Finding Something Unexpected in an Unnamed Prospect (Abandoned Mine) Near Hillsboro, New Mexico
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ย. 2019
- Ending our adventure in a mining district near Hillsboro, New Mexico, we explore an unsuspected surprise. I knew of an adit (mine entrance) just above Highway 152 heading into Hillsboro, but could find no history of it on the USGS reports. I assumed it to be a small prospect that probably didn't go very far into the mountain, but this mine was not the case. A few hundred feet into the workings, we observed brilliant colors of yellow, orange, and turquoise lining the back and ribs of the drift. The turquoise looks to be chrysocolla or another copper-based ore, and the yellow seemed to be some sulfur-based sticky clay at the time. An afterthought also might have been uranium, but I have no idea. If anyone knows, please enlighten me in the comments!
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This is mental. I’m a New Mexico native and I live about 1 and a 1/2 hours from Hillsboro. About 4 months ago I visited that exact mine! Super crazy and epic to see more people getting to experience it! Keep up the great videos :)
Thank you! I'm about the same time-distance from there too! That mine seems to get quite the amount of visitors due to its vicinity to the highway.
I was there last month and went about 100 years past where you guys did. It is an extension to the mine on the other side of the mountain.
@@jaysantos536 I've been there as well! We crawled into the lower end of the stope and explored some of the main workings. It's unfortunate that many of the workings out there are mostly inaccessible due to massive stoping and flooding. Thanks for watching and commenting!
"Whoa yeah, look at dat!"
-Reminds me of the time I first got my hands on a Playboy🤣
That's hilarious! 😆
I hope you guys are equipped with gas monitors, Geiger counters etc. cool video.
I do carry a gas monitor. As for a Geiger, I don't have one, and I don't really have any interest in uranium mines because of the potential long-lasting effects of visiting one. Thank you for the comment and compliment!
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND yep H2S is lethal, tasteless, odorless, need a sensor. Other gases are also dangerous underground. I can’t decide on which Geiger counter to purchase. I have surveyed old uranium mines on the surface, which is definitely “hot” we had maps, and Geiger counters, specialized training etc. I love your channel. I live in las cruces, usually when I visit an old mine, it is either blatantly obvious, or nearLy impossible to find. My GPS will take me to the largest anthill I have ever seen. Anyways I love your videos! Keep it up!
I was up there today and figured out that the ore chute leads to another level. The topo map shows another prospect directly above this one so next time I'm there I'll hike above the portal and see if there's another level. It's been a few years since you guys were there but it looks pretty much the same with no additional collapses I could see.
I've been there again this past year and everything seemed the same. I believe the upper entrance may be a shaft and I haven't visited it. There are more workings on the other side of the ridge that belongs to the main workings of the mine there. The many mines in that area are mostly working on single veins that are stoped out, and many of them are flooded.
Awesome mine to explore forsure.
For being a smaller mine, it is a cool place to visit! Thanks for watching!
This new channel has a ton of potential. Excellent photography and description. Please stay safe and keep on keeping on
Thank you very much! I appreciate you stopping by!
Curious if this in just above and north of 152, is the "S curves" before dropping down into Hillsboro ) my mother lives there). I've hiked almost every inch of the area but didn't enter all of the adits. BTW... if you haven't hiked the nearby "Box" you'll want to be sure to do that. Thanks for the video!
I see you are familiar with the area! Haven't been down to the box yet, but I've heard of interesting things down there!
It name in a grouping of mines is the "Copper Flat Mine". 1877 to 1880 while looking for gold. It has also been known as the "Wicks Mine". They never found any gold and why they gave up on it and called it the Copper Flat Mine(meaning nothing but copper found). When I was there in the 1970's there was a dead Indian skeleton halfway inside. Never saw his horse thou.
Where you guys seen the cave in and stoup, that goes goes all the way up and if you go north outside from the entrance there is another top down vent entry on up the hill. And yet another entry on the other side of the hill also like a back door. It is usually full of rain water there thou.
Thanks for the comment! The Copper Flat Mine is near this area, and is an open pit mine that has been worked intermittently throughout the years. A New Mexico-based company wants to reopen the mine, but has faced resistance from local residents. The Wicks is on the other side of the ridge, and this is most likely a separate site of that mine, but the topo maps only mark it as an "Unnamed Prospect." I did find some fragments of a skeleton at the portal and I assumed it to be from an animal.
It's crazy that you found an Indian skeleton in there! How did you know it was Indian?! A lot of those mines in that area have water buildup from runoff, and they are difficult, if not impossible to access. The stopes in this mine are incredibly narrow and have large amounts of roots penetrating through the rock. I have been there several times, and have seen another portal on the other side of the ridge, but it seems like it does not connect with this particular mine.
There is an old Native burial ground justt a couple of miles away. Somebody went out there and covered everything, trying to hide it.
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND It was wearing Indian leather breaches when we found it. That was in 1972
i once was driving towards SLC UT but have always loved driving thru all them lonely New Mexico deserted highways .... on my way back towards Utah from s.Texas ,I had to make an emergency stop on the side of the road due to a big rain/wind storm that caught me off guard ,plus I had to pee .... after the storm I let the rain water run off a little, it was like 6 inches , then I just got out and do a little walking and stretching out on the side of the road when I saw this thing sticking halfway out of the ground, it was it's squared rectangled shape that caught my attention .... I STILL HAVE IT AND AFTER 30 PLUS YRS. STILL HAVENT GOTTEN CHECKED OUT , BUT ITS LIKE A 3 LB BAR OF A COPPER/GOLD COLOR METAL COLOR BAR and it's beautiful , you can see where it was created as they poured "hot melted metal over cold metal" that had already been poured, if anyone is interested in helping me out figuring what this stuff is, maybe we can set up a trip, after investigating the area, got interesting in this gold finding stuff but never have done it, I found out by reading and visiting museum's that this land where this item was found is historically known to be a pathway by countless thieves and bandidos go go to and come from Mexico , including Pancho Villa and his army !! IT WOULD BE NICE TO TAKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF REGULAR HUNTERS AND SCOPE THE PLACE, I tried to donate this bar to the town near by in honor of my deceseaced parents ,but they told me, Wich was it's chief of police at the time ,he told me in an email which I still got from yrs ago that they couldn't accept the donation due to that I was on disability and that this thing could be worth a lot of money .... so I still got it sitting in a safe deposit box at the bank , had it there since I refound it in my dad's garage after he passed away and I cleaned it , and it can be worthless but to me it's a gorgeous beautiful piece and I just got a feeling that there's gotta be sum more laying around .... we all should take a trip up there, I'll let y'all know where the place is.... swear on my momma's ashes I will !! ✌️😚💨✌️ maybe 1 of us might get lucky !!
Sounds like you got a heck of amount of luck! In what general area of New Mexico were you? There are many pathways that were used by many bandits. Pancho Villa was known for his attack on Columbus, NM, along with his ties to El Paso, TX. A known corridor that the Clanton's used was Cowboy Pass. A gold legend is associated with that place where 2 gold ingots were lost.
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND with all do respect, if you can get in contact with me thru MESSENGER/FACEBOOK (Rob Rodz) I'll send you some pics of this metal bar ...✌️
and I found this thing in Southern New Mexico .....
@@robertrodz5115 you can reach me privately at southernnewmexicoexplorer@gmail.com
The only copper deposits that I know of in Southern New Mexico are near Deming, Columbus, and Las Cruces... and they were secondary deposits. An interesting find you have!
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND I'll get ahold of you plus send pics of this bar so u can check it out and thanks ✌️
I’ve got a mine adit about 2 miles from where I live outside of Gallup NM. It’s just one of a bunch of abandoned uranium mines in my neighborhood. I live across from the old United Nuclear disaster site.
I've yet to explore an uranium mine! I can't tell you the last time I was in the Gallup area... probably over 20 years ago!
What is "stoved"? Spelling?
I think you're referring to the term "stoped." A stope is a void left where a valuable ore body once was.
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Yes, it does! Thanks for watching! Anything interesting the VLA found recently?
does anyone have GPS coordinates to this mine? Dying to check this one out, anything helps! Thanks guys!!
If you plan on going out to this area, there's no need for coordinates, as you can clearly see it on your way there. I know I'm giving you an obscure clue, but I'd like to see this place remain as it is.
This mine looks unfinished!
Even though it was a prospect, sure, they seem to have a great number of veins that could have been mined out, especially the copper and iron.
I have to wonder if the owners of this prospect ran out of money before they could even mine anything of value out, or if this was before the USGS was even formed.
This mine may have been marked as an unnamed prospect, but I believe that it is an extension of the mine on the other side of the mountain.
Good morning Sir, in Indonesia a stone with many colors is called Panca Warna ...
Thank you very much! Interesting to know!
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if the stone is light blue ...in Indonesia it is called the Bacan stone
Very nice! Is there any particular minerals associated with the Bacan stone?
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You're welcome, I can also learn a lot about the good rocks from your country. Thank you very much sir
About 10 years ago, in Indonesia, there was a gemstone fever in Indonesia, because Mr, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (the president of the Republic of Indonesia at that time) but now retired, gave it to Mr Barack Obama.(president of USA) a gem ring with Bacan stones. But nowadays gemstone fever is like Bacan stone ... its time is over.
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That’s an Adit ain’it?
Yes it is!
Have you found out the name of it it on “The Diggings”
I like to use the USGS reports for the areas I explore along with topoview. The USGS reports are what these mining websites use (minus all the adds). You can get creative and use kmz and kml files that overlay Google Earth too! That mine is labeled as an "unnamed prospect", but I suspect it's part of the mine complex on the other side of the mountain.
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND Its called "The Bell". It was owned by my Grandma Margery Hale, years ago.
@@emmiey1 thank you kindly for the info! I know that a lot of maps pertaining to mines are notoriously inaccurate and either have missing information, or no information at all. I appreciate the info, once again!
Lol I work in that area
There's quite a bit out there to see!
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND right, I haven't even scratched the surface yet lol
Horse at mark zero.
Your thumbnail ...see the horse behind you? Look at the entire rock in the view area, it's the head and neck of a giant horse.
It has blinkers ... Such a fantastic shot...I hope you can see what I see.
It's been 2 years, but I still can't find it, lol!
What mine is this? I’ll pay you to claim it for me ;)
Ha Ha! This is an unnamed prospect. It may be a continuation from the mine on the other side of the hill.
Looks like an interesting mine but the camera work is all over the place, fast and jittery. Adding to the problem is the light is a fairly narrow spot and the pace is so rapid it's hard to really see what's going on. You don't stay on one thing for more than a second. Sorry, had to pass.
This video is one of my first that I published. I only had a GoPro, some cheap flashlights and was too excited trying to look everywhere all at once. I know the video is horrid, but I keep it up as a reminder to how far the quality has improved in the more recent videos.
It was meant to be a constructive criticism that's cool you took it that way. I'll check out some of your other videos!
@@nosonoliento I completely understood the intent of your comment. I always take into consideration of anyone's thoughts on how to improve the content of my videos! Thanks again
And what was the unexpected? I dare say that nothing in that hole in the ground was an unexpected discovery. Just another waste of time.
What was unexpected was the vibrant colors along with the bright yellow clay substance. At the time of this exploration, we've never encountered something like that before. Although this video didn't meet your standards of what you consider "unexpected," we did have a fun time experiencing something new (at the time) at this abandoned mine. I hope everything is well with you, and please don't be so negative with a comment referencing something I take time on to make as a "waste of time." This video, by no means, was meant to be a "click-bait" style video.
Quit wasting YOUR time here then......loser.
We are headed out to hillsboro in a few weeks and really want to see this mine can you message me ditections
Send an email!