and lead mines.
they used that designed ore car in smaller mines ....easier to load from down low. Very rare to see them anymore ...the second ore car has brakes on it , very rare as well ...wooden barrel most likely for water storage ... that is Au-some to find so many ore cars in one mine .... PLEASE Do Not release the location to anyone .... be carful running your air meter so low ....can definitely hear it in your speech ....be safe out there and keep'em coming , these are fantastic vids my friend
Yes, it was pretty special to see that equipment underground there... Thank you for the explanation on the "wheelbarrow" appearance of that ore car. I've learned my lesson about sharing locations from the early days... It's a shame that it has to be that way, but it is the world we live in. Yep, the low oxygen was hitting me pretty hard toward the end of the mine!
It is greatly appreciated that you waited until you were so close to the end of the tour to allow water to bombard the microphone, but then, you have always been so conscientious toward those who enjoy your videos. Thanks.
Well, I do try to be considerate to my viewers. The temptation to throw water into the microphone is just too much for me to resist, but, as you noted, I did make the effort to at least wait a while before doing so... I appreciate the fact that you noticed and acknowledged my restraint.
One of the things I like best about your channel is that you find and document amazing artifacts but make no effort to remove them. About a thousand times over you could have removed a huge variety of items and started your own mine museum, but you've chosen to keep these things in situ because that's the ultimate in respect for and preservation of mining history. As a result, I'm very proud to be a subscriber and supporter of this wonderful TH-cam channel. Keep it coming!
Great explore Justin! I too like see the forest cows. Gives you a calming effect. Those 4 mine carts were worth the trouble and work it took to get there. Thank you so much for taking us with you and not giving the USFS any idea where the mine is located.
I also found an ad for JH Montgomery Machinery Company in Denver, Colorado in The Rocky Mountain Reveille newspaper from 29 September 1899. Definitely one of the older ore cars that we have seen and the mine itself is obviously a fairly old one. Probably later 19th century and early 20th, I would think. The wooden barrel is one that is from the 19th century as it is handmade and has the metal barrel hoops. They were used to store food and other merchandise and the smaller ones were used for beer. and liquor, usually. Amazing mine and amazing video! Thank you so very much for sharing with us all and documenting these historic and beautiful mines before they are destroyed by the Feds.
Total guess on my part but that wooden whiskey barrel also had a hole in bottom & was probably used to collect water dripping down from overhead. By putting a pipe down thru that hole you could have the barrel fill up to the top of the pipe then it would overflow thru that. Probably used for potable water vs out of the ditch.
4 Ore carts ,1 wooden barrel and rail tracks , and 1 drill & air vent machinery, what more could you ask for in a mine like that , don't share the location though cause that's one amazing mine frozen in time , great explore justin you never disappoint us 🙏
Those drill bits posts at the entry had circular loops of wire at the top so I suspect they were used to hold vent hose off the ground. You can see same loops at 9:35 or so with the solid pipe.
Cows with bells and ore cars for midgets! What will they think of next. Anyway, excellent adventure into a pristine mine with very intact machinery, vent pipe, tracks and ore cars. The switching plate was awesome as was the air pump at the front of the mine. Thank you for the wonderful video that takes us back in time. Keep up the great work!
That first car is pretty common for mines that predate muckers. When you are clearing ore or rubble (waste rock) by shoveling it you roll the car up with the sloping tray towards where you'll be shovelling. Tip it down and either rest your boot on the front or put a plank in the metal strap that prevents the bin lip from hitting the rails/ground directly and standing on the plank. This holds the front down so you can easily spade the load straight into the bin without lifting it over the edge of an upright normal bin/car. It also makes it easier raking it into a between rail grizzly when tipped up. Slang term I've heard used is a "Barrow bin", "Barrow Car" or "mucking bin". Some also have a prop on a steel pin that when the bin is tipped it engages in an angled slot and whacked with a shovel to release and allow the bin to tip back level.
Don't we love a great background/side story about the Forest Cows? Gives an added sense of mystery. Love it. What a fascinating adit---the rocks! In parts, are those faults on either side, with the host rock (vein) in between being chased? And the efficiency and esthetics of the small "bridges over a creek". I also loved the junction where the main rails also had the bending rails going around where the water comes down so much. All in all a really great mine! Thanks for filming and sharing!
Yes, those are small faults on either side, which can be quite rich in minerals along the contact zone, but, overall, this was a spectacularly unsuccessful mine.
That was a very good mine all that stuff into it no spraycan markings Not robbed out Very good the remote Mines Thank you for the explore and the Video Greetings and a good day take care Yours Frank Galetzka
Those were some extremely healthy looking open range cows. Interesting how the "piss ditch" kept passing under the rails from side to side. The row of drill steels on the left side each had a wire hoop just the right size for the air tubing. And the air tubing further in all had the same wire loops. Very cool ore carts. And no one has stolen the manufacture plates or wheels off them! My latest (for about a year now) pleasure in abandoned mine videos is Welsh mines. Some go back to the Roman Empire days. A lot of them are lead mines. They seem to have things that you don't see in American mines. Like "climbing chains" which is how the miners moved from level to level. A long chain hanging down the rib that they climbed up and down. And lots of clay bits stuck on the ribs to hold tallow candles. Often with miner finger prints still in them. They are always on the left side of the adit as you go in (right side as you go out) which apparently was so you could easily tell which direction you were going, in or out. And ropeways rather than the tramways you see here. Ropeways used hemp rope rather than wire rope. And the bullwheels are horizontal rather than vertical like you see on American tramways.
Yes, the forest cows must take good care of themselves as they always seem to be in rude health... That's quite interesting about the Welsh mines. I visited a Roman gold mine in Wales with my mother that had been turned into a museum. And then, of course, spending as much time in Italy as I do, I have seen a number of Roman mines.
There are a fair few old lead and copper mines around me in North Wales. They are mostly long forgotten. There is one right by my parents house I intend to explore this year. Not on any maps, but a good spoil heap!
Justin , great find on that Mine , Thank You for showing it to us . That little Half-Yard Ore Car @5:36 -- I found one just like it , but in much better condition , at the Mizpah Mine in Tonopah , Nevada when I worked there in 1978 for Houston Oil & Minerals Co . . On my Lunch Breaks , I'd walk around the property while eating my lunch ( brown bagging it ) , just seeing what all was there , and I found that little Half-Yard Ore Car in an open shed near one of the larger storage buildings . ---- < Doc > .
Thank you for a nice video on this old mine. It makes you wonder about all the steel and machinery left behind. I was worried about the air quality but you did tell us later in the video you were carrying an air quality tester. Lots of history in those old mines. Thks again. 👍
Hi Justin, it's good to see another video from you. I think the unique part with the second ore cart is the plate is there yes but so are all of the wheels lol. That first ore cart was kinda cute and it reminded me of a skip car a little bit. A nice explore, I was blown away by the fact that huge barrel was once filled with whiskey, no wonder the mine wasn't that productive, the miners were all 9 sheets to the wind on the whiskey lol. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💖
Thank you, Sue. Yes, it was great to see all of the ore cars in place... That is so rare. Those were unique ore cars as well. Haha, your theory about the barrel of whiskey makes sense. I didn't see any evidence that that mine was successful.
Another cracking video. These are addictive viewing as I love such things. It’s hard to imagine the last day that those items were abandoned. Fascinating. Keep making these videos, excellent camerawork, lighting and narration.
@TVR- There are two possibilities, The canvas vent tubing that is laying on the ground may have been at one time suspended off the wet ground from those used drill bits. This is Mine #2 I have seen in such an arrangement, or they may have had lights suspended by the drill bits. The fact the Canvas ist laying there, I would venture a guess, the vent tube canvas was once hung from those bits. And... Gents, remember, nothing was wasted when the mine was in operation. The drill bits were often collected and taken to the Mine Blacksmith and fashioned into other tools, (Screwdrivers, Picks, Hammers, Wrenches, Knives and horse-shoes), the steel was good quality steel and it was a ready to use source once the bit end was worn out. In this instance This was an excellent repurposing of a source item.
Hi Justin Great video and mine. Thanks for the video, I think the drill pipe was for the air bags, you can see a wire the size of the pipe when you are inside a bit. Thanks for the video
the drill steel with wire hoops were probably to hold an Air Tube if you consider the blower setup at the adit . That's my two cents of worthless thoughts ;-) ;-) ;-)
That first ore car looked more like a skip car bucket sitting on an ore car wheelbase. And the drill steel had those wire loops - as if they had vent pipe running thru the loops at that level for whatever reason. I'd guess the whiskey barrel may have been used for collecting drinking water? Seemed to be placed near a lot if water coming down.
The whiskey Barrel also had a hole in the bottom and a 90 degree pipe coming out of it running towards the entrance. How for it went though, I couldn't tell.
I’ve enjoyed your exploration of this hidden mine, also the history, and proof of our hard working men, in real time artifacts makes your channel so interesting too. Thank you.
Does anyone know the earliest use of the vent bagging? Seems like that would have been a much later use than the flat belt driven blower at the entrance would indicate.
For a barrel to function properly the staves need to be kept wet in order for a seal to be maintained between the staves. It is exactly the same with a cork , natural not plastic, a damp cork provides an airtight seal to stop the wine becoming corked due to air reacting with the alcohol in the wine. Hence why wine bottles should be laid on their sides.
From the "look's of thing's..." I would say the drill steal was put that way, with the tie wore on it to hold up the air line that was on the ground....seams odd but that's what it looks like. At some time someone has come in there and tried to mine this out 1/2 assed and used what was there...Thank you for the great Video's.
A great explore Justin, nice stuff in and outside the mine, and i now finally know how a wet mice sounds. A very stable mine, sadly not much digging left and right, hence that oak barrel of whiskey hehe.
It's a play on the Cornish miners always having "a cousin Jack" that was willing to work in a mine... A double jacking drill bit takes two "Jacks" to work it. One brave "Jack" holds the steel drill bit in place, while another miner (another "Jack") smashes down on it with a sledgehammer. As you can probably imagine, severe injuries and even deaths were common. Amazingly, some crews would even do it entirely in the dark to try and save their candles.
One of the most interesting mines I’ve seen. The rock strata looked pretty benign though. Didn’t appear to be multi faceted for gold recovery. Thanks. 🇦🇺😁👍🏻
Cool mine, love all the stuff you found, so rare to see that still untouched like that. Amazing old whiskey barrel, I guess a useful water supply tank?
Yes, as you know quite well, the more difficult it is to reach a mine, the more likely one will find cool stuff inside... It is hard to say with the whiskey barrel, but it was indeed probably for water.
Wow!! I am so glad you found this one!! We need to conserve this mine due to its condition and artifacts. This is one we need to buy a steel gate for and lock it up so we can properly save Everything! How can we do this? How can we put a claim on it and save all the museum quality artifacts? Such a rare find my friend! No better person I know than you to get this documented.
the first minecart, you find, that one that look liked a wheelbarrel , i think it was used for equipment hauling, because really dont need any sharp how to tip it, its perfect for shovels,pickaxes,etc etc
Cool, I guess they were driving it in to a waterway covered by volcanic material. Cows in the forest ain’t normal? Well, time moves on. On barrels there is usually a burnt in marking on one of the flat ends. It‘s made of oak, could be a lot older than the mine it was used in. Well done, interesting nonetheless!
The B. F. Sturtevant Co., the maker of the blower, was started in 1860 and survived until 1989. Started by making fans to move dust in his wood peg making business for the shoe making industry. Heating ducts and blower systems were first designed by this company. Installed the first commercial air conditioning system in 1906. Hard to believe all this stuff is still in place. neat video.
It must of been brought back in service at a much later date because the gas motor is modern. Looks like a Briggs or a Wisconsin from the late 50s or newer.
Wow! some great artifacts before you even started the explore. Now that is some interesting strata along the adet. Very solid looking. Do you know what mineral they were mining here? Such a difference in the mines "up North" and those in AZ, NV and South. You've explored alot of "wet mines", as I look back. Interesting to see. Thank you for filming it for our viewing.
My thoughts on the big barrel is that it's a water butt, for drinking water, it does look like something like a pipe entered through the hole in the bottom as the hole is clear of the timber supporting the underneath. I could be wrong, it could also be used to hold bulk drill steels inside the mine.
I wonder if the black muck equates in any way to black sand(s) that are sometimes found panning for gold? Maybe the miners hit an area of black rock surrounding the gold they were following and being similarly heavy never got washed away down the piss ditch. Good to see a new video Justin. Many thanks and hope you are well. All the best my good man.
Seeing some of what is left behind, have you ever gotten the feeling that they left stuff there with the intention of returning sometime soon but for some reason weren't able to?
somtimes they do, sometimes all the workers go home for the night and come back to the mine closed and everything stays right where it was left from the day before. from the looks of this one at some point some one tried to bring this mine back to life.
Amazing mine. Doesn't look an overly successful mine but surprisingly extensive. I can see some veins which they may have had some payload but no significant stopes.
JH Montgomery Machinery Co. was on Curtis street in Denver, and the founder, James H. Montgomery, passed away at home in 1913. I think we can assume the company folded up or sold off soon afterwards.
Thanks for digging that information up!
@@TVRExploring Yeah i found an old ad in a newspaper dated 1899 saying they had bargain eqquipment at up to 50% off with a big list of stuff. All sorts from complete mills to individual parts. Seems they were into the buy and sell market of more complex stuff and made more simple things for themselves. They supplied the original tram ore cars for Cerro Gordo silver and lead mines.
Harper whiskey still in business
Looks like there's a catalog of theirs in the National Museum of American History. Index for it on the museum website.
LIke FORD ? , or SINGER , FOLGER, DuPONT ? or any of the literally thousands of other co's. whose founder passed long ago.
they used that designed ore car in smaller mines ....easier to load from down low. Very rare to see them anymore ...the second ore car has brakes on it , very rare as well ...wooden barrel most likely for water storage ... that is Au-some to find so many ore cars in one mine .... PLEASE Do Not release the location to anyone .... be carful running your air meter so low ....can definitely hear it in your speech ....be safe out there and keep'em coming , these are fantastic vids my friend
Yeah, I agree about the barrel, probably had a valve on the bottom that rusted off. It's funny how wood can survive when metal doesn't.
Yes, it was pretty special to see that equipment underground there... Thank you for the explanation on the "wheelbarrow" appearance of that ore car.
I've learned my lesson about sharing locations from the early days... It's a shame that it has to be that way, but it is the world we live in.
Yep, the low oxygen was hitting me pretty hard toward the end of the mine!
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So come on let's go!
@@TVRExploring thanks for sharing this old mine with us. And thanks for keeping the location to yourself. AU-some!
I NEED MORE COW BELL🤣😂🤣😂😂
It is greatly appreciated that you waited until you were so close to the end of the tour to allow water to bombard the microphone, but then, you have always been so conscientious toward those who enjoy your videos. Thanks.
Well, I do try to be considerate to my viewers. The temptation to throw water into the microphone is just too much for me to resist, but, as you noted, I did make the effort to at least wait a while before doing so... I appreciate the fact that you noticed and acknowledged my restraint.
@@TVRExploring Your restraint was greatly appreciated and deserved recognition.
One of the things I like best about your channel is that you find and document amazing artifacts but make no effort to remove them. About a thousand times over you could have removed a huge variety of items and started your own mine museum, but you've chosen to keep these things in situ because that's the ultimate in respect for and preservation of mining history. As a result, I'm very proud to be a subscriber and supporter of this wonderful TH-cam channel. Keep it coming!
Yeah don't show the forest service any details or they'll gate it off to protect us from our freedom to make our own stupid choices.
The patina on that wooden barrel is stunning.
Great explore Justin! I too like see the forest cows. Gives you a calming effect. Those 4 mine carts were worth the trouble and work it took to get there. Thank you so much for taking us with you and not giving the USFS any idea where the mine is located.
Yes, I'd hate for the Forest Service to find this one... And, yes, all of the cool stuff inside did indeed make the long hike worth it.
I also found an ad for JH Montgomery Machinery Company in Denver, Colorado in The Rocky Mountain Reveille newspaper from 29 September 1899. Definitely one of the older ore cars that we have seen and the mine itself is obviously a fairly old one. Probably later 19th century and early 20th, I would think. The wooden barrel is one that is from the 19th century as it is handmade and has the metal barrel hoops. They were used to store food and other merchandise and the smaller ones were used for beer. and liquor, usually. Amazing mine and amazing video! Thank you so very much for sharing with us all and documenting these historic and beautiful mines before they are destroyed by the Feds.
Total guess on my part but that wooden whiskey barrel also had a hole in bottom & was probably used to collect water dripping down from overhead. By putting a pipe down thru that hole you could have the barrel fill up to the top of the pipe then it would overflow thru that. Probably used for potable water vs out of the ditch.
That makes sense...
4 Ore carts ,1 wooden barrel and rail tracks , and 1 drill & air vent machinery, what more could you ask for in a mine like that , don't share the location though cause that's one amazing mine frozen in time , great explore justin you never disappoint us 🙏
Those drill bits posts at the entry had circular loops of wire at the top so I suspect they were used to hold vent hose off the ground. You can see same loops at 9:35 or so with the solid pipe.
this mine is indeed full of surprise
Another awesome NorCal mine adventure... thank you for sharing
Thank you for coming along!
Glad to see you posting abit again 👍😁
Awesome mine explore. Thank you.
This is another awesome video. Whoever it was did a lot of work in that mine.
Cows with bells and ore cars for midgets! What will they think of next. Anyway, excellent adventure into a pristine mine with very intact machinery, vent pipe, tracks and ore cars. The switching plate was awesome as was the air pump at the front of the mine. Thank you for the wonderful video that takes us back in time. Keep up the great work!
That first car is pretty common for mines that predate muckers. When you are clearing ore or rubble (waste rock) by shoveling it you roll the car up with the sloping tray towards where you'll be shovelling. Tip it down and either rest your boot on the front or put a plank in the metal strap that prevents the bin lip from hitting the rails/ground directly and standing on the plank. This holds the front down so you can easily spade the load straight into the bin without lifting it over the edge of an upright normal bin/car.
It also makes it easier raking it into a between rail grizzly when tipped up.
Slang term I've heard used is a "Barrow bin", "Barrow Car" or "mucking bin". Some also have a prop on a steel pin that when the bin is tipped it engages in an angled slot and whacked with a shovel to release and allow the bin to tip back level.
Scoop car is the official terminology. They usually had a little tilt-turntable underneath the tub.
@@bulletz9280 I was only using the terms I have heard used for it in Australia, it doesn't surprise me that it's called a Scoop car in the US.
That looks like a well constructed mine and the railing is very impressive
Cool mine
Don't we love a great background/side story about the Forest Cows? Gives an added sense of mystery. Love it. What a fascinating adit---the rocks! In parts, are those faults on either side, with the host rock (vein) in between being chased? And the efficiency and esthetics of the small "bridges over a creek". I also loved the junction where the main rails also had the bending rails going around where the water comes down so much. All in all a really great mine! Thanks for filming and sharing!
Yes, those are small faults on either side, which can be quite rich in minerals along the contact zone, but, overall, this was a spectacularly unsuccessful mine.
That was a very good mine all that stuff into it no spraycan markings
Not robbed out
Very good the remote Mines
Thank you for the explore and the Video
Greetings and a good day take care
Yours Frank Galetzka
Thank you, Frank. Yes, the remote mines are a real treasure.
Forest cows. 👍👍
Your best intro yet.
I'm glad you're a fellow enthusiast of the forest cows...
Those were some extremely healthy looking open range cows. Interesting how the "piss ditch" kept passing under the rails from side to side. The row of drill steels on the left side each had a wire hoop just the right size for the air tubing. And the air tubing further in all had the same wire loops. Very cool ore carts. And no one has stolen the manufacture plates or wheels off them!
My latest (for about a year now) pleasure in abandoned mine videos is Welsh mines. Some go back to the Roman Empire days. A lot of them are lead mines. They seem to have things that you don't see in American mines. Like "climbing chains" which is how the miners moved from level to level. A long chain hanging down the rib that they climbed up and down. And lots of clay bits stuck on the ribs to hold tallow candles. Often with miner finger prints still in them. They are always on the left side of the adit as you go in (right side as you go out) which apparently was so you could easily tell which direction you were going, in or out. And ropeways rather than the tramways you see here. Ropeways used hemp rope rather than wire rope. And the bullwheels are horizontal rather than vertical like you see on American tramways.
Yes, the forest cows must take good care of themselves as they always seem to be in rude health...
That's quite interesting about the Welsh mines. I visited a Roman gold mine in Wales with my mother that had been turned into a museum. And then, of course, spending as much time in Italy as I do, I have seen a number of Roman mines.
There are a fair few old lead and copper mines around me in North Wales. They are mostly long forgotten. There is one right by my parents house I intend to explore this year. Not on any maps, but a good spoil heap!
Nice Explore Justin and nice to see a mine that has been respected with nothing taken and nothing left behind
Thank you. I suspect that the reason this mine still had the equipment inside was due to the remote location...
Astounding, the condition of this place. Like a time capsule!
Woohoo forest cows!
Lots of cool artifacts in that mine! Thanks for yet another great explore.
Justin , great find on that Mine , Thank You for showing it to us . That little Half-Yard Ore Car @5:36 -- I found one just like it , but in much better condition , at the Mizpah Mine in Tonopah , Nevada when I worked there in 1978 for Houston Oil & Minerals Co . . On my Lunch Breaks , I'd walk around the property while eating my lunch ( brown bagging it ) , just seeing what all was there , and I found that little Half-Yard Ore Car in an open shed near one of the larger storage buildings . ---- < Doc > .
What a great opportunity to wander around and to discover interesting things at the Mizpah!
Love the ore cars. Rare to see them. Great mine as well. Thanks. ls
Thats a LOT of work for a long empty adit. No sign of any workings at all ... Great artifacts though!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
No, I didn't see any evidence that this was a successful mine...
Awesome video what a huge mine hope to see more soon I wate for your uploads
Another great trip. I love this stuff. Try never to miss. Thanks Ray from Ohio.
Thank you for a nice video on this old mine. It makes you wonder about all the steel and machinery left behind. I was worried about the air quality but you did tell us later in the video you were carrying an air quality tester. Lots of history in those old mines. Thks again. 👍
Probably more trouble than it was worth to get everything out of there given the location...
If you notice where the hole is in the bottom of the barrel it's where the wheels run on the mine and they oil the line with it
What a great find! Thanks for sharing. 👊😁
Great video,the narration very informative, thanks. Cheers from Australia.
Hi Justin, it's good to see another video from you. I think the unique part with the second ore cart is the plate is there yes but so are all of the wheels lol.
That first ore cart was kinda cute and it reminded me of a skip car a little bit. A nice explore, I was blown away by the fact that huge barrel was once filled
with whiskey, no wonder the mine wasn't that productive, the miners were all 9 sheets to the wind on the whiskey lol.
Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💖
Thank you, Sue. Yes, it was great to see all of the ore cars in place... That is so rare. Those were unique ore cars as well. Haha, your theory about the barrel of whiskey makes sense. I didn't see any evidence that that mine was successful.
@@TVRExploring lesson for the day, don't drink and mine lmao, take care. xx
Another cracking video. These are addictive viewing as I love such things. It’s hard to imagine the last day that those items were abandoned. Fascinating. Keep making these videos, excellent camerawork, lighting and narration.
@TVR- There are two possibilities, The canvas vent tubing that is laying on the ground may have been at one time suspended off the wet ground from those used drill bits. This is Mine #2 I have seen in such an arrangement, or they may have had lights suspended by the drill bits. The fact the Canvas ist laying there, I would venture a guess, the vent tube canvas was once hung from those bits. And... Gents, remember, nothing was wasted when the mine was in operation. The drill bits were often collected and taken to the Mine Blacksmith and fashioned into other tools, (Screwdrivers, Picks, Hammers, Wrenches, Knives and horse-shoes), the steel was good quality steel and it was a ready to use source once the bit end was worn out. In this instance This was an excellent repurposing of a source item.
Hi Justin Great video and mine. Thanks for the video, I think the drill pipe was for the air bags, you can see a wire the size of the pipe when you are inside a bit. Thanks for the video
Thank you. Yes, I think you're right about the drill bits.
Outstanding video! Never really saw the vein they were searching for. 👍👍👍
Thank you. I don't think the miners saw that vein they were searching for either! I think this mine was a failure...
the drill steel with wire hoops were probably to hold an Air Tube if you consider the blower setup at the adit . That's my two cents of worthless thoughts ;-) ;-) ;-)
It makes sense...
Another great video
Hope U find the mother Lode
Stay safe 🙏
That first ore car looked more like a skip car bucket sitting on an ore car wheelbase. And the drill steel had those wire loops - as if they had vent pipe running thru the loops at that level for whatever reason. I'd guess the whiskey barrel may have been used for collecting drinking water? Seemed to be placed near a lot if water coming down.
The whiskey Barrel also had a hole in the bottom and a 90 degree pipe coming out of it running towards the entrance. How for it went though, I couldn't tell.
Ah loving the forest cows! That drill was an incredible find, great condition. Artifacts from the start. 🐂🐃🐄🪓⛏️❤😊
Gotta love the forest cows...
@@TVRExploring 😊👍 just chilling watching your latest video now, Wednesday night treat. ❤️
I’ve enjoyed your exploration of this hidden mine, also the history, and proof of our hard working men, in real time artifacts makes your channel so interesting too. Thank you.
Thank you, Lisa. I'm glad you're enjoying it...
Great video with awesome artifacts! So cool that all that stuff remains just where they left it.
Thanks again. Long live the Orr car
That wire on the bit looks like maybe the hung the vent or air line off them
Yes, I think that is likely what was done.
Lol I think you explorers follow each other around. I swear I just saw a video of someone else doing this one. They wiped out though.
I like that cow
Does anyone know the earliest use of the vent bagging? Seems like that would have been a much later use than the flat belt driven blower at the entrance would indicate.
Mines are often worked off and on for generations... The plastic bagging is much more modern than the blower.
Somehow I didn't get notified, so glad I looked, love your videos!
Thank you very much. I'm glad you didn't miss this one.
The low oxygen was affecting your counting, Justin. That “four way” junction was a three way!
Great video, great mine.
The forest cows need to be reoccurring characters on every episode. This video was awesome man. I love watching you explore 🤘✌️
Thank you. Yes, I need to be more diligent about showing the forest cows as we've seen them doing some pretty awesome stuff...
For a barrel to function properly the staves need to be kept wet in order for a seal to be maintained between the staves. It is exactly the same with a cork , natural not plastic, a damp cork provides an airtight seal to stop the wine becoming corked due to air reacting with the alcohol in the wine. Hence why wine bottles should be laid on their sides.
Awesome love them ore carts cool little blower
Great journey, thank you
From the "look's of thing's..." I would say the drill steal was put that way, with the tie wore on it to hold up the air line that was on the ground....seams odd but that's what it looks like. At some time someone has come in there and tried to mine this out 1/2 assed and used what was there...Thank you for the great Video's.
Thank you. Yes, I'd say you're 100% right in your assessment of what was going on there...
A great explore Justin, nice stuff in and outside the mine, and i now finally know how a wet mice sounds. A very stable mine, sadly not much digging left and right, hence that oak barrel of whiskey hehe.
No, I don't think this was a successful mine... The rock was wonderful for exploring though!
Most barrels and containers used to have marks on the end caps. Great explore!
Oh my goodness it's so difficult looking for the definition of double-jacking drill bit. That's a new one on me.
It's a play on the Cornish miners always having "a cousin Jack" that was willing to work in a mine... A double jacking drill bit takes two "Jacks" to work it. One brave "Jack" holds the steel drill bit in place, while another miner (another "Jack") smashes down on it with a sledgehammer. As you can probably imagine, severe injuries and even deaths were common. Amazingly, some crews would even do it entirely in the dark to try and save their candles.
Thank you for the information :)
Wow! Great find by the Cows! So sorry that the water found its way into the camera though as that can be an expensive drip right there.
The cows haven't let us down yet... The microphone dries out. It just wrecks that part of the video when water gets in.
Note the sides looks like there was like 2' of water in there at one time.
Thanks for another great explore!
What an Amazing bit o' relics 👍
One of the most interesting mines I’ve seen. The rock strata looked pretty benign though. Didn’t appear to be multi faceted for gold recovery. Thanks. 🇦🇺😁👍🏻
Good afternoon from Southeast South Dakota
Is it possible that a small oil deposit seeped into the mine? It looked oily and greasy floating on the surface of water...🍻
Cool mine, love all the stuff you found, so rare to see that still untouched like that. Amazing old whiskey barrel, I guess a useful water supply tank?
Yes, as you know quite well, the more difficult it is to reach a mine, the more likely one will find cool stuff inside... It is hard to say with the whiskey barrel, but it was indeed probably for water.
The patina on that wooden barrel is amazing - a lot of ceramicists would kill to make a glaze that looks like that!
Wow!! I am so glad you found this one!! We need to conserve this mine due to its condition and artifacts. This is one we need to buy a steel gate for and lock it up so we can properly save Everything! How can we do this? How can we put a claim on it and save all the museum quality artifacts? Such a rare find my friend! No better person I know than you to get this documented.
What a great mine!!! Very cool explore!
the first minecart, you find, that one that look liked a wheelbarrel , i think it was used for equipment hauling, because really dont need any sharp how to tip it, its perfect for shovels,pickaxes,etc etc
Very fun.
Great video!
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at 11:35 there is yellow lettering on the side of that barrel
Yes, I didn't pick up on it until the way out... "Harper Whiskey"
I was struggling to breathe just listening to you working harder as the oxygen level dropped in the back there.
Cool, I guess they were driving it in to a waterway covered by volcanic material.
Cows in the forest ain’t normal? Well, time moves on.
On barrels there is usually a burnt in marking on one of the flat ends. It‘s made of oak, could be a lot older than the mine it was used in.
Well done, interesting nonetheless!
CRAZY FIND !!!
The B. F. Sturtevant Co., the maker of the blower, was started in 1860 and survived until 1989. Started by making fans to move dust in his wood peg making business for the shoe making industry. Heating ducts and blower systems were first designed by this company. Installed the first commercial air conditioning system in 1906. Hard to believe all this stuff is still in place. neat video.
It must of been brought back in service at a much later date because the gas motor is modern. Looks like a Briggs or a Wisconsin from the late 50s or newer.
Wow! some great artifacts before you even started the explore. Now that is some interesting strata along the adet. Very solid looking. Do you know what mineral they were mining here? Such a difference in the mines "up North" and those in AZ, NV and South. You've explored alot of "wet mines", as I look back. Interesting to see. Thank you for filming it for our viewing.
That mine is something, who knows the last time someone was in there. I have always wanted to see one of those barrels.
Spark Plug probably came from the Champion Mine, due ESE in the Inyo Mountains. Cool mine, thanks.
What does that mean ?
With all that flowing water, I am surprised that there wasn't a Sluice Box inside!
They couldn't have done any worse doing that than this mine apparently did...
My thoughts on the big barrel is that it's a water butt, for drinking water, it does look like something like a pipe entered through the hole in the bottom as the hole is clear of the timber supporting the underneath.
I could be wrong, it could also be used to hold bulk drill steels inside the mine.
Hard to say at this point... It could be either explanation. Regardless, it is pretty cool.
I wonder if the black muck equates in any way to black sand(s) that are sometimes found panning for gold? Maybe the miners hit an area of black rock surrounding the gold they were following and being similarly heavy never got washed away down the piss ditch. Good to see a new video Justin. Many thanks and hope you are well. All the best my good man.
Thank you. I wish I knew enough about geology to be able to address your speculation. It makes sense though...
@@TVRExploring If we're lucky maybe @Jeff Williams will see this thread and chime in. 😉
probably not. the black color is most likely caused by iron oxide or manganese oxide being deposited by the water.
Seeing some of what is left behind, have you ever gotten the feeling that they left stuff there with the intention of returning sometime soon but for some reason weren't able to?
somtimes they do, sometimes all the workers go home for the night and come back to the mine closed and everything stays right where it was left from the day before. from the looks of this one at some point some one tried to bring this mine back to life.
@sirmonkey has it completely right, I believe...
@@sirmonkey1985 Thanks much, both you and TVR
congrats on 105k subs!
Justin; I was worried when you were trying to figure out what the barrel was for and then you looked in it, I was waiting for a yell of "honey pot"!
Wow! What a find mate. Maybe there was whiskey in that barrel!👍😎🇦🇺
Don't like the wet ones. No stopes. But like you said the ore cars were amazing. Still too wet.
You should consider 3D printing a cover to go over the microphone portion of you camera. 🙂 Loved this mine!
Seems to me that those bells would sure make those cows easy prey for coyotes, wolves, mountain lions, bears and poachers!
oh my gosh you guys☺️
great stuff , i could use some of that drill steel !
Amazing mine. Doesn't look an overly successful mine but surprisingly extensive. I can see some veins which they may have had some payload but no significant stopes.
No, I didn't see a lot of evidence that this was a successful mine...
I enjoy watching your videos
Thank you.
The giant barrel reminds me of a distillery hogshead.
5:45 DUDE! Put it back on the rails and push it!
That barrel connected to the pipe running out by the looks of it. I assume it was their "clean" water supply perhaps.