Exploring an Abandoned Silver Mine Dating Back to the Post Civil War Era in New Mexico
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2024
- Today's abandoned mine exploring video features one of the oldest (and longest-mined) historical abandoned mines I've been in. History of this mine began in 1866 and was mined for nearly a century. It is part of an elaborate network of underground workings that span for many miles.
This exploration focuses on a path to find an underground mule stable which was used during its early legacy period. Mules during the early era of this abandoned mine were used to haul ore car loads to the surface, long before powered trammers.
Joining us on this adventure are @ZiaMountainAdventures and @Porty1119. Together, we descend down an inclined winze that has an ominous "Bad Air" label and a challenging obstacle to navigate through to get to the bottom. To get to the stable area, we then have to ascend a different inclined winze-stope to reach the original level where we entered this abandoned mine to circumnavigate a collapse that prevented us from reaching this area.
This abandoned mine exploring video is shot and presented in 4K and HDR. I recommend for your viewing experience to watch this video with a TV, monitor, or mobile device with a 4K/HDR compatible display. It really does make a difference!
WARNING: Abandoned Underground's videos are intended for entertainment purposes. No intention of training, education or desire to duplicate actions performed in these videos are suggested, implied, or inferred. Performing actions that expose one to risk without proper training, education, or experience are inherently dangerous and should not be done.
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Another great adventure and facts from Porty were awesome as well. Incline winze stope was nuts! On to the next!
This was quite the adventure! We could probably spend 6 months in those mountains and not explore everything! That inclined winze-stope was crazy! Aren't you glad we climbed it?
Nice video, Justin! That is one extensive mine. Some great collections of old miners’ graffiti in there including that pig drawing and the self-portraits. Very cool having the green map popping up periodically to show your location. The tobacco tin was a nice find, too. Your assessment of “honeycomb” seemed quite appropriate.
Thank you, Frank! This exploration was focused on finding an underground livery, so we didn't go down every branching drift. I did go off task exploring some passages that weren't part of the plan (curiosity prevails), but due to the main objective at hand- we skipped A LOT of this area of the mine.
Thank you for liking the map idea! After another (much larger mine exploring channel) mimicked what I had done in the past with the maps, I am making it a point to differentiate with more elaborate information on our waypoints in the mine when information is available.
The Prince Albert is the first I've seen in months. Those stopes are a honeycomb indeed!
Thanks again, Frank!
That is one gnarly mine!
It was a really cool experience! Thanks for watching!
Glad Frank reminded me of your channel. TH-cam never shows your uploads in my subscription feed and they seem to get buried. Anyways, looks like I have plenty to catch up on since last fall.
I really appreciate Frank for reminding you! Thank you for taking time out of your day to watch! That's the reason why I put the extra effort into making these videos! Thank you!
I've seen several mule stables here in the Anthracite region. They're pretty rare. It's the best! Like your vids.
I have yet to lay eyes on an underground livery yet! They are about as rare as bigfoot due to technological changes throughout mining history. Thank you for the compliment, and I appreciate you watching!
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND awesome man. Ya, believe it or not the hay was still in some....and anthracite mines are humid. How it stayed somewhat intact is beyond me...I've seen 3 mule stables with mule bridles still present! The bridles were in great shape too. They would retrofit the mule stables into shops for the electric mine motors. One was left intact however and it blows my mind. I'll have videos and images of that one up on my channel in the near future. Good luck and safe exploration.
Note to self, when in a old mine wear a mask. Dude all that dust is so gnarly! We’ve all worked in it before but now knowing it turns into mud in lungs is a nasty thought! Love the video my guy!
Funny that you mentioned that! I always bring N95 masks with me. I get so distracted and excited that I forget to get it out of my pack and use it! This also holds true with gloves and knee pads as well- I bring them, but get caught in the moment and don't use them! I know it's silly, but it happens. Thanks for watching, and the compliment!
Rope ladder area was a rough looking area😱🤮cool video keep safe out there guys 🙌
It initially looked sketchy, but once across, it didn't appear impossible to cross. We had 400 feet of static rope and ascending/descending equipment with us, so if the ladder wasn't there, we would have still made it down. The rope ladder saved us from hauling in an extra 60 pounds of gear! Thanks for the compliment, well-wishes, and thanks for watching!
It was probably the miners from back in the day that drunk the Budweiser. I can’t imagine someone would kick back down the mine with a four pack! 😂
Nowadays, you'd be amazed at the decision-making capacity individuals possess! Thanks for watching!
you lot are braver then me lovely shapes and colours but hells bells thats is a honey comb mine for sure well done
Thank you for the compliment! Mine exploring isn't for everyone. This honeycomb isn't the most elaborate I've experienced- the labyrinth in my Hollow Mountain playlist is insane!
Hi there, my husband and I have been exploring this abandoned mine all the times. That was our ladder, we left it behind so that we do not have to bring it with us all the time. We are planning to come back.
Stay safe! I love exploring in this area.
How nice! Thank you for that! You guys saved us from lugging in all of the rope gear. If I'm not mistaken, weren't you requesting information on another abandoned mine we featured years back? If so, shoot me another email.
Also, if my memory serves me correctly, I believe I saw some pictures you and your husband took outside of another abandoned mine south of this one with a steel ore bin on social media. Am I right?
I posted a video exploring that mine about a month ago. It was a flooded, dangerous mess!
Thanks for watching, and leaving that ladder behind!
I think this is my favorite place yet!
Yes and you are correct. We are planning to come back in about a week or two. In this where, we were able to carried up a huge boulder with crystal. There is another mine in this area, it is huge and very cool to explore. You and your crew have to explore that one. Video of this mine is on my wall or in my photo album.
You are welcome. Glad to see that the rope ladder is still in a fair condition and it helped us as well.
Cool video
Thanks Adrian! This area is even cooler! It holds the largest abandoned mine I've ever been in, and quite possibly the largest accessible abandoned mine in the state! That video will be up soon.
Have any of you guys explored gage nm and u guys know what they mined from that mine ?
I have, long ago! Silver, lead, copper, and tungsten in surrounding areas were mined there. That place has some history to it, one piece of it, tragic. Thank you for watching!
Neat set of consolidated workings, third quarter 19th century is getting into the rare find category. I tend to find the complicated districts with long, convoluted histories to be the most bewitching personally. You gotta wander off into the earliest, most obscure wings if they still exist - with luck that's where you'll find the museums. The diggings resembling insect domains or caves are something else, yeah? Shame about the livery area, was really hoping you'd be able to tour it. I've seen similar old world haul features marked on maps but haven't come across any in person. I'm sure you've heard of "muleways", specifically for animal transit...
You are right about the rarity of these historical abandoned mines! Frank from @exploringabandonedminesandunusualplaces has made a valid point regarding these places- most of them have been visited by others over the decades, and anything of interest has been removed or destroyed. The only places that are intact are the hardest to get to.
The presence of animal power really exemplifies the age of the the mine! It really was a shame that the livery was destroyed. It would have been a sight to behold! Thanks for the comment!
What part of New Mexico I grew up in Silver City
There are two big clues in the video- one is towards the beginning, the other is inside the mine! One clue is more obscure than the other, but if you are clever enough to solve it, please don't divulge the location! Thanks for watching!
Like Swiss cheese down there! Do you have an email I could send a pretty cool mine location to?
My email is in the "About" section! Thank you in advance