That was a pretty exciting mine, Justin! Loved every minute of it! I really like that view at 9:50. Those blue timbers under the water were surreal. What in the heck was going on there? I like your theory about thunder rumbling through the tunnels to explain that strange sound you heard. That’s definitely plausible. But who knows? A distant cave-in occurring is also a likely explanation but that would be rare, I would think. I remember Paul and I were inside a mine about 1000 feet or so and were about to turn around and head back out when we heard what sounded like a distant, muffled thud as if a large rock had fallen to the tunnel floor. We both looked at each other and didn’t know what to make of it. As we made our way back out, we didn’t see any new boulders on the floor, so I don’t know what we heard that caused that thud. As for the white light you captured, that has happened to me twice now in the last few years. The mystery light you captured appeared after you had already panned away from looking down the tunnel. The mystery light appeared in total darkness. Same thing happened to me that one time with Tom and Julie. I don’t know what causes those lights. The fact that your buddy Todd saw a similar light from his end is very uncanny. Thanks for the outstanding video! Big 👍!
I always appreciate your comments Frank! Unexpected noises in underground mines I bet are always unsettling. This was a first for me. That blue was crazy! The light will probably remain a mystery. I initially thought it was Todd's light, but after reviewing the footage, I don't think it was possible to travel to where I was at and for my light to travel to him due to the orientation of the collapses.
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND It's the only explanation I can think of which fits. People often get spooked by it in swamps and it's notorious for helping people get lost because they try and follow it. However, I'm told it tends to be dim and often yellow or green in colour. So who knows?
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND There is remarkably little footage of it on TH-cam, but if you can get through the guff at the beginning of this video, there is some footage of will o' the wisp from various places at the end. th-cam.com/video/1_ecTTVwJNg/w-d-xo.html
Good video of a failed mine my guesstimate of that noise was another claps' of all that rotten timber. Please be safe out their. added a like and FB. cheers
Definitely very bizarre, the sound definitely wasn’t thunder, that sounded like it came from ahead of you, could be residual noises from workers from days gone by, who knows. There might have been a death in there, possibly some trapped energy. As for the light id definitely say that wasn’t a reflection from your light, I’ve watched other videos about abandon mines, coal and what not, and miners have actually seen lights like that, your not hallucinating or crazy, strangeness exist. Great video, I enjoyed it👍🏼😁🇺🇸
I appreciate the comment! We did get back out there to a mine that connects to this one via a 300-foot vertical pass and dropped some rocks down it. It did make an eerily similar sound when they reached the bottom!
Hey yo, good video! H2S monitor, coc3, looks like travertine where you are at. Are you near Carlsbad? Calcium carbonate , should be no worries. Great video. Unsettling then walks further, nice! Keep going, then deploy disposable drones(imaginary devices) air borne, as well as surface scavenging Take it easier, work on drone development! Submersible is necessary as well! I could get further in their with my dog. Bring sensors, barometric gauge, etc. you have a fancy camera or two! Cool video, keep up the good work!excellent!
Hello Justin ! I am new to your channel, coming from Gly and Frank who are really nice guys, but you are also and i love watching your videos. So to your questions - i dont believe in supernatural things, though we watched long years the tv-show "supernatural" and we loved it ! I think there is one not paranormal explanation, like stonefall, collapse, reflections of the thunderstorm and reflections of fallen material. I remember an night some decades ago when i did service to the german red cross at a walking through a dark night. We were all confessed guys having a big mouth but then we saw a light in the clouds and we all got quiet at the same time....until we all saw it was the full moon that looked strange and we all could empty our full pants ;-) I think there is allways a "normal" explanation - but it may happen that in the first moment one can get crazy because you never kno,w.....and sorry for my bad school - english ! Stay safe and healthy !
I really appreciate you coming over and watching! I, too, am a big skeptic when it comes to the unexplained. That is why I took the time to explain some logical explanations of the events that were caught on video. The thunder theory was debunked because we explored the connecting workings at a later date, and there was no connection to the outside. Simply, we were so deep within the mountain that the sound would not have traveled that far. Most likely, it was a rock that fell in the distance. Unexplainable events can be unnerving when you are alone in a potentially hazardous situation! I thank you for the comment, and I am working on some new videos!
Neither do I! In situations like this or one that's out of a person's comfort level, we don't frown upon one opting out. Actually, we encourage it. There's no need for someone to continue on because they are afraid to speak up, then being in a much more uncomfortable situation. We all respect one another's comfort level in exploring these places.
Sorry to disagree, but those are all facile claims. First statement- subjective. Second statement- I agree, but if you had noted the nature of the collapses on the back, competent rock was exposed. Third statement- you should fast-forward to the event with a pair of headphones or quality speakers... it was most definitely not in my mind. Fourth statement- thank you for your input, as I invited it in the video. It was a source of light, but couldn't be replicated. We're leaning towards decomposing organic matter causing an ignis fatuus.
Challenge accepted! We are already making plans to get back and finish this mine out! It allegedly connects to a much larger mine in the area! Thanks for watching!
Loved the video. I love the color grading but your skin tone at the beginning and end...makes you look like you're a glow stick! Very impressed with the coloring inside the cave...very well done. Some people don't like those bright coloring, I love it.
Thank you! As of the past year, I shoot in HDR, so color grading is not necessary. The glowing is real! Lol I got a pretty good sunburn from hiking in high altitudes! The colors inside are accurate to what was really inside this mine. You should see the last video I did with Frank! The colors are amazing from copper minerals! A large majority, if not all other mine exploring videos are shot in standard dynamic range (SDR), so colors are artificially muted. Since all other videos are like this, my videos do appear color graded. I really appreciate that you noticed the difference because that is what I am going for!
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND As a content creator myself (I hate that term!) I strive for the best colors. I like my colors exaggerated with a reddish glow. New camera comes soon with HDR! Looking forward to it. And ouch, I hope you're feeling okay...those burns make you feel miserable!
@@metamech7383 the red/orange and teals are popular in cinematics. It totally creates a different vibe. I'm obsessed with HDR after a side by side comparison of some video I shot experimenting with it. I used to mildly color grade some of my more recent videos that were in SDR (hence the color wheels and RGB graphs on the monitor in the background- I had an old video project still stored on that computer I no longer use for editing) to enhance the muted colors in that format. If you upload your content in HDR, it's a little bit more complicated (not by much) because you have to make sure the codec and metadata is correct, otherwise you will have a washed out video. Living in the southwest and having fair skin, sunburn comes with the territory! It wasn't very painful, just very red!
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND This is all great information, I can't wait for this camera (that says is coming tomorrow). I enjoy your content bro, just be safe out there!
@@metamech7383 thank you! There are plenty of videos out there getting more in depth about the BT2020, ST. 2084, 2094, HLG, and why those are all better than Rec. 709. Don't let it intimidate, it's just stuff you need to know in the HDR world when creating in that format. It's well-worth it! You'll love your new camera! I appreciate it! Being safe isn't always synonymous with abandoned mine exploring, but I do my best!
Hey man sorry to bother you again what is the song actually at 45 seconds. It's not the addict one but the one after. Appreciate it. I just recently made it to an anthracite coal intact two compartment haulage shaft which is unheard of. Got to love mine exploring!
I kept replaying that portion of the video, I couldn't hear it...weird! You must have some serious headphones, I'm guessing! I'm at a loss because I was the only one in this deep for at least 800 feet from my friend, Todd. He was on the other side of 2 major cave ins. The light is really odd! Thanks for the comment, and thank you for watching!
I think your theory on the sound is probably pretty accurate. Either a collapse further in or thunder. The light, if it wasn't something in the collapse debris reflecting yours, may be possible it was something reflective that fell from the ceiling. That caught the light from you and your friend, but obviously wouldn't be repeatable. Other then that can't really think of much else.
Thank you! I feel it's the most logical. I find it mind boggling for the sound of thunder traveling that deep into the mountain, it must have been a close lightning strike! That tunnel was actually a haulage adit. It was going through the native country rock which was limestone, and some red volcanic and clayey material. The shiny stuff, we didn't get to. With all of that rotting wood, it does give off a gas (my gas meter's alarm has gone off getting to close to rotten wood), and it has been known in very wet areas where organic material is decomposing, it does give off a gas that contains a chemical that can glow when exposed to oxygen. I know this event as ignis fatuus. I am leaning more towards that theory, but I am not certain. Thank you for the comment and watching!
Now that is a very interesting comparison! I would have never thought of that! I always love your input because I always learn something from you! Now you gotta invite me to the mine when you start up the ventilation! lol
Very good adventure and video overall. I think of me being a pretty bold guy but I just don't know what drives you guys to keep going forward and not chicken the hell out.
Thank you for the compliment! Everybody has their limits, including myself, but what drives me is to satisfy curiosity. I am itching to get back because I didn't find out where it leads because we ran out of time. Rest assured, we will get back and finish this place!
As an open minded person It could go both ways! No 1. it could have been a genuine paranormal experience, as most investigators day walls made of brick can be a recording studio for the past and they say it's just the past repeating itself, Or No 2. as you say it could have just been a loud clap of Thunder echoing through an open stope or a shaft. I myself is going for option No 2.
I agree! We made it to a connecting vertical pass in an adjacent mine 300 feet above this one. We dropped some rocks down it, and it made an eerily similar sound! Thanks for watching!
Correct. Out of all of the events that occurred in this video, you decided to comment on an ill-situated communication issue? In hindsight, it was a mistake, and another viewer had a more eloquently-worded comment addressing that. I also elaborated on the variables in this mine that clarified the situation. I appreciate you watching, but the mentality of "there's nothing more exhilarating than pointing out the shortcomings of others," (including under the guise of "concern") is an issue that disregards the positive aspects of time, effort and affinity of sharing these videos to viewers like you.
Hi Justin, a very cool mine but what were you thinking going through those collapses ?? a dangerous move imo. Please try not to shout in mines that are prone to collapse because the reverberation could cause another one. With the noise, I'm wondering if a livestock farmer not too far from the mine had a drinking trough for the animals and to supply them with year round water he ran a water pump into the mine (the black pipe), so when the trough got too low the pump would switch on in the mine to refill it. As for the light, could it have been a beetle or similar living in the mine whose shell reflected your light back ???. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx ❤
Hi Sue! I was in an adventurous mood that day since the first flooded mine we visited was a bust because it was just too deep. I do know that in very certain conditions, sound can dislodge loose material, and in hindsight, I should not have yelled. One of our radios was left on the surface, so that was the only way to communicate once I got past the two collapses. There are some mines in the areas that I have visited that do use the water as a drinking source. This one, I don't believe was the case because the poly tube does not exit the mine. The noise originated from an endless drift where there was tube, but it didn't kick from hydrostatic shock when pressure is applied. I have a pretty good idea that it may have been thunder, but not certain. I'm starting to lean towards the light being an "ignis fatuus" which has been witnessed with swamp gas illuminating, but it's just a guess. Thank you for the comment and watching, once again!
So you do this for fun? That blue stuff has an iridescent look, maybe phosphorus or some type of algae. I don’t think it would be great breathing in whatever it is. Also is fracking going on anywhere near there?
I do enjoy the adventure and going back in time! After some time to digest the many theories I had on that blue material, I believe it may be oil or grease stained into the wood. Those substances were used often in mines for lubrication. I used caution on not stepping on the blue, because initially I thought it might be mold, and yes, I didn't want to breathe it in! There is no fracking or conventional drilling near this area. Thank you for watching!
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND your probably right about the blue stuff. It looked iridescent like the phosphorus you see at night in the ocean. Although that’s green. You have courage going into those places. Was interesting. Thank you. Please be safe.
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND ya, a lot of people say that. Besides the black damp, we have obvious roof issues. Shaft and slope reserves are sometimes a nice break though (unrobbed areas). Stay safe.
With all of that collapse, it may have been some tommyknockers warning you not to continue! I've never experienced anything like that in an abandoned mine before, but I've heard similar things happening to other explorers. Nice video!
To the tommyknockers- challenge accepted! We will return to finish this place and a couple of others in that area out. We had time constraints on the occasions, but when we get back out there, we will find the ends! This mine in the video allegedly connects to another much larger mine we explored (but didn't finish as well). I'd love to verify the connection!
The rumble sound just could be what you said it could be ....the light i have no idea as u tryed to make the light come up again i dont believe in ghost but i cant expain what it was maby a tiny rodent u caught with ur light i dont know......just sometimes u never can explain strange noise or lights ,,,,,,loved the mine though but holy molly u took a risk.......loved the colours. Ejoyed.
Thank you for the comment! The noise and light were really an unexpected experience. I do think the noise was very creepy and may be what I guessed. The light, I'm starting to lean towards what swamp gas has been seen to do. Yeah, that risk was a little out there! Thanks for watching!
That's a good theory! This mine had minimal air flow, so I don't believe that to be the case. I had mentioned in the video that it was possibly thunder rumbling down an open stope somewhere deeper into the mine. It was an unsettling experience! Thank you for the comment!
The rumble down a tunnel is a muffled collapse or it could have been lightning striking near the top of an open stope or shaft as you theorized. It had to be either cause. The light was a narrow shaft pf light obviously of the type of light from a headlamp or spotlight That much is clear in the video. So it had to be from your partner's headlamp momentarily shining at the right angle through a small clear shot between obstructions and reflecting off of a shiny object to be seen above the water and down on the water. Same process that your partner saw from your headlamp in both collapses even at that distance from him. Since its dark down a tunnel a distance from your light. light from farther down the tunnel will show up brightly. One other variation on that theme is that where the collapses are, there could be another tunnel with an ore passes or winzes down to those collapses and someone else could have been exploring there at that time and you saw the reflection of his/her light as he/she shined his/her light down the passes/winzes. It had to be one or the other. And no one answered because that other explorer may have been scared to answer no knowing who else was in the mine. So no mystery here. Insofar as thunderstorms, YUO SHOULD HAVE CHECKED THE WEATHER BEFORE GOING TO THE MINE!! AND SHOULD NOT HAVE HIKED TO THE MINE IF YOU SAW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA OR IT LOOKED LIKE CUMULUS WERE GOING TO START TOWERING!! So many people ignore the dangers from the deadly voltage that thunderstorms have. If you saw thunderstorms anywhere around or cumulus starting to tower, you should have read :HIGH VOLTAGE! or ALTO VOLTAJE! written all over that sky. I'm not calling you ignorant, I'm just very passionate about such safety. If everybody payed attention to their local weather and payed attention to the sky, no one would get caught by surprise by thunderstorms. Waiting in your vehicle is completely safe as a vehicle is a Faraday cage and sends electricity through the metal frame and to the ground without harming anyone or anything inside. A vehicle is one of the safest places to be in a thunderstorm. This video shows just how safe a vehicle is in a thunderstorm: th-cam.com/video/ve6XGKZxYxA/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for your input! Addressing the rumble- at a later date, we explored the connecting mine, and found the ore pass connecting to that flooded drift. There is no open stope leading to the surface, and the ore pass in the connecting mine is nearly a mile inside the mountain! We did drop rocks down the ore pass, and the sound that was created did mimic that rumbling sound. We think it was material that dislodged and plunged 300 feet. The light- who knows, most likely my partner's, but we couldn't recreate the result. There was no connecting winze or pass. We were in a main haulage crosscut. As for the weather, we constantly check weather reports daily, sometimes hourly when we are going to a destination. The rain chances were slim that day, but we were still in monsoon season, so storms can develop unexpectedly. This is the case for us in this video. We all have vehicles capable of traversing some rough trails, so we did drive to this place, not hike it. I am aware of the protective properties a vehicle provides from lightning, and we try to get as close as possible with vehicular travel until we have to hike. Thanks for watching!
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND thanks man. You have yourself a Tommy knocking situation btw. Happens a lot in the anthracite coal mines here in Pennsylvania to myself. I'm a skeptic too, but a lot of it is unexplainable.
If we go to mines near the border, we most definitely will experience that! lol! However, there was some supposed "testing" out in that area decades ago...
That was a pretty exciting mine, Justin! Loved every minute of it! I really like that view at 9:50. Those blue timbers under the water were surreal. What in the heck was going on there? I like your theory about thunder rumbling through the tunnels to explain that strange sound you heard. That’s definitely plausible. But who knows? A distant cave-in occurring is also a likely explanation but that would be rare, I would think. I remember Paul and I were inside a mine about 1000 feet or so and were about to turn around and head back out when we heard what sounded like a distant, muffled thud as if a large rock had fallen to the tunnel floor. We both looked at each other and didn’t know what to make of it. As we made our way back out, we didn’t see any new boulders on the floor, so I don’t know what we heard that caused that thud. As for the white light you captured, that has happened to me twice now in the last few years. The mystery light you captured appeared after you had already panned away from looking down the tunnel. The mystery light appeared in total darkness. Same thing happened to me that one time with Tom and Julie. I don’t know what causes those lights. The fact that your buddy Todd saw a similar light from his end is very uncanny. Thanks for the outstanding video! Big 👍!
One of the other explanations is Will o' the Wisp. Damp and rotten wood can produce that.
I always appreciate your comments Frank! Unexpected noises in underground mines I bet are always unsettling. This was a first for me. That blue was crazy! The light will probably remain a mystery. I initially thought it was Todd's light, but after reviewing the footage, I don't think it was possible to travel to where I was at and for my light to travel to him due to the orientation of the collapses.
You are right! Ignis Fatuus.
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND It's the only explanation I can think of which fits. People often get spooked by it in swamps and it's notorious for helping people get lost because they try and follow it. However, I'm told it tends to be dim and often yellow or green in colour. So who knows?
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND There is remarkably little footage of it on TH-cam, but if you can get through the guff at the beginning of this video, there is some footage of will o' the wisp from various places at the end.
th-cam.com/video/1_ecTTVwJNg/w-d-xo.html
Good video of a failed mine my guesstimate of that noise was another claps' of all that rotten timber. Please be safe out their. added a like and FB. cheers
Thanks for the compliment! We now think that the sound may be a rock that fell down a 300-foot vertical ore pass.
Tommy knockers, I second that. 😜
That Jeff Williams is a sneaky feller getting in there ahead of us! lol!
Absolutely amazing! Edge of the seat viewing.
I really appreciate it! Thank you for the kind words and watching!
Definitely very bizarre, the sound definitely wasn’t thunder, that sounded like it came from ahead of you, could be residual noises from workers from days gone by, who knows. There might have been a death in there, possibly some trapped energy. As for the light id definitely say that wasn’t a reflection from your light, I’ve watched other videos about abandon mines, coal and what not, and miners have actually seen lights like that, your not hallucinating or crazy, strangeness exist. Great video, I enjoyed it👍🏼😁🇺🇸
I appreciate the comment! We did get back out there to a mine that connects to this one via a 300-foot vertical pass and dropped some rocks down it. It did make an eerily similar sound when they reached the bottom!
I'm headed up to the mine to do some repairs - looking forward to watching this one after I'm down off the mountain!
Good luck with the repairs! I'm sure you'll probably shake your head in disapproval on some actions on my behalf...
Hey yo, good video! H2S monitor, coc3, looks like travertine where you are at. Are you near Carlsbad? Calcium carbonate , should be no worries. Great video. Unsettling then walks further, nice! Keep going, then deploy disposable drones(imaginary devices) air borne, as well as surface scavenging Take it easier, work on drone development! Submersible is necessary as well! I could get further in their with my dog. Bring sensors, barometric gauge, etc. you have a fancy camera or two! Cool video, keep up the good work!excellent!
Hello Justin ! I am new to your channel, coming from Gly and Frank who are really nice guys, but you are also and i love watching your videos. So to your questions - i dont believe in supernatural things, though we watched long years the tv-show "supernatural" and we loved it ! I think there is one not paranormal explanation, like stonefall, collapse, reflections of the thunderstorm and reflections of fallen material. I remember an night some decades ago when i did service to the german red cross at a walking through a dark night. We were all confessed guys having a big mouth but then we saw a light in the clouds and we all got quiet at the same time....until we all saw it was the full moon that looked strange and we all could empty our full pants ;-) I think there is allways a "normal" explanation - but it may happen that in the first moment one can get crazy because you never kno,w.....and sorry for my bad school - english ! Stay safe and healthy !
I really appreciate you coming over and watching! I, too, am a big skeptic when it comes to the unexplained. That is why I took the time to explain some logical explanations of the events that were caught on video. The thunder theory was debunked because we explored the connecting workings at a later date, and there was no connection to the outside. Simply, we were so deep within the mountain that the sound would not have traveled that far. Most likely, it was a rock that fell in the distance. Unexplainable events can be unnerving when you are alone in a potentially hazardous situation! I thank you for the comment, and I am working on some new videos!
Don't blame that guy for not going in.
Neither do I! In situations like this or one that's out of a person's comfort level, we don't frown upon one opting out. Actually, we encourage it. There's no need for someone to continue on because they are afraid to speak up, then being in a much more uncomfortable situation. We all respect one another's comfort level in exploring these places.
This mine was too unsafe to be explored. You don’t shout around collapsing Timbers. The sound was in your mind. Light was reflecting off water
Sorry to disagree, but those are all facile claims. First statement- subjective. Second statement- I agree, but if you had noted the nature of the collapses on the back, competent rock was exposed. Third statement- you should fast-forward to the event with a pair of headphones or quality speakers... it was most definitely not in my mind. Fourth statement- thank you for your input, as I invited it in the video. It was a source of light, but couldn't be replicated. We're leaning towards decomposing organic matter causing an ignis fatuus.
Hi jim maybe you should go hide in your safe zone and let real men do what they want to.
This is a great video. Such a vast mine! Would love to see you go back and explore the rest if you can do so safely.
Challenge accepted! We are already making plans to get back and finish this mine out! It allegedly connects to a much larger mine in the area! Thanks for watching!
Thanks & regards from Ody Slim
Thank you for watching! I appreciate the comment!
Loved the video. I love the color grading but your skin tone at the beginning and end...makes you look like you're a glow stick! Very impressed with the coloring inside the cave...very well done. Some people don't like those bright coloring, I love it.
Thank you! As of the past year, I shoot in HDR, so color grading is not necessary. The glowing is real! Lol I got a pretty good sunburn from hiking in high altitudes! The colors inside are accurate to what was really inside this mine. You should see the last video I did with Frank! The colors are amazing from copper minerals! A large majority, if not all other mine exploring videos are shot in standard dynamic range (SDR), so colors are artificially muted. Since all other videos are like this, my videos do appear color graded. I really appreciate that you noticed the difference because that is what I am going for!
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND As a content creator myself (I hate that term!) I strive for the best colors. I like my colors exaggerated with a reddish glow.
New camera comes soon with HDR! Looking forward to it.
And ouch, I hope you're feeling okay...those burns make you feel miserable!
@@metamech7383 the red/orange and teals are popular in cinematics. It totally creates a different vibe. I'm obsessed with HDR after a side by side comparison of some video I shot experimenting with it. I used to mildly color grade some of my more recent videos that were in SDR (hence the color wheels and RGB graphs on the monitor in the background- I had an old video project still stored on that computer I no longer use for editing) to enhance the muted colors in that format. If you upload your content in HDR, it's a little bit more complicated (not by much) because you have to make sure the codec and metadata is correct, otherwise you will have a washed out video.
Living in the southwest and having fair skin, sunburn comes with the territory! It wasn't very painful, just very red!
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND This is all great information, I can't wait for this camera (that says is coming tomorrow).
I enjoy your content bro, just be safe out there!
@@metamech7383 thank you! There are plenty of videos out there getting more in depth about the BT2020, ST. 2084, 2094, HLG, and why those are all better than Rec. 709. Don't let it intimidate, it's just stuff you need to know in the HDR world when creating in that format. It's well-worth it! You'll love your new camera!
I appreciate it! Being safe isn't always synonymous with abandoned mine exploring, but I do my best!
Hey man sorry to bother you again what is the song actually at 45 seconds. It's not the addict one but the one after. Appreciate it. I just recently made it to an anthracite coal intact two compartment haulage shaft which is unheard of. Got to love mine exploring!
To Pass Time by Godmode
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND thank you so much. Feel free to check out the channel: anthracite horror stories
Right before the light, 13.43 I believe is a very bold cough. Odd light.
I kept replaying that portion of the video, I couldn't hear it...weird! You must have some serious headphones, I'm guessing! I'm at a loss because I was the only one in this deep for at least 800 feet from my friend, Todd. He was on the other side of 2 major cave ins. The light is really odd! Thanks for the comment, and thank you for watching!
those tommyknockers again
Right?! Although these instances in this video are most likely not haunting, they are still very bizarre..
I think your theory on the sound is probably pretty accurate. Either a collapse further in or thunder.
The light, if it wasn't something in the collapse debris reflecting yours, may be possible it was something reflective that fell from the ceiling. That caught the light from you and your friend, but obviously wouldn't be repeatable. Other then that can't really think of much else.
Thank you! I feel it's the most logical. I find it mind boggling for the sound of thunder traveling that deep into the mountain, it must have been a close lightning strike! That tunnel was actually a haulage adit. It was going through the native country rock which was limestone, and some red volcanic and clayey material. The shiny stuff, we didn't get to. With all of that rotting wood, it does give off a gas (my gas meter's alarm has gone off getting to close to rotten wood), and it has been known in very wet areas where organic material is decomposing, it does give off a gas that contains a chemical that can glow when exposed to oxygen. I know this event as ignis fatuus. I am leaning more towards that theory, but I am not certain. Thank you for the comment and watching!
Closest I've heard to that underground is a vent bag inflating when the fan is turned on.
Now that is a very interesting comparison! I would have never thought of that! I always love your input because I always learn something from you! Now you gotta invite me to the mine when you start up the ventilation! lol
Very good adventure and video overall.
I think of me being a pretty bold guy but I just don't know what drives you guys to keep going forward and not chicken the hell out.
Thank you for the compliment! Everybody has their limits, including myself, but what drives me is to satisfy curiosity. I am itching to get back because I didn't find out where it leads because we ran out of time. Rest assured, we will get back and finish this place!
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND 👍 you will need higher boots.
@@pauloh3591 Most definitely! I'm wearing the waders next time!
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND 👍
As an open minded person It could go both ways! No 1. it could have been a genuine paranormal experience, as most investigators day walls made of brick can be a recording studio for the past and they say it's just the past repeating itself, Or No 2. as you say it could have just been a loud clap of Thunder echoing through an open stope or a shaft. I myself is going for option No 2.
I agree! We made it to a connecting vertical pass in an adjacent mine 300 feet above this one. We dropped some rocks down it, and it made an eerily similar sound! Thanks for watching!
Boy, that was a smart move. You’re in a collapse and you’re screaming.
Correct. Out of all of the events that occurred in this video, you decided to comment on an ill-situated communication issue? In hindsight, it was a mistake, and another viewer had a more eloquently-worded comment addressing that. I also elaborated on the variables in this mine that clarified the situation. I appreciate you watching, but the mentality of "there's nothing more exhilarating than pointing out the shortcomings of others," (including under the guise of "concern") is an issue that disregards the positive aspects of time, effort and affinity of sharing these videos to viewers like you.
Hi Justin, a very cool mine but what were you thinking going through those collapses ?? a dangerous move imo.
Please try not to shout in mines that are prone to collapse because the reverberation could cause another one.
With the noise, I'm wondering if a livestock farmer not too far from the mine had a drinking trough for the animals
and to supply them with year round water he ran a water pump into the mine (the black pipe), so when the trough
got too low the pump would switch on in the mine to refill it. As for the light, could it have been a beetle or similar
living in the mine whose shell reflected your light back ???. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx ❤
Hi Sue! I was in an adventurous mood that day since the first flooded mine we visited was a bust because it was just too deep. I do know that in very certain conditions, sound can dislodge loose material, and in hindsight, I should not have yelled. One of our radios was left on the surface, so that was the only way to communicate once I got past the two collapses.
There are some mines in the areas that I have visited that do use the water as a drinking source. This one, I don't believe was the case because the poly tube does not exit the mine. The noise originated from an endless drift where there was tube, but it didn't kick from hydrostatic shock when pressure is applied. I have a pretty good idea that it may have been thunder, but not certain.
I'm starting to lean towards the light being an "ignis fatuus" which has been witnessed with swamp gas illuminating, but it's just a guess.
Thank you for the comment and watching, once again!
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND you're very welcome, I only tell you off because I'm an empath and I care. xx
@@SueGirling68 I genuinely appreciate it! No offense taken. Stupid decisions require stupid measures.
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND I guess so but it also makes for a great life lesson. xx
So you do this for fun? That blue stuff has an iridescent look, maybe phosphorus or some type of algae. I don’t think it would be great breathing in whatever it is. Also is fracking going on anywhere near there?
I do enjoy the adventure and going back in time! After some time to digest the many theories I had on that blue material, I believe it may be oil or grease stained into the wood. Those substances were used often in mines for lubrication. I used caution on not stepping on the blue, because initially I thought it might be mold, and yes, I didn't want to breathe it in!
There is no fracking or conventional drilling near this area. Thank you for watching!
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND your probably right about the blue stuff. It looked iridescent like the phosphorus you see at night in the ocean. Although that’s green. You have courage going into those places. Was interesting. Thank you. Please be safe.
Probably Tommy nockers lol.
Jeff Williams might have traveled here and brought them with him! lol! Thanks for the comment!
Name of song I'm first minute? I've had bad experiences in abandoned anthracite mines man. You know it's intelligent too which is scarier.
The name of the song is Addict by Neffex. Coal mines... I'll pass, lol
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND ya, a lot of people say that. Besides the black damp, we have obvious roof issues. Shaft and slope reserves are sometimes a nice break though (unrobbed areas). Stay safe.
With all of that collapse, it may have been some tommyknockers warning you not to continue! I've never experienced anything like that in an abandoned mine before, but I've heard similar things happening to other explorers. Nice video!
To the tommyknockers- challenge accepted! We will return to finish this place and a couple of others in that area out. We had time constraints on the occasions, but when we get back out there, we will find the ends! This mine in the video allegedly connects to another much larger mine we explored (but didn't finish as well). I'd love to verify the connection!
The rumble sound just could be what you said it could be ....the light i have no idea as u tryed to make the light come up again i dont believe in ghost but i cant expain what it was maby a tiny rodent u caught with ur light i dont know......just sometimes u never can explain strange noise or lights ,,,,,,loved the mine though but holy molly u took a risk.......loved the colours. Ejoyed.
Thank you for the comment! The noise and light were really an unexpected experience. I do think the noise was very creepy and may be what I guessed. The light, I'm starting to lean towards what swamp gas has been seen to do. Yeah, that risk was a little out there! Thanks for watching!
The low rumbling was likely to do with e noises made by air currents.
That's a good theory! This mine had minimal air flow, so I don't believe that to be the case. I had mentioned in the video that it was possibly thunder rumbling down an open stope somewhere deeper into the mine. It was an unsettling experience! Thank you for the comment!
Copper mine
That's one of the secondary minerals that were mined here. It was mostly lead, silver, and zinc.
The rumble down a tunnel is a muffled collapse or it could have been lightning striking near the top of an open stope or shaft as you theorized. It had to be either cause. The light was a narrow shaft pf light obviously of the type of light from a headlamp or spotlight That much is clear in the video. So it had to be from your partner's headlamp momentarily shining at the right angle through a small clear shot between obstructions and reflecting off of a shiny object to be seen above the water and down on the water. Same process that your partner saw from your headlamp in both collapses even at that distance from him. Since its dark down a tunnel a distance from your light. light from farther down the tunnel will show up brightly. One other variation on that theme is that where the collapses are, there could be another tunnel with an ore passes or winzes down to those collapses and someone else could have been exploring there at that time and you saw the reflection of his/her light as he/she shined his/her light down the passes/winzes. It had to be one or the other. And no one answered because that other explorer may have been scared to answer no knowing who else was in the mine. So no mystery here. Insofar as thunderstorms, YUO SHOULD HAVE CHECKED THE WEATHER BEFORE GOING TO THE MINE!! AND SHOULD NOT HAVE HIKED TO THE MINE IF YOU SAW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA OR IT LOOKED LIKE CUMULUS WERE GOING TO START TOWERING!! So many people ignore the dangers from the deadly voltage that thunderstorms have. If you saw thunderstorms anywhere around or cumulus starting to tower, you should have read :HIGH VOLTAGE! or ALTO VOLTAJE! written all over that sky. I'm not calling you ignorant, I'm just very passionate about such safety. If everybody payed attention to their local weather and payed attention to the sky, no one would get caught by surprise by thunderstorms. Waiting in your vehicle is completely safe as a vehicle is a Faraday cage and sends electricity through the metal frame and to the ground without harming anyone or anything inside. A vehicle is one of the safest places to be in a thunderstorm.
This video shows just how safe a vehicle is in a thunderstorm: th-cam.com/video/ve6XGKZxYxA/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for your input! Addressing the rumble- at a later date, we explored the connecting mine, and found the ore pass connecting to that flooded drift. There is no open stope leading to the surface, and the ore pass in the connecting mine is nearly a mile inside the mountain! We did drop rocks down the ore pass, and the sound that was created did mimic that rumbling sound. We think it was material that dislodged and plunged 300 feet. The light- who knows, most likely my partner's, but we couldn't recreate the result. There was no connecting winze or pass. We were in a main haulage crosscut.
As for the weather, we constantly check weather reports daily, sometimes hourly when we are going to a destination. The rain chances were slim that day, but we were still in monsoon season, so storms can develop unexpectedly. This is the case for us in this video. We all have vehicles capable of traversing some rough trails, so we did drive to this place, not hike it. I am aware of the protective properties a vehicle provides from lightning, and we try to get as close as possible with vehicular travel until we have to hike. Thanks for watching!
Name of song in first minute por favor senor?
Addict by Neffex
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND thanks man. You have yourself a Tommy knocking situation btw. Happens a lot in the anthracite coal mines here in Pennsylvania to myself. I'm a skeptic too, but a lot of it is unexplainable.
@@ABANDONED_UNDERGROUND actually, sorry, song starting at 0:45 lol.
Aliens....
If we go to mines near the border, we most definitely will experience that! lol! However, there was some supposed "testing" out in that area decades ago...