A person should never enter a confined space, without a proper meter, nist in case. I worked in the Oil & Gas Industry for 15 years and also did some pretty crazy High Angle Rescue plans up. My dream is to explore mines like this! I am definitely qualified and always love seeing your videos! Thank you Frank!
If they do not have the equipment to say that the air is bad they should now be exploring the mine. Only trained, knowledgeable explorers should enter a mine and that is still at our own risk. Stay out stay alive
I can't agree more. A handful of curious teenagers out for a hike might walk on in, and never come out. Even an adult. Please go back and put up a sign. If you can find it, anybody can.
Be the first to guess why I didn't release this till now and you will get a free Exploring Abandoned Mines T shirt. I will have the answer and the winner on next weeks show.
The Iron when it oxidizes uses Oxygen ,the wood when it rots releases CO2. The Sulphur as well can form compounds like Sulphur Dioxide. That place is an invisible killer, glad you heeded the warning of the O2 meter, coz Oxygen depravation, similarly like Hypothermia makes you irrational and more likely to make stupid mistakes like - ignoring the O2 meter. :)
It's not a normal rat, it's actually a kangaroo rat, that's why it hopped and its tail is different from that of a regular rat. Yes, it was cute, and it was mean that the one guy shook the pipe and made it fall.
Seriously BY FAR AND AWAY the absolute best mine and historical workings exploring content out there!!!!! Thank you for all these vids Frank, my brother is going to be OVER THE MOON when I turn him on to this channel....I'm in my 10 week Winter off-season and these here are PURE SUSTAINENCE!!!! Rock and Roll! ✊😁
Funny - Intensely DRAMATIC music whilst looking at a pipe, an oar cart, some rocks and odds and ends, raised the hairs on my neck with that music!! (hee) Found that very humerous..... but nice video quality. Thanks
Better yet, if you don't understand what the word "calibrate" means you should probably hire someone professional to do this job and you stay home and watch from the safety of your couch. For a cave explorer he's incredibly stupid and standing in water looking at Sulphur dripping down the wall and saying "I can't imagine why oxygen would be low in here" ...I thought "surely he's being facetious" but then when he "calibrated" his sensor and continued in further I realized that he really has no clue what he's doing and probably won't live much longer at this rate.
@@captainKedger Its not about understanding a word, malfunctions happen often. When talking about "calibrate" you in general do not want to do that in an area with low oxygen.
Ah man wanted to see the hot springs. But, sulphur hot springs in an enclosed space, like a mine for example, will eat up all the oxygen. Bummer. Cool explore guys and the colors were pretty.
Well MEN , I tip my hat to you. I absolutely Love watching your videos! When watching I often have to remind myself that everything worked out or I wouldn’t be able to watch this video. LOL Thank you for putting yourselves out there. 🇨🇦❤️
Frank if they get Canada open this summer my wife and I will have to stop by and see your museum. My wife's from Barrhead Alberta, still a Canadian citizen after being married for 42 year's. We usually get up every year to visit family, it's a long way from where we live in Utah. Love your videos and look forward to them each week. Im paralyzed and in a wheelchair, so I can live the adventure through your travels into the mines.
I seen that before with the oar bucket. They would be converted to a convection water heater. The intake is on the bottom and the out let on the top. Used for bath or soakers. The top of the "Bath" needs to be the same level as the top of the oar bucket.
You need to read the manual of the oxygen detector. It should only be calibrated in fresh air, far from anything that can deplete the oxygen. And never never never try to calibrate it in a place you do not know if there is fresh air. And calibrate it every day you use it.
@@Burkis91 what a retarded statement lmao. yepp im so dead im on youtube commenting. ive actually died many times over the years from not reading manuals. gosh, you sure are smart. is it from all the manual reading you do, or??
Looked to me like he calibrated it correctly he tried to recalibrate in the tunnel after it was detecting low oxygen to see but went no further and immediately came out and calibrated in fresh air where it read safe . Not sure what more you could want him to do ? I’m not being a Dick I just don’t know what else he should have done . I use digital meters of several sorts daily and rarely are they 100% accurate especially those that measure chemicals in air content or lack of ... just curious I’m no expert with mines but I do have a pretty good amount of common sense and I would have done the same as he did I believe.
Your channel should be required watching for all history students everywhere you're absolutely right these mines are closing in I'm closing down and once they're gone kids will have no idea where rack came from where Cole came from sulfur salt all the rest of their minerals
And even if you don’t trust the meter, it seems like lighting a lighter is a really bad idea. Seems to me the gas displacing the oxygen could easily be a pocket of natural gas or something.
Sketchy at the end!! Lol my grandfather did some mining on our old land.. been dieing to find an entrance.. im sure its covered after 50+ years.. but seeing your vids makes me wanna look that much more! Thanks!
Seeing below 19.5 is troubling. Thats the lowest I have gotten in a mine around here, any lower and I was going to turn back, but luckily that was the end of the mine. Was a massive mine, hundreds of meters in with lots of offshoots that I havent yet even explored. Its a bit of a hike to get to with no trail, its pretty clear very few people know about it. I was surprised I cant find any of your videos on it, it would be a cool place to watch you check out. 11:44 I have spent a long time searching there and I did fine a way in north east of there, but its so narrow even I would have to squeeze through. I don't mint tight spaces but thats too narrow. I havent been able to find another way in yet.
Man, you sure do have some major nads… or clinically insane😂. I very much appreciate the videos you continue to provide. You seem to have a knack for finding the mines nobody else would bother to go. Thank you for the documentation and allowing us the opportunity to experience these mines with you. Stay safe, my friend
according to my research that was the Highland mine with the ore bucket. I explored that mine and area quite extensively this summer. I'm glad I got to see the bucket there before you got your mitts on it!
@@imnufktsdude I can assure you, the ore bucket was there this summer... The point of not posting the vid was so no one would pinch it before Frank got it..
Man, I don't know how you do it. I white knuckle it the whole time while sitting on my porch. But, I am thankful that you do it so that we can all see.
And yet another cool adventure. You have waayyy too much fun. I think a thermometer would be a good addition to your "toolkit". Thank you for taking us viewers along. Great videos!
Thanks for another great video Frank, if I ever make it to Canada I'm stopping by the museum! I never realized how beautiful Canada is until I started watching your channel.
Awesome video ! It took a lot of hard work to dig those mines it's hard to imagine how much time they spent creating that mine. Really enjoyed the little clip of the rat he was kinda cute 🤣🤣 awesome job guys! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
The flow stone in the 1st small mine looked cool. Still love that intro. Not too often the oxygen monitor goes off, proof of why you need the right kit when exploring. The snow covered trees looked so pretty. Frank that rat's gonna get its own back on you, he did look like he was gonna jump at you. Interesting explore, thank you for sharing. Take care and be safe. ❤️ 👍❤️
Awesome Video! I wish I had the opportunity to do some exploration of old mine shafts! I’m not sure if it’s mentioned in the comments yet but I noticed at 20:56 the rock you pulled of looked like a face. Your thumb at that marker number beside the eye of the face! Well done and keep the exploration videos coming!
Low oxygen in the mine. It might be an easy to find mine, so he didn’t want people to go there and get killed. Maybe it’s been sealed up now and he feels comfortable sharing the video for that reason.
Yes you got it! I didn't want anyone to see the bucket at 10:10 until we had a chance to go back and get it for the museum. Send me your address and I will mail you the t shirt. frankmcranch@gmail.com
Cool. That was a interesting day, side by side got stuck in the Creek. It was a blizzard out. We found a exit past the sketchy hanging rocks at the end ,that came out in the forest. Still would like to find the source of that hotspring!
I find this interesting. And you are absolutely correct. I would NOT go into any of these. (I'm clostrophopic but I deeply appreciate those who do.) Thank you for an interesting video.
Here in utah when you break one of them snotcycles they calls you an eco terrorists! I love your videos, most of our mines have been plugged with concrete by overpaid bureaucratic karens!
Some kids years ago were climbing down a shaft in Utah and something like a big machine broke loose and went down the shaft with the kid and everything else. I don’t think his body was recovered and would explain the plug far better then blaming the people saving stupid people assess!
@@njcaveexplorer you might be thinking of the muddy puddy cave? The story where an explorer went down the wrong path and ended up getting wedged. All rescue efforts failed and they never recovered his body. Cemented it in.
Wow, that is a heck of a mine there brother, i wonder how much ore they got out of the mine, 11 levels i say that they must of gotten alot of ore out of that mine.
You guys should look into the "Bottomless pit" of Flagstaff AZ. It's out by the driving range east of town off Walnut canyon road. It's shown on older topo maps. Geologists say it's thousands of feet deep and most likely goes all the way to the Grand Canyon 60 miles away. It's not well known at all.
I know a mining geophysicist who is sort of interested in that ore. What is the silver content? What I'm saying is I smell silver. Edit: I almost forgot. Those are pack rats and pack rats like to bring shiny things to their nests. I've seen quarter-ounce gold nugget that came from one.
Someone sounded really out of breath. I bet it’s a lot of climbing and hard work to get thru there. I’m 5’ tall and 100 pounds so I could crawl thru the tiny places. I was wondering what light u all use in there to make it so bright.
@@exploringabandonedmines I was just curious. If u all ever come to Kentucky or Tennessee, I would love to explore with u all. I’ll even go down some of those tiny passages for u all.
Have you ever heard of any mines on the west side of Lytton or lillooet? Ive just started out as a paramedic out there and I’m always fascinated about what’s over there.
@@exploringabandonedmines thanks for answering my comment! Also, There’s this guy in California. He lives in an abandoned ghost town that used to have a mine. It’s called called the town of Cerro Gordo. He’s on TH-cam, you should check out his mine exploration videos!
Ok, did I miss something or do I need to wait for the next video to explain why you couldn't release this video? Love to see the end of that first passage you were in. Dang that low O2
@@exploringabandonedmines My guess its because there are potential prospectors wanting to mine it and there are bids going on for the licence to mine there. As a result you were waiting on permission due to potential sensitive ore deposits shown in the video.
WHOA! Pause the video at 20:56... That rock he grabs looks JUST LIKE a human face!! super detailed too! Creepy as hell! (his thumb is right at the outside of the eye, face is looking left ....(shudder)
The fact that mosquitoes are present inside indicates a serious volume of stagnant water. The unsupported limestone walls near the exit are the cherry on top. In other words, don't try this at home!
Hot springs will carry a lot of dissolved CO2, that's probably what's causing the low oxygen issues in there and not directly sulfur chemistry. Unless it was reeking and you didn't mention it, and the water's awfully clear for that much DOS to account for it... there'd be that mineral scum everywhere from acidic erosion, and iron rust would be blackened. If you had a little slaked lime you could stir a bit in the water and see if and how quickly it turns white, the hydroxide takes up the CO2 and makes calcium carbonate. I bet it gets milky immediately.
So I just ran across this guys videos and I usually dont watch videos with titles that are obviously worded in such a way as to get views, in other words "CLICKBAIT". Against my better judgment I watched it. The video of the abandoned mine is really cool so the guy did NOT need to try and dupe people into watching it by using a very misleading title. I'll most likely not be watching anymore of his videos.
Either you enjoy the content or not...why use the title as an excuse to watch the content or not? If it wasn't for the title the video would not have showed up in your suggestions!
@@exploringabandonedmines If people see something in the title, they expect they payoff of understanding why the title would be true or explained. As far as one could tell from simply watching, the video doesn't deliver on the title. You may as well have put "You'll never guess where we found this log!". It's just misleading, so why should viewers believe that your other titles will be true? People do make grabby titles for videos, but the good ones connect the two components together.
Exploring Abandoned Mines, That’s absolutely incorrect, even assuming your viewers are watching this because it showed up in our recommendations (it didn’t for me). The title of a video is the *only* “excuse” to watch the content, because it’s the title that informs us of what we’ll be watching in the first place. You didn’t deliver on your title regardless of what we were shown. I came to the comments to find out what I missed and no explanation I could find. Yes, it’s aggravating to your (probably new) viewers whether you believe it or not.
Good thing you had the oxygen meter, we could have lost ya! Cute little mine rat, good thing Sharon wasn't there! Between the rats and the spiders she would have been out of there. How old is that mine? I get the impression it's pretty old. Thanks Frank, stay safe.
Nice one for carrying the oxygen/air quality monitor cos sulphur dioxide isn't too good for your health The water if tested would possibly come back positive for sulphuric acid Nice find though - love watching where you go exploring
Hey Frank, you would do good hanging a "Bad Air: sign at that tunnel so others without a meter won't die in there.
A person should never enter a confined space, without a proper meter, nist in case.
I worked in the Oil & Gas Industry for 15 years and also did some pretty crazy High Angle Rescue plans up.
My dream is to explore mines like this! I am definitely qualified and always love seeing your videos!
Thank you Frank!
shane l unfortunately inexperienced people don’t know that. I agree that a sign would be a good idea.
If they do not have the equipment to say that the air is bad they should now be exploring the mine. Only trained, knowledgeable explorers should enter a mine and that is still at our own risk. Stay out stay alive
you should even use a meter in old abandoned buildings, the air in the sub levels can get nasty
I can't agree more. A handful of curious teenagers out for a hike might walk on in, and never come out. Even an adult. Please go back and put up a sign. If you can find it, anybody can.
Be the first to guess why I didn't release this till now and you will get a free Exploring Abandoned Mines T shirt. I will have the answer and the winner on next weeks show.
The Iron when it oxidizes uses Oxygen ,the wood when it rots releases CO2. The Sulphur as well can form compounds like Sulphur Dioxide.
That place is an invisible killer, glad you heeded the warning of the O2 meter, coz Oxygen depravation, similarly like Hypothermia makes you irrational and more likely to make stupid mistakes like - ignoring the O2 meter. :)
So nobody would come take the artifacts before you could come back and get them
Did it involve the police or court ?
I think you didn't release it because the owner stated you were trespassing so you had to go to court. xx
Simple.. I would say "permits" XD
no but seriously waiting for permits and time of year when there is a passable balance of oxy and such.
That's gotta be the cutest rat I've ever seen in my lifetime 🐁
It's not a normal rat, it's actually a kangaroo rat, that's why it hopped and its tail is different from that of a regular rat. Yes, it was cute, and it was mean that the one guy shook the pipe and made it fall.
They are cute, But when you live in the Desert and they Eat through your car wires and Walls of you house, The get Ugly quick.
Love it!
TOPO GIGIO LIVES ON!!!
@@aprildaniels357 theyre only sharpening their teeth bloody ell
13:56 - actually it’s a Pack Rat, otherwise known as a wood rat. They have that flat bushy tail instead of the long pink naked one.
Rat pack gets you rocking
Seriously BY FAR AND AWAY the absolute best mine and historical workings exploring content out there!!!!! Thank you for all these vids Frank, my brother is going to be OVER THE MOON when I turn him on to this channel....I'm in my 10 week Winter off-season and these here are PURE SUSTAINENCE!!!! Rock and Roll! ✊😁
Our pleasure!
Funny - Intensely DRAMATIC music whilst looking at a pipe, an oar cart, some rocks and odds and ends, raised the hairs on my neck with that music!! (hee) Found that very humerous..... but nice video quality. Thanks
Definately the cutest rat I've ever seen!!
Packrat - actually quite friendly creatures.
To friendly!
@@exploringabandonedmines the are smart, i used to raise rats and other rodents in college
Ages ago it would have been the silence of bird chirps. Then running.
Always trust your equipment. If you question the readings you should carry two. Low oxygen is scary stuff.
Better yet, if you don't understand what the word "calibrate" means you should probably hire someone professional to do this job and you stay home and watch from the safety of your couch. For a cave explorer he's incredibly stupid and standing in water looking at Sulphur dripping down the wall and saying "I can't imagine why oxygen would be low in here" ...I thought "surely he's being facetious" but then when he "calibrated" his sensor and continued in further I realized that he really has no clue what he's doing and probably won't live much longer at this rate.
@@captainKedger Its not about understanding a word, malfunctions happen often. When talking about "calibrate" you in general do not want to do that in an area with low oxygen.
@@captainKedger lol
@@captainKedger if you would have read the description it states this was filmed a few years ago. So there goes your prediction.......
@@captainKedger ive been watching frank for over a year now and this is the most disgusting comment ive seen yet
Ah man wanted to see the hot springs. But, sulphur hot springs in an enclosed space, like a mine for example, will eat up all the oxygen. Bummer. Cool explore guys and the colors were pretty.
Well MEN , I tip my hat to you. I absolutely Love watching your videos! When watching I often have to remind myself that everything worked out or I wouldn’t be able to watch this video. LOL
Thank you for putting yourselves out there.
🇨🇦❤️
Right on
Frank if they get Canada open this summer my wife and I will have to stop by and see your museum. My wife's from Barrhead Alberta, still a Canadian citizen after being married for 42 year's.
We usually get up every year to visit family, it's a long way from where we live in Utah.
Love your videos and look forward to them each week. Im paralyzed and in a wheelchair, so I can live the adventure through your travels into the mines.
Love to see you. The museum is wheelchair friendly.
@@exploringabandonedmines will the museum move up to the Yankee Boy? First mine I explored by myself after moving to the Forks 7 yrs ago.
@@boundarysentinel4181 It will take a while we are building a house up there but one day everything will be up there,
I seen that before with the oar bucket. They would be converted to a convection water heater. The intake is on the bottom and the out let on the top. Used for bath or soakers. The top of the "Bath" needs to be the same level as the top of the oar bucket.
You had to go back and get the rats to sign a release.
You need to read the manual of the oxygen detector.
It should only be calibrated in fresh air, far from anything that can deplete the oxygen.
And never never never try to
calibrate it in a place you do not know if there is fresh air.
And calibrate it every day you use it.
manuals are for losers
He s a nice guy but Manuel is hard read .
@@The_Cat_Authority
So losers live and you die?
No problem for me 🤣
Have fun!
@@Burkis91 what a retarded statement lmao. yepp im so dead im on youtube commenting. ive actually died many times over the years from not reading manuals. gosh, you sure are smart. is it from all the manual reading you do, or??
Looked to me like he calibrated it correctly he tried to recalibrate in the tunnel after it was detecting low oxygen to see but went no further and immediately came out and calibrated in fresh air where it read safe . Not sure what more you could want him to do ? I’m not being a Dick I just don’t know what else he should have done . I use digital meters of several sorts daily and rarely are they 100% accurate especially those that measure chemicals in air content or lack of ... just curious I’m no expert with mines but I do have a pretty good amount of common sense and I would have done the same as he did I believe.
Your channel should be required watching for all history students everywhere you're absolutely right these mines are closing in I'm closing down and once they're gone kids will have no idea where rack came from where Cole came from sulfur salt all the rest of their minerals
Interesting old mine! Can't wait to see the goods next week!
Hope you enjoy it!
Never recalibrate or zero those meters unless you are in a known good atmosphere. Trust your meter.
And even if you don’t trust the meter, it seems like lighting a lighter is a really bad idea. Seems to me the gas displacing the oxygen could easily be a pocket of natural gas or something.
@@firefly3333 yup
@@firefly3333 if it was NG ya would know real fast . Many old timers used candles and birds for warning devices.
Sketchy at the end!! Lol my grandfather did some mining on our old land.. been dieing to find an entrance.. im sure its covered after 50+ years.. but seeing your vids makes me wanna look that much more! Thanks!
Seeing below 19.5 is troubling. Thats the lowest I have gotten in a mine around here, any lower and I was going to turn back, but luckily that was the end of the mine. Was a massive mine, hundreds of meters in with lots of offshoots that I havent yet even explored. Its a bit of a hike to get to with no trail, its pretty clear very few people know about it. I was surprised I cant find any of your videos on it, it would be a cool place to watch you check out.
11:44 I have spent a long time searching there and I did fine a way in north east of there, but its so narrow even I would have to squeeze through. I don't mint tight spaces but thats too narrow. I havent been able to find another way in yet.
Thank you for another great adventure, looking forward to your next episode :)
Man, you sure do have some major nads… or clinically insane😂. I very much appreciate the videos you continue to provide. You seem to have a knack for finding the mines nobody else would bother to go. Thank you for the documentation and allowing us the opportunity to experience these mines with you. Stay safe, my friend
Glad you like them!
Hey Frank, Neat stuff, Always got my Love and respect for U and Sharon . 🤙
Thanks for going in there, I always wanted too, but lacked any training.
according to my research that was the Highland mine with the ore bucket. I explored that mine and area quite extensively this summer. I'm glad I got to see the bucket there before you got your mitts on it!
I fairly certain that this was filmed over two years ago. Anything he removed would not been been seen this summer.
@@imnufktsdude I can assure you, the ore bucket was there this summer... The point of not posting the vid was so no one would pinch it before Frank got it..
Glad frank got it
I would really like to hear more about the geology of what your looking at.. more about the veins that you see
Man, I don't know how you do it. I white knuckle it the whole time while sitting on my porch. But, I am thankful that you do it so that we can all see.
Yep I couldn’t go down into mine on a rope🙀
Wow .. old school video Frank 👍👍👍 , how things have changes ..love it .
Pete Australia
And yet another cool adventure. You have waayyy too much fun. I think a thermometer would be a good addition to your "toolkit". Thank you for taking us viewers along. Great videos!
Great idea
If there was a hot springs in the area I would bet that the repurposed mine bucket (10:16) was used for bathing.
You my friend are the most interesting man in the world, thank you for your great entertainment we really enjoy your videos.
Wow, thanks
Thanks for another great video Frank, if I ever make it to Canada I'm stopping by the museum! I never realized how beautiful Canada is until I started watching your channel.
Please do!
@@exploringabandonedmines In the meantime I'll keep watching. My E.A.M. Hoodie should be arriving soon, I'm stoked!
Your the man frank keep the great videos 📹 coming and keep safe.
Thanks 👍
Awesome video ! It took a lot of hard work to dig those mines it's hard to imagine how much time they spent creating that mine. Really enjoyed the little clip of the rat he was kinda cute 🤣🤣 awesome job guys! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for watching!
Best videos on the internet. Almost sacred ground. Times passage come alive.
Hello craig. Good to see u still alive and kicking. I was worried the squirrel was gonna piss on ur face like in my back yard lol
The flow stone in the 1st small mine looked cool. Still love that intro. Not too often the oxygen monitor goes off, proof of why you need the right kit when exploring. The snow covered trees looked so pretty. Frank that rat's gonna get its own back on you, he did look like he was gonna jump at you. Interesting explore, thank you for sharing. Take care and be safe. ❤️ 👍❤️
Love the new intro Frank.
👍👍
Its an old intro
I used it for the first few years of the show.
Awesome Video! I wish I had the opportunity to do some exploration of old mine shafts!
I’m not sure if it’s mentioned in the comments yet but I noticed at 20:56 the rock you pulled of looked like a face. Your thumb at that marker number beside the eye of the face!
Well done and keep the exploration videos coming!
I kept waiting for some sort of rock slide because of taking one small piece of rock. I'm not very well educated on these matters.
I watched it all and still don't know why it couldn't be released
Low oxygen in the mine. It might be an easy to find mine, so he didn’t want people to go there and get killed. Maybe it’s been sealed up now and he feels comfortable sharing the video for that reason.
@@moonriseproductions never mind the myriad of other issues that will kill you in old mines.
@@moonriseproductions Why does he release it now though as if something has changed? He also has other videos of mines with low oxygen.
@@moonriseproductions agree, makes sense.
I had a reason. The first person to guess what it was gets a free t shirt. The answer will be next week.
I missed seeing the part that you couldnt release
Yep clickbaited
Right , I was thinking they found a pile of dead bodies or found a 10 pound nugget or something . Why couldn't it be released
@@JG-od3xy THAT was the reason???? What a crock! Clickbait for sure!!!
Kinda impressive how little a lot of carts and parts rust being in a wet climate
Had to wait until you could come back and recover the ore bucket and other artifacts?
Yes you got it! I didn't want anyone to see the bucket at 10:10 until we had a chance to go back and get it for the museum. Send me your address and I will mail you the t shirt. frankmcranch@gmail.com
Hahaha Good call!
@@exploringabandonedmines that ore bucket is awesome find!
@@exploringabandonedmines So one off the bucket list.
Cool. That was a interesting day, side by side got stuck in the Creek. It was a blizzard out. We found a exit past the sketchy hanging rocks at the end ,that came out in the forest. Still would like to find the source of that hotspring!
Yeah we should try to go in again with the new oxygen monitor I have.
@@exploringabandonedmines Yeah. Anytime. Probably have to snowmobile. Real close to the snow line. Could find a hotspring!
I find this interesting. And you are absolutely correct. I would NOT go into any of these. (I'm clostrophopic but I deeply appreciate those who do.) Thank you for an interesting video.
Well said!
"the closer I look the worst it is", "yeah, there's the barrel" Best channel on youtube!!!! Thanks Frank!
If you like this look up ghost town living also a great channel of exploring mines
That air tester is a very handy unit. It just saved your life.
Here in utah when you break one of them snotcycles they calls you an eco terrorists! I love your videos, most of our mines have been plugged with concrete by overpaid bureaucratic karens!
Some kids years ago were climbing down a shaft in Utah and something like a big machine broke loose and went down the shaft with the kid and everything else. I don’t think his body was recovered and would explain the plug far better then blaming the people saving stupid people assess!
I live in ogden utah lol
@@njcaveexplorer you might be thinking of the muddy puddy cave? The story where an explorer went down the wrong path and ended up getting wedged. All rescue efforts failed and they never recovered his body. Cemented it in.
I am also from Utah. But that's is true. Also I wouldn't mind exsploring mines.
@@hyperv1016 hey fellow Utan
I figure you lost the SD card and just found it ! Thanks for the adventure !
That's a pack rat, I had some in my barn. You loose some shiny bits you can find them in there nest.
Wow, that is a heck of a mine there brother, i wonder how much ore they got out of the mine, 11 levels i say that they must of gotten alot of ore out of that mine.
First time i seen low oxagen so good to see you listen to your device its good you dident chance it and say a let me go little ferther haha
We have seen it a few times, not too often.
It would make sense that you're getting a bad air reading in a mine with hot springs. sulferic volcanic gases coming up... hence the heat
You guys should look into the "Bottomless pit" of Flagstaff AZ. It's out by the driving range east of town off Walnut canyon road. It's shown on older topo maps. Geologists say it's thousands of feet deep and most likely goes all the way to the Grand Canyon 60 miles away. It's not well known at all.
We don't have that much rope!
12:31 Mosquitoes are attracted to CO2.
Hello Frank
First of all i miss Shannon
This mine you get in is very good love it
Thanks for sharing this old stuff 😁☝️
Take care
Yours Frank Galetzka
Sharon will be back next week!
Ainsworth! I grew up in Kaslo. Love this stuff.
I know a mining geophysicist who is sort of interested in that ore. What is the silver content?
What I'm saying is I smell silver.
Edit: I almost forgot. Those are pack rats and pack rats like to bring shiny things to their nests. I've seen quarter-ounce gold nugget that came from one.
At 20:56 can you see the face in the rock he removes with his hand? I have a habit of picking these out in these old mining videos and photographs.
Never thought I’d say it but that rat was precious to say the least. What a cute face and those chubby cheeks were made for squeezing.
You discovered a unmined vein of ore and it had to be mined out before you could release video?
i wish zillow had a section for properties with mines
There is one in Ouray Colorado
You should take a temp reading at each level and maybe a low cost wind meter. Just interesting to know.
anemometer
Someone sounded really out of breath. I bet it’s a lot of climbing and hard work to get thru there. I’m 5’ tall and 100 pounds so I could crawl thru the tiny places. I was wondering what light u all use in there to make it so bright.
We have a number of light we use.
@@exploringabandonedmines I was just curious. If u all ever come to Kentucky or Tennessee, I would love to explore with u all. I’ll even go down some of those tiny passages for u all.
Thanks Frank nice video
You bet
I'd love to see pictures or a video of these mines being worked back N the Day! How did they do it,, how long did it take to dig a tunnel, etc.
A tunnel would normally advance 8 feet per shift.
@@exploringabandonedmines Show me how! LOL
Wow some cool calcite formations in the beginning in the tunnel.
Yes it was!
25 km south of Creston BC here trying to wate out the covid missing our friends up north.
Have you ever heard of any mines on the west side of Lytton or lillooet? Ive just started out as a paramedic out there and I’m always fascinated about what’s over there.
No I haven't
@@exploringabandonedmines thanks for answering my comment! Also, There’s this guy in California. He lives in an abandoned ghost town that used to have a mine. It’s called called the town of Cerro Gordo. He’s on TH-cam, you should check out his mine exploration videos!
Could you bring a U.V. light and shine it on the deposits? It would look cool. Thanks!
We have only the fluoride deposits look really amazing.
There has to be some bottle dumps around some of those old mines from the workers. You should dig some bottles....would make an excellent video.
This Channel is awesome!
Thanks
crazy looking place!!
Insane to see you grow from 3k subscribers now to 140k! Big Congrats!
Yes! Thank you!
You can't recalibrate your low oxygen alarm in a low oxygen environment, it defeats the whole purpose.
It needs to be done in the open air.
Ok, did I miss something or do I need to wait for the next video to explain why you couldn't release this video?
Love to see the end of that first passage you were in. Dang that low O2
I had a reason. The first person to guess what it was gets a free t shirt. The answer will be next week.
@@exploringabandonedmines My guess its because there are potential prospectors wanting to mine it and there are bids going on for the licence to mine there. As a result you were waiting on permission due to potential sensitive ore deposits shown in the video.
Thank you for that comment, now I don't need to be in that cave any longer.
I think you found a safe in there and you weren't releasing the footage, so that no one could take it because you wanted to give the safe to a museum
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WHOA! Pause the video at 20:56... That rock he grabs looks JUST LIKE a human face!! super detailed too! Creepy as hell! (his thumb is right at the outside of the eye, face is looking left ....(shudder)
The fact that mosquitoes are present inside indicates a serious volume of stagnant water. The unsupported limestone walls near the exit are the cherry on top. In other words, don't try this at home!
Interesting Video guys, but you couldn't pay me ENOUGH to go
In there. Stay safe.
Good video boys I live in Nelson about 30 minutes from Ainsworth , where is your museum ???
5615 Kenmore in Grand Forks
Love you're videos long time watching 👀 ♥ some I have watch in parts cause of my back.
what was the purple ore ?
Fluorite is purple
New to the channel! First saw you on Gly's Abandoned and Forgotten Places. Y'all are awesome!
Thanks for subbing!
did you check out the mine at Nelway BC?
Remac? Yes.
@@exploringabandonedmines is there still an active mine there? I lived in the valley in the '70s
Dammit Frank, I saw spiders anyway 😂😂. A very cool adventure, glad you didn't push on and decided to go back when your monitor went off. xx
Where is this video taken...look closeer at the stone wor its has megalithic stone work everywhere in it from veginning to end
Ainsworth BC Canada
yes that was fun, enjoyed that Frank
Hi Frank I am going to have to go right back to the 1st video on your list…. There are shitloads I haven’t seen lol
Hot springs will carry a lot of dissolved CO2, that's probably what's causing the low oxygen issues in there and not directly sulfur chemistry. Unless it was reeking and you didn't mention it, and the water's awfully clear for that much DOS to account for it... there'd be that mineral scum everywhere from acidic erosion, and iron rust would be blackened.
If you had a little slaked lime you could stir a bit in the water and see if and how quickly it turns white, the hydroxide takes up the CO2 and makes calcium carbonate. I bet it gets milky immediately.
What is all the purple rock? I might have missed you telling us or i couldn't hear it. Thanks
I don't know. I have seen purple Fluorite.
Thankyou for your response. I was curious. It's pretty cool looking. Thanks again
So why wasn't this video released previously?
I wanted to get the ore bucket @10:10 for my museum first!
@@exploringabandonedmines yeah I watched your next video after I asked great stuff by the way.
Love the old intro perfect
Interesting mine.
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Very!
So I just ran across this guys videos and I usually dont watch videos with titles that are obviously worded in such a way as to get views, in other words "CLICKBAIT". Against my better judgment I watched it. The video of the abandoned mine is really cool so the guy did NOT need to try and dupe people into watching it by using a very misleading title. I'll most likely not be watching anymore of his videos.
Either you enjoy the content or not...why use the title as an excuse to watch the content or not? If it wasn't for the title the video would not have showed up in your suggestions!
@@exploringabandonedmines If people see something in the title, they expect they payoff of understanding why the title would be true or explained. As far as one could tell from simply watching, the video doesn't deliver on the title. You may as well have put "You'll never guess where we found this log!". It's just misleading, so why should viewers believe that your other titles will be true? People do make grabby titles for videos, but the good ones connect the two components together.
@@ashleyhamman exactly, wasting peoples time, and at the end you end up annoying people, which instills a desire not to return.
Exploring Abandoned Mines, That’s absolutely incorrect, even assuming your viewers are watching this because it showed up in our recommendations (it didn’t for me). The title of a video is the *only* “excuse” to watch the content, because it’s the title that informs us of what we’ll be watching in the first place.
You didn’t deliver on your title regardless of what we were shown. I came to the comments to find out what I missed and no explanation I could find.
Yes, it’s aggravating to your (probably new) viewers whether you believe it or not.
Thx for letting me know its a waste of my time 🤙
I’ve had a cornered rat jump right at my face 😵lol
Great video :)
They can be nasty!
Good thing you had the oxygen meter, we could have lost ya! Cute little mine rat, good thing Sharon wasn't there! Between the rats and the spiders she would have been out of there. How old is that mine? I get the impression it's pretty old.
Thanks Frank, stay safe.
Probably around 120 years old.
random guess, you had to go back with a warning sign or contact the land owner to inform of the low oxygen , no matter what, stay safe
Nice one for carrying the oxygen/air quality monitor cos sulphur dioxide isn't too good for your health
The water if tested would possibly come back positive for sulphuric acid
Nice find though - love watching where you go exploring
14:00 It not a rat, I don't know what type of rodent it is, but I know it's not a rat. Tails too flat and short for a rat.
Nice log A-Frame!