I just recently discovered your channel and have been watching your videos and I have to say they are absolutely amazing and I hope you continue making them for a good long while
These videos that you make are amazing. My son is a Webelo. In the past month or two we have been working on geology. We went to howes caverns and on the way home I took my family to the secret caverns. The kids collected many samples while camping down the road and went over them in their den meeting. With the Cub scouts we have gone on so many hikes in the past 4 years. So many of our hikes seem to be in the vicinity where you make your videos. We never realized what was under our feet all along. Thanks to you we will look at the woods in a different way from now on. I'll be sure to share these videos with the other families who I know and who I meet especially in the scouts. I want to thank you and your whole team for adding this to our hikes.
Great work, love this channel! I live in Niagara Falls, NY and grew up in this county. I am a silver bug so when I came across your work it was on the idea of what silver mines were here in the state of ny. Stay safe and cannot wait to see what's next!
Brings back lots of good memories!We used to explore the Philips Mine before before the bat gates were installed in 1999. There are three adits near the two Philipstown mines you explored in this video. There's also an open pit mine nearby with a drainage trench (like the Denny Mine). I always believed that the Philips Mine was named for either Captain Frederick Philipse (1698-1751), grandson of Adolph Philipse (the original holder of the 1698 Highland Patent) or his son Frederick II (1720-1785) who was the last lord of the manor of Philipsburg. They were the first members of the Philipse family to maintain a part time residence in the immediate vicinity. Frederick II was around when Baron Peter Hassenclaver was prospecting nearby. His will mentions mines near the Hudson but doesn't provide location details. The estate was called Highland Grange and was located on Philipsbrook above the Garrison depot. Mines in western Philipstown are also mentioned in the wills and deeds of William Denning who had purchased all of the Philipse landholdings seized by The Commissioners of Forfeiture in the early 19th century. Denning was related to the King family who owned the Philips Mine property from 1867-1911. The Kings leased the property to the Hudson river Copper Co. and later, The Highland Chemical Works. Thanks for the wonderful videos! Is there a email address that I can contact you? I've come across old newspaper articles which mention several old mines in Putnam and Orange Counties that I've never heard of before.I'd like to share them with you for your project.
Hi James, sorry I am just reading through the comments now, my email is northamericaoverland@gmail.com, I would love to see the newspaper articles! Thanks! -Mike
Amazing find at the end. Fun fact.. down at the bottom of the Phillips mine lies the body of a professor who took his class into the mine to show them geology. Sometime in the 60s I believe. No rescue was possible they said. I Read the article and I may have it if you need it.
@@Gamerhalloffamer777 I looked through my archives, I have hundreds of articles on local mines here. Cant find this one. I can tell you the following for certain. 1) there was a geology professor who took a class into the tunnel of the phillips mine, (mentinoed in the article as a mine in putnam) he slipped and fell down and wasnt heard from after a few minutes. Police came in with hooks and grapples and were not able to ge tthe body and they suspected it floated into a the lower tunnel drainage of the mine. this mine has 2 tunnels at different levels. only the top one was accessible, now gated. The entrande thus today is from the top shaft. However that was the article and I also saw it somewhere else. Cant find it anymore.
Strange that such an enormous mine would be forgotten. And no evidence of silver? The presence of r\iron pyrite might mean that iron pyrite may have been mined here (it was used to make sulphuric acid).
@@mikesandone2652 The kayaks must have been nice. I remember having a hard time not going in circles with only one paddle in my raft. When Gary showed up to a rafting adventure without a raft! I gave him the raft I was going to use for gear and one of my paddles.
I just recently discovered your channel and have been watching your videos and I have to say they are absolutely amazing and I hope you continue making them for a good long while
These videos that you make are amazing.
My son is a Webelo. In the past month or two we have been working on geology. We went to howes caverns and on the way home I took my family to the secret caverns. The kids collected many samples while camping down the road and went over them in their den meeting. With the Cub scouts we have gone on so many hikes in the past 4 years. So many of our hikes seem to be in the vicinity where you make your videos. We never realized what was under our feet all along. Thanks to you we will look at the woods in a different way from now on. I'll be sure to share these videos with the other families who I know and who I meet especially in the scouts.
I want to thank you and your whole team for adding this to our hikes.
Great work, love this channel! I live in Niagara Falls, NY and grew up in this county. I am a silver bug so when I came across your work it was on the idea of what silver mines were here in the state of ny. Stay safe and cannot wait to see what's next!
Brings back lots of good memories!We used to explore the Philips Mine before before the bat gates were installed in 1999. There are three adits near the two Philipstown mines you explored in this video. There's also an open pit mine nearby with a drainage trench (like the Denny Mine).
I always believed that the Philips Mine was named for either Captain Frederick Philipse (1698-1751), grandson of Adolph Philipse (the original holder of the 1698 Highland Patent) or his son Frederick II (1720-1785) who was the last lord of the manor of Philipsburg. They were the first members of the Philipse family to maintain a part time residence in the immediate vicinity. Frederick II was around when Baron Peter Hassenclaver was prospecting nearby. His will mentions mines near the Hudson but doesn't provide location details. The estate was called Highland Grange and was located on Philipsbrook above the Garrison depot.
Mines in western Philipstown are also mentioned in the wills and deeds of William Denning who had purchased all of the Philipse landholdings seized by The Commissioners of Forfeiture in the early 19th century. Denning was related to the King family who owned the Philips Mine property from 1867-1911. The Kings leased the property to the Hudson river Copper Co. and later, The Highland Chemical Works.
Thanks for the wonderful videos! Is there a email address that I can contact you? I've come across old newspaper articles which mention several old mines in Putnam and Orange Counties that I've never heard of before.I'd like to share them with you for your project.
What is the address please
Hi James, sorry I am just reading through the comments now, my email is northamericaoverland@gmail.com, I would love to see the newspaper articles! Thanks! -Mike
Out here living my dream 😭 I’ve always wanted to explore and find caves around here
if this dude continues to upload videos like this he will blow upp
great video man😁
Pe,nsacola, FL now, but from Kingston. The class of 1972 were smart and fled NY's tax extraction machine.
That's crazy, I'm from Mahwah! I had never known of these mines
Knew the owner of the Mason Jar. Is it still there?
@@samanthab1923 Still there and always super busy!
@@heleezy Thanks! Been a long time since I was up there.
That note was WILDDD
Valley of the Hudson
One of the best ones yet in the series. Awesome!!
There fishing next to Jellystone campground were shawangunk drains into the wallkill river
Amazing find at the end. Fun fact.. down at the bottom of the Phillips mine lies the body of a professor who took his class into the mine to show them geology. Sometime in the 60s I believe. No rescue was possible they said. I Read the article and I may have it if you need it.
Dan, please send me the article if you can find it.
Please post a link so we could kindly see. So very interesting
@@Gamerhalloffamer777 I looked through my archives, I have hundreds of articles on local mines here. Cant find this one. I can tell you the following for certain. 1) there was a geology professor who took a class into the tunnel of the phillips mine, (mentinoed in the article as a mine in putnam) he slipped and fell down and wasnt heard from after a few minutes. Police came in with hooks and grapples and were not able to ge tthe body and they suspected it floated into a the lower tunnel drainage of the mine. this mine has 2 tunnels at different levels. only the top one was accessible, now gated. The entrande thus today is from the top shaft. However that was the article and I also saw it somewhere else. Cant find it anymore.
Still loving your videos!
Thank you. I will keep on making them!
It is ROV time brother! What great videos you make! From the Hudson Valley myself and a amateur prospector.
Wow that note was an really cool find!
Great video keep posting
Someone’s gotta find at least one of those guys from the note!!
Now this was a great video. Very interesting.
why does the muzak have to be so loud, distracting. out @7:13min.
Thank you for this video! Such impressive editing as usual
Very interesting, I hope you follow up the note.
Excellent video!
Never realized the Dutch were already there back then. Amazing video!
Strange that such an enormous mine would be forgotten. And no evidence of silver? The presence of r\iron pyrite might mean that iron pyrite may have been mined here (it was used to make sulphuric acid).
Excellent video Mike! Like Always! Very Intriguing!
The note was an amazing find!
Rafting in a mine..... who does this??
Haha! I only know one other person that rafts in mines!!
@@mikesandone2652 The kayaks must have been nice. I remember having a hard time not going in circles with only one paddle in my raft. When Gary showed up to a rafting adventure without a raft! I gave him the raft I was going to use for gear and one of my paddles.
Hey Chris Murley how you doing!
Also hoping you follow up on the note...!!!
I remember the first one, very nice work Mike!
HEY, I made the credits!
Yea! Thanks again for providing the map that showed the Sing Sing Mine! That was very helpful.
The way that mine looks it seems they hired Chinese to do this. The Chinese where famous for not using timbers to block up over head rock!
Supposedly I have a couple different old mines on my property, iron (early 1800's) and coal (early 1900's) any tips on finding them?
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