The Fractured Abandoned Underground- Exploring the Copper Bear Mine Part 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2024
- Today, our underground exploring adventure leads back to an old, abandoned copper and lead mine that dates back to 1916. This mine is situated in a large section of highly fractured limestone that stretches for several hundred miles across the state! The vein the miners were chasing sits on a shallow angle that dips 5 to 15 degrees, and the stopes are all interconnected. This mine can be traversed without any rope gear, and was more like underground hiking rather than typical exploring. The frightening fractures in this abandoned mine would subdue most people's desire to explore this place, but here we are.
We initially thought we completed a full exploration of this mine, but as I studied the map further after I got back from this place, we missed A LOT! This video highlights us leaving off from part 1, and getting to the unexplored areas of this abandoned mine. Thanks for watching, and please subscribe!
Joining us again are the @ZiaMountainAdventures crew! If you are inclined to do so, head over to their channel, check out where they've been and subscribe! The Zia Mountain Adventure Channel is here- / ziamountainadventures
This video was shot in 4K HDR! If you have a capable HDR display, I highly suggest you watch it in HDR. There is a considerable difference in colors and lighting!
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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Impressive video! It seems that copper mines are always pretty extensive. Very cool seeing the date from 1926. I’m sure the miner who left that carbide scrawling would be proud and impressed that you found it and showed it to the world. Very cool seeing the slivers of daylight in those completely backfilled or collapsed portals.
Hey, Frank! Thank you for always the kind words! This mine was rather unusual the way the ore body was. It was seated in some really jointed limestone at a shallow angle. I think they just drove two adits and slushed the stopes down to them. I know this mine's origin dates back to 1918 and worked through until the '50s. 1926 definitely is in the early times of this place! I remember us talking about the possibility of a miner recognizing his mark decades later on the internet! That would be something if that ever happened, wouldn't it?! That daylight was a sight to see!
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND I forgot to mention that the scene near the end of your video when you three guys were taking a break was a nice change of pace. It was nice to have those couple of minutes of relative calmness after all the excitement that came before while you were crawling through, climbing up, and exploring the mine.
@@AbandonedMines11 thanks again, Frank! The original take was much longer. The stale air and humidity had us gassed. I figured I would just set the camera down and let it roll while we relaxed. I'll probably do that again soon!
Hi Justin, whoa so many twists and turns, well at least you got it done.
Thank you for sharing, much love. xx ❤
Hi Sue! I'm glad we're finished with this one. The ground conditions were less than ideal, that's for sure! Thanks for watching!
enjoyed watching
Thank you very much!
Way cool mine great footage
Thank you very much! It was an experience!
Why do I feel like I’m in an 90’s video game?
That's the idea! After reviewing the map after exploring, we realized that we would be bouncing around the map like pong the number of times we doubled-backed in this place! That's what gave me the idea to present the map like a video game! Thanks for watching!
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND I love it! I’m not sure how you created those maps but it really works for what you’re doing 👌
@@mtamech535 one can find maps of larger underground mines in mining reports online. It takes a little research, but they're out there. I really appreciate it!