Hi Frank, I really don't blame you for not going down there, your life is way more valuable than any flashlight (Priceless😉 ). A cool mine though and that ore chute was never ending, it's amazing to see the level of craftsmanship back in the day is still holding back all of that rock, awesome. Thanks for sharing, much love. xx💖
Thanks 👍Yes, those retaining walls are still standing and holding back all those tons of waste rock. The miners certainly knew what they were doing. Thanks, Sue, for watching and commenting! And thanks, too, for being a three-year subscriber.
@@AbandonedMines11 You are so welcome, I have been subscribed actually for way longer it's just I only really started commenting a few years back as I didn't really know anything about mines before, when was the Horton mine visit as that is how long because you and Paul were still exploring together before you took a break although you explored the Horton mine alone. xx
Great that you revisited this mine 👍. Hope you can visit others again and explore tunnels that might have been missed previously. Description and examples of timbering a added bonus for us viewers👍
Thanks for the feedback! Yes, sometimes it’s too difficult to get through an entire mine in one visit, so repeat visits are required. That was the case here. Glad you enjoyed the footage of the dynamite storage locker and the close-up of the timbering in the the doorway. Thanks so much for all of your support - I really appreciate it!
Thanks, Paul! You got to watch this video early. I inadvertently made it available for viewing by posting it into one of my playlists. LOL This video will go live on Monday afternoon at 3 PM Pacific Time for everybody else. Didn't want you to think that you were the only person who watched and commented on this video!
Nice mine! Love the gobbing walls in timber frames! The craftsmanship in those days always leaves a impression on me! Its lovely to see it all still standing firm! Been with your channel many year's now,( I think it was under a different name then?) And you got me into watching and actually exploring abandoned mines,here in the UK. There are a lot of good mine exploring channels now and I watch them all,but you was the trailblazer! Always look forward to your videos! Thanks again
Sorry about your light, would love to go back in time when all these mines were built awesome stuff frank good call not going any lower by yourself.. as always be safe 👍👍
Thanks, Steve! It would be cool to go back 140 years to when this mine was in operation and check it out. Sometimes I find it hard to believe that I am actually inside something that's 140 years old (I know -- this is where all the viewers in Europe will chime in and say they have stuff over there that's 1000 years old -- LOL). Glad you enjoyed the video and, as always, thank you for your support!
Exploring Abandoned Mines and Unusual Places well here in Germany we may have more ancient buildings but the preservation of these mines is insane in Nevada.
@@AbandonedMines11 Being from Europe, you are correct, having houses older than some hundreds of years is nothing special, but those mines for me still feel a lot older, probably because time stopped there, whereas all our old buildings/churches are modernized (especially on the inside). Watching the video feels like time-travel, but going in a 1000 year old church not really (for me).
Great upload hello from a humble opal miner here in Australia ,I like your attitude I explore old mines also and knowing when to proceed and when to turn around is something unfortunately most people do not practice
Thanks for your comment! When I’m exploring alone, I can’t take as many chances as I would if I had somebody else with me. I would’ve really loved to have gone down those steeply inclined tunnels but they were just a little too steep and a little too rubble-filled to do without, at least, a rope.
I'm glad you weren't attached to the headlight when it went over the of the chute. I'm glad you came back out even without the flashlight and how exciting it would be if in the future you and friends came back to this mine and find that flashlight. Obviously you made it back out of mine because you edited and posted this video but I do find myself every now and then saying hope he gets out alive . Ttake care of safe travels.
I’m sure that flashlight will stay up there until I make a return trip. But I have no plans to return to that mine anytime soon. I already ordered a new flashlight and will have it by the end of this week. Easy come, easy go. Thanks for stopping by and checking out this latest video, Katherine. I appreciate it. Always nice hearing from you!
I've been subbed for like 5 years I think, but I got a new account a bit ago and saw this on the home page. I was like, wow, memories be flooding in. Keep up the great work my guy!👍🏻 and stay safe wherever your at.🤙🏻
It's very difficult to get lost in a mine like this. I realize that the editing of the video makes the mine layout seem very confusing. It really is only one way in and one way out. There has only been one mine I explored back in 2013 or so that required we keep track of our route due to how extensive it was. That was the Rachel Lincoln Mine in Nevada. That's a huge mine with 12 levels or so and literally miles and miles of tunnels that intersect at odd angles. Some of the newer workings also intersect with the older workings. If one did not keep track of one's route in that mine, one would get lost very easily due to the confusing layout. If you like the old infrastructure in these mines, I hope you saw the footage at the very end of this video where I showed the support timbers in the dynamite storage room. Thanks, Lucas, for watching and commenting!
When I explore old mines I chalk directions on the walls and take note of structures or different veins the miners where following if its more than a one level mine, hello from Australia we have very few old mines of this age but I found some amazing ones in Tasmania
This mine was really interesting don't think I've seen a mine sprawl in so many different ways, if you ever revisit this mine show us a bit of a the hike and the surroundings of the portal, it's really cool when you do so, on a different note congrats on the 350k subs you deserve it I'm happy I'm subbed to you for some years now, you really brighten my day with your videos, stay safe Frank, big hugs, oh and RIP flashlight.
Thanks so much for your great comment! I really appreciate it. Glad to know that you’ve been a subscriber for a few years and that you are enjoying my videos.
This pt of Loomis looks to be a dry, dusty, scramblin' 'splore, best undertaken w/ropes & a partner. And better a lost headlight than to lose the head it lit. Smart choice = continued adventure!
Thanks so much for your comment! Glad to hear you found an old cabin. Those can be interesting to explore if they haven’t been visited too often over the years.
Well that light will shine in that mine for at least a day or two... at least it's replaceable. Thanks for the tour of the inner workings. The video is amazing!
Thanks, Mike! Yeah, those Fenix flashlights have good batteries. I think it probably would've stayed on for about six hours, I think. Not sure if I'll ever get back up to this mine to retrieve it, but if I do I wonder if it will still be there? Wouldn't it be creepy if I went back up there and it was gone? Wouldn't it be even creepier if I went back up there and found another identical flashlight laying near it?
Stay safe, life is worth more than a flashlight 🔦. Mine has a lot of shafts going all over. Good video the craft in this shaft was good. Take care Frank till the next adventure
I am so happy each time i see one of your vidos, Franck! This mine is incredible with all these tunnels and levels! Keep you safe all the time, we cherish you ! You are fearless! Never had fear to not return to the surface?
Glad you like them! This is a pretty cool mine to explore and document. Of the two tunnels, the lower one I explored in Part 1 and Part 2 was much more extensive than the upper one was. Now you've seen the whole thing, more or less. Thanks for watching and commenting, Muriel!
Hi, Sylvia! Nice hearing from you. Thank you very much for your comment. Yes, I’m glad I didn’t go down and retrieve the flashlight either. I probably could’ve done it without incident but it’s just not worth the chance. And that shaft looked a lot steeper in person than it does in the video. I was afraid all that rubble might start sliding and take me along with it.
@@AbandonedMines11 but you made the right choice, a flashlight worth a couple dollars or gambling with your life.. Come back with some friends and a rope ;) on the other hand if you never retrieve the flashlight, similar to the initials and dates written on the timbers, people will find your artifact and understand a man from the future had made it that far
In mining we call that a set. The piece on top is called a collar on the both sides are called the legs we notch out ends of the collar and the top of the legs to so they fit in place and leave a gap in between them so we ca tell if the top rock is putting presser on the collar this tells us the mountain is moving. This a safety warning for us miners.
Hello from Lightning Ridge Australia ,we do the same here by capping the props with hardwood and wedges ,when props creak its a good idea to re prop but an even better idea to abandon the drive, no amount of opal is worth dying or being seriously injured for
Hello Frank. Did you think about using a drone in your adventures? A drone could be used to check areas which are difficult to access. You could attache a fishing line to the drone so that if it stucks you can pull it back. It would be also a good idea to try it out for example at the Horton Mine. As it was gated you can let the drone fly into the tunnel and record all sounds inside. Of course you should not fly the drone over wet areas or over water.
Yes I have. But I don't think I want to be burdened with such an expensive and somewhat heavy piece of equipment. I had to climb up the mountain to reach this mine entrance and having a drone on me would've made it even more difficult. Maybe as the technology improves, they will make smaller drones that are less bulky. Thanks for your comment and question, Ahmed!
Oh, no! I'm so sorry your flashlight went rogue! I don't know if you're still looking for a replacement, but I have the Nebo Transcend, and I really like it. The battery lasts long (probably not the 6 hours yours do though) and is 1000 lumens. It uses a 18650 battery as well, which makes it compatible with your other lights. Thanks for sharing this, and I'm glad it was just your light that fell down there! Be safe, and carry on.
I already ordered another identical flashlight. Remember when my flashlight fell off my helmet when we were climbing down that 1000-foot vertical shaft? Same thing happened here as I was looking downward. I thought the clip securing the light to the helmet was tight enough because the light hadn't fallen off since that exploration with you. Alas, the flashlight decided to fall off again. Thanks for the suggestion of the Nebo Transcend, though, Nick!
I hope so too! Thanks for checking out the video, Tom and Julie. Maybe we three will get back up there and go down those two steeply inclined ore passes and find some counterfeit silver coins!
Thanks, Frank! Nice hearing from you again. Yes, I guess my lost flashlight could be considered an offering to the mine ghosts or the tommyknockers. LOL
Hi, Lin_Ani! Thanks for stopping by, watching a video, and commenting! I appreciate it. I’ll have more videos of abandoned mines coming soon. Thanks for your support!
Well Frank, that makes @ least 2 light sources you've lost since you started. Not too bad. Also, I'm sorry I didn't notice you've passed 350K subscribers. I subscribed when you were under 10K. Been a while, friend.
I like the updated avatar, Stan! I think I’ve lost more than two flashlights over the years. All I know is that I had five flashlights at one point and now I’m down to two. LOL So if you’re ever out there exploring an abandoned mine and come across a pretty nice flashlight laying in the tunnel in a somewhat inaccessible area, it’s probably mine. Thanks for being a long-time subscriber, too! You’ve been here since the early days when I uploaded crappy, low resolution videos taken with a point-and-shoot digital camera. Those were the days when I never did any narration but, instead, put in musical soundtracks.
Hi Frank, I am watching your lovely videos right from Ciudad de mexico. And I want to tell you how a met your channel, and made my subscription since a couple of days. There is a colombian TH-camr called dross, you may hear about him. In his channel he has 2 or 3 videos based in those of yours where you got those paranormal moments caught on the footage. Then I looked for your channel, watched the original ones got hooked and subscribed. I m hear to tell you how much I admire your work in this videos, and how much l appreciate the simplicity of each one of them, for my that Metter a lot, because it connects my with you and wherever you do in the video, it goes like very personal experience, feels natural because I can see there's only a simple guy filled with curiosity showing us all this interesting places.... I really appreciate you not converted the format of the videos in some kind of history channel show, with dinamic shots or stuff like that. And got to say you got a lot of guts sr, keep doing this work before you encountered with the unknown in those places where recorded the paranormal activity or ghost or whatever the hell was and acting really normal at the moment, that way I knew whatever the hell that was it was genuine, not fake. Keep doing this interesting videos... Greetings from Mexico.
I know, right? When we are inside these old workings, you really get a sense of what it must’ve been like to be an actual miner. It was such dangerous and difficult work back in those days. They didn’t have all the safety regulations and laws like there are today. Men regularly died in these mines or got seriously injured. I do plan on going back to this one to retrieve my flashlight that I lost. I was initially here just over a year ago. I bet my flashlight is still there. I need to go back and spend some time climbing through the stopes in between the levels. Sometimes that’s where you can find some really cool artifacts that nobody has seen in decades, too!
Frank, Great video bud, smart not goin after the flashlight down that shaft, hell yea i'd of done the same and just left it too fk that, flashlight can be replaced, you can't, and besides that the support timbering in the Powder Shack, that was pretty cool to see, thanks for the content keep em comin, another mine.....Documented!
Thanks for dropping by and commenting! I’ve already ordered a new flashlight. If I’m ever back up at that mine and have some rope with me, I will attempt to retrieve my flashlight - that is, if the tommyknockers haven’t swiped it first. LOL Good hearing from you again, I hope all is going well with you.
@@AbandonedMines11 Oh that would be awesome to see you go back with rope n that and see if it's still there, be safe out there, see ya in the next one bud.👍
I totally enjoy watching your videos. I did some underground exploring when I was in my teens. looking back on what I did scares me now. I would go into holes and cracks barely big enough to squeeze through and find big caverns and sinkholes. I would climb down into them and explore them just to see where they went and how big they were. It was in the desert of southeast New Mexico around Carlsbad. I remember one that was barely big enough to crawl through for what seemed more than a thousand feet and finally got to a drop off that was big enough to climb down into and stand up and walk around. I don't know what I would have done if I had got to the end and couldn't turn around. When you are young, you don't think that far ahead I guess... It had water in it and some bones of small animal that had fallen in and couldn't get out. I am guessing it was 150 to 200 feet under the surface but I really don't know for sure. After I thought about it years later, I think it was an underground spring that was dried up when I went into it. There are thousand of holes and caves in that area that people go into all the time. I think lots of them are cemented shut because too many people went into them and had to be rescued or were never found in some cases. Another one I remember was about half a mile from where I lived and it had to be scaled with a rope. But once you got into it, it went for miles in all directions. The University of Ancona in Italy set up a experiment inside this place and had a woman live in side for 4 months. It was to see how the human mind reacted to not knowing if it was daytime or night time. They had a huge complex of buildings set up on the side of the mountain where everyone involved worked and monitored the woman and her activity. Her name is Stefania Follini if you want to read about what they did. But I had been in that cave years before they came along. It is now cemented in with a locked door to keep people out.
Excellent anecdote, Danny! Thanks for sharing it. That is quite a story. It's sad to here that many of the openings you ventured into years ago are now cemented shut. Where's the EPA or the wildlife conservation groups when you need them? Those cave openings lead into habitats for bats and other creatures. Cementing them shut seems wrong. We experience the same thing with abandoned mines when they backfill or collapse a mine's entrance. That University of Ancona experiment sounds interesting! I wonder if the woman they locked in the cave for four months suffered any psychological damage from that experience?
@@AbandonedMines11 I have read some things about it over the years and from what I seem to understand, she was a pretty strong person mentally before the experiment and that was one of the criteria as to why she was chosen. If you get time google her name and there are lots of articles about the experiment. This happened at the end of the road where I lived when I was in high school. That's one of the reasons I was interested in it.
Awesome video as always!!! Good move leaving the light, equipment can be replaced, you can’t. This was definitely an interesting one, I wonder where those ore passes lead to, a long closed off lower tunnel? Thanks for sharing Frank, stay safe.
Oh, meant to say congratulations on passing 350k subscribers, your content is excellent and your narration is definitely top notch, I’m looking forward to the the day you pass 500k subscribers, again, congratulations, definitely well earned.
Thanks for watching, Dan! Those ore passes apparently go way down into the mountain, according to Roger the unofficial watchman of that mine. I don't know how far down them he went, and I was hoping he would've come out of his house and run up the mountain to meet me this second time around like he did the first time. But he didn't. That's why I wasn't too keen on going down the one to retrieve my flashlight. I didn't want all that loose material in there to start sliding downward and over the brink that was beyond my flashlight. Email me at frankah@mail.com with your email address and I'll send you some additional information that you will find interesting.
I replied to your email a couple nights ago but I don’t know if you got it. It might’ve got put into your SPAM or JUNK folder because I included a couple links in it.
Thanks Frank!!! Good call, Outlook retrieved it and flagged as spam, it looks like I have some very interesting reading this evening, sincere thanks!!! I’ll reply via email after reading.
Really interesting exploration. Those retaining walls are amazing. How did they keep the ground so smooth that you walk on? In all of your videos, I have noticed that the tunnel pathways seem pretty flat. Did they ever have like an office down there? Amazing history and mining art! Enjoying your sharing of this lost art. Hard to imagine that people actually did that. Be careful and don't get stuck in there.
Someone else a while back had asked about how the miners got the tunnel floors so smooth. I don't know, and somebody else replied with an explanation that I can't remember. It must've been somewhat difficult, though. These mines definitely are the product of a bygone era. Modern mining doesn't emply these techniques of using ore cart tracks, ore carts, wooden chutes, timbering, etc.. Even those retaining walls wouldn't be seen in a modern mine, I think. The 1880s technololgy almost seems primitive in a way. Glad you are appreciating the videos, Kip! Thanks for your comment and questions!
Another Hundred and Thirty years later.....Hey look some mine Explorer lost his light I bet it's One of those Ancient You Tuber's!!!; ), Thank's for Exploring lost History!!!
That was a very nice big stope, too bad you had too say bye bye too your flashlight, but sometimes climbing down looks easy and up can be almost impossible.
Another explorer was just at this mine within the last few weeks and told me about it. He did not go in this upper level that you see in my video. Instead, he stuck to the lower level which I featured in Part 1 of my video series. After I watched his video, I think that the chute you saw in my video does connect up with that lower tunnel. He commented that he felt airflow when he was standing in front of one of those ore chutes in the lower tunnel. I originally thought maybe the two levels weren’t connected at all, but I now think they are. I may go back up there one of these days soon to check it all out and to retrieve my flashlight that I lost in this video. Thanks for your comment!
Great video! You are very brave for exploring these mines by yourself. In your videos, have you ever found any mining pickaxes or other mining tools that were left behind?
Yes I have. Once we found part of an old shovel. I've seen wheelbarrows underground. Found old wrenches here and there. And an old hammer once. The tools are rare, that's for sure. Cool to find them, though!
I'm glad you agree! I guess the biggest reason why I didn't bother retrieving the flashlight was because the caretaker Roger had told me those inclined shafts were pretty steep and went down for a long, long way. I didn't want to start crawling down the shaft past the chute and then having all the rubble start sliding down into the abyss with me surfing on top of it. Thanks taking the time to watch and comment!
@@AbandonedMines11 I lost a mobile phone like that once the area it fell into had already suffered massive failure so it was a no go to retrieve it, maybe in a thousand years archaeologists will find it :)
I'm always aware when watching your videos of the difference in what here in the UK is considered old & what you consider old. My last Victorian town house I lived in (I had the basement flat) was built around the same time as this mine. I caught a little awe in your voice as you described the timbers "still supporting" from the 1880's. My whole flat was "still supporting" the other 3 floors above without any renovation since then! I guess in the 1880's you were still displacing the peoples who actually had claim to the land... Great videos, I enjoy them hugely.
The arid desert really preserves things well. Some of the timbering inside these abandoned mines looks as new as it probably did the day it was installed!
@@AbandonedMines11 Also, we're so used to ultraviolet degrading stuff out in the open we don't notice it. Remove sunlight & this stops. I'm sure that plays a role too.
I'm sure there was some kind of formula. In some of those large underground mines that are more modern, the pillars really were spaced equally apart, more or less. Often the companies would remove the pillars last when they were done mining in that area so that the ore in the pillars could be extracted. Doing that left behind voids with absolutely no ceiling support whatsoever because the pillars had been removed. It's very dangerous to explore those unsupported voids due to the risk of collapse.
The Pilars are left there intensional to support the roof of the stope.....sometimes if the mine was rich enough successive generations of miners removed these pillars since they are part of the ore body/vein
I know. I watch some of this footage and find myself saying, "What in the hell am I doing in these places?" LOL After 13 years of doing this, though, it becomes not a big deal. I did semi-retire from this hobby back in May of 2017, so I've been enjoying a reduced video output ever since. But don't worry -- I'll still be getting out there every once in a while when the mood strikes and documenting another abandoned mine for your viewing enjoyment! Thanks for your support!
@@AbandonedMines11 also just before going tell someone your location and how long you gonna be going in for better to play safe I don't want to be negative but anything can happen inside all the best
I know if I came into an abandoned mine and knew that nobody else was around, I would be startled to find a shining flashlight laying in an inclined shaft like that.
Did you descend either of those two steeply inclined ore passes? I would bet that they don't connect up with the lower tunnel, but I'm not totally sure....
I spent a couple hours exploring this mine. As I was hiking back down the trail to get to my car that was about a mile away, two other explorers were coming up the trail to explore the same mine! Had I taken just a little bit longer inside the mine, we probably would’ve run into each other inside there!
Hi Frank, I really don't blame you for not going down there, your life is way more valuable than any flashlight (Priceless😉 ). A cool mine though and that ore chute was never ending, it's amazing to see the level of craftsmanship back in the day is still holding back all of that rock, awesome. Thanks for sharing, much love. xx💖
Thanks 👍Yes, those retaining walls are still standing and holding back all those tons of waste rock. The miners certainly knew what they were doing. Thanks, Sue, for watching and commenting! And thanks, too, for being a three-year subscriber.
@@AbandonedMines11 You are so welcome, I have been subscribed actually for way longer it's just I only really started commenting a few years back as I didn't really know anything about mines before, when was the Horton mine visit as that is how long because you and Paul were still exploring together before you took a break although you explored the Horton mine alone. xx
Great that you revisited this mine 👍.
Hope you can visit others again and explore tunnels that might have been missed previously. Description and examples of timbering a added bonus for us viewers👍
Thanks for the feedback! Yes, sometimes it’s too difficult to get through an entire mine in one visit, so repeat visits are required. That was the case here. Glad you enjoyed the footage of the dynamite storage locker and the close-up of the timbering in the the doorway. Thanks so much for all of your support - I really appreciate it!
It would be a good laugh when you go back to retrieve your flashlight and find a few more there.
That would be kind of eerie!
Thank you Frank. I agree, leave the flashlight behind for future retrieval.
Definitely. I've already ordered a new one. If I ever get back up there, I'll retrieve it when I have a rope with me. Thanks for dropping by, Doug!
better to be safe then sorry great vid
Thanks, Paul! You got to watch this video early. I inadvertently made it available for viewing by posting it into one of my playlists. LOL This video will go live on Monday afternoon at 3 PM Pacific Time for everybody else. Didn't want you to think that you were the only person who watched and commented on this video!
Don't blame you for not going any further down. Good choice!!! Thanks Frank...Peace!!!
Bill
Hey, Bill! Nice hearing from you again. Thank you!
Nice mine! Love the gobbing walls in timber frames! The craftsmanship in those days always leaves a impression on me!
Its lovely to see it all still standing firm!
Been with your channel many year's now,( I think it was under a different name then?)
And you got me into watching and actually exploring abandoned mines,here in the UK.
There are a lot of good mine exploring channels now and I watch them all,but you was the trailblazer!
Always look forward to your videos!
Thanks again
Thanks, Alvin! Glad my channel was an inspiration for you to get out there and explore abandoned mines in the UK. I appreciate your support here.
Sorry about your light, would love to go back in time when all these mines were built awesome stuff frank good call not going any lower by yourself.. as always be safe 👍👍
Thanks, Steve! It would be cool to go back 140 years to when this mine was in operation and check it out. Sometimes I find it hard to believe that I am actually inside something that's 140 years old (I know -- this is where all the viewers in Europe will chime in and say they have stuff over there that's 1000 years old -- LOL). Glad you enjoyed the video and, as always, thank you for your support!
Exploring Abandoned Mines and Unusual Places well here in Germany we may have more ancient buildings but the preservation of these mines is insane in Nevada.
@@AbandonedMines11 Being from Europe, you are correct, having houses older than some hundreds of years is nothing special, but those mines for me still feel a lot older, probably because time stopped there, whereas all our old buildings/churches are modernized (especially on the inside).
Watching the video feels like time-travel, but going in a 1000 year old church not really (for me).
I drink every time you say the word "STOPE".
I'm plastered 😵💫
😄😄😄
Good stuff man. Thanks 👍
Try to take a drink every time I say the word “the.” You’ll get plastered a lot quicker and for a lot longer. LMFAO
Great upload hello from a humble opal miner here in Australia ,I like your attitude I explore old mines also and knowing when to proceed and when to turn around is something unfortunately most people do not practice
Thanks for your comment! When I’m exploring alone, I can’t take as many chances as I would if I had somebody else with me. I would’ve really loved to have gone down those steeply inclined tunnels but they were just a little too steep and a little too rubble-filled to do without, at least, a rope.
I'm glad you weren't attached to the headlight when it went over the of the chute. I'm glad you came back out even without the flashlight and how exciting it would be if in the future you and friends came back to this mine and find that flashlight. Obviously you made it back out of mine because you edited and posted this video but I do find myself every now and then saying hope he gets out alive . Ttake care of safe travels.
I’m sure that flashlight will stay up there until I make a return trip. But I have no plans to return to that mine anytime soon. I already ordered a new flashlight and will have it by the end of this week. Easy come, easy go. Thanks for stopping by and checking out this latest video, Katherine. I appreciate it. Always nice hearing from you!
Good to have you back keep safe and well thanks Eliot ps keep up the good work
Thanks, Eliot, will do!
I've been subbed for like 5 years I think, but I got a new account a bit ago and saw this on the home page. I was like, wow, memories be flooding in. Keep up the great work my guy!👍🏻 and stay safe wherever your at.🤙🏻
Thanks for subbing! And thanks for stopping by to comment, too!
Definitely an old mine, good video, Frank....thanks again...!
Glad you enjoyed it, Dale!
question: how do you not get lost? what failsafes do you have if you do get lost?
Loving these videos! I like seeing old infrastructure.
It's very difficult to get lost in a mine like this. I realize that the editing of the video makes the mine layout seem very confusing. It really is only one way in and one way out. There has only been one mine I explored back in 2013 or so that required we keep track of our route due to how extensive it was. That was the Rachel Lincoln Mine in Nevada. That's a huge mine with 12 levels or so and literally miles and miles of tunnels that intersect at odd angles. Some of the newer workings also intersect with the older workings. If one did not keep track of one's route in that mine, one would get lost very easily due to the confusing layout. If you like the old infrastructure in these mines, I hope you saw the footage at the very end of this video where I showed the support timbers in the dynamite storage room. Thanks, Lucas, for watching and commenting!
When I explore old mines I chalk directions on the walls and take note of structures or different veins the miners where following if its more than a one level mine, hello from Australia we have very few old mines of this age but I found some amazing ones in Tasmania
Try Minecraft I get confused in caves but put lamp on one side only
This mine was really interesting don't think I've seen a mine sprawl in so many different ways, if you ever revisit this mine show us a bit of a the hike and the surroundings of the portal, it's really cool when you do so, on a different note congrats on the 350k subs you deserve it I'm happy I'm subbed to you for some years now, you really brighten my day with your videos, stay safe Frank, big hugs, oh and RIP flashlight.
Thanks so much for your great comment! I really appreciate it. Glad to know that you’ve been a subscriber for a few years and that you are enjoying my videos.
This pt of Loomis looks to be a dry, dusty, scramblin' 'splore, best undertaken w/ropes & a partner. And better a lost headlight than to lose the head it lit. Smart choice = continued adventure!
Awesome explorations, i like that!!! Thanks and good luck with the other explorations
Nice to hear that you are enjoying my videos. Thanks so much for the feedback. I appreciate it.
🍁🍁 Great video thanks!! We were lucky enough to find an old cabin.. but your mine visits are just amazing.
Thanks so much for your comment! Glad to hear you found an old cabin. Those can be interesting to explore if they haven’t been visited too often over the years.
Looks like a huge mine & you did it justice. Thank you
Thanks! Glad you were able to stop by and check out the video.
Well that light will shine in that mine for at least a day or two... at least it's replaceable.
Thanks for the tour of the inner workings. The video is amazing!
Thanks, Mike! Yeah, those Fenix flashlights have good batteries. I think it probably would've stayed on for about six hours, I think. Not sure if I'll ever get back up to this mine to retrieve it, but if I do I wonder if it will still be there? Wouldn't it be creepy if I went back up there and it was gone? Wouldn't it be even creepier if I went back up there and found another identical flashlight laying near it?
@@AbandonedMines11 Wow.. that would freak me out on this end, I could only imagine how it would be on your end... lol.
Stay safe, life is worth more than a flashlight 🔦. Mine has a lot of shafts going all over. Good video the craft in this shaft was good. Take care Frank till the next adventure
Thanks 👍Thanks, Ronnie!
Been waiting for this!! You absolute legend
Edit: RIP flashlight, hope it wasn't your TrueNite light
No, it wasn’t my ThruNite flashlight. Thanks for taking the time to watch the video and comment - I appreciate your support and interest.
Great videos. Sad for the flashlight. It served you well.
Thanks, Mark, for your comment!
I like so much your channel, loves from Brazil s2
Glad you enjoy it! Thanks for being a subscriber.
Man I missed the intro music. Good to have you back in another adventure know that you’re doing good.
More to come! Thanks for your support, though.
Love this channels content. Keep up the great work
Glad you enjoy it, Scott! Thanks for letting me know. I'll have more videos of abandoned mines coming soon.
Love your content. Relaxing in a sense.
Thanks for taking the time to comment! I appreciate it. Always nice to hear when a viewer is enjoying my videos and getting something out of them.
Thanks for the tour....
You bet! Thank you for watching and commenting!
I am so happy each time i see one of your vidos, Franck! This mine is incredible with all these tunnels and levels! Keep you safe all the time, we cherish you ! You are fearless! Never had fear to not return to the surface?
Glad you like them! This is a pretty cool mine to explore and document. Of the two tunnels, the lower one I explored in Part 1 and Part 2 was much more extensive than the upper one was. Now you've seen the whole thing, more or less. Thanks for watching and commenting, Muriel!
Another interesting trip into a mine. Glad you didn’t go down that chute to get your flashlight. 😱
Hi, Sylvia! Nice hearing from you. Thank you very much for your comment. Yes, I’m glad I didn’t go down and retrieve the flashlight either. I probably could’ve done it without incident but it’s just not worth the chance. And that shaft looked a lot steeper in person than it does in the video. I was afraid all that rubble might start sliding and take me along with it.
Awesome video Frank !!!!
Sounds like you enjoyed it! Thanks for letting me know. And thanks for your support.
Thank you for the amazing Adventure
Thanks again, Greg, for your comments! I need to go back to this mine and retrieve my flashlight! LOL
@@AbandonedMines11 but you made the right choice, a flashlight worth a couple dollars or gambling with your life.. Come back with some friends and a rope ;) on the other hand if you never retrieve the flashlight, similar to the initials and dates written on the timbers, people will find your artifact and understand a man from the future had made it that far
In mining we call that a set. The piece on top is called a collar on the both sides are called the legs we notch out ends of the collar and the top of the legs to so they fit in place and leave a gap in between them so we ca tell if the top rock
is putting presser on the collar this tells us the mountain is moving. This a safety warning for us miners.
Great information! Thanks for sharing it!
Hello from Lightning Ridge Australia ,we do the same here by capping the props with hardwood and wedges ,when props creak its a good idea to re prop but an even better idea to abandon the drive, no amount of opal is worth dying or being seriously injured for
@@TheSilmarillian IN coal mining we call it a single prop with cap wedge use to let us if the top rock is going to come down or cave in.
@@rdamp2374 Yep a prop under strain has a certain sound that only those who have heard it would understand
You are so brave going down there after your flashlight. That was a really awesome cave.
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed the video. And thanks, too, for being a two-year subscriber!
Hello Frank.
Did you think about using a drone in your adventures?
A drone could be used to check areas which are difficult to access.
You could attache a fishing line to the drone so that if it stucks you can pull it back.
It would be also a good idea to try it out for example at the Horton Mine. As it was gated you can let the drone fly into the tunnel and record all sounds inside.
Of course you should not fly the drone over wet areas or over water.
Yes I have. But I don't think I want to be burdened with such an expensive and somewhat heavy piece of equipment. I had to climb up the mountain to reach this mine entrance and having a drone on me would've made it even more difficult. Maybe as the technology improves, they will make smaller drones that are less bulky. Thanks for your comment and question, Ahmed!
Oh, no! I'm so sorry your flashlight went rogue! I don't know if you're still looking for a replacement, but I have the Nebo Transcend, and I really like it. The battery lasts long (probably not the 6 hours yours do though) and is 1000 lumens. It uses a 18650 battery as well, which makes it compatible with your other lights.
Thanks for sharing this, and I'm glad it was just your light that fell down there! Be safe, and carry on.
I already ordered another identical flashlight. Remember when my flashlight fell off my helmet when we were climbing down that 1000-foot vertical shaft? Same thing happened here as I was looking downward. I thought the clip securing the light to the helmet was tight enough because the light hadn't fallen off since that exploration with you. Alas, the flashlight decided to fall off again. Thanks for the suggestion of the Nebo Transcend, though, Nick!
I think every explorer should have light up dog toys they can throw down a shaft or something liek that
Good video, Frank. Too bad about your light. It will be there waiting for you to retrieve it sometime.
I hope so too! Thanks for checking out the video, Tom and Julie. Maybe we three will get back up there and go down those two steeply inclined ore passes and find some counterfeit silver coins!
@@AbandonedMines11 That would be cool and then maybe you can get your flashlight back.
Love that retaining wall! I'm such a sucker for lagging.
Thanks for your comment!
Another awesome adventure.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for taking some time to watch and comment. I appreciate your support!
Grest mine and some Gift for the mine ghosts must be
Sorry for your lamp but you stay safe and that is all that counts
All the best yours Frank
Thanks, Frank! Nice hearing from you again. Yes, I guess my lost flashlight could be considered an offering to the mine ghosts or the tommyknockers. LOL
looks like fun. the magnet fishing for flashlights is a good idea.
Thanks for your comment! And thanks, man, for being a four-year subscriber here. I appreciate the support!
I'm New here, and i hope to see more of this interesting videos 🤗
Hi, Lin_Ani! Thanks for stopping by, watching a video, and commenting! I appreciate it. I’ll have more videos of abandoned mines coming soon. Thanks for your support!
Makin' my way deep south, falling fast, ghost faces pass and I'm hellbound - Avril Lavigne
Glad to see ya shootin again!
Congratulations on your 350k subs. you deserve some dopamine love.
Much appreciated!
Well Frank, that makes @ least 2 light sources you've lost since you started. Not too bad. Also, I'm sorry I didn't notice you've passed 350K subscribers. I subscribed when you were under 10K. Been a while, friend.
I like the updated avatar, Stan! I think I’ve lost more than two flashlights over the years. All I know is that I had five flashlights at one point and now I’m down to two. LOL So if you’re ever out there exploring an abandoned mine and come across a pretty nice flashlight laying in the tunnel in a somewhat inaccessible area, it’s probably mine. Thanks for being a long-time subscriber, too! You’ve been here since the early days when I uploaded crappy, low resolution videos taken with a point-and-shoot digital camera. Those were the days when I never did any narration but, instead, put in musical soundtracks.
Hi Frank, I am watching your lovely videos right from Ciudad de mexico. And I want to tell you how a met your channel, and made my subscription since a couple of days.
There is a colombian TH-camr called dross, you may hear about him. In his channel he has 2 or 3 videos based in those of yours where you got those paranormal moments caught on the footage. Then I looked for your channel, watched the original ones got hooked and subscribed.
I m hear to tell you how much I admire your work in this videos, and how much l appreciate the simplicity of each one of them, for my that Metter a lot, because it connects my with you and wherever you do in the video, it goes like very personal experience, feels natural because I can see there's only a simple guy filled with curiosity showing us all this interesting places....
I really appreciate you not converted the format of the videos in some kind of history channel show, with dinamic shots or stuff like that.
And got to say you got a lot of guts sr, keep doing this work before you encountered with the unknown in those places where recorded the paranormal activity or ghost or whatever the hell was and acting really normal at the moment, that way I knew whatever the hell that was it was genuine, not fake.
Keep doing this interesting videos...
Greetings from Mexico.
Thanks for your feedback on my videos! I appreciate it. Nice having another fan down in Mexico, too.
Search and rescue for the torch but lost forever lol great video
True story! LOL Thanks for your comment, Julie.
amazing people actually used to work down there.. crazy...
I know, right? When we are inside these old workings, you really get a sense of what it must’ve been like to be an actual miner. It was such dangerous and difficult work back in those days. They didn’t have all the safety regulations and laws like there are today. Men regularly died in these mines or got seriously injured. I do plan on going back to this one to retrieve my flashlight that I lost. I was initially here just over a year ago. I bet my flashlight is still there. I need to go back and spend some time climbing through the stopes in between the levels. Sometimes that’s where you can find some really cool artifacts that nobody has seen in decades, too!
Frank, Great video bud, smart not goin after the flashlight down that shaft, hell yea i'd of done the same and just left it too fk that, flashlight can be replaced, you can't, and besides that the support timbering in the Powder Shack, that was pretty cool to see, thanks for the content keep em comin, another mine.....Documented!
Thanks for dropping by and commenting! I’ve already ordered a new flashlight. If I’m ever back up at that mine and have some rope with me, I will attempt to retrieve my flashlight - that is, if the tommyknockers haven’t swiped it first. LOL Good hearing from you again, I hope all is going well with you.
@@AbandonedMines11 Oh that would be awesome to see you go back with rope n that and see if it's still there, be safe out there, see ya in the next one bud.👍
I totally enjoy watching your videos. I did some underground exploring when I was in my teens. looking back on what I did scares me now. I would go into holes and cracks barely big enough to squeeze through and find big caverns and sinkholes. I would climb down into them and explore them just to see where they went and how big they were. It was in the desert of southeast New Mexico around Carlsbad. I remember one that was barely big enough to crawl through for what seemed more than a thousand feet and finally got to a drop off that was big enough to climb down into and stand up and walk around. I don't know what I would have done if I had got to the end and couldn't turn around. When you are young, you don't think that far ahead I guess... It had water in it and some bones of small animal that had fallen in and couldn't get out. I am guessing it was 150 to 200 feet under the surface but I really don't know for sure. After I thought about it years later, I think it was an underground spring that was dried up when I went into it. There are thousand of holes and caves in that area that people go into all the time. I think lots of them are cemented shut because too many people went into them and had to be rescued or were never found in some cases. Another one I remember was about half a mile from where I lived and it had to be scaled with a rope. But once you got into it, it went for miles in all directions. The University of Ancona in Italy set up a experiment inside this place and had a woman live in side for 4 months. It was to see how the human mind reacted to not knowing if it was daytime or night time. They had a huge complex of buildings set up on the side of the mountain where everyone involved worked and monitored the woman and her activity. Her name is Stefania Follini if you want to read about what they did. But I had been in that cave years before they came along. It is now cemented in with a locked door to keep people out.
Excellent anecdote, Danny! Thanks for sharing it. That is quite a story. It's sad to here that many of the openings you ventured into years ago are now cemented shut. Where's the EPA or the wildlife conservation groups when you need them? Those cave openings lead into habitats for bats and other creatures. Cementing them shut seems wrong. We experience the same thing with abandoned mines when they backfill or collapse a mine's entrance. That University of Ancona experiment sounds interesting! I wonder if the woman they locked in the cave for four months suffered any psychological damage from that experience?
@@AbandonedMines11 I have read some things about it over the years and from what I seem to understand, she was a pretty strong person mentally before the experiment and that was one of the criteria as to why she was chosen. If you get time google her name and there are lots of articles about the experiment. This happened at the end of the road where I lived when I was in high school. That's one of the reasons I was interested in it.
Another great video.
Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for your comment.
Been waiting to see a part 3 for so long! Thank you so much for revisiting the Lummis mine!
Hope you enjoyed it! Thanks for waiting patiently for Part 3.
Awesome video as always!!! Good move leaving the light, equipment can be replaced, you can’t. This was definitely an interesting one, I wonder where those ore passes lead to, a long closed off lower tunnel? Thanks for sharing Frank, stay safe.
Oh, meant to say congratulations on passing 350k subscribers, your content is excellent and your narration is definitely top notch, I’m looking forward to the the day you pass 500k subscribers, again, congratulations, definitely well earned.
Thanks for watching, Dan! Those ore passes apparently go way down into the mountain, according to Roger the unofficial watchman of that mine. I don't know how far down them he went, and I was hoping he would've come out of his house and run up the mountain to meet me this second time around like he did the first time. But he didn't. That's why I wasn't too keen on going down the one to retrieve my flashlight. I didn't want all that loose material in there to start sliding downward and over the brink that was beyond my flashlight. Email me at frankah@mail.com with your email address and I'll send you some additional information that you will find interesting.
I replied to your email a couple nights ago but I don’t know if you got it. It might’ve got put into your SPAM or JUNK folder because I included a couple links in it.
Thanks Frank!!! Good call, Outlook retrieved it and flagged as spam, it looks like I have some very interesting reading this evening, sincere thanks!!! I’ll reply via email after reading.
Flash lights can be replaced lol stay safe. 👍 I always love your videos
Very true! Already have a new one coming later this week. Thanks, Jeff, for watching and commenting!
Great video
Thanks, Dan! Glad you enjoyed this three-part series. This was quite an interesting mine and one that really had a lot of character to it.
Really interesting exploration. Those retaining walls are amazing. How did they keep the ground so smooth that you walk on? In all of your videos, I have noticed that the tunnel pathways seem pretty flat. Did they ever have like an office down there? Amazing history and mining art! Enjoying your sharing of this lost art. Hard to imagine that people actually did that. Be careful and don't get stuck in there.
Someone else a while back had asked about how the miners got the tunnel floors so smooth. I don't know, and somebody else replied with an explanation that I can't remember. It must've been somewhat difficult, though. These mines definitely are the product of a bygone era. Modern mining doesn't emply these techniques of using ore cart tracks, ore carts, wooden chutes, timbering, etc.. Even those retaining walls wouldn't be seen in a modern mine, I think. The 1880s technololgy almost seems primitive in a way. Glad you are appreciating the videos, Kip! Thanks for your comment and questions!
Another Hundred and Thirty years later.....Hey look some mine Explorer lost his light I bet it's One of those Ancient You Tuber's!!!; ), Thank's for Exploring lost History!!!
Excellent comment! LOL Probably very true. Thanks for watching and commenting, Richard!
That was a very nice big stope, too bad you had too say bye bye too your flashlight, but sometimes climbing down looks easy and up can be almost impossible.
You got that right! Thanks for commenting, Rolf! Nice hearing from you again.
hey man, if you need another light, I may have one for you. Thanks for the look and history of it
Thanks, Pharraoh! I’ve already ordered another light, though, and will have it later this week.
I was really hoping you went to the bottom of that incline shaft. So curious what's down there!
Another explorer was just at this mine within the last few weeks and told me about it. He did not go in this upper level that you see in my video. Instead, he stuck to the lower level which I featured in Part 1 of my video series. After I watched his video, I think that the chute you saw in my video does connect up with that lower tunnel. He commented that he felt airflow when he was standing in front of one of those ore chutes in the lower tunnel. I originally thought maybe the two levels weren’t connected at all, but I now think they are. I may go back up there one of these days soon to check it all out and to retrieve my flashlight that I lost in this video. Thanks for your comment!
A flashlight just isn't worth it to risk your life. Very neat mine.
I agree. Already have a new one ordered, and I'll have it tomorrow afternoon. Thanks for commenting!
was that slab a fault? You know, some of these tunnels and shuts(shoots) would be a fantastic roller ocaster ride, LOL. Thank you for the video!
I don’t know. I think so. Some of this underground geology is really fascinating, isn’t it? Thanks for watching and commenting, Tina!
Great video! You are very brave for exploring these mines by yourself. In your videos, have you ever found any mining pickaxes or other mining tools that were left behind?
Yes I have. Once we found part of an old shovel. I've seen wheelbarrows underground. Found old wrenches here and there. And an old hammer once. The tools are rare, that's for sure. Cool to find them, though!
Love your videos, I don’t think a hardhat would have helped with that collapse 😉 !!
Hey, Jim! Thanks for stopping by and commenting! I appreciate it.
Yeah I Would Have Said Bye Bye Flash Light...Cool Mine 🧨👍🏻🤠🇺🇸
I'm glad you agree! I guess the biggest reason why I didn't bother retrieving the flashlight was because the caretaker Roger had told me those inclined shafts were pretty steep and went down for a long, long way. I didn't want to start crawling down the shaft past the chute and then having all the rubble start sliding down into the abyss with me surfing on top of it. Thanks taking the time to watch and comment!
@@AbandonedMines11 I lost a mobile phone like that once the area it fell into had already suffered massive failure so it was a no go to retrieve it, maybe in a thousand years archaeologists will find it :)
You said to note the smooth ceiling on the lower stope where the bat flew. Does that imply something? Enjoyed the video. Thank you!
The smooth ceiling is just remarkable, that's all. I've heard that such smooth surfaces are often fault lines.
Looks like a nice Rock corral that was installed by the Rock wranglers
I'm always aware when watching your videos of the difference in what here in the UK is considered old & what you consider old.
My last Victorian town house I lived in (I had the basement flat) was built around the same time as this mine.
I caught a little awe in your voice as you described the timbers "still supporting" from the 1880's. My whole flat was "still supporting" the other 3 floors above without any renovation since then!
I guess in the 1880's you were still displacing the peoples who actually had claim to the land...
Great videos, I enjoy them hugely.
The arid desert really preserves things well. Some of the timbering inside these abandoned mines looks as new as it probably did the day it was installed!
@@AbandonedMines11 Also, we're so used to ultraviolet degrading stuff out in the open we don't notice it. Remove sunlight & this stops. I'm sure that plays a role too.
I hope it wasn't the famous TN-12 that you lost!!! It really is a great little torch--although there is a version 4 now, so...
This was definitely mining on a strict budget, lol
Some other viewers have said the same thing in their comments on Part 1 and Part 2. I think they're right!
11:47 and 11:48 it looks like something is next to the light on the right side... Maybe the camera is just adjusting. Anyone else see that?
I don't see it, unfortunately.
The stopes look like railroad tracks
Watch out for those bats. That's how this whole pandemic started. Great video Frank!
Glad you enjoyed the video, Adam. Thanks for the feedback.
I wonder when and how miners chose to build a pillar in stopes.
I'm sure there was some kind of formula. In some of those large underground mines that are more modern, the pillars really were spaced equally apart, more or less. Often the companies would remove the pillars last when they were done mining in that area so that the ore in the pillars could be extracted. Doing that left behind voids with absolutely no ceiling support whatsoever because the pillars had been removed. It's very dangerous to explore those unsupported voids due to the risk of collapse.
The Pilars are left there intensional to support the roof of the stope.....sometimes if the mine was rich enough successive generations of miners removed these pillars since they are part of the ore body/vein
A little sketchy is an understatement 😂
Yes, getting down to that lower drift tunnel that turned into a steeply inclined tunnel was a bit sketchy.
It you take a closer look at the pillars you can see the ore layers
Most definitely!
How deep is that mine. Because I like to go down it?
Some say that flashlight is still on..
It will be on for a while, that's for sure.
Drops flashlight
"Ah shute"
Amazing,these people built these ,dug itvout by habd. Tuff miners.
Great comment, Rodger! And very true! Thanks for spending some of your time here on my channel. I appreciate it!
I can’t believe you have the guts to do this! Creepy place...
I know. I watch some of this footage and find myself saying, "What in the hell am I doing in these places?" LOL After 13 years of doing this, though, it becomes not a big deal. I did semi-retire from this hobby back in May of 2017, so I've been enjoying a reduced video output ever since. But don't worry -- I'll still be getting out there every once in a while when the mood strikes and documenting another abandoned mine for your viewing enjoyment! Thanks for your support!
Ur still alive from that creepy mine vid?
I’m still alive!
Would be good if you go with a metal detector and a chisel etc might find a diamond or something
That sounds like a very good suggestion! Believe it or not, there really is still valuable ore left in these abandoned mines.
@@AbandonedMines11 also just before going tell someone your location and how long you gonna be going in for better to play safe I don't want to be negative but anything can happen inside all the best
What happened to the bearded guy?
I think if another person enter in to this mine , they will be scare when they see the reflexión of your flashlight from far away😂😂😄
I know if I came into an abandoned mine and knew that nobody else was around, I would be startled to find a shining flashlight laying in an inclined shaft like that.
Drifts yes. Tunnels no. I love your videos though.
Дедушка когда будет creepy things?
I was there about a year ago
Did you descend either of those two steeply inclined ore passes? I would bet that they don't connect up with the lower tunnel, but I'm not totally sure....
If it aint scary its not really a challenge! :]
I agree!
Whoop!
👍👍👍👊😎
Thanks for taking a look, George! I might be returning to this one soon to try and retrieve my flashlight that I lost.
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Imagine running into a homeless person in a mine.
I spent a couple hours exploring this mine. As I was hiking back down the trail to get to my car that was about a mile away, two other explorers were coming up the trail to explore the same mine! Had I taken just a little bit longer inside the mine, we probably would’ve run into each other inside there!
What a horrible place
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