I cant believe all the negative comments on scavenging. People. This stuff is discarded junk that is just rotting away. It's better someone take some of it for historical preservation than it just messing up the mountain and dissolving away with time. I bet your the types that if you left something out for the garbage pick up, and someone took it because that had a use for it. You would take a rat shit over that. believe me there are people like this. I wonder if ever wildlife gets hurt tripping over this junk.
Thats what I figure anything you pick up and get out of the elements quits rusting and won't get buried in a landslide or a cave in. Basically they are just pissed because they didn't get there before me!
@@exploringabandonedmines indeed, I'm starting to find these types of people who like to project there opinions on others. A lacking a very large sense of self so much, all they can do is worry about how others do things. I was always told opinions are like assholes, everyone has one. But that doesn't mean anyone has to give a shit. This is getting lost
RIGHT! And abandoned doesn't mean theres nothing there... there are many reasons to ABANDON a mine including weather! It could be a great start to a short mining trip!
im from the era of finders keepers lol you find somethin on public land its now yours unless its a lot of money then report it to the police incase someones reported it missing. if no one collects it. its yours
You guys are doing a fantastic job. Unplugged my TV 15 years ago. But videos like yours is more fun, more educational and more scientific and life enriching than the crap on TV. I love it!
@@martintaylor984 manpower doesn’t mean much without organization, communication and preparation. It’s easy to say a bunch of guys just carried it all, but clearly you’ve never had to lead anyone lol think of the bigger picture and it becomes a lot more incredible
@@martintaylor984 When you have enough energy, drive, intent, a will to live, need AND you DO have sufficient manpower, organisms will find a way, for instance a way to organise what it takes, almost against all odds. It only takes time and after a while people or other life forms will figure out what's most beneficial. Another example is the historical saying that 'invention is 1% genious and 99% effort' (or in another version, '1% inspiration and 99% transpiration'). But it IS amazing afterwards to look back and see what has been reached. Like to see all those enormous, heavy iron parts, up that mountain, and being made and invented in the first place..
Wow! I was in that dry hut for a whole summer almost. I remember being given the job of painting that hut we stored the little trains in. We would run gas generators all night to power heaters, hopefully our gloves would be dry the next day. I remember old Don Endersby. He spoke with a strange drawl, when he spoke at all.
Thank you for these videos! Almost everyone would never see this history if you didn't provide it! No major networks or even PBS would bother with it. This is the history of dreams by people who would not be documented otherwise--so thank you!!
Nothing in life that's worth doing is gonna be easy, hell I'm only 39 and I know that! What y'all do is most definitely Hard Work, that's no doubt. It's also Much Appreciated! You provide a very unique, very intelligent and informed, not mention personal guide through these very old mines. Even my Wife occasionally watches with me lol. Keep doing what your doing Man, it's good work, be Proud of it! Thank You
This is my 3rd time watching this video. I can't get over how amazing the land up there is. that mine is pretty cool being way up in the middle of nowhere these days. I wish the forest service here in idaho would leave our history alone instead of tearing it all down
I've just started watching your exploration of these mines and I'm HOOKED!! Not only are they extremely educational and intuitive but you traverse some very BEAUTIFUL country!! I'm lovin life!!! PLEASE keep it up! Not sure how many of these you have made but I will undoubtedly be watching the ones I can find!!! Be safe, love y'all!!!💞
Can't understand the comments in regards to saving artifacts from these old mines. Metal rusts, wood rots, and nature takes care of the rest. People that knew of these mines pass on. Without preserving some history, in two generations it'll be unknown. Your videos should go into some archive IMHO. Great job Frank.
the people hand drilled almost that whole place ! so incredible the work ethic and brotherhood we once had in america , im grateful for you to have taken me with you on this wonderful journey ... keep up the great work ! 👍Godbless you and your family 😁
Except that brotherhood got paid beans while the mining companies and there shareholders (who did NONE of the work) made BILLIONS! And what little they made often went back to the owners for lodging, etc. And then they died of cancer and had horrible joint pain the last ten years of there lives! And now we also have a million toxic holes in the ground leaching heavy metals into the water supply. So lets not forget the whole story as there is so much more to it than cool old abandoned mines and a romantic view of how things used to be!
9:23 A jack leg has a pivot point between the drill and the leg. There used for drilling horizontally. Normally to install split sets to support the walls. There also used to drill the face so explosives can be loaded in. A stoper is what your looking at in the video at 9:23. There used for drilling into the back (Vertically), mostly to install rock bolts or rebar for ground support. Both types of drills have two connection points. One for air which turns the drill. Another for water to keep the drill bit cool and flush the drilled rock debris away from the bit, out the hole being drilled. Love your videos guys. Keep at it.
Your welcome, it was no problem at all. I was just really enjoying your channel and thought I would take a minute to explain to you and the viewers that might not be familiar but interested in the drills. I love seeing them old mines with the small 8x8 drifts set up with the tracks for the ore carts. Some of them old mines are like time capsules. Here in New Brunswick theres not many that are accessible. Anyway..... Keep it up guys, looking forward to your next episode.
me and Slim always love watching your vids but this one is very special due to all the great artifacts.......wish there was a way to preserve it or put all of it in your museum....good job.
Cool Jeff......slim doesn't drink much beer though, not sure he can really appreciate them! I have pretty much all the same kind of stuff in my museum now.
Do Not Enter - Deadly Air "Can't be any worse than walking behind you!" Classic. Love this channel. You guys provide some awesome content. Thanks for sharing, and keep up the great work!
I'm really pleased to hear you are taking stuff with you. You can be saving history. Just leaving stuff there is a shame to just be wasting away. I am jealous but I would be collecting other things such as the blue insulator pieces of broken colored glass, etc. I make jewelry with small pieces of history.♥️♥️
I used the Jaaack leg drills in the mines at Park City over 60 years ago I liked the gardener denver as it was not as hevey as the Ingersol. I would never go in one of these old mines without some way to check the quality of the air. It is nice to see all of the old mines, Thanks for posting
I worked at the Park Utah at Ketley as did my dad and brothers ending in the mid 50s some of my brothers worked at the Silver King and some our neighbors worked at the New Park and the Judge, as far as I know none of them are in operation at this time. No place to send the ore too. What a shame I have been here in Alaska for 41 years.
Wow did this video bring me way back in time. I used to go mine hopping every Wednesday. I lived at 7000 feet up in the San Bernardino. I have a bunch of pictures f doing the same thing only I was a lot younger than you guys when I did it. We hiked into a a few hard rock minds that going on late afternoon we said " that shaft will have to wait for another day lol. I remember crawling over cave INS too and deep water. About 20 years ago I helped a friend prove up on a chrome mine. It was the largest chrome producing mine during WWII. The mine was willed to my friend by his grandfather. Tough work. But so is logging. Thanks for the great video.
Amazing to see one day when the mine shut down, the miners just downed tools and left. In a hundred years I'd imagine most of it will have rotted away to nothing. Facinating to see it so well preserved. I wonder when it shut down, 1950's maybe?
Amazing episode and the guy that was with you is right, the amount of work and the three hour hike up that mountain thanks so much guys its truly amazing to see. I was born and raised in that neck of the woods and have always wondered what it was like.
Fascinating to see the amount of work put into these mining operations. The tram tower itself must've been really hard to construct on the side of that cliff. I wonder how they got all the equipment up there, not to mention all the ore carts, rails and hundreds of meters worth of cables. Highly entertaining and educational video. Thank you for making these.
Ah, old cupels, neat! Always fun following old cables to the top, eh? If you had the equipment for it (and the endurance!) you could almost climb the cables themselves! That site is really rich with artifacts! Awesome site and mine, thanks for documenting them!
Awesome work documenting these old mines! Coming from a family of gold miners from Nova Scotia I find it really interesting to see mining operations of all types, and i never fail to learn a thing or two from your videos. Keep up the great work Frank, Cheers from Ontario!
Your videos are excellent, and I hope that you didn't take some of my previous comments negatively. I just was commenting on what I know, being an underground miner for 42 years, and I am 'very' interested in what you are presenting to us who are into mining history. Thanks again sir!
Thank you Frank for all the time and energy you put into the videos you upload. Wow! Amazing! So many incredible pieces of equipment / mining artefacts. Hope you managed to retrieve and rescue a few of the smaller items. That was a serious climb, talk about dedication. The tram tower on side of cliff looked awesome. The views you captured are beautiful. Loved it
I have a passion for history and minerals, have visited some old mines in Ontario but nothing like what you have in BC. I commend you for taking the time, risk and video documentation of these historical mines. Well done! Andrew..
Hey, awesome channel and I am definitely going to subscribe. Ya, that orange kinda film covering the walls and back are a result from being flooded or from water leaving oxides on the surface. I was a miner for the better part of 30 years and worked in 21 mines all throughout Canada and 3 mines in BC. I saw a few nice veins there and boy I’d like to sample some of that. I’ve watched several of your videos and love em all. Brings back a lot of great memories and would like to get back to B.C. soon and maybe check out a couple mines in particular. Around 25 years ago, I was working in a jackpot mine that was owned by a company that was right on the edge of being totally bankrupt and had spent all there cash and exhausted all of there avenues of lending and they were right at the gold and I mean right at the gold. I come off of shift and was talking with my crossshift. We were on the third breast of a shrinkage stope.The manager of the mine come up next to us and said that the mine was closing it’s doors. We didn’t even get paid our pay that was owed to us. Anyways, we were waiting for the trucks to come so we could get all our gear and clothes off the mountain. The geologist was an old friend of ours and we were bullshitting and he told us that the results of the samples that he had taken in our heading were unbelievable. They were just over 20 oz/ ton Au and 179oz/t Ag. This was astronomical but he wasn’t gonna tell a soul unless we got paid out paycheques. Well, we never got paid and I’ve talked to him lots after that and he has never told a soul and that place has never reopened there doors either. Those three breasts would have about 150 to 200 tons of the highest grade ore anywhere. The drift that starts the shrinkage stope had results over an oz/ton but there must have been some anomaly above resulting those incredible numbers. I would like to one day go back and I bet that muckpile is still sitting on the ground. I know I grabbed some nice “souvenirs “ but with the unexpected closing didn’t get a chance to get a couple more. Anyways, just want ya to know that so in your travels remember that. I can’t tell ya anything more than that because until I get paid, I’m not telling anyone anything. Have an awesome day and watch for the start of a shrinkage stope that is about 30’ on its first breast. There is plenty and I mean plenty “souvenirs “
Denis Rowlett Hi Denis, it’s a good time for you to return back to the mine and try your luck! If you need a partner, I would be happy to help, just let me know. I know the leaching process and can get this metal from the ore.
these videos are really great ,,, sense of humor very funny and the info ... thank you !!what a sight ... wow wish i could see it in person... living in Florida ... no where to hike .. not like when i lived in Pa... must smell amazing ..like youre alive thank you again
Wow, gildersome foundry Leeds. I live like 5 miles from gildersome and never knew they supplied oar cars to canada! Turns out they supplied worldwide!!
This is one of the most interesting shows I've seen. I'm always amazed at how they figured out where to mine. I guess the amount of mining equipment left behind is indicative of how difficult it was to get to this one.
Thank you for another great video, that electric train is really cool. I'm still working my way through your old videos, just over halfway through now :-) I appreciate the effort and work you put into these, it really shows.
Gotta give you guys credit - you put in a lot of effort to uncover lots of interesting old industries/gold mines. Your theories about the operation of mining equipment is probably accurate. Who knows nowadays?
That item made in Leeds I live in Leeds It's in the north of England, large city, and the area of Leeds it was made in was Gildersome. They were established in 1865!
Pretty steep grade, camera pulls back to reveal 70ish percent grade. Amazing to see all the cool old equipment and listen to your mellow voice..... thanks a million, Jim.
You guys have a great adventurous and driven spirit. Very cool video and a beautiful view on the way up. Can you imagine the caliber of men that not only worked these mines, but dug them, and hauled all that equipment up there and built all the necessary structures. Impressive to say the least. And with no computers .......lol...................
It really was incredible what they did. Mind you 100 years ago you had to put food on the table or starve. there was no welfare or food stamps back then. The will for humans to survive is very strong! The week long trip we made to Anyox is even more spectacular. A town of 3,000 largest copper smelter in the world at the time , a brick and coke plant all abandoned in 1935 th-cam.com/video/I4mCMQhaj_w/w-d-xo.html
100 years ago people had gardens and knew how to can raise animals and butcher them. they didn't all count on the store except for some dry goods and tools for their trades and there were blacksmiths it's just all been taken over by the corporations to enslave everyone. this is very interesting find tho thanks for sharing all the old ingenuity :)
Exploring Abandoned Mines, I agree. I think in general, we have become a codependent society, unknowingly indoctrinated to believe our Governments will provide all of our needs and knows what's best for us. Hard work and determination is by far more rewarding and fulfilling, but a lot of that core value has been sadly lost. I will check out your Anyox video..TKS!
The mine car outside was built by Hudsons of Gildersome Foundry Leeds England. They were major suppliers to civil engineering contractors in the British Empire. They supplied all manner of railway equipment including locomotives although they bought these in from other suppliers - mostly Hudswell Clarke also of Leeds. They were a major supplier to the British Forces during the First World War to the British army of 2 foot gauge light railway equipment - mostly track and wagons. As the mine is located in Canada I should think that a lot of the equipment was sourced in the U.K. Great video - you were very brave in entering a collapsed shaft! The mine seems to be huge and a memorial to the men who moved all that kit to such a remote site.
Thank you Frank for your hard work, you *ARE* the best of the historical Mine Documentarys, Mine Dr., the King of Dirty Holes, Or just the Mountain King... Jeff S.Oregon
excellent video, fellas. in northern arkansas the ghost town of Rush was a hot spot for my brother and i, some neat zinc mines there yet but most have been welded shut by the park service to "prevent accidents", yeah, right. in one we found a miner's carbide lamp. I will be watching more of your stuff.
The Mother Lode claim was staked in 1891 and Crown granted in 1899. Exploration began with an adit crosscut in 1896 followed by an expanded program of shaft sinking and completion of a smelter at Greenwood in 1901. Underground development to 1902 totalled 2360 metres of tunnelling. In 1908 the shaft was deepened to 150 metres forming the basis for mining on four levels. Operations continued until 1918 when the mine and smelter closed. The Sunset claim was at first developed separately from Mother Lode. The Mother Lode was renewed by Woodgreen Copper Mines Limited in 1956 as an open pit mine supported by a 900-tonne per day mill. Production continued in 1959 at a reduced rate of 450 tonnes per day. This was augmented somewhat in 1960 with ore from the Sunset mine. Operations closed in 1962 and the concentrator was removed from the mine site. Ore reserves at the Mother Lode mine are based on estimated tonnage remaining in pillars and sills in the old underground workings and unmined mineralization between the 120-metre level and chert basement. Estimated ore reserves for the Mother Lode are 300,000 tonnes, grading 0.5 gram per tonne gold, 4.5 grams per tonne silver and 0.65 per cent copper. Combined (proven and probable) reserves at the Mother Lode and Greyhound are 407,288 tonnes grading 0.65 per cent copper, 0.51 gram per tonne gold and 4.44 grams per tonne silver (Royex Sturgex Mining Ltd., Information Circular 27/04/84). A grab sample assayed 2.6 per cent copper, 3.6 grams per tonne gold, and 18 grams per tonne silver (EMPR Bulletin 101, Appendix 4B).
I see you visited minfile ! However this isn't the Mother Lode in Greenwood this is the Mother Lode at Sheep Creek, It is a common name for mines. I was at the Mother Lode in Greenwood last year and made a video of it th-cam.com/video/wqxMRd6Z2rc/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for the correction. Good info either way! Love the videos. Seeing that quartz vein in this one, really makes one think about how much gold is still in there?
An ounce per ton was considered pretty good ore. So that is quite a bit of work to get the ore, grind it to a fine powder and then process the material. I guess that's why there are no mines still operating around here.
That was a stoper and a jack leg that u set up at the face and drill to set ur powder in to blast awesome find guys and I'm a shaft miner and we still use that stoper jack leg got a little better but not much they still weight a buck 20 and I drill with it for a few hours a day ole beast
The cart was made in Gildersome, Yorkshire, England (a few miles from me!) by a company that built carts, cranes and railway parts between 1865 and 1984. More about them and their carts here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hudson_(company)
Hi Just come across your channel and has to be one of the best explores loved watching it. The effort you guys put in is amazing. Stunning country as well as beautiful scenery, Thank you very much from Sussex, England
What a great find. It looks as though they got up one morning and just decided to leave. Only thing i can see that's missing is me. Keep up the great finds and i will be looking forward to more video's
as a person that have an interest in blacksmithing at 7:36 on the left placed on a barrel you can see a verry nice and its seems like in good condition blacksmithing firebox/firebowl/firepot(a blacksmith will be verry hapy to have such as this one and they are not cheap), its amazing how much usefull stuf is left there.great video
I was thinking j wish I was there to collect some of the rods see if any old tongs and other tools were still around. And the j would have grabbed at 10 of those drill bit heads. 😁😁😁😁
Absolutely amazing video, I have to say you are to explorer, those drills that you picked up, that would be back-breaking work, you have to be really strong, all they got that equipment that high of a mountain is absolutely amazing, keep up the good work waiting for next video thank you
Awesome vid, guys. thanks so much. I grew up there and used to go in old mines with my brother Ken, up hoodoo creek area and other places. My Mom camp cooked at the HB years ago. It was gutsy work you did. What a great historical inside view. Without you this would not be seen until rusted away. Well done. Be safe. subscribed.
What a fantastic video. Can't tell you how much I appreciate your tenacity in making that climb. Apparently, very few others would go to the trouble to explore a site with so many artifacts. It looks like the only thing missing are the miners who worked this claim. It's a real shame the lower structures burned and the tram cable wasn't still in position. Hard to imagine that someone had to climb around on that mountain to find the outcropping of quartz. They probably found float in the stream down below but that still doesn't pin-point where it originated. Thanks for a super video.
You are welcome David. I would imagine that men combed every inch of that area looking for a surface deposit. It was a rich area and a few prospectors got rich finding some of the big deposits!
“Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints” I have mixed feelings about scavenging, but I understand then desire to save from further decay. As long as no one owns the land anymore or the mine, it’s fair game IMO.
As an urbexer I live by that motto. However I can't help but feel that mines should be approached in a totally different way. I'd never take anything from an urban location so the next explorer can have the same adventure I did, but these mines are much less accessible and less likely to be explored as a result. The finds here are genuinely artifacts that need preservation.
@@sweetstreetjustice a man of knowledge with no experience can be a dangerous and useless man. I'd rather listen to the experienced man that's left many footprints and taken some interesting things that are rusting away to nothing.
Awesome video, thank you. I would much rather watch your channel than the crap on the History channel nowadays. You guys are doing a service by documenting this stuff before mother nature claims it back.
I’m From Michigan and watching your Video makes me want to pack my belongings and head West! There is a calling inside Me to head West to explore the unknown...🤘🏼
If you are experiencing silent voices(subconscious) telling/urging you to do/go somewhere, then make plans to do such a thing in your lifetime. It's most likely your calling. You will realize this when you achieve the goal, and most likely, the next step will be made known to you. Or, you can grow old, and live with the regret of not following your heart. With that comes disappointment in yourself, and some 'knew I should have...' "why the heck didn't I..." etc., I'm just sayin'......
Keep your wreckless exploration up....hope for your families sake you have good life insurance....(edit) I have to retract my previous statement....all my life I have rode dirtbikes and super streetbikes and death looms at every jump or intersection....I have plates pins and screws all over my body from crashes over the years so I realized who the hell am I to be calling someone else reckless lol! Do what you love....even if it kills ya....! : ) God Bless
@@exploringabandonedmines I bet they would rather have you not your money....be careful brother you know those old mines and structures are very unstable....but I have to say awesone content....I love history!
I cant believe all the negative comments on scavenging. People. This stuff is discarded junk that is just rotting away. It's better someone take some of it for historical preservation than it just messing up the mountain and dissolving away with time. I bet your the types that if you left something out for the garbage pick up, and someone took it because that had a use for it. You would take a rat shit over that. believe me there are people like this. I wonder if ever wildlife gets hurt tripping over this junk.
Thats what I figure anything you pick up and get out of the elements quits rusting and won't get buried in a landslide or a cave in. Basically they are just pissed because they didn't get there before me!
@@exploringabandonedmines indeed, I'm starting to find these types of people who like to project there opinions on others. A lacking a very large sense of self so much, all they can do is worry about how others do things.
I was always told opinions are like assholes, everyone has one. But that doesn't mean anyone has to give a shit.
This is getting lost
RIGHT! And abandoned doesn't mean theres nothing there... there are many reasons to ABANDON a mine including weather! It could be a great start to a short mining trip!
@@silversrayleigh8980 Mark Twain once said a mine is nothing but a hole in the ground owned by a liar!
im from the era of finders keepers lol you find somethin on public land its now yours unless its a lot of money then report it to the police incase someones reported it missing. if no one collects it. its yours
You guys are doing a fantastic job. Unplugged my TV 15 years ago. But videos like yours is more fun, more educational and more scientific and life enriching than the crap on TV. I love it!
Yes less and less people watching TV these days.
@@exploringabandonedmines Thank god for this development.
Its men like Frank ,a century ago that made this world go around they actually did things instead of just talking about them. I tip my hat to you sir.
I agree men were a lot tougher back then........ they didn't spend their day on the couch whining and playing video games!
@@exploringabandonedmines some of us don't play video games and still work just as hard. Don't compare every man to yourself
Absolutely incredible how they got all that gear up there with a fraction of the technology! Thanks for adventure 👌🏻
They didn’t need technology they had tons of manpower
@@martintaylor984 manpower doesn’t mean much without organization, communication and preparation. It’s easy to say a bunch of guys just carried it all, but clearly you’ve never had to lead anyone lol think of the bigger picture and it becomes a lot more incredible
@@martintaylor984 When you have enough energy, drive, intent, a will to live, need AND you DO have sufficient manpower, organisms will find a way, for instance a way to organise what it takes, almost against all odds. It only takes time and after a while people or other life forms will figure out what's most beneficial. Another example is the historical saying that 'invention is 1% genious and 99% effort' (or in another version, '1% inspiration and 99% transpiration'). But it IS amazing afterwards to look back and see what has been reached. Like to see all those enormous, heavy iron parts, up that mountain, and being made and invented in the first place..
Wow! I was in that dry hut for a whole summer almost. I remember being given the job of painting that hut we stored the little trains in. We would run gas generators all night to power heaters, hopefully our gloves would be dry the next day. I remember old Don Endersby. He spoke with a strange drawl, when he spoke at all.
Thank you for these videos! Almost everyone would never see this history if you didn't provide it! No major networks or even PBS would bother with it. This is the history of dreams by people who would not be documented otherwise--so thank you!!
I think it is a good idea to document this for the future generations while we still can.
I cannot imagine sheer effort to built and operate this. GREAT coverage of another fascinating location.
Genuinely appreciate all the work you’ve put into your beautiful video, it shows!
Thank you so much 😀
Nothing in life that's worth doing is gonna be easy, hell I'm only 39 and I know that! What y'all do is most definitely Hard Work, that's no doubt. It's also Much Appreciated! You provide a very unique, very intelligent and informed, not mention personal guide through these very old mines. Even my Wife occasionally watches with me lol. Keep doing what your doing Man, it's good work, be Proud of it! Thank You
This is my 3rd time watching this video. I can't get over how amazing the land up there is. that mine is pretty cool being way up in the middle of nowhere these days. I wish the forest service here in idaho would leave our history alone instead of tearing it all down
AWESOME!! The things you do for our viewing pleasure!!
Things I always wanted to do but couldn't. Now I'm older and this is a great way to do things. Thanks guys!
15:45
"Do not enter. Deadly air"
"Can't be any worse than walking behind you"
LOL!
I've just started watching your exploration of these mines and I'm HOOKED!! Not only are they extremely educational and intuitive but you traverse some very BEAUTIFUL country!! I'm lovin life!!! PLEASE keep it up! Not sure how many of these you have made but I will undoubtedly be watching the ones I can find!!! Be safe, love y'all!!!💞
Over 100 so far Denise! I am glad you enjoy the show. Thanks for your comments.
Can't understand the comments in regards to saving artifacts from these old mines. Metal rusts, wood rots, and nature takes care of the rest. People that knew of these mines pass on. Without preserving some history, in two generations it'll be unknown. Your videos should go into some archive IMHO. Great job Frank.
Yes there is lots of rotten and rusted artifacts in mines that are destroyed now. I think the objections are more because they didn't get them first!
Ha Haaa, maybe so. @@exploringabandonedmines
Amazing how they got that equipment to the top of the mountain
Respect!
Fantastic artifacts, huge vein what ever it was. Nice coverage.
I could rummage through those old tool and junk piles for hours. So much left behind from being so remote and difficult to acess
I am amazed they got all that heavy equipment up that mountain. Incredible toil.
the people hand drilled almost that whole place ! so incredible the work ethic and brotherhood we once had in america , im grateful for you to have taken me with you on this wonderful journey ... keep up the great work ! 👍Godbless you and your family 😁
Except that brotherhood got paid beans while the mining companies and there shareholders (who did NONE of the work) made BILLIONS! And what little they made often went back to the owners for lodging, etc. And then they died of cancer and had horrible joint pain the last ten years of there lives! And now we also have a million toxic holes in the ground leaching heavy metals into the water supply. So lets not forget the whole story as there is so much more to it than cool old abandoned mines and a romantic view of how things used to be!
9:23 A jack leg has a pivot point between the drill and the leg. There used for drilling horizontally. Normally to install split sets to support the walls. There also used to drill the face so explosives can be loaded in. A stoper is what your looking at in the video at 9:23. There used for drilling into the back (Vertically), mostly to install rock bolts or rebar for ground support. Both types of drills have two connection points. One for air which turns the drill. Another for water to keep the drill bit cool and flush the drilled rock debris away from the bit, out the hole being drilled. Love your videos guys. Keep at it.
Cody Fletcher Thanks for explaining that. I have trouble sorting them out. If I worked in a mine I am sure It would be much easier.
Your welcome, it was no problem at all. I was just really enjoying your channel and thought I would take a minute to explain to you and the viewers that might not be familiar but interested in the drills. I love seeing them old mines with the small 8x8 drifts set up with the tracks for the ore carts. Some of them old mines are like time capsules. Here in New Brunswick theres not many that are accessible. Anyway..... Keep it up guys, looking forward to your next episode.
me and Slim always love watching your vids but this one is very special due to all the great artifacts.......wish there was a way to preserve it or put all of it in your museum....good job.
Cool Jeff......slim doesn't drink much beer though, not sure he can really appreciate them! I have pretty much all the same kind of stuff in my museum now.
keep making more vids as me and Slim love to watch them and be safe my friend.
You will have to get Slim a sombrero we are starting our new season this week in Mexico........bones get bleached when exposed to direct sunlight!
Ask Jeff Williams Jeff any where in NJ to pan for gold?
Do Not Enter - Deadly Air
"Can't be any worse than walking behind you!"
Classic. Love this channel. You guys provide some awesome content. Thanks for sharing, and keep up the great work!
Cool mine, Thanks for bringing us along.
I'm really pleased to hear you are taking stuff with you. You can be saving history. Just leaving stuff there is a shame to just be wasting away. I am jealous but I would be collecting other things such as the blue insulator pieces of broken colored glass, etc. I make jewelry with small pieces of history.♥️♥️
I used the Jaaack leg drills in the mines at Park City over 60 years ago I liked the gardener denver as it was not as hevey as the Ingersol. I would never go in one of these old mines without some way to check the quality of the air. It is nice to see all of the old mines, Thanks for posting
We keep an eye on oxygen levels. Like you say it depends on the location and formation what the hazards in any particular mine might be.
I worked at the Park Utah at Ketley as did my dad and brothers ending in the mid 50s some of my brothers worked at the Silver King and some our neighbors worked at the New Park and the Judge, as far as I know none of them are in operation at this time. No place to send the ore too. What a shame I have been here in Alaska for 41 years.
Wow did this video bring me way back in time. I used to go mine hopping every Wednesday. I lived at 7000 feet up in the San Bernardino. I have a bunch of pictures f doing the same thing only I was a lot younger than you guys when I did it. We hiked into a a few hard rock minds that going on late afternoon we said " that shaft will have to wait for another day lol. I remember crawling over cave INS too and deep water. About 20 years ago I helped a friend prove up on a chrome mine. It was the largest chrome producing mine during WWII. The mine was willed to my friend by his grandfather. Tough work. But so is logging. Thanks for the great video.
At least with the mines you can escape the heat on a hot day!
Amazing to see one day when the mine shut down, the miners just downed tools and left. In a hundred years I'd imagine most of it will have rotted away to nothing. Facinating to see it so well preserved. I wonder when it shut down, 1950's maybe?
Weird in mines some stuff rots and some doesn't
@@exploringabandonedmines Depends on the moisture level and temperature
Amazing episode and the guy that was with you is right, the amount of work and the three hour hike up that mountain thanks so much guys its truly amazing to see. I was born and raised in that neck of the woods and have always wondered what it was like.
Fascinating to see the amount of work put into these mining operations. The tram tower itself must've been really hard to construct on the side of that cliff. I wonder how they got all the equipment up there, not to mention all the ore carts, rails and hundreds of meters worth of cables.
Highly entertaining and educational video. Thank you for making these.
Ah, old cupels, neat! Always fun following old cables to the top, eh? If you had the equipment for it (and the endurance!) you could almost climb the cables themselves!
That site is really rich with artifacts! Awesome site and mine, thanks for documenting them!
Awesome work documenting these old mines! Coming from a family of gold miners from Nova Scotia I find it really interesting to see mining operations of all types, and i never fail to learn a thing or two from your videos. Keep up the great work Frank, Cheers from Ontario!
It was absolutely awesome to see the inside from this viewpoint but there is no way in hell I would go in there. You guys have balls of steel!!!!
Thank you gentlemen for working so had at making interesting videos. From Bakersfield California USA
Thanks for watching!
Your videos are excellent, and I hope that you didn't take some of my previous comments negatively. I just was commenting on what I know, being an underground miner for 42 years, and I am 'very' interested in what you are presenting to us who are into mining history. Thanks again sir!
It is nice to meet miners that are also interested in mining history.
Great show Frank. The best one yet.
Yea best one for sure!
Thanks I think so too. The equipment and filming is getting better and we had a lot of film to pick the highlights from.
Thank you Frank for all the time and energy you put into the videos you upload.
Wow! Amazing! So many incredible pieces of equipment / mining artefacts. Hope you managed to retrieve and rescue a few of the smaller items. That was a serious climb, talk about dedication. The tram tower on side of cliff looked awesome. The views you captured are beautiful. Loved it
Thanks Barb and yes we did get a backpack full!
Insane what a massive operation they had going on back in the day
I have a passion for history and minerals, have visited some old mines in Ontario but nothing like what you have in BC. I commend you for taking the time, risk and video documentation of these historical mines. Well done!
Andrew..
Coolist video I have ever seen! Frank, ur the man!!!! Thank you for what do!
Your are making my back hurt like hell just watching you two.!
Hey, awesome channel and I am definitely going to subscribe. Ya, that orange kinda film covering the walls and back are a result from being flooded or from water leaving oxides on the surface. I was a miner for the better part of 30 years and worked in 21 mines all throughout Canada and 3 mines in BC. I saw a few nice veins there and boy I’d like to sample some of that. I’ve watched several of your videos and love em all. Brings back a lot of great memories and would like to get back to B.C. soon and maybe check out a couple mines in particular. Around 25 years ago, I was working in a jackpot mine that was owned by a company that was right on the edge of being totally bankrupt and had spent all there cash and exhausted all of there avenues of lending and they were right at the gold and I mean right at the gold. I come off of shift and was talking with my crossshift. We were on the third breast of a shrinkage stope.The manager of the mine come up next to us and said that the mine was closing it’s doors. We didn’t even get paid our pay that was owed to us. Anyways, we were waiting for the trucks to come so we could get all our gear and clothes off the mountain. The geologist was an old friend of ours and we were bullshitting and he told us that the results of the samples that he had taken in our heading were unbelievable. They were just over 20 oz/ ton Au and 179oz/t Ag. This was astronomical but he wasn’t gonna tell a soul unless we got paid out paycheques. Well, we never got paid and I’ve talked to him lots after that and he has never told a soul and that place has never reopened there doors either. Those three breasts would have about 150 to 200 tons of the highest grade ore anywhere. The drift that starts the shrinkage stope had results over an oz/ton but there must have been some anomaly above resulting those incredible numbers. I would like to one day go back and I bet that muckpile is still sitting on the ground. I know I grabbed some nice “souvenirs “ but with the unexpected closing didn’t get a chance to get a couple more. Anyways, just want ya to know that so in your travels remember that. I can’t tell ya anything more than that because until I get paid, I’m not telling anyone anything. Have an awesome day and watch for the start of a shrinkage stope that is about 30’ on its first breast. There is plenty and I mean plenty “souvenirs “
You should take me up to that mine......it would make an awesome video. Email me frankmcranch@gmail.com if you are interested!
And since there's three of us now we should all go great story and nice video Frank
Denis Rowlett
Hi Denis, it’s a good time for you to return back to the mine and try your luck! If you need a partner, I would be happy to help, just let me know. I know the leaching process and can get this metal from the ore.
Interesting piece of industrial history. Thanks!
you guys are living my dream...wow...i''m jealous. God bless you guys, stay safe, have fun
these videos are really great ,,, sense of humor very funny and the info ... thank you !!what a sight ... wow wish i could see it in person... living in Florida ... no where to hike .. not like when i lived in Pa... must smell amazing ..like youre alive thank you again
Filming alligators would be fun too!
Wow, gildersome foundry Leeds. I live like 5 miles from gildersome and never knew they supplied oar cars to canada! Turns out they supplied worldwide!!
This is one of the most interesting shows I've seen. I'm always amazed at how they figured out where to mine. I guess the amount of mining equipment left behind is indicative of how difficult it was to get to this one.
This mine and most others was developed from the surface where the richest ore was from there they just followed the vein down.
That was so cool !!! Thanks for the adventure.
Thank you for another great video, that electric train is really cool. I'm still working my way through your old videos, just over halfway through now :-)
I appreciate the effort and work you put into these, it really shows.
Thanks for the support!
Gotta give you guys credit - you put in a lot of effort to uncover lots of interesting old industries/gold mines. Your theories about the operation of mining equipment is probably accurate. Who knows nowadays?
I give you a lot of credit exploring this mine. Younger generation they have to see this and see how people were used to work for a living.
They basically laid down the foundation that the country was built on.
That item made in Leeds
I live in Leeds
It's in the north of England, large city, and the area of Leeds it was made in was Gildersome. They were established in 1865!
There is Gold in Germany.........we sent it there!
FABULOUS VIDEO...I WOULD NEVER ENTER THESE UNMAINTAINED TUNNELS SO IT WAS NICE TO TAKE A LOOK
Pretty steep grade, camera pulls back to reveal 70ish percent grade. Amazing to see all the cool old equipment and listen to your mellow voice..... thanks a million, Jim.
The lengths and dangers you guys go through to make these videos is definitely appreciated!
It is well within my personal comfort range.
You two are some BRAVE adventurers!
You guys have a great adventurous and driven spirit. Very cool video and a beautiful view on the way up. Can you imagine the caliber of men that not only worked these mines, but dug them, and hauled all that equipment up there and built all the necessary structures. Impressive to say the least. And with no computers .......lol...................
It really was incredible what they did. Mind you 100 years ago you had to put food on the table or starve. there was no welfare or food stamps back then. The will for humans to survive is very strong!
The week long trip we made to Anyox is even more spectacular. A town of 3,000 largest copper smelter in the world at the time , a brick and coke plant all abandoned in 1935 th-cam.com/video/I4mCMQhaj_w/w-d-xo.html
100 years ago people had gardens and knew how to can raise animals and butcher them. they didn't all count on the store except for some dry goods and tools for their trades and there were blacksmiths it's just all been taken over by the corporations to enslave everyone. this is very interesting find tho thanks for sharing all the old ingenuity :)
silversurfer49 exactly what I was thinking about
Exploring Abandoned Mines, I agree. I think in general, we have become a codependent society, unknowingly indoctrinated to believe our Governments will provide all of our needs and knows what's best for us. Hard work and determination is by far more rewarding and fulfilling, but a lot of that core value has been sadly lost. I will check out your Anyox video..TKS!
If you ever make it to north eastern Minnesota there are a couple underground mines to look around in.
You guys are crazy climbing into that old wooden tower at that height haha! Good effort guys!
It was a few years ago......wonder if it is still standing?
The mine car outside was built by Hudsons of Gildersome Foundry Leeds England. They were major suppliers to civil engineering contractors in the British Empire. They supplied all manner of railway equipment including locomotives although they bought these in from other suppliers - mostly Hudswell Clarke also of Leeds. They were a major supplier to the British Forces during the First World War to the British army of 2 foot gauge light railway equipment - mostly track and wagons. As the mine is located in Canada I should think that a lot of the equipment was sourced in the U.K.
Great video - you were very brave in entering a collapsed shaft! The mine seems to be huge and a memorial to the men who moved all that kit to such a remote site.
Thank you Frank for your hard work, you *ARE* the best of the historical Mine Documentarys, Mine Dr., the King of Dirty Holes, Or just the Mountain King...
Jeff
S.Oregon
excellent video, fellas. in northern arkansas the ghost town of Rush was a hot spot for my brother and i, some neat zinc mines there yet but most have been welded shut by the park service to "prevent accidents", yeah, right.
in one we found a miner's carbide lamp. I will be watching more of your stuff.
The Mother Lode claim was staked in 1891 and Crown granted in 1899. Exploration began with an adit crosscut in 1896 followed by an expanded program of shaft sinking and completion of a smelter at Greenwood in 1901. Underground development to 1902 totalled 2360 metres of tunnelling. In 1908 the shaft was deepened to 150 metres forming the basis for mining on four levels. Operations continued until 1918 when the mine and smelter closed. The Sunset claim was at first developed separately from Mother Lode. The Mother Lode was renewed by Woodgreen Copper Mines Limited in 1956 as an open pit mine supported by a 900-tonne per day mill. Production continued in 1959 at a reduced rate of 450 tonnes per day. This was augmented somewhat in 1960 with ore from the Sunset mine. Operations closed in 1962 and the concentrator was removed from the mine site.
Ore reserves at the Mother Lode mine are based on estimated tonnage remaining in pillars and sills in the old underground workings and unmined mineralization between the 120-metre level and chert basement. Estimated ore reserves for the Mother Lode are 300,000 tonnes, grading 0.5 gram per tonne gold, 4.5 grams per tonne silver and 0.65 per cent copper.
Combined (proven and probable) reserves at the Mother Lode and Greyhound are 407,288 tonnes grading 0.65 per cent copper, 0.51 gram per tonne gold and 4.44 grams per tonne silver (Royex Sturgex Mining Ltd., Information Circular 27/04/84).
A grab sample assayed 2.6 per cent copper, 3.6 grams per tonne gold, and 18 grams per tonne silver (EMPR Bulletin 101, Appendix 4B).
I see you visited minfile ! However this isn't the Mother Lode in Greenwood this is the Mother Lode at Sheep Creek, It is a common name for mines. I was at the Mother Lode in Greenwood last year and made a video of it th-cam.com/video/wqxMRd6Z2rc/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for the correction. Good info either way! Love the videos. Seeing that quartz vein in this one, really makes one think about how much gold is still in there?
An ounce per ton was considered pretty good ore. So that is quite a bit of work to get the ore, grind it to a fine powder and then process the material. I guess that's why there are no mines still operating around here.
That was a stoper and a jack leg that u set up at the face and drill to set ur powder in to blast awesome find guys and I'm a shaft miner and we still use that stoper jack leg got a little better but not much they still weight a buck 20 and I drill with it for a few hours a day ole beast
love your videos! lets me see things I would never see without.
The cart was made in Gildersome, Yorkshire, England (a few miles from me!) by a company that built carts, cranes and railway parts between 1865 and 1984. More about them and their carts here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hudson_(company)
I found a catalogue of their products from 1950 www.zelmeroz.com/album_rail/uk/misc/Hudson_LightRailwayMaterials-gs.pdf
Thanks for the link, Frank, that's the first catalogue I've ever seen with elephants loading carts!
Thanks, for the amazing tour. Man those are some steep mountains
They are!
R. Hudson Leeds England This is where I’m from. The company made narrow gauge railways and tippers. Great video...👍🏻
Gildersome is down the road from me. Sad times, now we make nothing :(
Same for the USA we use to make so many things. Now we just make shit up haha.
many thanks nice mine thanks for filming and showing
This is a great group - You guys are very brave!
neville sukul
They should have more guys to stay outside for safety.
Hi Just come across your channel and has to be one of the best explores loved watching it. The effort you guys put in is amazing. Stunning country as well as beautiful scenery, Thank you very much from Sussex, England
You are welcome. Thanks for watching Jon !
You guys are brave🙌🏻 those walls can cave in at any moment 🙌🏻
Don't touch them!
Great Video that was one heck of a mine.
What a great find. It looks as though they got up one morning and just decided to leave. Only thing i can see that's missing is me. Keep up the great finds and i will be looking forward to more video's
as a person that have an interest in blacksmithing at 7:36 on the left placed on a barrel you can see a verry nice and its seems like in good condition blacksmithing firebox/firebowl/firepot(a blacksmith will be verry hapy to have such as this one and they are not cheap), its amazing how much usefull stuf is left there.great video
I was thinking j wish I was there to collect some of the rods see if any old tongs and other tools were still around. And the j would have grabbed at 10 of those drill bit heads. 😁😁😁😁
wow! very cool. hard to believe they got all that stuff up there to begin with
I really enjoyed this mine! The transport cart was awesome. Thanks for sharing
Absolutely amazing video, I have to say you are to explorer, those drills that you picked up, that would be back-breaking work, you have to be really strong, all they got that equipment that high of a mountain is absolutely amazing, keep up the good work waiting for next video thank you
Thank you for the totally interesting tour that you took the time and effort to post!
Enjoyed all the finds on this one. I look forward to more.
Glad you enjoyed it
Holy crap...I got the Willie's just watching you guys look over the edge...
Awesome vid, guys. thanks so much. I grew up there and used to go in old mines with my brother Ken, up hoodoo creek area and other places. My Mom camp cooked at the HB years ago. It was gutsy work you did. What a great historical inside view. Without you this would not be seen until rusted away. Well done. Be safe. subscribed.
Not much left now only a few houses everything else is laying flat.
Best mine findings that I have ever seen.
you get thumbs up just for making it up the mountain.......thank you for showing it
It was a bit of a scramble!
What a fantastic video. Can't tell you how much I appreciate your tenacity in making that climb. Apparently, very few others would go to the trouble to explore a site with so many artifacts. It looks like the only thing missing are the miners who worked this claim. It's a real shame the lower structures burned and the tram cable wasn't still in position. Hard to imagine that someone had to climb around on that mountain to find the outcropping of quartz. They probably found float in the stream down below but that still doesn't pin-point where it originated. Thanks for a super video.
You are welcome David. I would imagine that men combed every inch of that area looking for a surface deposit. It was a rich area and a few prospectors got rich finding some of the big deposits!
I kind wanna play minecraft after watching this haha
It's great to see you with a companion. Much safer and he seems to be very knowledgeable about the mines and geology. Great videos.
“Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints”
I have mixed feelings about scavenging, but I understand then desire to save from further decay. As long as no one owns the land anymore or the mine, it’s fair game IMO.
As an urbexer I live by that motto. However I can't help but feel that mines should be approached in a totally different way. I'd never take anything from an urban location so the next explorer can have the same adventure I did, but these mines are much less accessible and less likely to be explored as a result. The finds here are genuinely artifacts that need preservation.
Zionism toHell That.s fucking stupid. Experience goes hand in hand with knowledge.
@@sweetstreetjustice a man of knowledge with no experience can be a dangerous and useless man. I'd rather listen to the experienced man that's left many footprints and taken some interesting things that are rusting away to nothing.
That locomotive with the man ride would be perfect for the Yankee boy mine tours.
Awesome video, thank you. I would much rather watch your channel than the crap on the History channel nowadays. You guys are doing a service by documenting this stuff before mother nature claims it back.
Our pleasure! The good thing is the videos will be around after the mines are gone.
Thanks for bringing us along on your explorations.
I only film it because nobody would believe me otherwise!
Wooooooh finally a video of somebody taking the stuff they find!
Awesome channel. Thank you, thank you! Keep 'em coming.
that cart at 8:52 was made 10mins away from my house in leeds england :P
Great video and your determination to make a wonderful experience is awesome!!!! Much appreciated that you shared this video...stay safe!!!
Why don't you ever bring glowsticks to drop them down those long shafts?
I have a few times!
Agree
Wow 1 of the best mine videos ever seen. Really liked all the stuff outside the mine to interesting history.
I’m From Michigan and watching your Video makes me want to pack my belongings and head West! There is a calling inside Me to head West to explore the unknown...🤘🏼
Felt the same all my life
If you are experiencing silent voices(subconscious) telling/urging you to do/go somewhere, then make plans to do such a thing in your lifetime. It's most likely your calling. You will realize this when you achieve the goal, and most likely, the next step will be made known to you. Or, you can grow old, and live with the regret of not following your heart. With that comes disappointment in yourself, and some 'knew I should have...' "why the heck didn't I..." etc., I'm just sayin'......
Wow this is great! Its like cave exploring, or mountain climbing, a new addition to the set of activities known as extreme sports.
Only more interesting because of the historical aspect.
Keep your wreckless exploration up....hope for your families sake you have good life insurance....(edit) I have to retract my previous statement....all my life I have rode dirtbikes and super streetbikes and death looms at every jump or intersection....I have plates pins and screws all over my body from crashes over the years so I realized who the hell am I to be calling someone else reckless lol! Do what you love....even if it kills ya....! : ) God Bless
I have lots of money they would be happy if I died.
@@exploringabandonedmines I bet they would rather have you not your money....be careful brother you know those old mines and structures are very unstable....but I have to say awesone content....I love history!