Lot of supplies to haul up there. Pretty cool and that’s a nice shop for a mine operation. Bunch of lumber. Nice shot it looks like a roller coaster. 😂👍
Yes, I had the same "roller coaster" thought as well... Indeed, they did haul a lot of equipment up there. However, with as much gold as they extracted, they had a powerful incentive to do so.
What a gorgeous, rugged, photogenic place!! The machinery is so beautiful -- especially when you looked into that cart, with the beautiful curves of that mechanism. Beautiful for the eyes.
Beautiful scenery. Thank you for visiting where I can‘t go anymore. Takes the edge of it. Re: Pack Snickers is the way to go. Great choice. Thanks for the feedback on my question about the lamps. All the best!
Great little video(compared to your normal), LOVED the location & scenery!!! Yes, the Alaskan winters are definitely hard on structures. Videos like yours convince me that it's time to make that trip.
Incredible beauty in that area. It is interesting that the large "dorm" and other building are preserved and the working infrastructure buildings are essentially on the ground. Atlas-Imperial Diesel engines were produced from 1917 to the 1950's per wiki, and that monster you were standing next to appears to have been a 600 HP 8 cylinder model. Apparently they were marine diesels, but due to a reputation for reliability and power many were repurposed. It is entirely possible that the engine at that mine was driving the vessel that brought it to Alaska. Must have been one heck of a logistics train in place to feed that sucker fuel. I recall seeing a smaller one at a mine in our area many, many years ago. Last I heard it is gone.
I was working for a guy from Georgia who went up to the Independence mine. When they were leaving he noticed a rock by his car looked funny. The rock about 8 x 10 inches was shot thru with wire gold everywhere. It was absolutely stunning ore.
The unidentified piece of equipment looks like a pneumatic drill steel header from the blacksmith shop. Heat drill steel red hot...insert end and whoomp, INSTANT DRILL!
One stunning location to look around the mine, love the old buildings and guessing what they once were. That random machine looks like a drill sharpener to me.
Yes, it is fun to get out to the exotic (for me) locations such as this one... Given the harsh Alaska winters, I was actually surprised by how intact some stuff was. I believe that you are correct about the drill sharpener. I was in a mine last week that reminded me of your incredible copper blue adit. This mine was mostly dry and so the wooden infrastructure was still intact. So, the ore chute and manway were becoming covered in that brilliant blue.
@@CornishMineExplorer The one we found definitely doesn't compare to yours, but it did remind me of it. I love the "Smurfs asshole" adjective! That's hilarious.
I don't know about this particular mine, but I know a good number of mines in my area they would process the ore down to concentrates then bag them to haul to a smelter, might be the reason for all the bags.
I would recomend you to visit the Miniera Torgola in Italy, it is a beautiful abandoned mill and mine next to the road in the mountains, and there is a nice small waterfall next to it
I'm assuming that you have visited it? How were the underground workings? A couple of the iron mines that I have visited in Italy were really, really sporty... I've seen pictures of this mine before, but didn't know what the name was. So, thank you for allowing me to locate it. This is an area that I get up to fairly often and so I look forward to checking this one out.
@@TVRExploring Yes i was there last year the mine entrance is open but i have not been inside that far because i did not have a good flashlight, there is a conveyor belt in the portal running into the mine, the mill and old buildings make for a nice explore!
that diesel is from 1916 a company out of OAKLAND CA. its a 4 cylinder 60 HP engine that wqs built right after the patrent for diesels were open for others to build them
What a beautiful spot. Too bad about getting into the mine, but the surface features and scenery were amazing. It would have been nice to see if they used any timbering inside. There appears to be very few trees around there. Thanks a bunch 🙏
They also made generators and compressors based upon their marine engines. Old Atlas records list this one as a generator delivered new to this mining company.
Have you ever noticed that out of all the tools, and equipment you find on mine sites, are any place where Blaksmiths were plying their trade That you rarely find any of the dozens of tongs, hammers, are even the vices they all had, but even more rarely do you find an anvil. Which most of your hardcore Blacksmiths wouldn't be caught with one weighing couple hundred pounds, and some upwards of 300 lbs. Add it all together they probably had over 5 to 600 lbs of tools and such with them wherever they made a move, and honestly probably more considering the belows and such. Amazing that out of all the things left behind they had the pride about themselves to take everything they physically could regardless of the effort involved. I've noticed this fact whether it's in settings like this, ghost towns, abandon farms ranches old home places everywhere had some blacksmith tools of some kind, but shovels, axes, horse tack, harnesses for oxen every description of tool used any of these places, but never anything of the blacksmith trade is really ever found Something you might find interesting a photographer name of Lyl Dil has an excellent photo of this very machine in a collection of photos for sale. Photographer must have been there long before you made the trip yourself, because the paint is still in good condition compared to the looks of it in your video, she even gave some stats of employees of 200 plus at peak. Over 140,000 oz of gold were mined by the time it shut down just after December 7th, which we all know that date. Which I haven't read your description as of yet, but was curious about what date the engine was from. Couldn't find anything similar in Atlas, and Imperial was the actual name of the company that built the engine/ generator you see in the video, and from what I can find out they mainly built a lot of marine engines and generators for a majority of the equipment they built, are that's mainly what I was able to find.
@@sirmonkey1985 possibly but I've noticed that at any place I've seen whether it's a mine a ranch wherever there's no trace of the actual tools left behind. This includes old home sites where they use metal detection looking for anything metal. Yes scrape metal old horse shoes the stump the anvil was sitting on, but there's not even a pair of tonga, a busted hammer head nothing of this equipment is ever found. I've been in old abandon farms where there's all kinds of house hold items tools like axes, saws steel wedges,farm equipment just walked away from, but you can see where the forge is, the empty stump with the imprint of the anvil, and all the nails on the wall where those tools were. Except none of those are found and it's repeated time after time they'll all be gone. I And I don't believe that everything was pilfered by someone just happened along not everytime not realistic in every situation
When I was a kid even into the age of a teenager it was not uncommon here in Texas to find entire farms or ranches that people had simply walked away from for being put in a nursing home or loss of a family member are just simply no longer willing to live that Lifestyle anymore and Yes most Everything was Literally untouched from the day the people left unfortunately in today's Texas the Methbillies have become such a VILE Problem That they'll Steal Everything usually cause there's too Doped up realize what has a value for recycling they just Steal and Vandalize!!! 🤨😠
I volunteered at the park 17 years ago. Pretty much every gold mine had to close during WW2 unless they produced metals for war use. I was told that those bags were for tungsten as anther commented on. There were stacks of ore that remained for years. I do not know what happened to it. This was just an excuse to keep producing gold and I do not think that there ever was a real effort to sell the tungsten. The machine was a bit sharpener.............
If they weren't smelting on site, those sacks were probably used to ship concentrates out to a smelter. I used to load out 2-ton canvas sacks with molybdenum concentrate at one mine I worked at.
The question that leapt to mind is why the town buildings are in reasonable good condition compared to the collapsed mine buildings. Were there residents living there after the mine closed?
i have started using my drone to check for portals and shafts from a distance. my drone has saved me so many hours. although i found a opening on this one mine so i made the hike up and it was a nothing burger. it was a hole though foam and then a pocket and then more foam. ftg
The drone has saved us some hassles, to be sure! One particularly grim hike up the Sierra Buttes comes to mind immediately... Haha, yeah, they've gotten us on more than one occasion with the foam tricks as well. Bastards.
This visit must have been from a few years ago. Most of the trestle behind the ore bin has collapsed and the bins themselves are taking a lean into the valley and won’t last long. The sacks, I’m told, we’re for tungsten ore at the start of WWII and wasn’t rich enough to justify continuing mining during the war.
@@TVRExploring mines were corporations so typically no one person owned the equipment. Usually they were closed with the idea of reopening the mine at a later date. Many times this never happened so the equipment was just left. That being said a lot of equipment was "repurposed" to other mines in the area probably in the middle of the night. The Mayflower Mill in Silverton Colorado is a time capsule. They still have tools everywhere and even parts supplier girly posters on the wall......................
Some mines that were shut down definitely still have value in them... Just for fun, we've sampled from some of the small mines around us that were forced to close by World War II and have come back with some bonanza-grade results (multiple ounces of gold per ton). However, it is California and so one would never get permission to actually reopen these mines (they're on public land).
@@TVRExploring I have been inside the mine. If you drive over the pass and turn right at the bottom you will come to the backside of the mine. It is still full of equipment. While I was there people were talking about reopening this mine and the one around Craggy Creek. I have lost touch and do not know what happened.......................
Hi Justin, what a stunning landscape, so beautiful. Did you notice the 2nd portal to the right of the 1st one ???. Love n hugs to your Dad and your Wife's Dad, thank you for sharing, much love. xx ❤
Knock on wood, I've still never had any problems with bears, snakes or any other creatures on my travels... As I've said in response to other comments, we carry (and have needed) firearms for the humans.
Justin. Put the camera down facing the engine. Then walk over to the engine. You don’t need someone to size comparison. Love you man!! Look up Thurber Texas when you get a chance.
Kinda off topic but whatever happened to Mr McBride? I just noticed all the content on his channel has been removed and I haven't seen him here in a while. Hope all is well
I'm not sure why he took the content on his channel down. However, yes, he is alive and well. He moved farther away, which has made it harder for him to just shoot up the hill to join me for quick local adventures.
@@TVRExploring Good to hear all is well! You and the crew have been doing a fantastic job latley. Im going to make the long hike in to "Monte Cristo" in the next few weeks with a shovel and see if I cant get that one, or the one just to the east reopened. Im curious to see if the fire spared the log cabin.
@@bradvanbibber5883 Thank you very much. If you look at Google Earth, I am cautiously optimistic about the cabin and the rest of the stuff at the mine surviving the fire. Not so optimistic about the other stuff on the way down, but I'd be happy if the main site survived. The impression I had with the main adit is that a largish boulder came down over the portal. I don't know if you can dig around it or if it would be easier to bring a block and tackle or the equivalent and literally pull the boulder out of the way. Either way, please let me know how the trip goes and what conditions are like back there.
@@TVRExploring OMG... I almost died lol. That was the HARDEST hike I've ever done. I can barely type. Short story, everything burned. I'll e-mail you tommorow with details and pics.
@@bradvanbibber5883 Oh, no, I'm so disappointed to hear that it all burned... What a shame. Thank you very much for going down there and checking and for letting me know. Ha, yeah, that hike kicked my ass too! I was dumb enough to go all of the way down to the river as well. Were you having to climb over a bunch of fallen trees and fight through brush growing back? We tried to find a mine a couple of months ago in a recently burned area and it was a nightmare.
thankgod its day time , at night its a scary place, the worst is the area where the bags were, . i was there doing a documentary of ghost condition in Alaska. thats one of the worst, many died there,
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That area is so picturesque! I could spend a week there just taking photos.
I love it,Justin is pushing videos out like a mini marathon of mine exploring, thanks again Justin for making my week
Thank you. Glad you're enjoying the pace!
Lot of supplies to haul up there. Pretty cool and that’s a nice shop for a mine operation. Bunch of lumber. Nice shot it looks like a roller coaster. 😂👍
Yes, I had the same "roller coaster" thought as well... Indeed, they did haul a lot of equipment up there. However, with as much gold as they extracted, they had a powerful incentive to do so.
You are fortunate to be able to go to such a scenic place!
What a gorgeous, rugged, photogenic place!! The machinery is so beautiful -- especially when you looked into that cart, with the beautiful curves of that mechanism. Beautiful for the eyes.
Beautiful scenery.
Thank you for visiting where I can‘t go anymore. Takes the edge of it.
Re: Pack
Snickers is the way to go. Great choice.
Thanks for the feedback on my question about the lamps.
All the best!
Depending on when I get back, the video in the next week or two will cover some pretty exotic locations as well...
Can't go wrong with a Snickers!
Very cool images mate 👍🏻
NICE ONE GOOD TO SEE YA BACK
Lovely little cabin! spectacular views all around! Thanks for the show
The wow factor here is great!
Alaska has never disappointed me yet...
This video does show us that National Geographies has missed out on an Excellent photographer and videographer!!! 🤠👍
Thank you for the kind words... Being able to share such places with individuals such as yourself brings me a lot of happiness.
A very nice explore with some amazing stuff left behind, too bad the mine was collapsed, oh and some beautiful scenery.
The scenery helped make up for the caved mine.
Great little video(compared to your normal), LOVED the location & scenery!!!
Yes, the Alaskan winters are definitely hard on structures.
Videos like yours convince me that it's time to make that trip.
Incredible beauty in that area. It is interesting that the large "dorm" and other building are preserved and the working infrastructure buildings are essentially on the ground.
Atlas-Imperial Diesel engines were produced from 1917 to the 1950's per wiki, and that monster you were standing next to appears to have been a 600 HP 8 cylinder model. Apparently they were marine diesels, but due to a reputation for reliability and power many were repurposed. It is entirely possible that the engine at that mine was driving the vessel that brought it to Alaska. Must have been one heck of a logistics train in place to feed that sucker fuel.
I recall seeing a smaller one at a mine in our area many, many years ago. Last I heard it is gone.
I think some effort is being put into keeping the bunkhouses standing... Thank you for looking up the info on the diesel engine!
I was working for a guy from Georgia who went up to the Independence mine. When they were leaving he noticed a rock by his car looked funny. The rock about 8 x 10 inches was shot thru with wire gold everywhere. It was absolutely stunning ore.
I keep waiting for that to happen to me, but no luck so far!
@@TVRExploring Are you still in AK? Want to go fishing?
@@davidwelsh829 I would have loved to, but, no, I'm afraid that I'm no longer in Alaska...
New video, nice!!
Will watch it tomorrow
Beautiful scenery. Wow ore carts galore
Interesting video. Heaps of cool artefact stuff. Amazing scenery. Cheers mate.👍😎🇦🇺
Some pretty neat equipment.
Breathing views outside! Wow!
It's a great place to visit.
Cool looking mining operation
The unidentified piece of equipment looks like a pneumatic drill steel header from the blacksmith shop. Heat drill steel red hot...insert end and whoomp, INSTANT DRILL!
my thoughts too
thanik for your amazing work
One stunning location to look around the mine, love the old buildings and guessing what they once were. That random machine looks like a drill sharpener to me.
Yes, it is fun to get out to the exotic (for me) locations such as this one... Given the harsh Alaska winters, I was actually surprised by how intact some stuff was. I believe that you are correct about the drill sharpener.
I was in a mine last week that reminded me of your incredible copper blue adit. This mine was mostly dry and so the wooden infrastructure was still intact. So, the ore chute and manway were becoming covered in that brilliant blue.
@@TVRExploring Awesome to stumble across a mine like that, the colours in there are like a alien world (or a smurfs "A" hole as it's been called lol)
@@CornishMineExplorer The one we found definitely doesn't compare to yours, but it did remind me of it. I love the "Smurfs asshole" adjective! That's hilarious.
Really cool good job thank you stay safe ALL
Awesome view man! Love ya🤩
Thank you!
From Mexico to Alaska, this is a busy summer for you.
Very busy! Wait until you see the video I publish in a week or two (depending on when I get back)...
I don't know about this particular mine, but I know a good number of mines in my area they would process the ore down to concentrates then bag them to haul to a smelter, might be the reason for all the bags.
I would recomend you to visit the Miniera Torgola in Italy, it is a beautiful abandoned mill and mine next to the road in the mountains, and there is a nice small waterfall next to it
I'm assuming that you have visited it? How were the underground workings? A couple of the iron mines that I have visited in Italy were really, really sporty... I've seen pictures of this mine before, but didn't know what the name was. So, thank you for allowing me to locate it. This is an area that I get up to fairly often and so I look forward to checking this one out.
@@TVRExploring Yes i was there last year the mine entrance is open but i have not been inside that far because i did not have a good flashlight, there is a conveyor belt in the portal running into the mine, the mill and old buildings make for a nice explore!
@@dirkhartman9572 Wow, I wish I had been out there with you and all of my exploring gear!
that diesel is from 1916 a company out of OAKLAND CA. its a 4 cylinder 60 HP engine that wqs built right after the patrent for diesels were open for others to build them
That's awesome. Thank you for the info.
I used to ski the ridges and bowls in hatcher pass. I did stay in that bunk house back in 2002 for avalanche training.
What a beautiful spot.
Too bad about getting into the mine, but the surface features and scenery were amazing.
It would have been nice to see if they used any timbering inside.
There appears to be very few trees around there.
Thanks a bunch 🙏
Yes, that whole area was treeless. The timbers would have had to come in from a long way away.
@@TVRExploring TIMBER was transported by rail from the Seward Area to within 10-15 miles of the mine which was then skidded to the site
Wow some interesting amazing stuff thank you 😊
Hello Justin
Thank you for this view into a World far away from my hometown.
Stay safe and healthy.
Greetings Frank Galetzka
Atlas Imperial were marine diesels - so ship engines (which is what I thought it was the moment you showed it).
Thank you.
They also made generators and compressors based upon their marine engines. Old Atlas records list this one as a generator delivered new to this mining company.
3:21 It's used to extract extra heat from the smoke/flu of a wood stove. Maybe.
Have you ever noticed that out of all the tools, and equipment you find on mine sites, are any place where Blaksmiths were plying their trade
That you rarely find any of the dozens of tongs, hammers, are even the vices they all had, but even more rarely do you find an anvil.
Which most of your hardcore Blacksmiths wouldn't be caught with one weighing couple hundred pounds, and some upwards of 300 lbs.
Add it all together they probably had over 5 to 600 lbs of tools and such with them wherever they made a move, and honestly probably more considering the belows and such.
Amazing that out of all the things left behind they had the pride about themselves to take everything they physically could regardless of the effort involved.
I've noticed this fact whether it's in settings like this, ghost towns, abandon farms ranches old home places everywhere had some blacksmith tools of some kind, but shovels, axes, horse tack, harnesses for oxen every description of tool used any of these places, but never anything of the blacksmith trade is really ever found
Something you might find interesting a photographer name of Lyl Dil has an excellent photo of this very machine in a collection of photos for sale.
Photographer must have been there long before you made the trip yourself, because the paint is still in good condition compared to the looks of it in your video, she even gave some stats of employees of 200 plus at peak.
Over 140,000 oz of gold were mined by the time it shut down just after December 7th, which we all know that date.
Which I haven't read your description as of yet, but was curious about what date the engine was from.
Couldn't find anything similar in Atlas, and Imperial was the actual name of the company that built the engine/ generator you see in the video, and from what I can find out they mainly built a lot of marine engines and generators for a majority of the equipment they built, are that's mainly what I was able to find.
Anvils and steel working tools don't stick around old mines too often, they were worth significantly more than even rail for recycling.
@@sirmonkey1985 possibly but I've noticed that at any place I've seen whether it's a mine a ranch wherever there's no trace of the actual tools left behind. This includes old home sites where they use metal detection looking for anything metal.
Yes scrape metal old horse shoes the stump the anvil was sitting on, but there's not even a pair of tonga, a busted hammer head nothing of this equipment is ever found.
I've been in old abandon farms where there's all kinds of house hold items tools like axes, saws steel wedges,farm equipment just walked away from, but you can see where the forge is, the empty stump with the imprint of the anvil, and all the nails on the wall where those tools were.
Except none of those are found and it's repeated time after time they'll all be gone. I
And I don't believe that everything was pilfered by someone just happened along not everytime not realistic in every situation
When I was a kid even into the age of a teenager it was not uncommon here in Texas to find entire farms or ranches that people had simply walked away from for being put in a nursing home or loss of a family member are just simply no longer willing to live that Lifestyle anymore and Yes most Everything was Literally untouched from the day the people left unfortunately in today's Texas the Methbillies have become such a VILE Problem That they'll Steal Everything usually cause there's too Doped up realize what has a value for recycling they just Steal and Vandalize!!! 🤨😠
cool place. thanks for going there
My pleasure! Thank you...
at 8:30 that is a upsetter, it use to forge the end of a rod like tool steel
I volunteered at the park 17 years ago. Pretty much every gold mine had to close during WW2 unless they produced metals for war use. I was told that those bags were for tungsten as anther commented on. There were stacks of ore that remained for years. I do not know what happened to it. This was just an excuse to keep producing gold and I do not think that there ever was a real effort to sell the tungsten. The machine was a bit sharpener.............
Yes, I know of some Nevada mines that suddenly became tungsten mines overnight as well during World War II.
If they weren't smelting on site, those sacks were probably used to ship concentrates out to a smelter. I used to load out 2-ton canvas sacks with molybdenum concentrate at one mine I worked at.
2 tons a sack?!? That's insane. I've heard of some heavy sack loads, but that's next level.
Very pretty! What was the temp like out there? Thank you!
High 60s... Very comfortable when hiking around.
I love the wilderness.
Me too!
It's getting to harder to find, I'm afraid...
You missed a great shot from the lake just above the cabin.
I have still images of it...
Always be Bear and Moose aware in AK. that was fun, thanks
Thanks
"Hey you! You're finally awake!"....
I wonder if there’s any historical link between Atlas diesel engines with Vortox system and the 2000’s Chevrolet Vortec Atlas engines?
Vortex was the air cleaner brand I believe
@@parkerrowe4687 yes, I just wondered if that piece of history was brought in with the atlas program.
I would try to see if I could clear the collapse and explore the mine.
If I lived in the area, that would be a feasible project. However, I live literally thousands of miles away.
A new episode of Bering Sea Gold (Winter Edition) is coming on TV in August!
The question that leapt to mind is why the town buildings are in reasonable good condition compared to the collapsed mine buildings. Were there residents living there after the mine closed?
A lot of the time people use them for hunting in Alaska
Hatchers gets significant snowfall and avalanches. With the mine buildings closer to the mountains they are more susceptible to avalanches.
holy cow all the way up there HECKYEAHMAN
i have started using my drone to check for portals and shafts from a distance. my drone has saved me so many hours. although i found a opening on this one mine so i made the hike up and it was a nothing burger. it was a hole though foam and then a pocket and then more foam. ftg
The drone has saved us some hassles, to be sure! One particularly grim hike up the Sierra Buttes comes to mind immediately...
Haha, yeah, they've gotten us on more than one occasion with the foam tricks as well. Bastards.
Good afternoon from Southeast South Dakota
This visit must have been from a few years ago. Most of the trestle behind the ore bin has collapsed and the bins themselves are taking a lean into the valley and won’t last long. The sacks, I’m told, we’re for tungsten ore at the start of WWII and wasn’t rich enough to justify continuing mining during the war.
The gold ore I saw was incredible and would easily assay at several hundred oz of gold per ton.
4:35 looks like a old holding tank.
It always amazes me at just how much stuff gets left behind when they shut down a mine. I guess they just didn't have any use for it though.
We are frequently struck by that as well...
@@TVRExploring mines were corporations so typically no one person owned the equipment. Usually they were closed with the idea of reopening the mine at a later date. Many times this never happened so the equipment was just left. That being said a lot of equipment was "repurposed" to other mines in the area probably in the middle of the night. The Mayflower Mill in Silverton Colorado is a time capsule. They still have tools everywhere and even parts supplier girly posters on the wall......................
@@joescott7027 Sounds like a good candidate for another Exploration video!!! 🤠👍
I would love to metal detect around there.
The mines that were shutdown for WW2 almost certainly still have value inside or is it like everything else in life - it depends?
Decent chance they do. War Act mines always make for good prospecting targets!
Some mines that were shut down definitely still have value in them... Just for fun, we've sampled from some of the small mines around us that were forced to close by World War II and have come back with some bonanza-grade results (multiple ounces of gold per ton). However, it is California and so one would never get permission to actually reopen these mines (they're on public land).
@@TVRExploring I have been inside the mine. If you drive over the pass and turn right at the bottom you will come to the backside of the mine. It is still full of equipment. While I was there people were talking about reopening this mine and the one around Craggy Creek. I have lost touch and do not know what happened.......................
One day I'll make it to Alaska
It's a great place to visit...
I used to ride my 4 wheelers up ny independence mine. That is some beautiful country that is not too far from civilization.
Hi Justin, what a stunning landscape, so beautiful. Did you notice the 2nd portal to the right of the 1st one ???.
Love n hugs to your Dad and your Wife's Dad, thank you for sharing, much love. xx ❤
Yes, I did. Unfortunately, access from this side of the mountain wasn't possible.
Thank you for the kind words.
@@TVRExploring You're very welcome. xx
I hope you upgraded to a 10mm. That is defiantly Bear country.
Nothing Less than a 357mag!!! 🤠👍🇺🇲
Knock on wood, I've still never had any problems with bears, snakes or any other creatures on my travels... As I've said in response to other comments, we carry (and have needed) firearms for the humans.
Justin. Put the camera down facing the engine. Then walk over to the engine. You don’t need someone to size comparison. Love you man!! Look up Thurber Texas when you get a chance.
use your drone to check it
Lock out board for employee tags/locks/keys? Nails on the wall? 6:35
Kinda off topic but whatever happened to Mr McBride? I just noticed all the content on his channel has been removed and I haven't seen him here in a while. Hope all is well
I'm not sure why he took the content on his channel down. However, yes, he is alive and well. He moved farther away, which has made it harder for him to just shoot up the hill to join me for quick local adventures.
@@TVRExploring Good to hear all is well! You and the crew have been doing a fantastic job latley. Im going to make the long hike in to "Monte Cristo" in the next few weeks with a shovel and see if I cant get that one, or the one just to the east reopened. Im curious to see if the fire spared the log cabin.
@@bradvanbibber5883 Thank you very much. If you look at Google Earth, I am cautiously optimistic about the cabin and the rest of the stuff at the mine surviving the fire. Not so optimistic about the other stuff on the way down, but I'd be happy if the main site survived. The impression I had with the main adit is that a largish boulder came down over the portal. I don't know if you can dig around it or if it would be easier to bring a block and tackle or the equivalent and literally pull the boulder out of the way. Either way, please let me know how the trip goes and what conditions are like back there.
@@TVRExploring OMG... I almost died lol. That was the HARDEST hike I've ever done. I can barely type. Short story, everything burned. I'll e-mail you tommorow with details and pics.
@@bradvanbibber5883 Oh, no, I'm so disappointed to hear that it all burned... What a shame. Thank you very much for going down there and checking and for letting me know. Ha, yeah, that hike kicked my ass too! I was dumb enough to go all of the way down to the river as well. Were you having to climb over a bunch of fallen trees and fight through brush growing back? We tried to find a mine a couple of months ago in a recently burned area and it was a nightmare.
thankgod its day time , at night its a scary place, the worst is the area where the bags were, . i was there doing a documentary of ghost condition in Alaska. thats one of the worst, many died there,
Is there any social where I could contect you?
I'm on Instagram as tvr_ex
When you need something for scale, always carry a Lego mini figure. Everyone knows how big those are. 😀
Haha, that'd be a nice touch...
or rolled an oil drum next to it
Sasquatch skateboard at 18 seconds
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Actually I was. Didn't bother to comment however :P
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