Treasures galore, revealed after being hidden for a time. A new adventure at every turn. Easy does it. Glad you are making and documenting it. Good to see the massive chutes. Thanks Frank.
23:03 I subbed right after I heard the “barking spiders” and realized it was a human, and not a spider, ripping ass. Hilarious. What’s great about farting in a deep, cold mine? You could always blame the stink on sulfides and other sulfur chemistry naturally deposited in the surrounding ore. I’m surprised your H2S sensor didn’t go off.
How come folks put thumbs down to wonderful videos that folks risk their lives to film ? !! You're being shown things YOU'D not be brave enough to even go into let alone film ! Those of us who luv to learn & see things we would NEVER have the chance to see & learn about if not for your videos. I thank you & your friends for bringing us along. Please stay safe .
You have some amazing abandoned mines in the great white north, Frank. You always seem to have the best videos of this sort. And watch out for those barking spiders! :)
Cool shot of that glacier at 3:16, Frank! That sulphur deposit at 9:48 was interesting, too. Any idea what those white letters at 10:26 were? I agree with you that the presence of that copper wire by that one ore chute means that nobody has been in there in quite a long time. That frozen ceiling with rocks embedded in it at 26:07 was VERY interesting. I wonder how long it will take before all of that melting ice that is holding all those rocks in place finally gives way and sends the rocks crashing down? You found a bunch of wheels like you show at 26:43. Seems to be no carts around for them. I have the opposite problem down here. I'm always finding carts but no wheels! Excellent video, Frank! Really enjoyed it. Very unique. Seems like a very, very cold mine and exploration. Very unlike the dry desert mines down here.
Thanks for stopping by Frank! The writing on the ore chute at 10:26 is actually blue, I put it there. It is at a major intersection and those are the directions to various open stopes. When I first explored the area last year I kept getting lost, going to places I had already explored or couldn't find locations again so I took some paint and put an x at every dead end so I wouldn't keep going down the same dead end. Then I marked the major tunnels. Ended up being there for a whole month and used a case of paint and I still haven't explored it all! I have all kinds of ore cart parts. The real old ones before 1905 were made of wood with some steel the ones after that were all steel. There are two kinds of wheels the solid ones that are about 80 lbs and the spoked ones that are much lighter but break. The older carts didn't have wheel bearings. I will have a show on carts next week.
Both of you are doing amazing explorations! I'm going mental recently over this subject recently. I've watch almost all of you guys' videos and dropping likes! I hope someday I'll get the chance to be in one of these types expeditions! Have fun! Keep safe and bringing the A+ content!
Frank, your videos are the best. One reason is that the video is not recorded on your first walk thru. It is clear you have a basic understanding of the particular mine you're in. That changes the whole nature of your comments compared to what they would be on a first stumble thru. You explain the way "ore was mined in this stope and dropped down there", etc, and you give some history of the mine. The "tour" extends far beyond a walk around the train tracks. Plus, you're an enthusiast. You have put in an amazing amount of effort, and it shows. Comparing one of your first videos to your most recent, it's obvious that you're learned a lot about mining and geology, and picked up several skills like roping. I have thoroughly enjoyed your videos since I discovered them about 10 days ago. I've caught up on about 1/5 of them, and I'll keep going. 2 thumbs up. And remember to be nice to rats when the camera is turned on, or the Left Coast will scold you. Go out and get a $40 semi auto co2 bb pistol for when the camera is off.
enjoyed your video. i remember when you used to be able to get topo maps that showed you where all of the old mines were. i still have some of them from when i was a kid in the okanagan.
You get some interesting colors in the copper mines but you really can't beat the colors in the Rock Candy mine in the video we posted about 3 weeks ago that it is really amazing! Check out if you haven't seen it.
@@Castalatamoney He has been featured on quite a bit of the paranormal youtube channels for 2 videos i believe. one was the demon voices and another was a swinging chain. I dont quite remember the name of the episodes though.
Man, nice find Frank with that old ore-shote under that glassier. Who know that that would be there and not be flooded or frozen. Awesome videos, great job.
Do you ever panic that you're lost in a mine? Forgotten the way out etc? The colours of the walls are amazing. Thank you for going down there so we can also enjoy exploring.
Been checking out Gly's and "now" your vids man. love it wish I could be in there exploring with you. Both of you guys are doing a great job. Looks like fun, be safe! Thanks for sharing!!
i wish i could visit these mines in b.c they look very extensive and in great condition.. lots of artifacts, good minerals to look at and the outstanding work all the old timers done is epic! keep up the good work and keep uploading! im waiting on your next video all ready :) lol
We have a lot of mines in the area so the condition runs from caved in and completely inaccessible to excellent. I am often amazed at how much work these old timers did using mostly gravity and mules or horses. Thanks......I am working on it!
your very lucky! where i live there is one decent sized mine a half hours drive away, other than that all the big workings have been plugged, capped or lost from earth movement. everything i have found so far are short adits and i found one very small mine with a stoaped out area, to explore something a decent size i would have to drive for two hours or more it sucks!
I was just down there September 15th 2020 and the ice has receded alot in the Ice Palace. You definitely need a rope now to go down where Frank was and alot more collapse since then. Bats are still in there and look healthy too. Amazing to see all of this!
Pretty amazing how much was under that ice... It makes you think about how much stuff must have been in all of the abandoned mines and has slowly been stripped out over the years.
Hey from Ny! You have balls of steel my friend! Great vids and commentary. I live by a little town called Rosendale, 2 hours north of New York City. In the late 1800s it was producing the strongest cement in the US. So much so that the base of the Statue of Liberty was built from it, and also the footings of the Brooklyn Bridge along with much of the turn of the century building that created NYC. As a result we have dozens of pillar mined caves that make up the landscapes around Rosendale most of which are still accessible. If you get the time Google Rosendale cement and check it out. On one trip was took rafts to get deeper into the caves like you did with the inner tube. Great exploring but be safe man, that's risky business. I subbed and will be telling people about your channel.
No chance of finding a glacier or ice like this in a mine here in Australia. Thats so cool. Thanks for sharing the experience so someone like me halfway around the world can appreciate great finds like these :)
Probably would be a good idea to get those old ore cart wheels at 26:45 to a safe place where they don't get buried by a collapse. Would be good to try to salvage them. To make a reproduction cart or something.
Awesome I was cold watching the camera shake lol I think a dry suit would come in handy for some of your adventures,you can all ways have it on under your old school levis
When I watch these videos what always comes to my mind is the massive amount of work that it took to outfit many of these mines you visit and I wonder what it must have been like inside those mines when they were fully manned and at peak operation.
nice video, I had the opportunity to get into Grand Duke mine near Stuart BC some years back when it was closed still, I believe it is back in operation now
I was in a cave tour as a kid with my parents in Pennsylvania and they turned off the lights for a short time and you couldn't see your hand in front of your face! The miners must have had a heck of a time having light to see in the mines way back or even in more modern times. Have no clue why the gov. didn't do more to put out the underground fire when it first started. The underground fires distoryed the whole town!! And it is way worse still burning today! What a waste of land, coal ect. and the poor folks who lost their homes, animals that are still dieing. The number of miners that have been killed by stone falling on them, lung problems, while useing TNT ect. I wonder if any of the men's sprites might be trapped in some of the mines you guys go into or they just choose to stay for what ever resons. Stay safe guys/gals and thank you for bring us along.💖
Cracking wet fart at around 23.05 which can only be applauded. Sounded more like a drowning spider. Could have caused a cave-in rather like an underground nuclear test. Must have confused the hell out of them Russian listening stations. You may have left your own sulfur deposit down there. Still if you can survive that you dont need gas masks, you are indestructable! Got to admire you Canadians for that.
Glad you enjoy the channel and thanks for the sub. We are certainly blessed in the old mine department in this area. It is important to document and tell their stories before they are gone!
OK - I am quite honest about this - I am addicted. What an amazing channel. Love it. I so wish I had the never you do mate! Take care and keep it up :)
Odd how that one section was that much colder than the rest. Saw one kinda like that near Keno Alaska. Ice plug let go and blew all the timber and track out over the tailings pile and down the valley!!
Actually just a little colder than the rest the temp seems to hover just above freezing. It is melting slowly now but there is a lot of ice so it will take a few years.
I would love to take the time and explore and camp at some of the mines north of me. The part of Indiana i live in is mainly swamps and ponds and small lakes so no mines within a few hours drive of me.
Nice documenting this old mine. Looks just like the miners just left it. On the lower level with the ore car tracks, where did the ore go and how was it extracted from the mine?
Best we can figure it went down a plugged ore chute that I was trying to dig out in last weeks show and then was loaded into a train at the lowest Rawhide level.
No gold was worth much more than Copper. The best price for Copper was about 23 cents a pound around 1916. Gold would have been around $18 an ounce at the same time. There was far more Copper around than there was gold!
Couldn't you tell they used that cart to block that off? I want to know what was on the other side! Why else would they load if full of crap and shove it in that hole?
No actually I don't. Gold in these mines averaged less than one ounce to the ton and it would be very fine gold mixed in quartz or sulfides. There is also a lot of pyrites in these mines. I can't tell them apart. Lastly while almost all these mines are on public land the mineral rights are usually held by individuals or companies. If I were to remove minerals from an active claim it would be theft.
yup. we have several mines in Idaho. Gold , silver, I have a co host too. Private No Class Harley K. Dogidson she's a heeler. yup ol dynamite turns bad . If memory serves it turns to a similar substance as Nitro. I've a question. Is She Playd out or closed from freezing up.? some old mines here became unprofitable, and closed. in the early 1970s we visited some friends that were in charge of guarding an old mine. thay said it wes playd out. Thay lived a low Kee lifestyle. not many chairs . My Elder tryd to move a 5 gallon bucket , as many were in the Cabin. it was too heavy . the old Woman said it was full of Beans. yup it was a gold mine. thay got nervous after that . we left .nice straight forward video. give the pup a pet for me. Be careful.
Dynamite is a mixture of sawdust back then and nytro. Over time it can separate and the nitro forms in beads on the outside making it very unstable. It was a Copper mine mostly the price of Copper dropped after the 1918 and the deposit started to run out so they shut down the mine.
He said "barking spiders" afterwards. Where I'm from, that's a way of saying that one just farted.. XD And if he meant so too.. that was a brutal one! Haha!
sounded like one of them need a whole roll stagger to the closet to get more cream filled potato launchers. I have surround sound so it was graphic to say the least. god I love Canadian hillbillies.
Ice sure is an amazing method of preserving things. It stops decomposition and can preserve dead animals. That's why there are ice mummies on the high parts of mount Everest. Also I wish I was older since I'm just 14 so I could come out there and take rock samples.
that was a pendantlite mine for a while it ran out when nickles became popular id say I wonder if there is (233)plutonim clangen around or just asbestos left.
Hey Exploring... Have you ever looked into any of the old mines between Kamloops and Cache Creek BC ?? There are lots.. went into one.. but as kids.. obviously it was very dangerous and we didnt make it far.. with safety gear and some rope I imagine it would be quite interesting. I would like to find out how to find the names of these old sites.. :)
Wow really!! Between Kamloops and Savona there is a big old one up the side of the mountain.. the one we explored a bit as teenagers.. There are a bunch up Deadman Creek.. Just before Deadman Falls... There is an old old ladder coming out of the ground.. never got to look into it tho.. Kamloops is my hometown.. But on the Island now.. And there are many old mines here... fun going through the tailings. :) Love your Channel !! Tranquille Creek in Kamloops had a mini gold-rush around the time Barkerville was being explored. I have a great great uncle thats buried in the Barkerville Cemetary circa 1890's.. so exploring and gold runs in my blood.
Afton closed in the early 90's.. my grampa worked there.. They are trying to resurrect it nowadays.. Under another name that escapes me. Im talking old 1800's mines.. not open pit modern stuff.
That ice was incredible! The rest of the mine was too... A couple things went through my head when you were beyond the glacier. What was the air like before the ice started melting (I heard the airflow comment). Was the ladder still in good shape after it thawed?
Statistically the drive to the mine is much more dangerous than exploring the mine. Most people killed in abandoned mines are ridding a quad or swimming in an old quarry.
The Granby cart was invented right here in Grand Forks around 1910. It has two wheels on the side. They build a ramp in the mine where they want the ore car to dump and the wheels ride up on the ramp as the ore cart passes automatically dumping it as the trail rolls by.
I have taken lots of people. the problem with that is many people aren't comfortable underground and don't want to go the places I go. Then they want to head back and I have to come back later by myself to finish exploring the mine. Maybe I should offer tours to places I have already been.
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Treasures galore, revealed after being hidden for a time. A new adventure at every turn. Easy does it. Glad you are making and documenting it. Good to see the massive chutes. Thanks Frank.
Our pleasure!
23:03 I subbed right after I heard the “barking spiders” and realized it was a human, and not a spider, ripping ass. Hilarious. What’s great about farting in a deep, cold mine? You could always blame the stink on sulfides and other sulfur chemistry naturally deposited in the surrounding ore. I’m surprised your H2S sensor didn’t go off.
My shit don't stink...it is the noise that is the problem!
The amount of labor put into these old mines is incredible! This has been one of my favorites!
How come folks put thumbs down to wonderful videos that folks risk their lives to film ? !!
You're being shown things YOU'D not be brave enough to even go into let alone film !
Those of us who luv to learn & see things we would NEVER have the chance to see & learn about if not for your videos. I thank you & your friends for bringing us along. Please stay safe .
You have some amazing abandoned mines in the great white north, Frank. You always seem to have the best videos of this sort. And watch out for those barking spiders! :)
Thanks for the comments. We don't live in the North, I could throw a rock from here into the USA!
Cool shot of that glacier at 3:16, Frank! That sulphur deposit at 9:48 was interesting, too. Any idea what those white letters at 10:26 were? I agree with you that the presence of that copper wire by that one ore chute means that nobody has been in there in quite a long time. That frozen ceiling with rocks embedded in it at 26:07 was VERY interesting. I wonder how long it will take before all of that melting ice that is holding all those rocks in place finally gives way and sends the rocks crashing down? You found a bunch of wheels like you show at 26:43. Seems to be no carts around for them. I have the opposite problem down here. I'm always finding carts but no wheels! Excellent video, Frank! Really enjoyed it. Very unique. Seems like a very, very cold mine and exploration. Very unlike the dry desert mines down here.
Thanks for stopping by Frank! The writing on the ore chute at 10:26 is actually blue, I put it there. It is at a major intersection and those are the directions to various open stopes. When I first explored the area last year I kept getting lost, going to places I had already explored or couldn't find locations again so I took some paint and put an x at every dead end so I wouldn't keep going down the same dead end. Then I marked the major tunnels. Ended up being there for a whole month and used a case of paint and I still haven't explored it all!
I have all kinds of ore cart parts. The real old ones before 1905 were made of wood with some steel the ones after that were all steel. There are two kinds of wheels the solid ones that are about 80 lbs and the spoked ones that are much lighter but break. The older carts didn't have wheel bearings. I will have a show on carts next week.
Both of you are doing amazing explorations! I'm going mental recently over this subject recently. I've watch almost all of you guys' videos and dropping likes! I hope someday I'll get the chance to be in one of these types expeditions!
Have fun! Keep safe and bringing the A+ content!
Frank, your videos are the best. One reason is that the video is not recorded on your first walk thru. It is clear you have a basic understanding of the particular mine you're in. That changes the whole nature of your comments compared to what they would be on a first stumble thru. You explain the way "ore was mined in this stope and dropped down there", etc, and you give some history of the mine. The "tour" extends far beyond a walk around the train tracks. Plus, you're an enthusiast. You have put in an amazing amount of effort, and it shows. Comparing one of your first videos to your most recent, it's obvious that you're learned a lot about mining and geology, and picked up several skills like roping.
I have thoroughly enjoyed your videos since I discovered them about 10 days ago. I've caught up on about 1/5 of them, and I'll keep going.
2 thumbs up. And remember to be nice to rats when the camera is turned on, or the Left Coast will scold you. Go out and get a $40 semi auto co2 bb pistol for when the camera is off.
.......a 2x4 works just fine they aren't all that swift!
Best channel on you tube. Can't get enough!
enjoyed your video. i remember when you used to be able to get topo maps that showed you where all of the old mines were. i still have some of them from when i was a kid in the okanagan.
Thanks, there are a lot of resources online that show mine locations and information about mines.
All the rock colors are amazing. Thank you for taking us with you.
You get some interesting colors in the copper mines but you really can't beat the colors in the Rock Candy mine in the video we posted about 3 weeks ago that it is really amazing! Check out if you haven't seen it.
This is a good sized mine. Excellent. Really like the cathedral ceilings.
Thank you for the time and effort you put in to sharing your passion, I love your colorfully explanation.
Really cool 😎👌video friend thanks 😊please keep the great videos coming 👍from Scotland
Thanks, will do!
you sounded like a kid in a sweet shop when you found the new areas. Love it!
I was pretty excited!
4:37 That "wow" sounds exactly like that "wOw" meme XD
that was honestly the gnarliest "Barking Spider" ive ever heard
I think we are drinking too much beer after our adventures!
23:03. Nice!!!
Do you ever get any paranormal events in these old mines?
Beers are goood !!! :)
@@Castalatamoney He has been featured on quite a bit of the paranormal youtube channels for 2 videos i believe. one was the demon voices and another was a swinging chain. I dont quite remember the name of the episodes though.
this man's Canadian accent is amazing XD
Pretty common in Canada!
BADGER Warlord
You are Canadian that you are?! Lol...
Born and bred!
I didnt realize us Canadians had an accent!! except noofies and the french.. here in BC we just smoke weed and laugh. :)
Man, nice find Frank with that old ore-shote under that glassier. Who know that that would be there and not be flooded or frozen. Awesome videos, great job.
Thanks I am glad you enjoyed it!
Do you ever panic that you're lost in a mine? Forgotten the way out etc? The colours of the walls are amazing. Thank you for going down there so we can also enjoy exploring.
I keep a pretty cool head but when I am way down a shaft on a long rope and I am getting tired trying to get out I do get a little nervous
another great video, love all your work.
Been checking out Gly's and "now" your vids man. love it wish I could be in there exploring with you. Both of you guys are doing a great job. Looks like fun, be safe! Thanks for sharing!!
Glad you like them!
i wish i could visit these mines in b.c they look very extensive and in great condition.. lots of artifacts, good minerals to look at and the outstanding work all the old timers done is epic! keep up the good work and keep uploading! im waiting on your next video all ready :) lol
We have a lot of mines in the area so the condition runs from caved in and completely inaccessible to excellent. I am often amazed at how much work these old timers did using mostly gravity and mules or horses. Thanks......I am working on it!
your very lucky! where i live there is one decent sized mine a half hours drive away, other than that all the big workings have been plugged, capped or lost from earth movement. everything i have found so far are short adits and i found one very small mine with a stoaped out area, to explore something a decent size i would have to drive for two hours or more it sucks!
I love your videos! I feel like I'm really there exploring the mines with you! another quality video, thanks frank! Salutations from California :)
The quality could always be improved and we are working on it .....but we have heart!
I was just down there September 15th 2020 and the ice has receded alot in the Ice Palace. You definitely need a rope now to go down where Frank was and alot more collapse since then. Bats are still in there and look healthy too. Amazing to see all of this!
Pretty amazing how much was under that ice... It makes you think about how much stuff must have been in all of the abandoned mines and has slowly been stripped out over the years.
Hey from Ny! You have balls of steel my friend! Great vids and commentary. I live by a little town called Rosendale, 2 hours north of New York City. In the late 1800s it was producing the strongest cement in the US. So much so that the base of the Statue of Liberty was built from it, and also the footings of the Brooklyn Bridge along with much of the turn of the century building that created NYC. As a result we have dozens of pillar mined caves that make up the landscapes around Rosendale most of which are still accessible. If you get the time Google Rosendale cement and check it out. On one trip was took rafts to get deeper into the caves like you did with the inner tube. Great exploring but be safe man, that's risky business. I subbed and will be telling people about your channel.
I had a look at a video of it but they didn't go in. It looks like an interesting mine to explore. Limestone is pretty soft so it could be dangerous.
Wow! Looks super sketchy compared to some of the mine videos from CA, AZ, NV. Thanks for posting!
Awesome video, love your work!
Glad you enjoy the channel. Just wait til you see this weeks show.........we go straight down vertical shafts!
Amazing and interesting - stopes, holes, huge caverns, rails, artifacts ...
It is an awesome place with many treasures!
SOOO!! COOL!! Thanks guys! Great Video Love old mines!
No chance of finding a glacier or ice like this in a mine here in Australia. Thats so cool. Thanks for sharing the experience so someone like me halfway around the world can appreciate great finds like these :)
The mine is on top of a mountain that is almost a mile above sea level. You are welcome it is my pleasure mate!
HAHAHA that fart was epic
Probably would be a good idea to get those old ore cart wheels at 26:45 to a safe place where they don't get buried by a collapse. Would be good to try to salvage them. To make a reproduction cart or something.
👍🏼❤️great video. Good stuff🙂
Awesome I was cold watching the camera shake lol I think a dry suit would come in handy for some of your adventures,you can all ways have it on under your old school levis
I have some chest waders....they work pretty good.
Outstanding video.Thanks very much for sharing.
Cheers!
Thanks for watching!
When I watch these videos what always comes to my mind is the massive amount of work that it took to outfit many of these mines you visit and I wonder what it must have been like inside those mines when they were fully manned and at peak operation.
I sure it was a very busy place. But also noisy and dusty!
nice video, I had the opportunity to get into Grand Duke mine near Stuart BC some years back when it was closed still, I believe it is back in operation now
Lots of interesting mines in the Steward area. They call it "the golden triangle" we are planning a trip up there next summer.
Frank, keep up the awesome work! :)
I would like to see it in black lite
Blacklight i know i spilled it wrong
I was in a cave tour as a kid with my parents in Pennsylvania and they turned off the lights for a short time and you couldn't see your hand in front of your face!
The miners must have had a heck of a time having light to see in the mines way back or even in more modern times.
Have no clue why the gov. didn't do more to put out the underground fire when it first started. The underground fires distoryed the whole town!! And it is way worse still burning today!
What a waste of land, coal ect. and the poor folks who lost their homes, animals that are still dieing.
The number of miners that have been killed by stone falling on them, lung problems, while useing TNT ect. I wonder if any of the men's sprites might be trapped in some of the mines you guys go into or they just choose to stay for what ever resons.
Stay safe guys/gals and thank you for bring us along.💖
23min in. Barking bass spiders. Sulpher ghosts
Brilliant explore. Regards from Ben at 401 files
haha, those damn barking spiders follow ya everywhere.
Yeah it is not fair!
Cracking wet fart at around 23.05 which can only be applauded. Sounded more like a drowning spider. Could have caused a cave-in rather like an underground nuclear test. Must have confused the hell out of them Russian listening stations. You may have left your own sulfur deposit down there. Still if you can survive that you dont need gas masks, you are indestructable! Got to admire you Canadians for that.
Thanks, just found you and your vids are awesome, wish I could be there !
Glad you enjoy them Kathy!
another great vid! thanks for posting!
Amazing journey into the mine. I am a little jealous that I could not do it too.
That ice could have just fractured and fallen on top of all of you guys! Very brave and awesome video
No its one solid block there are no cracks in it. It is just above freezing so it is melting but very slowly!
Thanks for watching and your comments.
Nice video defiantly subscribing.... I wish there were mines around where I live
Glad you enjoy the channel and thanks for the sub. We are certainly blessed in the old mine department in this area. It is important to document and tell their stories before they are gone!
Have you ever got lost in a mine? I would get very confused in there! lol love watching tho !
Well sort of but not for more than 10-15 minutes. Nothing to get too excited about.
great video!
Very interesting areas
I think so too!
OK - I am quite honest about this - I am addicted. What an amazing channel. Love it. I so wish I had the never you do mate!
Take care and keep it up :)
Thanks for the compliments........glad you enjoy the channel Alexander!
Awesome mine, thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Odd how that one section was that much colder than the rest. Saw one kinda like that near Keno Alaska. Ice plug let go and blew all the timber and track out over the tailings pile and down the valley!!
Actually just a little colder than the rest the temp seems to hover just above freezing. It is melting slowly now but there is a lot of ice so it will take a few years.
Sleeping on ice. How awesome!!
Cool!
Subscribed for abandoned things, Canada, and barking spiders. I caught that.
Most if these videos are fun to watch, this one actually made me claustrophobic at the end. Subscribed, eh?
Right on welcome aboard eh!
I would love to take the time and explore and camp at some of the mines north of me. The part of Indiana i live in is mainly swamps and ponds and small lakes so no mines within a few hours drive of me.
Nice documenting this old mine. Looks just like the miners just left it. On the lower level with the ore car tracks, where did the ore go and how was it extracted from the mine?
Best we can figure it went down a plugged ore chute that I was trying to dig out in last weeks show and then was loaded into a train at the lowest Rawhide level.
Found these videos by mistake and love them! You ever find any gold exploring these old mines?
Not much!
Most old mines are copper it was worth more than gold back in the day. This is awesome tho it's massive. 28:00 that whole area looks deadly!
No gold was worth much more than Copper. The best price for Copper was about 23 cents a pound around 1916. Gold would have been around $18 an ounce at the same time. There was far more Copper around than there was gold!
Sir pentinite falling off the back ruuuummmmmp rolls out yep that's worth a sub for humor,
Serpentenite actually........one of the oldest rock formations. It was once on the sea bed and is similar to Jade just not quite old enough.
Over 4 years ago..cooler than hell!
so kool seeing all the ice that fare under grand.
Couldn't you tell they used that cart to block that off? I want to know what was on the other side! Why else would they load if full of crap and shove it in that hole?
VancouverCanucksRock spoopy ghosts
great tunes thanks
wow i would have loved to explore this what a site thx
please tell me you do look for gold while exploring....
No actually I don't. Gold in these mines averaged less than one ounce to the ton and it would be very fine gold mixed in quartz or sulfides. There is also a lot of pyrites in these mines. I can't tell them apart. Lastly while almost all these mines are on public land the mineral rights are usually held by individuals or companies. If I were to remove minerals from an active claim it would be theft.
cool vid...would love to pan some of that rubble to see what's been left behind as "inconsequential".
The gold in these mines wasn't like placer gold it is really fine. It needed to go to a smelter or through a concentrater to release it.
Where did all the water come from to make that much ice? Was it a flood in the mine or a slow and steady affair?
The area is high in elevation around 5,000 ft it gets a lot of snow in the winter. As the snow melts it flows into the mine slow and steady.
Nice. When are you going back to check out the flooded area?
Not sure what one you mean. The big pond didn't go anywhere.........but that is in next weeks show.....oops gave that away!
yup. we have several mines in Idaho. Gold , silver, I have a co host too. Private No Class Harley K. Dogidson she's a heeler. yup ol dynamite turns bad . If memory serves it turns to a similar substance as Nitro. I've a question. Is She Playd out or closed from freezing up.? some old mines here became unprofitable, and closed. in the early 1970s we visited some friends that were in charge of guarding an old mine. thay said it wes playd out. Thay lived a low Kee lifestyle. not many chairs . My Elder tryd to move a 5 gallon bucket , as many were in the Cabin. it was too heavy . the old Woman said it was full of Beans. yup it was a gold mine. thay got nervous after that . we left .nice straight forward video.
give the pup a pet for me. Be careful.
Dynamite is a mixture of sawdust back then and nytro. Over time it can separate and the nitro forms in beads on the outside making it very unstable.
It was a Copper mine mostly the price of Copper dropped after the 1918 and the deposit started to run out so they shut down the mine.
Was thereafter gold under the ice ? Just curious!
this is the coolest thing I have ever seen. Do you ever take people on tours??
Yes my rate is $200 a day.
Cave in at 23:03
He said "barking spiders" afterwards. Where I'm from, that's a way of saying that one just farted.. XD And if he meant so too.. that was a brutal one! Haha!
sounded like one of them need a whole roll stagger to the closet to get more cream filled potato launchers. I have surround sound so it was graphic to say the least. god I love Canadian hillbillies.
wax0re. I think he might have sharted. lol
wax0re. I think he might have sharted. lol
Just Barking Spiders. Nothing to worry about. Eh?
Well that weren't no barking spider... no, that was the more rare barfing spider, they do that after too much beer and chili hahaha!!!
All the rocks in those ore shutes... is that ore or just fallen debris?
Waste rock.
Ice sure is an amazing method of preserving things. It stops decomposition and can preserve dead animals. That's why there are ice mummies on the high parts of mount Everest.
Also I wish I was older since I'm just 14 so I could come out there and take rock samples.
that wasn't no "barking spider"....that was a hot bubbling mess
klaus appel aka barking spider
that was a pendantlite mine for a while it ran out when nickles became popular id say I wonder if there is (233)plutonim clangen around or just asbestos left.
yeahhhh, might have to wipe after that one! lol I hope that staining on the wall just after wasn't from you! :D
Hey Exploring... Have you ever looked into any of the old mines between Kamloops and Cache Creek BC ?? There are lots.. went into one.. but as kids.. obviously it was very dangerous and we didnt make it far.. with safety gear and some rope I imagine it would be quite interesting. I would like to find out how to find the names of these old sites.. :)
I grew up in that area and have never seen or heard of any mines there except for the Afton mine that is open pit and still operating.
Wow really!! Between Kamloops and Savona there is a big old one up the side of the mountain.. the one we explored a bit as teenagers.. There are a bunch up Deadman Creek.. Just before Deadman Falls... There is an old old ladder coming out of the ground.. never got to look into it tho.. Kamloops is my hometown.. But on the Island now.. And there are many old mines here... fun going through the tailings. :)
Love your Channel !! Tranquille Creek in Kamloops had a mini gold-rush around the time Barkerville was being explored. I have a great great uncle thats buried in the Barkerville Cemetary circa 1890's.. so exploring and gold runs in my blood.
Afton closed in the early 90's.. my grampa worked there.. They are trying to resurrect it nowadays.. Under another name that escapes me. Im talking old 1800's mines.. not open pit modern stuff.
It be so cool to go with you.
Never seen so many cart wheels!!!
Crazy looking shoot.
I don’t know if it would be worth bringing a remote control toy with camera on it for crazy locations. Just a suggestion.
Does the ice melt during the summer?Or does it still stay there
It stays there year round!
1:24 there is a ghostly face on the 3rd plank to the left.
Convince Peter Roosen to make a treck threw there. Good to find some of your videos, I've heard a lot about you. ;)
Pretty sure I put some of those wheels back into service. ;) there seems to be an abundance of em down there.
The wheels with the short axles belong to the big 5x7 wooden carts. They have a key in the axle housing and are easy to remove.
HUGE ore chutes!! Massive timbers!!!
That ice was incredible! The rest of the mine was too... A couple things went through my head when you were beyond the glacier. What was the air like before the ice started melting (I heard the airflow comment). Was the ladder still in good shape after it thawed?
The 100 year old ladder is in great shape. Where was less air before we dug out a collapse
@@exploringabandonedmines Thanks for the reply!!
What were they taking out of this mine and you have any idea when it was shut down???
It was a Copper mine the underground mining shut down in 1920
Mines are one of the absolutely most dangerous places to explore.
Statistically the drive to the mine is much more dangerous than exploring the mine. Most people killed in abandoned mines are ridding a quad or swimming in an old quarry.
What is a "gramby cart" and how old are they?
The Granby cart was invented right here in Grand Forks around 1910. It has two wheels on the side. They build a ramp in the mine where they want the ore car to dump and the wheels ride up on the ramp as the ore cart passes automatically dumping it as the trail rolls by.
One day this is going to be a huge channel
No it will just run down the mine it is melting slowly but surely........Or maybe you mean the You Tube channel?
Yes xD I mean the youtueb channel, keep up the good work.
Well thanks....I hope you are right!
would you guys ever take a visitor/fan with you on one of your adventures. especially of they have some climbing ability and is in shape?
I have taken lots of people. the problem with that is many people aren't comfortable underground and don't want to go the places I go. Then they want to head back and I have to come back later by myself to finish exploring the mine. Maybe I should offer tours to places I have already been.
are those barking spiders the reason mines have such bad methane problems?... miners and beans are an explosive combo pun intended
Really cool