I just found your page! With over 40 years of exploring caves and my grand dad and dad were miners. Holes in the ground has always called me to explore. Now at almost 72 you bring the adventure to me. Thanks buddy I really appreciate what your doing! I'm sure I will watch all the back episodes and eagerly await the next hole.. Please do one thing for me. If you see bats please keep the light off of them. 1 or 2 degrees temperature difference does disturb their hibernation. Other then that buddy I wish I could follow you into the deepest, twistest and longest trek you ever do. Thanks from the bottom of my heart for your videos.
"Gly": Thanks! And welcome aboard! I've been exploring these places since the 80's and now that I'm retired I can do it full time and bring it to the world. My lights are all LED so they emit little to no heat at all except for right at the bulb. But your right, best to leave hibernating bats alone. I was pretty out of shape when I recorded my earlier stuff but nearly one year later I'm doing much better. Glad your enjoying the show! I'll do my best to bring to you some really cool locations. Take care!
Found this channel in a hard time of my life, lost my dad 2 weeks ago and this channel has helped alot, really like it,this is way better than anything on tv
Gee Gly, you sure like driving us around to see these places, a fun ride. Thanks Gly for paying attention to details, brick and mortar type of guy. Thanks for the build up, showing us the small stuff first, now down to the best you offer, the deeper we go. Viewing this video, feel like i'm hunched over. Don't feel hunched over in the Incline, higher back of the mine. Nice tour of that Incline. OK, lets add an Adit. OK Gly lead on. Nice tour. I'm amazed, you put so much into each video, it keeps on given and keeps pulling us on with you. Looking for more adventure with you and your friends.
I'm only 19:00 into this episode and I can already tell that this is the most interesting mine you've shown me so far on your channel and from the title I think the fun is just getting started.
I just cant understand how people built these mines.. Talk about WORK....just tells you how powerful dreams of riches are.. Thank you for showing and explaining to us this side of the human condition... Cheers..Stay Safe....We Freakin Love your adventures...
Have been going back and taking a re-look at your earlier videos. These were two great mines that you found. Really a "study' for all of us to see. In #1 decline adet, did they get the rock material out by track going up the incline? or some kind of a pulley system? Adet #2; I still like that anacronym about barbed wire across a adet opening is actually like a "velvet rope" to "come across and in". ha,ha. I bought one of your T-shirts with that saying on it. And with this video you're reaching to get to 1,000 subscribers and now you are way over 100,000!!! All because you "pack" a entertaining show. Thanks for all of them.
This is a really video and some adventure it's amazing how deep they dug those mines. I would have liked to see them working on it. Take care and thanks so much.
Man just to think of what this mine looked like active back in the day, crazy stuff, glad to be able to watch you go on these adventures, makes me want to go find the nearest mine shaft and go exploring
Can't help but giggle every time I see one of those lil twigs holding up the mountain . lol Seriously though, can you hear the earth move sitting alone in the dark that deep down? I've only been down about 225 Talk about alone serenity .. wowzers
At 26:18 Regarding the Hercules Powder Company:@the 1920’s, the Federal government thought that the DuPont Company was too large so it was divided into 3 companies: DuPont, Hercules and Atlas. The DuPont Company began manufacturing black powder in Wilmington Delaware @1810.
Hi gly , Just to say, I have just discovered this channel and I really like it! They are some cool mines you have been looking at. I have been watching most the other abandoned mine channels for about 6 years,and find the old mines fascinating and the astonishing skill and work,that went in these Operations mind blowing! I Have been down some old lead mines, here in the UK,and that I have found really interesting, all be it wet! Nice production on your videos and good thorough explores! Keep up the good work and i look forward to more adventures! Thanks very much👍
Alvin Osullivan “Gly”: Hi Alvin! Thank you for your support and I’m really happy your enjoying the show! Nevada Mines will continue to air throughout October but I’m back down in the desert southwest beginning to film new sites in Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico. I will be meeting up with Canadian Frank from Exploring Abandoned Mines in the coming weeks. It’s gonna get crazy... stay tuned!!
Wow, i love your channel. Thank god i find it... The fenders, i think, looks like a model b. Greets from Switzerland, the small country with the longest tunnel...
I was amazed at the size of the timbers in the cavern at about 56 minutes in - just thinking about moving the length of some of those almost exhausted me!
#AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Wheres Mr. M? I like it when he goes with you, i can tell he knows a lot about mines. Mr. M is a great guy to have with you while you're adventuring around. Infact I think we all feel better when you have someone with you to be there in case of any situation that could occur. Not trying to sound like a parent or anything but we all like you and care about you and your well-being! Have fun, be safe and we'll be watching! ♥️⛏️💎
Hi Gly! Great explore, thanks for sharing this to us! I like when you come to the inclined shaft at 13:40, sooo nice. Also perfect the mine is so dry! Also little scary with all this collapse, but you know what you're doing, I hope ;)
MickeSamurai “Gly”: Hi Micke! I’m happy you enjoyed the location! These desert mines are dry but much of the wood inside is dry-rotted. Inclined shafts are my favorite places to explore because there not vertical and they look better on camera than a traditional horizontal hard rock haulage adit. I have allot of safety procedures that you don’t see on camera but nevertheless these places are extremely dangerous. If you liked this one your really going to enjoy episode 30 coming up. Stay tuned!!
Bringing back a lot of old memories from my time under/ we must have been stupid to dig out some of those stopes/ but when you were paid good money for it you never seemed to worry/ another good one gly keep going and I hope your back doesn’t go out like mine/ I still see the sun every day so I’m cool/ keep it up and don’t eat to many flap jacks😁😁😁🤓🐿
Kim Kuerbis “Gly”: Hi Kim, thanks! Yeah, this inclined shaft was allot of fun. It kicked my butt trying to climb back out across all that loose muck but it was well worth it.
10,000 Subscribers later 😆... I subscribed mid-stream, if you will so it's been a Journey in itself to look back at older footage! Great stuff Gly! I'm 52 but disabled so it's an honour to watch your shows and "Leave it to the Pro's" haha Pure Epicness along with a generous smattering of Coolness 😎
Over a year later, and Gly has Mr. M and Randy to assist...but man, I was talking to the screen, yelling, "Go look in the stopes! Go look in the stopes!" Of course it wasn't safe for a solo explorer. But, as John M said, I fully understand the search for the Cosmic Door. I only wish I were able to follow along in RL. :) I am having so much fun binging your episodes!
That inclined shaft was the land of drifts and stopes! Really cool. That must have been a heck of a climb out of there. I'm guessing the Hercules powder company is the same one that still makes powder for reloading firearm cartridges. I've used their powder for reloading. Pretty cool. That area where you crawled under the ore shoot was very, very cool! Every episode makes me more and more amazed at how hard those miners worked. Mining ain't no joke!
Hey Gly, new scriber here. I'm loving your desert explorations. Nice and dry. Hot too but this region is perfect for preserving "stuff". I'm out by the Keweenaw Peninsula of Mi. Lots of history here also but without the pumps running, most are flooded now. On a side note...if ol' Bob has a bumper winch you could always bring the cable down with you Lol, that's if ya really get bushed.😉 You take care, Dave
Oldpolcat “Gly”: Hi Dave, and thanks for coming aboard! As this channel grows I may do just that. I’m thinking of fabricating a gantry off of my front bumper that will allow me to be lowered into vertical shafts via a winch with a 700 foot nylon winch cable. I’ve had this idea for quite some time now and I’m working on a collapsible system that’s lightweight and portable. Many of the locations I’ve found are vertical shafts with no man ways so such a system would be ideal for this type of exploring.
A neighbor was killed by standing too close back in the '60s. The ground gave way. Many accidents in 50 yrs. Many Many Many Mine shafts from George Town, to Royal John mines, to Silver City, to Burrow mountains, to Mogollon. Basically thousands.
Hello Gly, at 39:43 - 39:44 there is a whistle (a ghost miner ??). I hope your back is okay as I know how it hurts to land on your coccyx, not nice at all. I have a bad spine too, my discs are herniating, I have had 2 operations to remove 2 crumbled discs and another that's herniated above those 2 in my lower back then 4 discs are bulging ready to go in my neck :( not good. Some very interesting mines there in that area, thank you for all of your hard work. I'm now on the last few episodes till I have watched all of your video's so a sad time for me lol. x
Sue Girling “Gly”: Your right! That is a whistle! And at that point I was too deep for it to be a bird. Good catch Sue! Maybe that ghost miner liked to whistle while he worked. Lol.
So, "barbed wire fences are the velvet rope to adventure," eh? That's a quote for the ages! It would be a good epitaph! Maybe Desert Rat has a better eye than me, but it seems like the old timers left a lot of ore in these mines. The numbered tag @1:03:18 means somebody looked at that mine. The quartz vein @ 51:09 looks promising but, what really surprises me is the stoped out areas along the sides of the incline shaft. They all seem to have ore left in them. Above all, the vein @ 1:00:05 is awesome looking! Were you tempted to carry out a chunk of the ore in that bin @ 36:10? My hat is off to you about one thing. It took some big brass ones to go under that ore bin @ 53:48! The room you found on the other side was worth it, though. Very cool! Thanks for a great video, Gly!
Chris Ackerley “Gly”: Yeah, I just had to see what was on the other side of that ore bin. Curiosity might kill cats but not mine explorers. Lol. Your right! That would make a good epitaph! I was going to use “Died Tragically Rescuing His Family From The Remains Of A Destroyed Sinking Battleship” but that one was already taken.
Chris Ackerley - I am one of those "old timers" , Lol . Yes , I saw some small pockets & thin stringers of Silver Ore but nothing to get excited about . 50+ years ago I helped another old timer re-open an old 1880's Silver Mine . The first 5 yard Dump Truck load of Ore brought $17,500. from the Mill . The Ore in this mine doesn't appear to be anywhere near that rich . - < Doc > .
Dan Eskridge “Gly”: I looked at it again to refresh my memory. That was collapsed material from a un-collared shaft further up on the hill. That’s why it was a almost perfect cone of material going up. Backfilled drifts will most always have a little bit of space between the backfill material and the back of the mine because of settling.
Wow what an incredible mine. That had to be incredible to explore. I imagine you could spend days exploring some of these mines. How old was this mine?
“Gly”: This one didn’t have and documentation but taking into consideration the rusted artifacts laying outside I’m guessing it was originally mined in the 30’s or 40’s with more workings done in the 60’s.
This episode was AWESOME ! I really enjoy all of your content, just wish there was a LOVE button but I suppose I'll have to settle for a LIKE. Keep 'em coming Gly - I watch 'em all !
I can't reach out to you any other way so I will use it. I have located a mine in Trinity county that quite possibly is the infamous "Double Cabin Mine" I need help getting there and after 30 yrs. of researching I'm ready to go. But only with trust worthy partners. You are very respectful of the mines you research and that's what I need. Though this isn't a tunnel mine but the surrounding area is really historically significant. I'm inviting you and your partner to do the trek with me. If you're interested Google the Double Cabin Mine in the San Francisco Chronicle and read up. Besides that there is another place that was somewhat of a town but complete lawlessnes was it's demise. The mining community of Mary Blaine was quite remote for the time and had so many murders that the military got tired of constantly going in to investigate another murder that they finally went in and closed it down for good. That would be alot of fun to explore. There are hundreds of caves throughout the Trinity Alps Wilderness many of which did become mines. It all sounds exciting to me and summers right around the corner. If you're interested at all get back to me and we'll go from there. Isn't this fun. I love guys and hope you'll join me. Thanks for all the videos.
I have a question ... What is the deal with the coloured tape ? They seem to be in the most unlikely places, and in some mines, I notice its possible to have different colours in the mine .. plus some very deep in the mine. ??
“Gly”: More modern prospectors and geologists have gone into these old mines to assay their values leaving behind those markers. The early 80’s also saw a resurgence in prospecting because of the dramatic increase in gold prices during that time.
Thankyou for the response. Hello BTW From the town of Blaneavon in South Wales.. (We dont have much of a history of Gold/SIlver here, only "Black Gold" (Coal) ..
'Gly' got Shafted . lol . I liked that Decline Mine , quite extensive . They moved a lot of rock but I didn't see much in the way of Ore . Suggestion Gly , get yourself several 100 ft. hanks of inexpensive kernmantle rope to use as a "hand line" when going down those decline shafts . Makes it a lot easier to navigate that scree , both going down & coming back up . - < Doc > .
001DesertRat “Gly”: Oh, come on Doc... I’m as sure footed as a mountain goat. Ropes are for sissy’s. Lol. But seriously, climbing back up all that loose rock was quite a chore and a hand line would have made things a whole lot easier. I guess I’m just a glutton for punishment.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces - 'Gly' , my Bambi Goat was a sure-footed mountain goat ( Pigmy Alpine ) and you saw what happened to her . LOL . "Ropes are for sissy’s." - Many years ago I used to do High Angle Rescue in Yosemite National Park , I'd like to see you do that . . . WITHOUT A ROPE . Thank you , but I'll remain a "sissy" . LOL . < Doc > .
Have you had any luck with a brand of gas detector? I bought one another mine explorer used and it croaked in less than a year. For those shafts in sunlight...take a small mirror and reflect the sunlight down in the hole. I've mentioned that before on at least one other channel. I used it when we would go ridge walking for new caves in the winter. It's a trick I learned from an old well driller in my early teens.
So Bob, how did some of the wooden timbers burn?..Looks like maybe trying to bring down the mine..Sure glad you have gloves on...YOUR friend Frank dosent like them..To each his own, right...Thanks for the video....Good job................JB....................
“Gly”: In the older mines they were pushed by hand, steam driven locomotives or pulled by winch or sometimes even burrows. In more modern mines they were pulled by electric or pneumatic locomotives.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Thank you Gly. How are they moved today ? Also I recall you saying in an earlier episode that when blasting, the mine has to be completely evacuated first. So I am guessing the dynamite fuse is ignited by electric current? I can’t see the miners trusting good old match lit fuses to stay lit when traveling several hundred feet to the blasting cap and dynamite
I want to add that I’m enjoying these episodes. It’s fascinating to say the least. I agree with your sentiment about trying to keep certain addit / portals from going public. There are too many less than intelligent people in society who will be stupid enough to go into a mine completely unprepared for potential consequences and get into serious trouble or killed. Thank You for sharing your experiences it’s fun to watch. Be careful out there .
have you ever been exploring in an old of mine and actually happen to have a collapse around you if if if you were alright and how did you get out of it
“Gly”: Yes. In the 90’s I was beginning my decent into a vertical shaft when the collar started to collapse. Thank goodness I was above the collapse and not below it when it occurred.
"Would you do it for love? Would you do it for money, Would you do it for free if you had to honey?" GLY: "Hell yes!" * Apologies to the Eagles. GLY: Notice all of those skinny wooden poles or 2 X 4's are on the same side of the tunnel. I do not see on the back any wires or holes for pegs, so I am thinking those skinny poles were for air compressor pipes and fresh air ducts. What do you think? -A Model A or T both had the gas tank in the body cowl. The 1932 up had the tank there on the tail end. But the 1932 and up had free standing headlights not on the fender brace bar. Making that a Chevy or a Dodge.
Wish the blm was not capping all these mines. Lots of neat stuff to explore. We got are first snow, winter is cracking down on us. Winnemucca got a record snow fall first in 142 years.
Greg Lysne “Gly”: Mining was once a big part of American history and now that history is being permanently sealed off or destroyed in the name of “public safety”. I disagree entirely with what the BLM and Forest Service is doing and that is why I will continue to document as many of these sites as I can before they are gone forever.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces its sad im from a small mountain town in Colorado and between the tree huggers and the blm they are bulldozing shit down and shut. A claim im trying to claim they dozed the cabin down and just trashed the place. Wish there was more miners and less liberals.
So I really don't get how miners back in the early 1900's were digging, or blowing out, these incline shafts. Could you please explain? It looks like they take a certain angle, how is that possible? Once they're at 400-500 feet deep, how the hell do they tnt it? Do you use extra long fuses to compensate climbing out or do the use the mine carts??? Did the miners back then work with candles to make sure the air was ok??
“Gly”: When dropping in a shaft inclined shaft the miners would follow the angle of the surrounding rock strata. This made for much easier rock removal and made for a more stable shaft. Miners did blasts between shifts when everyone was out of the mine. These mines had forced air ventilation so bad air usually wasn’t an issue.
Hey hey what happening Gly great episode , just finished Frank's show now I come to your channel. Wow the woodworking is in great shape.😺😺😺👍 Ok folks! Just got back to the surface....let me hit this oxygen tank in ol bob and head to next addit.😋😋😋😋😁👍. Velvet ropes too adventure..😉😏 underground strip club? 🍻
Roger Adam “Gly”: Yeah! I’m happy Frank moved his show to Saturday’s. Now folks have about an hour and a half of mine exploring fun every weekend. Climbing back out of that inclined shaft kicked my butt especially when having to tote back up all me gear. It was worth it though, inclined shafts are my favorite places to explore. And yes, a hit of oxygen would have been nice. Lol
Bit misleading saying these are veins of silver, normally veins of sulphides (pyrite, galena, sphalerite, jamesonite and stibnite), which contain silver
Since most of the comments are over a year old I'm late to the party but I believe the car is a Model T if it was longer which you can't really tell it would be a model A
I just found your page! With over 40 years of exploring caves and my grand dad and dad were miners. Holes in the ground has always called me to explore. Now at almost 72 you bring the adventure to me. Thanks buddy I really appreciate what your doing! I'm sure I will watch all the back episodes and eagerly await the next hole.. Please do one thing for me. If you see bats please keep the light off of them. 1 or 2 degrees temperature difference does disturb their hibernation. Other then that buddy I wish I could follow you into the deepest, twistest and longest trek you ever do. Thanks from the bottom of my heart for your videos.
"Gly": Thanks! And welcome aboard! I've been exploring these places since the 80's and now that I'm retired I can do it full time and bring it to the world. My lights are all LED so they emit little to no heat at all except for right at the bulb. But your right, best to leave hibernating bats alone. I was pretty out of shape when I recorded my earlier stuff but nearly one year later I'm doing much better. Glad your enjoying the show! I'll do my best to bring to you some really cool locations. Take care!
This channel is deserves way more subs, he is so educational. And his slow panning makes his videos amazing.
I hate when people wush around with there camera too. Same for youtubers playing games.
Why not go into old shaft with modern metal detector and scoop up gold and treasure old miners could not find?
Found this channel in a hard time of my life, lost my dad 2 weeks ago and this channel has helped alot, really like it,this is way better than anything on tv
Sorry or your loss man 😢
By fare the most professional underground explorer on TH-cam. I thank you for that. Every video is purely a joy to watch.
“Gly”: Thank you very much, I’m happy you’re enjoying the channel!
Gee Gly, you sure like driving us around to see these places, a fun ride. Thanks Gly for paying attention to details, brick and mortar type of guy. Thanks for the build up, showing us the small stuff first, now down to the best you offer, the deeper we go. Viewing this video, feel like i'm hunched over. Don't feel hunched over in the Incline, higher back of the mine. Nice tour of that Incline. OK, lets add an Adit. OK Gly lead on. Nice tour. I'm amazed, you put so much into each video, it keeps on given and keeps pulling us on with you. Looking for more adventure with you and your friends.
I'm only 19:00 into this episode and I can already tell that this is the most interesting mine you've shown me so far on your channel and from the title I think the fun is just getting started.
I just cant understand how people built these mines..
Talk about WORK....just tells you how powerful dreams of riches are..
Thank you for showing and explaining to us this side of the human condition...
Cheers..Stay Safe....We Freakin Love your adventures...
Hope you make a lot of money doing this. You deserve it. Awesome video.
I'm hooked! Your channel has me hooked 🎉 I had no idea of the extent of mining like this in Nevada at ALL. Completely blown away.
Have been going back and taking a re-look at your earlier videos. These were two great mines that you found. Really a "study' for all of us to see. In #1 decline adet, did they get the rock material out by track going up the incline? or some kind of a pulley system? Adet #2; I still like that anacronym about barbed wire across a adet opening is actually like a "velvet rope" to "come across and in". ha,ha. I bought one of your T-shirts with that saying on it. And with this video you're reaching to get to 1,000 subscribers and now you are way over 100,000!!! All because you "pack" a entertaining show. Thanks for all of them.
I forgot the tennis ball with the thumbs 👍. Was what I got started with. Good times. Keep it up
Always interesting and enjoyable to watch
I really enjoy your videos. You are 1 very brave man. The videos you bring back are amazing. Thank you
your shows are amazing and thank you for all of the history in learning about all of the caes and places they are so beautiful you are a awesome host
This is a really video and some adventure it's amazing how deep they dug those mines. I would have liked to see them working on it. Take care and thanks so much.
Man just to think of what this mine looked like active back in the day, crazy stuff, glad to be able to watch you go on these adventures, makes me want to go find the nearest mine shaft and go exploring
So nice and amazing views of mines.
Love your work ❤️
Keep it up
Can't help but giggle every time I see one of those lil twigs holding up the mountain . lol
Seriously though, can you hear the earth move sitting alone in the dark that deep down?
I've only been down about 225 Talk about alone serenity .. wowzers
Thanks for sharing Gly! 👍🏻
That is quite the incline, fantastic video, thanks Gly...!
"I don't think I'm gonna walk onto that", after hearing the wood creaking at 6:30 though my phone I agree with you there.
At 26:18 Regarding the Hercules Powder Company:@the 1920’s, the Federal government thought that the DuPont Company was too large so it was divided into 3 companies: DuPont, Hercules and Atlas. The DuPont Company began manufacturing black powder in Wilmington Delaware @1810.
“Gly”: Interesting, I did not know that. Thanks!
I really enjoyed your film, thanks for posting.
Nice work! Thanks for doing all this for us!
Iove the intro music. Much better than the newer music Gly. Thanks for everything.
The Intro of this one is perfect! 😂 you guys are hilarious and completely entrancing! I love this channel!
geology at its best plus showing why the miners came to do what they did ... thanks for making and for sure showing it
Hi gly , Just to say, I have just discovered this channel and I really like it!
They are some cool mines you have been looking at.
I have been watching most the other abandoned mine channels for about 6 years,and find the old mines fascinating and the astonishing skill and work,that went in these Operations mind blowing!
I Have been down some old lead mines, here in the UK,and that I have found really interesting, all be it wet!
Nice production on your videos and good thorough explores!
Keep up the good work and i look forward to more adventures!
Thanks very much👍
Alvin Osullivan
“Gly”: Hi Alvin! Thank you for your support and I’m really happy your enjoying the show! Nevada Mines will continue to air throughout October but I’m back down in the desert southwest beginning to film new sites in Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico. I will be meeting up with Canadian Frank from Exploring Abandoned Mines in the coming weeks. It’s gonna get crazy... stay tuned!!
Love your videos brave man. Tight spots don't bother you. Great content everytime. Never disappoints. Keep safe. Keep up the good work.
Heck of a climb getting out of there!
Wow, i love your channel. Thank god i find it... The fenders, i think, looks like a model b. Greets from Switzerland, the small country with the longest tunnel...
Boy! you have some stamina What a workout! Another interesting "explore" Gly. Thanks for taking us along. Great video footage.
Mickie
“Gly”: Better than the Boston Marathon! 🥵
I was amazed at the size of the timbers in the cavern at about 56 minutes in - just thinking about moving the length of some of those almost exhausted me!
#AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Wheres Mr. M? I like it when he goes with you, i can tell he knows a lot about mines. Mr. M is a great guy to have with you while you're adventuring around. Infact I think we all feel better when you have someone with you to be there in case of any situation that could occur. Not trying to sound like a parent or anything but we all like you and care about you and your well-being! Have fun, be safe and we'll be watching! ♥️⛏️💎
“Gly”: Yeah! I enjoy documenting mines with Mr M. He makes a great exploring partner.
The photo ops at the first location is amazing. Could easily have filled an SD card. 😁😁😁. Love seeing all the quartz, had no idea it was so prevalent.
Hi Gly! Great explore, thanks for sharing this to us! I like when you come to the inclined shaft at 13:40, sooo nice. Also perfect the mine is so dry! Also little scary with all this collapse, but you know what you're doing, I hope ;)
MickeSamurai
“Gly”: Hi Micke! I’m happy you enjoyed the location! These desert mines are dry but much of the wood inside is dry-rotted. Inclined shafts are my favorite places to explore because there not vertical and they look better on camera than a traditional horizontal hard rock haulage adit. I have allot of safety procedures that you don’t see on camera but nevertheless these places are extremely dangerous. If you liked this one your really going to enjoy episode 30 coming up. Stay tuned!!
I'm waiting gladly, will be interesting to see episode 30 ;)
Your videos are so entertaining... Very interesting, thank you, I enjoy watching them my friend 👍☑
Bringing back a lot of old memories from my time under/ we must have been stupid to dig out some of those stopes/ but when you were paid good money for it you never seemed to worry/ another good one gly keep going and I hope your back doesn’t go out like mine/ I still see the sun every day so I’m cool/ keep it up and don’t eat to many flap jacks😁😁😁🤓🐿
Ian Mackenzie
“Gly”: Doing my best to loose 20Lbs so I can get back into doing some rope work again. 👍
That was fun. Lots of silver in them mines. Thanks Gly, c ya next week.💜
Kim Kuerbis
“Gly”: Hi Kim, thanks! Yeah, this inclined shaft was allot of fun. It kicked my butt trying to climb back out across all that loose muck but it was well worth it.
10,000 Subscribers later 😆...
I subscribed mid-stream, if you will so it's been a Journey in itself to look back at older footage!
Great stuff Gly! I'm 52 but disabled so it's an honour to watch your shows and "Leave it to the Pro's" haha
Pure Epicness along with a generous smattering of Coolness 😎
You had to be a very strong person physically and mentally to work a mine like that. Love the channel👍
“Gly”: Thanks!
Over a year later, and Gly has Mr. M and Randy to assist...but man, I was talking to the screen, yelling, "Go look in the stopes! Go look in the stopes!" Of course it wasn't safe for a solo explorer. But, as John M said, I fully understand the search for the Cosmic Door. I only wish I were able to follow along in RL. :) I am having so much fun binging your episodes!
yolo! get in that vertical shaft!
great adventure! you went deep again, twice! I hope one mine takes you to some old dwarven ruins! lol
Excellent Puma
“Gly”: That would be cool! Lord of the Rings... here I come! I just hope I don’t find a dragon.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces : let a sleeping dragon lay, awake ones.....run!!!!
Thanks for sharing God bless all the minors
AWESOME !
Great Intro Gly. Keep up the great work man. I watch your stuff every week
John G
“Gly”: Thanks John!
Been here since the start buddy. KEEP UP THE GREAT JOB!
Can’t wate till the next upload tomorrow morning 👌👍⚒💎💰⛏
absolutely lovely!
"Velvet ropes to adventure" ?🤔 I like that 👍
That inclined shaft was the land of drifts and stopes! Really cool. That must have been a heck of a climb out of there. I'm guessing the Hercules powder company is the same one that still makes powder for reloading firearm cartridges. I've used their powder for reloading. Pretty cool. That area where you crawled under the ore shoot was very, very cool! Every episode makes me more and more amazed at how hard those miners worked. Mining ain't no joke!
“Gly”: It really was. It took me three times longer to get back out than it took me going in. Talk about a workout.
Hey Gly, new scriber here. I'm loving your desert explorations. Nice and dry. Hot too but this region is perfect for preserving "stuff". I'm out by the Keweenaw Peninsula of Mi. Lots of history here also but without the pumps running, most are flooded now. On a side note...if ol' Bob has a bumper winch you could always bring the cable down with you Lol, that's if ya really get bushed.😉 You take care, Dave
Oldpolcat
“Gly”: Hi Dave, and thanks for coming aboard! As this channel grows I may do just that. I’m thinking of fabricating a gantry off of my front bumper that will allow me to be lowered into vertical shafts via a winch with a 700 foot nylon winch cable. I’ve had this idea for quite some time now and I’m working on a collapsible system that’s lightweight and portable. Many of the locations I’ve found are vertical shafts with no man ways so such a system would be ideal for this type of exploring.
39:30 As you were shining the laser down the incline I thought it sure would be nice if that laser pointer in/on your camera was a range finder.
A neighbor was killed by standing too close back in the '60s. The ground gave way. Many accidents in 50 yrs. Many Many Many Mine shafts from George Town, to Royal John mines, to Silver City, to Burrow mountains, to Mogollon. Basically thousands.
Brilliant video , my kind of place to go 😁
Hello Gly, at 39:43 - 39:44 there is a whistle (a ghost miner ??). I hope your back is okay as I know how it hurts to land on your coccyx, not nice at all. I have a bad spine too, my discs are herniating, I have had 2 operations to remove 2 crumbled discs and another that's herniated above those 2 in my lower back then 4 discs are bulging ready to go in my neck :( not good. Some very interesting mines there in that area, thank you for all of your hard work. I'm now on the last few episodes till I have watched all of your video's so a sad time for me lol. x
Sue Girling
“Gly”: Your right! That is a whistle! And at that point I was too deep for it to be a bird. Good catch Sue! Maybe that ghost miner liked to whistle while he worked. Lol.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Lol I bet he did, and who wouldn't want to whistle :). x
Could you come back with your Schnozzolator? I'm really enjoying your videos.
Big front Fenders attached to runners and Square Door looked a 1934 or 36' v8 10hp
Every time Gly asks, "How much weight do you suppose is being held up right there?" I want to answer, "All of it."
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So, "barbed wire fences are the velvet rope to adventure," eh? That's a quote for the ages! It would be a good epitaph! Maybe Desert Rat has a better eye than me, but it seems like the old timers left a lot of ore in these mines. The numbered tag @1:03:18 means somebody looked at that mine. The quartz vein @ 51:09 looks promising but, what really surprises me is the stoped out areas along the sides of the incline shaft. They all seem to have ore left in them. Above all, the vein @ 1:00:05 is awesome looking! Were you tempted to carry out a chunk of the ore in that bin @ 36:10? My hat is off to you about one thing. It took some big brass ones to go under that ore bin @ 53:48! The room you found on the other side was worth it, though. Very cool! Thanks for a great video, Gly!
Chris Ackerley
“Gly”: Yeah, I just had to see what was on the other side of that ore bin. Curiosity might kill cats but not mine explorers. Lol. Your right! That would make a good epitaph! I was going to use “Died Tragically Rescuing His Family From The Remains Of A Destroyed Sinking Battleship” but that one was already taken.
Curiosity may have killed the cat, but satisfaction brought him back!
Chris Ackerley
- I am one of those "old timers" , Lol . Yes , I saw some small pockets & thin stringers of Silver Ore but nothing to get excited about . 50+ years ago I helped another old timer re-open an old 1880's Silver Mine . The first 5 yard Dump Truck load of Ore brought $17,500. from the Mill . The Ore in this mine doesn't appear to be anywhere near that rich . - < Doc > .
At 15:46 that is backfill not "just petered out".
Dan Eskridge
“Gly”: I looked at it again to refresh my memory. That was collapsed material from a un-collared shaft further up on the hill. That’s why it was a almost perfect cone of material going up. Backfilled drifts will most always have a little bit of space between the backfill material and the back of the mine because of settling.
Wow what an incredible mine. That had to be incredible to explore. I imagine you could spend days exploring some of these mines. How old was this mine?
“Gly”: This one didn’t have and documentation but taking into consideration the rusted artifacts laying outside I’m guessing it was originally mined in the 30’s or 40’s with more workings done in the 60’s.
This episode was AWESOME ! I really enjoy all of your content, just wish there was a LOVE button but I suppose I'll have to settle for a LIKE. Keep 'em coming Gly - I watch 'em all !
Denys Poyner
“Gly”: Thanks Denys!!
Awesome new here and I thought you was never gonna make it the end so interesting thanks ever so much
Why leave the old dynamite would be safer to haul it out and dispose of it or is it instable ....just asking because I've never messed with it
You should go to ghost town living where Brent Underwood bought cerro gordo. And help him explore mines
I can't reach out to you any other way so I will use it.
I have located a mine in Trinity county that quite possibly is the infamous "Double Cabin Mine" I need help getting there and after 30 yrs. of researching I'm ready to go. But only with trust worthy partners. You are very respectful of the mines you research and that's what I need. Though this isn't a tunnel mine but the surrounding area is really historically significant.
I'm inviting you and your partner to do the trek with me.
If you're interested Google the Double Cabin Mine in the San Francisco Chronicle and read up. Besides that there is another place that was somewhat of a town but complete lawlessnes was it's demise. The mining community of Mary Blaine was quite remote for the time and had so many murders that the military got tired of constantly going in to investigate another murder that they finally went in and closed it down for good. That would be alot of fun to explore. There are hundreds of caves throughout the Trinity Alps Wilderness many of which did become mines. It all sounds exciting to me and summers right around the corner. If you're interested at all get back to me and we'll go from there.
Isn't this fun. I love guys and hope you'll join me.
Thanks for all the videos.
I have a question ... What is the deal with the coloured tape ? They seem to be in the most unlikely places, and in some mines, I notice its possible to have different colours in the mine .. plus some very deep in the mine. ??
“Gly”: More modern prospectors and geologists have gone into these old mines to assay their values leaving behind those markers. The early 80’s also saw a resurgence in prospecting because of the dramatic increase in gold prices during that time.
Thankyou for the response.
Hello BTW From the town of Blaneavon in South Wales.. (We dont have much of a history of Gold/SIlver here, only "Black Gold" (Coal) ..
There's your new theme: " Don't fence me Out'.
'Gly' got Shafted . lol . I liked that Decline Mine , quite extensive . They moved a lot of rock but I didn't see much in the way of Ore . Suggestion Gly , get yourself several 100 ft. hanks of inexpensive kernmantle rope to use as a "hand line" when going down those decline shafts . Makes it a lot easier to navigate that scree , both going down & coming back up . - < Doc > .
001DesertRat
“Gly”: Oh, come on Doc... I’m as sure footed as a mountain goat. Ropes are for sissy’s. Lol. But seriously, climbing back up all that loose rock was quite a chore and a hand line would have made things a whole lot easier. I guess I’m just a glutton for punishment.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces - 'Gly' , my Bambi Goat was a sure-footed mountain goat ( Pigmy Alpine ) and you saw what happened to her . LOL . "Ropes are for sissy’s." - Many years ago I used to do High Angle Rescue in Yosemite National Park , I'd like to see you do that . . . WITHOUT A ROPE . Thank you , but I'll remain a "sissy" . LOL . < Doc > .
Now that you have the proper gear you should revisit this vertical shaft.
Have you had any luck with a brand of gas detector? I bought one another mine explorer used and it croaked in less than a year. For those shafts in sunlight...take a small mirror and reflect the sunlight down in the hole. I've mentioned that before on at least one other channel. I used it when we would go ridge walking for new caves in the winter. It's a trick I learned from an old well driller in my early teens.
“Gly”: I only use MSA Altair single gas detectors. Yes, I do carry a mirror on me at all times and your right, it works much better than a LED.
So Bob, how did some of the wooden timbers burn?..Looks like maybe trying to bring down the mine..Sure glad you have gloves on...YOUR friend Frank dosent like them..To each his own, right...Thanks for the video....Good job................JB....................
“Gly”: Later day prospectors would set small fires in these mines to flush out the bats.
Now if that doesn't make your back side pucker and I'm just watching a video. Once again my hat is off to you . Stay safe
I'm very curious to know how these ore carts move around on the tracks. Can you possibly explain? Keep up the good work Gly you're the greatest
“Gly”: In the older mines they were pushed by hand, steam driven locomotives or pulled by winch or sometimes even burrows. In more modern mines they were pulled by electric or pneumatic locomotives.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces
Thank you Gly. How are they moved today ? Also I recall you saying in an earlier episode that when blasting, the mine has to be completely evacuated first. So I am guessing the dynamite fuse is ignited by electric current? I can’t see the miners trusting good old match lit fuses to stay lit when traveling several hundred feet to the blasting cap and dynamite
I want to add that I’m enjoying these episodes. It’s fascinating to say the least. I agree with your sentiment about trying to keep certain addit / portals from going public. There are too many less than intelligent people in society who will be stupid enough to go into a mine completely unprepared for potential consequences and get into serious trouble or killed. Thank You for sharing your experiences it’s fun to watch. Be careful out there .
have you ever been exploring in an old of mine and actually happen to have a collapse around you if if if you were alright and how did you get out of it
“Gly”: Yes. In the 90’s I was beginning my decent into a vertical shaft when the collar started to collapse. Thank goodness I was above the collapse and not below it when it occurred.
"Would you do it for love? Would you do it for money, Would you do it for free if you had to honey?" GLY: "Hell yes!"
* Apologies to the Eagles.
GLY: Notice all of those skinny wooden poles or 2 X 4's are on the same side of the tunnel. I do not see on the back any wires or holes for pegs, so I am thinking those skinny poles were for air compressor pipes and fresh air ducts. What do you think?
-A Model A or T both had the gas tank in the body cowl. The 1932 up had the tank there on the tail end. But the 1932 and up had free standing headlights not on the fender brace bar. Making that a Chevy or a Dodge.
Wish the blm was not capping all these mines. Lots of neat stuff to explore. We got are first snow, winter is cracking down on us. Winnemucca got a record snow fall first in 142 years.
Greg Lysne
“Gly”: Mining was once a big part of American history and now that history is being permanently sealed off or destroyed in the name of “public safety”. I disagree entirely with what the BLM and Forest Service is doing and that is why I will continue to document as many of these sites as I can before they are gone forever.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces its sad im from a small mountain town in Colorado and between the tree huggers and the blm they are bulldozing shit down and shut. A claim im trying to claim they dozed the cabin down and just trashed the place. Wish there was more miners and less liberals.
Why no ore sampling?
You can explore silver mines, and you can explore gold mines , but I think you should s stay away from those land mines. Lol
When did they stop using carbide lights?
“Gly”: Well, until battery technology got better I’m guessing. But regardless, miners still continued to use carbide because it was cheaper.
The fact that men really dug these tunnels (back breaking work) in these conditions says alot about the ' Human spirit'.
Hey I'd be emptying those ore shoots out 5 gallon buckets at a time! Sure it might take a lot of work but I bet it would be worth it!!!
Mice place and the old car or truck frame with fenders doors
The Mistral...!
Was that a toy duck under your Jeep at the start lol
“Gly”: Why yes it was. He likes to hang out during oil changes.
What state is this?
"Gly": This was Nevada
At 39:14 i could see a little green dot floating around the camera and then it disappears
"Gly": Well, there was allot of dust down in there.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces yeah it was probably dust
That was Gly's laser pointer.
this mine paid good
So I really don't get how miners back in the early 1900's were digging, or blowing out, these incline shafts. Could you please explain? It looks like they take a certain angle, how is that possible? Once they're at 400-500 feet deep, how the hell do they tnt it? Do you use extra long fuses to compensate climbing out or do the use the mine carts??? Did the miners back then work with candles to make sure the air was ok??
“Gly”: When dropping in a shaft inclined shaft the miners would follow the angle of the surrounding rock strata. This made for much easier rock removal and made for a more stable shaft. Miners did blasts between shifts when everyone was out of the mine. These mines had forced air ventilation so bad air usually wasn’t an issue.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Thank you Gly :)
What's up with the ribbons hanging from the roof?
Survey tape/markers
Thanks for the info, I did find that out while watching another video.
Where is this shaft?
James Klein
“Gly”: Sorry, I don’t reveal locations.
He never stops for a drink of water, I would have gone through a gallon.
You need a better flash light
Lot of bullion came from this mine
Is there some kind of magical formula for figuring how far down a non-descript rock falls down a shaft to come up with the number of feet it fell?
“Gly”: Yes, Google has a calculator online.
Hey hey what happening Gly great episode , just finished Frank's show now I come to your channel. Wow the woodworking is in great shape.😺😺😺👍
Ok folks! Just got back to the surface....let me hit this oxygen tank in ol bob and head to next addit.😋😋😋😋😁👍.
Velvet ropes too adventure..😉😏 underground strip club? 🍻
Roger Adam
“Gly”: Yeah! I’m happy Frank moved his show to Saturday’s. Now folks have about an hour and a half of mine exploring fun every weekend. Climbing back out of that inclined shaft kicked my butt especially when having to tote back up all me gear. It was worth it though, inclined shafts are my favorite places to explore. And yes, a hit of oxygen would have been nice. Lol
Bit misleading saying these are veins of silver, normally veins of sulphides (pyrite, galena, sphalerite, jamesonite and stibnite), which contain silver
Since most of the comments are over a year old I'm late to the party but I believe the car is a Model T if it was longer which you can't really tell it would be a model A