Uncovering and Opening an Abandoned Mine
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In 1872, Henry DeBardeleben and his father- in-law, Daniel Pratt, formed a partnership to purchase the Red Mountain Coal and Iron Company, changing the name to Eureka Mining and Transportation Company. In 1873. DeBardeleben sent his mine engineer, Joseph Squire, from the Helena Mines to Red Mountain to rebuild the Oxmoor Furnace, that was destroyed during the Civil War, to find and open iron ore mines and to connect the mines to the furnace using a tramway.
The Eureka #2 mine, featured in this video, was opened in 1873 and operated under the Eureka Company until the 1890s when they merged with TCI, Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. In 1907, US Steel acquired Tennessee Coal and Iron Company and changed the name of the mine from Eureka 2 to Ishkooda 13.
The Ishkooda 13 mine was open until the 1950s with all of the US Steel iron ore mines on the mountain being closed by the 1960s.
On this video, we are uncovering and reopening this mine, not to mine iron ore, but to explore and document this almost 150 year old mine.
If you enjoy this video, please consider subscribing :)
#undergroundbirmingham #abandoned #travel
Here's part 2, the inside
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please tell me you bought this property or something, sorry if it came up in an earlier video, I am new to your channel.
But I am pretty sure that there is illegal if it isn't your property or you don't have a permit.
😂@@MrWeedWacky
Visited No13 on the 4th of July this year.. literally the coolest place in three counties..
Quite the treat for a July in Alabama.
Thanks for your videos.
They did a very nice job closing that mine. Good craftsmanship
they did close it very well
You guys destroyed it! Why not cut the rock?
Это вам так кажется что хорошо,динамит и всё там разнесёт к чертовой бабушке
One of the best unboxings I've ever seen.
the operator is a wizard with that thing . got all the concrete off the sign perfect, bravo
Was totally impressed and amazed with how that wall barricade was heavily reinforced and built ! Goes to show the kind of quality workmanship that went into projects way back in the day. The person in charge of sealing that mine slept well at night knowing no one was going to get into it.... until now..... Lol. 👍👍
that is so true. we have been in others that you can just blow on and get in.
Or was it closed up like that to keep something inside forever.....something evil......
@@AbstractVisionzTieDye it was covid
@@AbstractVisionzTieDye jk we made it in a lab
It's almost like they never wanted it to be opened again...
"Those dwarves delved too greedily and too deep..." They weren't trying to keep people out, but to keep in a damn Balrog. Great, just great.
Such a beautiful portal, and I bet it's really well preserved from being sealed so well.
You guys did an amazing job opening it up without any damage.
Judging how hard that concrete was.. I don't think it's been sealed up like that that long.
Old concrete in the south tends to be soft, sorta mushy almost.
@@johnwalker7592 wrong it has been up longer
thank you so much, we tried to do it as carefully as possible, a lot of planning
@@johnwalker7592 it was placed there in the 50s, but reinforced the way it was made it challenging
Hi, I'm a youtuber who explores abandoned mines in Japan. I was impressed by your wonderful images of historical mines.
Just subscribed. Looking forward to seeing what you have
@@UndergroundBirmingham Thank you very much. I have already registered too. Let's keep each other safe. I hope to see more of you in the future.
Hello! I explored in Arizona and have recently come to japan for living! Maybe we can cooperate!
I have also subscribed to your channel.
@@TheSwordFiles Hello, you're visiting Japan! We hope to be able to join you one day for that. It sounds like a wonderful experience.
What an awesome little backhoe with a an absolute perfect array of attachments.
with the tight corner to get a machine in here, we had to go with a little backhoe, the larger one we used to open the last mine would not fit
Thank you for sharing . That operator is an artist. WOW.😊
Looking forward to seeing more of this mine!
glad you enjoyed this one paul, here's part 2 if you haven't seen it yet, way behind in getting to comments. th-cam.com/video/Q5JDxVwor04/w-d-xo.html
Oh man, they really had that portal sealed up tight! Your excavator man is a real surgeon with that hammer. I'll be looking forward to underground video at this one!
he's the best out there
The operator running the excavator had skills!
much better than we could have done
Imagine the sound of the breaker pounding on the concrete, echoing through the passages of the mine. Like waking up the past, telling it you're coming.
This was where my train of thought was too.
letting it know it wasn't forgotten
It would of shaken any loose rock off ceiling nicely 😅
I started my caving activities decades ago in N. Ga. abandoned mines and moved on to caves and man-made tunnels in the TAG area. This opening is fascinating to me and also you have just opened some more prime bat habitat if managed carefully.
Can you tell me about your adventures
When is the second part coming, just love watching old things being uncovered with guys like you who can use a hammer like a dentist.
If you knew MY dentist you'd recognize the fallacy in that comparison. 🙄
hey buddy, super behind on trying to get to all the comments, here it is if you haven't watched yet. th-cam.com/video/Q5JDxVwor04/w-d-xo.html
@@mikehudick7074 lol
This is awesome ... just want to give you guys props for getting all that equipment out there and making this happen .... there is no better people that care and understand the history of these locations than this channel.
thank you so much for the kind words. we are so happy you enjoy what we do.
@@UndergroundBirmingham Can't believe you guys got permission from U.S. Steel to do this. ... did they make you sign a waiver??? Also ... I noticed there were two different types of cement ... the dates looked like the original portion of the encasement while the big slab on the front appeared to be a newer type of cement plus rebar??? Well ... don't hesitate to correct me ... just seems it was sealed twice???
Railroad ties are made out of wood and are used to support the rail. Those are pieces of rail embedded in the concrete. So cool that you were able to strip the concrete off the area above the portal where the numbers and arch details were! Can't wait to see what's inside!
yea, i got a little tongue tied there. they were 90lb rails, full gauge rail
Yeah I always try and take a Bobcat with me when I’m mine exploring 😉 lol
nice work by the operator getting that concrete off the arch without damaging the old structure! great video
That looks great. Working a dip mine is cool. Looking forward to part 2.
thank you richard, if you haven't seen part 2 here you go. th-cam.com/video/Q5JDxVwor04/w-d-xo.html
The precision skills on that Drill, hot damn!
Evening guys, I’m from the U.K., and all for mine exploring.
Though, recently some guys using a disc cutter on a very similar mine seal wall caused a methane explosion, it completely blew the 20 tonne concrete wall over, lucky no one was killed, that was methane gas
Then going down you should consider the heavier than air gasses?
I’m watching in, stay safe
Hey bud, this is an iron ore mine, ventilated by other mines. Air quality in this one is great, no gases, but the rotten timers could displace some oxygen, we thankfully have never had our meters go off. Do you have any videos exploring them? If so I’m subscribing
@@UndergroundBirmingham I’m very glad you put that. I hope you don’t think I was moaning, it’s just some folks are unaware of the dangers
I’ve never put videos on TH-cam, I have a heap of photos though, and ours are mainly coal
I’ve already subscribed to your channel after on,y finding it tonight 😂
Love our UK mining history and culture.
Hi Brian also from UK been wanting to explore a mine but no one brave enough to go with we're in the UK are you close to
@@jamiestewart5802 South Wales Jamie, where are you? Lots of mine explorers about for company and advice all over Britain
That was some impressive wall to close up this old mine. You must have got the "go ahead" to dismantle that "opening" from "higher ups", or bought this land to do so. I'm glad that your crew left the signage. I'll be following your progress. Very interesting "approach" to do an "explore".
Got the okay from land owner, US Steel, MSHA and RGGS, the mineral rights owner. A few other things, but those are the heavy hitters
@@UndergroundBirmingham Technically, MSHA does not have jurisdiction over inactive mines. That falls to OSHA.
Your "comment" needs permission for all those quotations
@@Porty1119 correct, but we consult with them as well.
@@UndergroundBirmingham Yeah fair enough. They're the experts on this regardless of legal specifics.
Just subbed! Thank you for sharing! 😊
Reading through the comments it seems nobody knows the steel in this video is called railroad track. It's not a line or a tie... it's the track itself.
i got tongue tied and said tie. we call it rail here
@@UndergroundBirmingham щшщф Но
@@mercymain1866 prot prot luwh deck
Or a rail….
1.
What a lovely mine entrance!
a beauty for sure
SWEET !!!!
CAN'T WAIT FOR THE VIDEO OF INSIDE
i believe you have seen it, but if not, here you go. th-cam.com/video/Q5JDxVwor04/w-d-xo.html
Knowing where this is and living close to it makes me want to explore myself
don't blame you one bit
Sir, a few months ago I explored this mine through an caved in entrance. I had equipment with me. A slot light. A few bottles of water. And a knife if need be. I recorded my entire explorative trip. I was on the opposite side of the mountain on which you dug that NO-13 out. The mine went extremely deep. At the time I didn’t know too much of its history. Today I do. I wasn’t aware it went two miles deep. About an hour into walking further and further down it gets to the point every direction you look is another path way. Just stone pillars holding it all up. Wood rotted away. Railways remaining. Collapsed stone and some paths collapsed. It was by far the most dangerous explorative abandoned place I’ve did in my life. You can even see water coming from the walls in some areas. If you are interested. I can send you everything I have recorded when I went down. I don’t have any real use of it. I do it for a gig but it seems you do this for a living.
there's another entrance?
@@zesshi6154 yes, a sink hole formed from a collapsed Tunnel from that mine. Not an official entrance. Just a way to get in because the grown collapsed
Thank you, my grandfather was a local coal miner.
Trying to keep the history alive
Were dig you find a excavator op with such a soft touch,he clearly knows how to save hstory. Be neat to turn this into part of a tour of the underground history of the local area.
we would love to be able to have tours for people to see, just finding an insurance company that will help
@@UndergroundBirmingham Good tuck with that one :)
Dreamed of doing stuff like this. Subbed! Thank you for doing this.
thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it
He’s finessing that hammer drill!
The best out there
Don't you know it ! That guy has some serious skills.
@@MSB-rq9xd our buddy Ryan with KLB Construction
That is NOT a Hammer 'Drill', it's a Hydraulic Rock Breaker, a Drill 'Bores' holes, a totally different operation! I operated both 'Stationary' Rock Breakers beside a 'Grizzly' at the deepest base metal mine in the world in Timmins, Ontario, CAN., and I also operated a scooptram mounted Rock Breaker mounted where the bucket would be mounted on a 8 yard Sandvik scoop tram breaking oversize ore too big to get to the Grizzly, doing this task manually and remotely using a harness that was slung over the shoulder so that the remote control unit could be operated from waist height.
@@frederickmoller the more you know 🌈
Я знал что когда то найдут Золото партии. 1873-1933-2021 это дотронуца до такой старины, воздух прошлого века.
Hey! Thats the drill my childhood Dentist used in 1966! That sound! Ill never forget!
Man what a crane man.. great job Guys! Cool video..
thanks you kenneth, so glad you enjoyed it, it was a fun thing to do
That's not a crane.
So like it costing a lot of money to open this. After you get done opening it are you going to close it back up? They put cement there to close it up for a reason.
Awesome. I wish we could do that with some areas here around Chattanooga TN
just start asking and give em your plan, you never know what they may say
Man the guy running that machine is talented
it did an outstanding job
That was like a sealed tomb from yesterday's dreams it almost broke my heart to see the tomb opened but I know better things will come 🙏 ⛏⛏
we are just tying to wake it up so it can have somewhat of a life again
A tomb nobody's buried in here instead of f****** housing for bodies
@@UndergroundBirmingham wdf r u Talkin about lmaoo
Really cool! 💕👵
Nice work indeed hello from Australia working the portal and keeping it intact
thank you so much for noticing. we tried as carefully as possible not to damage it
Nothing beats a good operator
LOL, when i read the title of your channel and saw the video title i thought, no way could be the possible in "Birmingham UK" LOL! Only in the USA! Fantastic.
Is 2021 really a good year to be opening anything that's sealed? But seriously it's a cool video and look forward to watching more.
😂😂😂😂🎙
Wasn't this an old and cursed mine in Birmingham that was a subject in a documentary a few years ago ?
hahaha thank you Samantha, glad you enjoyed it :)
@@marcelogouveia9614 mine isn't cursed
@@sisu007 samantha has a point lol
Would love to see more about this mine!
The video is very good
shout out to the excavator operator, that was some skilled work
We have a large iron ore mine in Ghelari, Hunedoara county, Romania that opened in the Roman times, operated till September 2005 when it ceased operation.
that is so cool!!
@@UndergroundBirmingham Former miners warned everyone trying to enter the mine to have a oxygen level measuring device. The iron ore when oxidizing, tends to remove oxygen from air.
Ah man! Hopefully there’s a part 2 !
haha you got it bud. th-cam.com/video/Q5JDxVwor04/w-d-xo.html
Legend!
No 13, and sealed, well this can make a blockbuster movie.
I can't wait to see what's inside!!!!
You will be a very beautiful woman
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Man that was like breaking through Lincoln's tomb. The guy with excavator really knows what he's doing. Is this on private property? Anyway excellent video keep them coming
he's the best out there, we use him every chance we get
It’s a crypt. The way they sealed it and put in the monument. No bueno opening it up. Anyone know the history?
@@Waiting_777 it's a mine shaft in Birmingham AL
Please tell me Lincolns Tomb is still intact?
By day he's a gynecologist 👍
I thought the guy was a rookie in the Bobcat but he did a damn good job on the concrete. Looks like a tomb though more so than a mine 😬
he did a lot better than we could have, that's why you didn't see us behind it lol
Sick beats!!! And history and stuff.
So ready for part 2
just in case you missed it. i am terrible with late comments lol th-cam.com/video/Q5JDxVwor04/w-d-xo.html
man if this was on my property id make it into a storage bunker. really cool
you and me both, hell, i'd probably make it my new home lol
Im glad we have a different mind set on places like this now instead of covering them in dirt and pouring concrete on them we look to preserve the entrances for historical preservation and hiking. I wonder when it was originally sealed in concrete/and filled in with dirt?
Very cool. I’m looking forward to the future videos. Subscribed.
thank you so much. glad you enjoyed it :)
Man it's cool love to see more
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That was a sick beat.
Definitely looking forward to this
thank you paul, here's part 2 if you're interested th-cam.com/video/Q5JDxVwor04/w-d-xo.html
Brilliant job with the hammer on the face of the tunnel stone.
agreed, he did fantastic
Nice to see the lettering survived.
I live in Powderly under the Red Mountain near tge cut.A lot of family worked the mines ( black).There was any explosion when dynomite cookoff and blew up. Would like to see more.
Imagine opening up this mine and the first thing you hear is boss music and a health bar pop up.
I worked on the step Shaft leading to the lapel tunnel number 2 canal at the back of they on black country museum few years back do love this stuff.
glad you love it too. it's a part of history
I backseat drove on this one hard lol cool vid cool opportunity and job well done
No. 13
Sounds lucky.
I'm curious as to the number of hoops it's necessary to jump through to do this as I have one near me that I have thought about . It was a good producer in it's day and closed when gold became illegal to posses .
This was in tubes suggested vids & i'm interested in more subbed & will share !
FANTASTIC!
Thanks for sharing,, i like your vdio my friend,
Thats like a bunker more then a closed in mine 😂
Hope you find the goods 😊
If anyone is wonder where this is, I have been countless times. It is red mountain park, it is a beautiful place to walk or bike!
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Also the iron ore mine from Teliucul Inferior, Hunedoara county, Romania opened since 1845 and operated till 2005.
that is amazing it was in operation that long. any idea why they closed it?
@@UndergroundBirmingham it was a criteria for Romania to join the EU.
Just came across this video,subbed an exciting on what y'all will find
glad to have you following along :)
This mine is finally revisited again
was one of the best time capsules yet
So when do we get a tour of the mine? Love anything like this.😉👍
sorry for the late response, if you haven't seen the second part, here you go. th-cam.com/video/Q5JDxVwor04/w-d-xo.html
@@UndergroundBirmingham cheers👊👍 I can't actually remember now but I'll check it out💚💛❤
Are you doing a part two to this one would love to see what it's like inside and if any item's have been left behind 👍
yea, I should have it ready to go by this Sunday
Assume can't wait love seeing places like this thanks for letting me know Iook forward to seeing your video 👍
@@SPIRITVOXPARANORMALDUNDEE sorry for the super late reply, if you didn't see part 2 yet, here you go :) th-cam.com/video/Q5JDxVwor04/w-d-xo.html
Has crypt feel about about it,hope it's no some miner's resting place,can't wait to see what's inside.👍
You say that but wait till the kracken they buried 90 years ago appears and destroys them.
Every old mine is some miners resting place.
@@ezrhino1803 lol
@@SmallMartingale so true
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Well equipped
Very cool!
Maybe that's the tomb of big bad John from the song! Great video.
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Wkwk lu tau dari kontennya Antoni ya😅
@@BonengPrindapan iya jir nanggung banget nonton ya disana, biasalah part2
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Super Movie and History ;)
Cant wait for pt 2
Nice job.
As a teenager I was in all of the Ishkooda mines we could get into. Dangerous.
Cool! Had you guys already been in this one before? I'm guessing they're going to do this one like the one in RM Park they opened a few years ago and gated off!?
Yea, hopefully we can find an insurance company that will allow public tours. It's a long shot
That would be cool. I know there is an old coal mine up north that gives tours like that. I believe it's in Pennsylvania. So it's not completely out of the realm of possibilities.
Beckley exhibition coal mine in West Virginia
Do you guys have to seal it back up when your done or is it open now permanently? Did you have to get a permit or something to open it?
8:14 thats a nice song !
@8:01 AN AMAZING RINGTONE BEAT
right? lol
"You can see right here, with all this rebar, and these ties, they did NOT want anyone getting in here" but... what if it was the other way around? Something in there they didn't want to get OUT?
That’s what I was thinking 👹
Yikes, we could be a domed now.
Na ha ha ha!!
The coal mines up here in Southern Illinois and our surrounding states get capped off with about the same amount of overkill. Mostly Old Ben Coal,Consol,Peabody,Amax and a few Inland Steel mines. My buddies little brother was nearly burned to death when we were in grade school in the early eighties. They lived next to a mine that was closed in the late 50’s. Bureau of natural resources and land management along with the reclamation department manage the mining property nationwide and have for several years now. They’d be the people to control your access and egress from that shaft and to have the say so on safety and health practices. OSHA won’t have any say so I what y’all are doing nor will MSHA since there isn’t any work going on at the site of this mine you’re at. You more than likely don’t earn any income from this project. BTW, I don’t want any of y’all to think I’m trying to call you out on anything. I just don’t want you or any of your crew to be the ones left holding the bag if anything were to happen My other reason for commenting is to make sure that y’all are prepped with some sort of plan like self rescuers and air meter
Back to the point about my buddies little brother. The closed mine property jogged into their property a pretty good bit. That being the case,he had to cross what had previously been part of the mines gob pile to get to the street. That particular morning he didn’t make it to the street to catch the school bus when their yard collapsed under him. The gob had been burning underground for quite some time and nobody new it was happening.That’s just the a little history of what led up to the reclamation dept getting involved in the safety aspect of closed mines and the reason that the ground near the shaft,prep plant and outlying areas are reclaimed in a more reasonable time and manner. Hoping y’all have some self rescue equipment or emergency oxygen gear for being underground with the mines ventilation system not running. I really appreciate and enjoy these exploration vids. Keep up the great work and thank ya for taking on this project.
This is cool but how are you allowed to do this unless it's on private property. I understand flooring but this took demolition to explore
There was a Reason that someone Closed that Mine.
Hopefully you did some research on Why ? And What was being mine.
So did you acquire the rights to the mine? or how did you go about obtaining permission? and with whom? Thanks for the video.
we obtained permission from US Steel, MSHA, the mineral rights owner and property owner to open it. It is open for education purposes, not to mine again.