Ladders Deep Inside Mine On Vertical Shaft, Huge Natural Fissure, Climb To Lower Levels, Artifacts
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 มี.ค. 2022
- In this abandoned gold/silver mine from the early 1900's we find a huge headframe deep in the mine over a vertical shaft with manway ladders. After exploring the main level of this extensive working we climb down the ladders to the lower levels where we find a few interesting artifacts. There is a huge natural crack, or fissure, that appears in different places in this mine. There are a couple places where it looks like the crack has been excavated and there might be an upper level. We will return here someday to try and find an upper level. We hope you enjoy the video.
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You two always find these off the wall mines that I’ve never seen before. And believe me, I watch all the mine explore channels. This one wasn’t huge but still interesting. I like those metal rods that hold the square sets in place. Hey, is there some kind of digital thermometer that you can bring along with you? All mine explorers talk about the heat variances and it would be cool to see a read out. As always, your efforts are appreciated and I always look forward to your videos. Culverts for air? That was a first. Thanks, T&J!
I don't get the culverts either. That's a great idea about the thermometer, Ralph. Why didn't I think of that? Thanks for watching and commenting, we appreciate it!
Yeah, I've heard other mine explorers talk about the strange changes in temperature. Carrying in a little thermometer is a great idea.
some of your still photos just take my breath away with the history you share with us.
I like to include a few stills as they evoke a different emotion than video does. Thanks, Jeanette!
Hello Tom hello Julie
Thank you for taking me with you in this mine.
You are both like two colour dots in this dusty grey
A very interesting Geologie with this different rocks and the crack in the back.
For me in April i am back in the Rammelsberg mine as a guide .
It was a long time since November 21.
I am excitet to go back underground
Stay save take care have good weekend and a happy New week
Yours Frank Galetzka
Hello Frank, glad that you are getting back to work in the Rammelsberg mine. It been a lo g time off work for you. Thanks for watching and hope you have a great weekend!
Julie's always fun to look at and listen to....
Glad that you like her, Ron! 👍
What a strange little mine. From the rails used for hangers , that heavy culvert used for vent, the backfill in the shaft. Why not in a drift ? Good job narrating Tom 👍 did you guys see any kind of animal tracks around the porthole. Those natural fissures are very cool. Keep up the great work guys !!!!
The culvert for vent and rail pieces for hangers are definitely firsts for us. I don't recall seeing any tracks near the portal. That big fissure is really intriguing to me. I have no idea why they backfilled the shaft. Thanks. Frank!
Another great mine from the two best mine explores I have seen anywhere. Tom you always do a great job explaining things you find. I really liked the milk jar. Stay safe, until next time take care and God bless.
What a nice comment Jimmy, I have to agree, they are the best explorers ever. 👍👍👍
Aww, thanks you guys. You guys are pretty good people yourselves. The milk bottle was really fun to see. Thanks for watching and for the blessing, Jimmy! Always good to hear from you, Ken!
That place is huge! Glad to see no creepy crawlies or bats.
Haha, nothing too creepy in this one. Thanks for watching, Mark!👍😁
I don't know who's crazier you or Julie you're both crazy!!
I think Julie is the crazy one. Lol
Thank You for taking us along
You're welcome and thanks for watching!
TaDa ladders for you 2 to clamber up and down...LOL. I googled Horlic,it came up with Horlics Malted Milk out of the UK?Thanks for the posting of another underground adventure Tom and Julie.🖤🖤🖤
Oh you know we always like to see ladders. We'll have to go back again to see if there is anything higher up. The malted milk bottle was very cool. Thanks for your comment, Jake!
the reason folks go nut over levis is the factory/ history museum that contained samples from the beginning burnt down. So now they are a huge collectors item and the ones from the mines are the last survivors. great video as always!!!!!!
Thanks for your input on the Levi's. Glad that you enjoyed the video!
Fun stuff. That malted milk jar is awesome!
Great video!
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It was fun to see that bottle. Thanks, George! 👍👊😁
Those cracks are hand picked stopes. The were worked the hard way. From the top down. There are a couple of advantages if the material is soft, apparently it was. First, the minors had something to stand on. Second, they only had to dig out the ore and not the country rock. Three, the only timbering required would be to keep the walls apart.
Great video.
That does make sense, maybe using some special tools. It's been a while since we were there but some of those seemed pretty narrow. It's a fun mine to see. Thanks for your input, Ryan! 👍
Enjoyed the episode, really neat milk bottle. Looking forward to your next episode.
Glad that you enjoyed it, Rick. The bottle was really fun to see. Thanks for the comment!
Pretty decent sized mine. Looks fun. Man I’d love to join you guys! Laying here waiting for nurse Dee to come back from the bank so she can do this wonderful procedure. Pain killers are not working at all 😡 so it will (not) be very interesting.
Sorry to hear the pain kilkers aren't working for you, Eric. We really hope you can stay as comfortable as possible. It's also very nice that Dee can stay with you during this time. If things were different, we would love to have you join us. You are one tough man! Thanks for watching and commenting, it means a lot to us. 👍❤️😊
What a Gem, I like the ribs or sections from blowing the TNT.
Glad that you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!
Good explore guys with some cool finds stay safe out their, added a like and share too.
Thanks for watching and sharing, Tom!
Greetings from Alaska, Thanks for all the videos, I'm binge watching right now as my wife is having her #5 chemo infusion treatment so this is what I do while hanging out... Cathy has watched a few also & she thinks Julie is the energizer bunny lol... We go up to the Independence Mine in Hatcher Pass, AK I was able to go inside years ago before the State took it over and made it a tourist attraction the mines are shut to public now but buildings are slowly being restored if you ever make it up north.
Hi Dave. Sorry to hear about your wife battling cancer. I hope the chemo has the desired outcome for her. Julie is in an ongoing battle with the after effects from radiation treatments for cancer, so we have an idea what you are going through.
Thanks for watching our videos and we hope it gives you a pleasant escape from the reality you are dealing with.
Thanks for the info on the Independence Mine. Sometimes the tourist attractions ate still fun to see although probably not as fun as seeing one in it's natural state. It's getting harder to find places that haven’t been trashed by vandals and looters. We're wishing you both all the best! 🙏❤
Enjoyed it very much! Found a jar like yours with no bids shown on e-bay with 18 hrs left on the auction. Horlicks...seems was a company founded by two brothers middle 1870's but continued into 1970's.
Thanks for the leg work to get that information, Nelson. We appreciate it!
Tom and Julie, you two are well spoken and easy to listen to. nice narrative.
Thank you for the nice comment. We really appreciate it!
Thanks Tom and Julie another great explore! Some nice artifacts also.
But those ties! That must have been a lot of fun... Yeah. You almost wonder if those miners ever climbed into those natural caverns? That was such an oddball mine? Glad you got this one guys! Thanks again👍
This was a fun one was fun. It looks like they worked that crack in a few areas. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Another great mine and adventure. Enjoyed going along with you two. Thanks.
Glad that you enjoyed it and thanks for commenting, Paul!
Fun one, i love the framing that goes into the mines and that one had some nice framing.
Yes, a beautiful headframe on that shaft we went down. Thanks for the comment, Ken!
Julie is a trooper
Yes, she is. Thanks for noticing!
That Horlicks jar is from the early 1900s and worth around 50 dollars, it was a nutritional supplement and used as a nighttime aid to help go to sleep. The old hot milk trick from the day's of Ol'
Thanks for the information on the milk bottle, Tony. It's probably worth more right where it is for others to see it. I'm guessing it will disappear at some point. Thanks for the comment!
love it!
Right on!
Awesome!
Thanks, Bruce!
Another great video!
Thanks, Jeff!
Another great mine explore. Those big cracks are natural features. I've seen cracks like that before in abandoned mines I've explored. They're fairly common in highly mineralized areas and serve as conduits for the metal-laden liquid and/or steam that arose from deep within the earth. They're undoubtedly the reason why the ore body exists in this area in the first place.
Can't wait to see the upper levels!
What you say all makes sense. I have not seen natural cracks as prominent as these in a mine before. It might be a while before we get back to this one as we are headed north now for the summer. Thanks for watching!
Kind of stumbled on this channel. Never been around mines or mining. I got to admit this walking way back underground and climbing around/down ladders seems scary to me. You guys make it look easy. I don't understand the the strategy behind the tunneling? Seems like lots of work breaking and removing all that rock. And getting all the wood down there. I find Julie to be quite something, quietly goes where many would shy away. Thanks for sharing your time and the miles that you cover underground.
The miners follow the ore vein where it goes and haul it out. They move the waste rock out of their way. They put in timbers in to stabilize any areas that might cave. Julie is a darn good mine explorer. Thanks for the nice comment, Bob!
Thanks. That was great. Low anxiety explores are my favorite
Glad that you enjoyed the low anxiety explore, Mike!
That was an interesting mine and some good finds. That vent system was different for sure. Must of been a hard thing to put up there. Thanks for another outstanding video. Take care, Al
That vent weighed a ton and I don't understand why they would use that. Glad that you enjoyed the explore, Al!
@@TomandJulieMineExploring Not only heavy, the corrugation would create turbulence = not good.....they probably got it for free somewhere and decided it'd make nice air hose! ;*[}
@@stevengill1736 That’s exactly what I was thinking. Even for free I think it would be a net negative.
Lots of head room in that one! Another great video Tom and Julie. That one looked fun! I agree with the gentleman’s comment, it would be interesting to see how much the temperature fluctuates. Keep it up, stay safe! 👍✌️
Hey Kevin! Thanks for watching and commenting. That is a cool idea to check temperatures as they vary throughout the mine. Hope all is well with you.👍👊
Kind of neat. Way back in the late '70's i knew a couple of miners outside of Searchlight and their last name was Horlick, they said their family was from Wisconsin. They were long time retired when i met them. Great explore as always. Weird fault in there. Be safe. Was on Jeff Williams super collab. Peace.
Maybe the same Horlick family? The bottle was cool. The fault was really interesting. Thanks for the comment, Richard!
You two are the best. Really appreciate your hard work to produce these videos!
Thanks, Bill. Comments like yours make our day!
Some Hoist buckets have a peg on the bottom and they are hoisted up through a trap door that has a hole in it and when the bucket is pulled above the trap door and then lowered the bottom bucket peg goes into that hole allowing the bucket to dump. Nice Video. Thanks for sharing yet another adventure.
I could understand the haul line going through the hole in the ramp but couldn't figure how the trap door operated. I should have taken a closer look at the trap door from underneath. Thanks for your explanation, it makes perfect sense.
great video, as usual....finally get to be the first viewer
Thanks for being so quick on the draw, Andy!
Kind of amazing that the crack appeared in different sections of the mine. Cool "interior" headframe: looked like it did go lower. I remember drinking Horlick's! There's a bottle like that on eBay selling for $50!!!
That big crack is very interesting to me. I always like seeing a big headframe like that way inside a mine. That's cool that you've had a Horlick's beverage. I'd never heard of it before seeing that bottle. Thanks, Lesley!
Wowww 🙉❤️
Thank you!👍👍
The Portland brand glove prompted me to do an Internet search and I found what I expected. The Portland Glove Co opened a mfg plant in an old bldg in Carlton, Oregon in 1950. I lived about thirty miles from there until 1955 and had been by that plant, which was locally known as the Carlton Glove Co. They supplied gloves for much of the local industries, logging, sawmills, agriculture, etc. Well-Lamont bought them out and closed the plant in 1994 to continue operations in Niles, Illinois. Also found info on a Carlton Glove Co incorporated in Montana, Idaho and California with business headquarters in McMinnville, OR, which is near Carlton, OR. I suspect they are the same entity.
Thanks for all that information and doing the leg work, David. That comment adds a lot for the people who enjoy reading the comments.
Another nice video, you captivate us! Would have liked to live back then to see exactly how they installed rails in lower levels of some of these mines that you explore. How many ore carts have you found in your past videos? That’s exciting to find these carts, especially the ones in perfect condition. Would be nice to have a nice long video of your 1st time out to current times! Stay safe! Thanks!!
Thanks for the nice comment, Ron! I'm thinking instilling rail was a pretty tough job. It really is fun to see the ore cars. I'm not sure exactly how many we have found. A dozen or two? That long video is a cool idea.
Thank you Tom and Julie. That was a nice explore cool milk bottle. The mine looked big inside. Are those cracks part of a fault line that pass through there. Be safe hope both of you have a great weekend. It’s past noon here so bottoms up. Lol. 🍻🍻🍺🍺
The milk bottle was great. Those big cracks are just natural faults I guess. Hope you have a great weekend, too. Thanks for watching and commenting, David!
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Great Job you two! A great explore and some old "tin" cans I'm assuming? Thanks for taking us along. You just can't resist those ladders can you? LOL
We try not to pass up any usable ladders when we see them. Thanks for taking the tour with us, Duane!
This adventure was quite interesting, I enjoyed see ground faulting inside ot the mine and it would be interesting to see geology map of the location of these faults Lat/Long. Heat in the mine might be geothermal activity seems there is considerable faulting going on. Gas meter seems a good idea, I would invest in a analog thermometer such as a Brannan Thermometer Hygrometer Gilt Dial, and for florescent minerals 1 UV Lamp 254nm/365nm 4W Portable UVA/UVC Shortwave Longwave Lab Blacklight and 1 365nm Filtered Longwave UV Flashlight Ideal for Mineral Hunting and Viewing. I always carry this when I find mineral formations - Lithco 6X Magnifier 1" x 1" Single Lens Black Metal (K5305), Copper mines are good for turquoise plus azerite specimens.
Glad that you enjoyed the adventure, Richard. The faults are definitely interesting in this one. Mine exploring is pretty rough on equipment so anything that can be easily broken is out. We do carry a digital thermometer, UV light, fou gas meter and loupe. Thanks for sharing your equipment list. 👍👌
I'm in Lone Pine ! I went to the Osborne cabin and Minietta Mine I was headed up Jail Canyon when I had some minor truck trouble went back to town and found our a tow truck could cost 5 grand !! so being by myself with 2 kids I'm headed home what a great place !
Oh boy, you don't want to have to get towed out of the back country. Maybe next time, Dave. It is a fun area.
@@TomandJulieMineExploring I'll be back Christmas to new years I've never been so obsessed with an area.
Tom is blessed, Julie's a trooper! Do you mostly explore around Death Valley?
You are correct about that, Alan! We go to several areas. Most of Nevada at one time or another, southern California, western Arizona, occasionally New Mexico and some in Oregon. Thanks for the comment.
Wow, somebody likes to live dangerously, welding galvanized pipe in an enclosed area. Yikes!
I don't get it either. It's so heavy I don't know how they would ever hang it. Thanks for the comment, J!
I was thinking the same thing watching this...
Nice clean mine, good explore, thank you guys! But one tiny bone to pick:
Your paragraph under the title touted this as a ‘gold/silver’ mine, then only a few seconds into the video you said it was a ‘lead/silver’ mine! A lil’ sloppy there!😉
Yes, it is a nice place and fun explore. Glad that you liked it. It is a lead, zinc, silver, gold and copper mine. Like many mines in the general area multiple minerals and metals are present in the deposit. Thanks for the comment, Fred.
Lots of money spent on culvert piping and wielded dam 🤔 strange chute or like you didn't make sense steel plate like it was some serious heavy load? Crazy mine id have to say that one didn't add up right but im like you it looked to have gone down further especially when I noticed the steel bar continuing on past where the ground was n an electrical wire was going down in the dirt also, enjoyed the video as always take care and ill catch you later
Yeah, kind of a strange one. I don't get the culvert at all. It's so heavy. Glad that you enjoyed it and thanks for the comment, Gunny!
Your warm spots seemed to correspond with the natural fractures you found.. perhaps warm air rising into the mine from below, getting sucked out the back of the mine where the fissures are? Just a theory, not much better than a guess.
Good observation that I missed. I would think that's a possibility. Thanks for your input!
Thanks for the entertaining Video. I'm curious, you found warn out Jean's, which I didnt see, a matchbook cover and a malted milk glass bottle, it sounded like you liked those items, why didnt you take some of them?
You're welcome, Steve and thanks for watching. We don't generally take anything from the mines as they are protected by law against removing anything. I believe it's also unethical to take things that others who follow us might enjoy seeing like we did.
I been lived palm springs all over
Hi Charles.👍
*Horlick!*
Wow, quite a history on that company name turns out, eh? It's apparently still HUGE in some parts of the world.
I had never heard of it, although it looks like the company has played major roles in history for almost 150 years!
Oh yeah, almost forgot - the mine.... :-)
I got to wonder why they dragged all that heavy galvanized culvert pipe in there for ventilation? Must have gotten
it cheap (or even ten-finger discount? Just sayin').
Another great explore and it's always great to see your smiling faces enjoying yourselves out there!
- Ed on the Ridge
I never even had the chance to look up Horlick. Thanks for doing so. I really couldn't believe the heavy culvert for vent line. That's crazy. Thanks for the nice comment, Ed!
the natural crack makes me wonder if the area that was much warmer is due to an increase in compressive forces in that location
That big crack is kind of strange. We see big temperature changes quite often in mine workings. I always thought it was from areas of thermal activity in the ground. I never even thought about different pressures. Thanks for your input!
That change in temperature is interesting, are there hot springs in the area?
There is a lot of thermal activity in the general area. It still baffles me how the temperature can change so quickly. Thanks for watching, Peter!
Great explore, Thank You! Too bad they used that corragated pipe, that stuff is expensive and usually half as efficient as smooth bore pipe. Normally we see smooth bore metal pipe or the fabric / plastic type in other locations.
I don't get that heavy steel culvert for vent. Thanks for watching and commenting, Carl!
Boy you could put a mine tour ride in that place. at least on the upper level...LOL No outside workings or structure... 😢
I didn't want to show the outside of this one, Max. There really isn't a lot out there anyway. Thanks for stopping by my friend!
Hi Tom & Julie, that headframe was really nice, it wasn't something I expected because the rest of that level was fairly bland.
I have found some information for you on the Horlick (now known as Horlicks) malted drink - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horlicks
Thanks for sharing, much love. xx 💙😺
Hi Sue, I missed your comment because it got automatically held since it contained a link. Thanks for sending the information on Horlick's. I will check it out soon. Hope all is well for you! 💖👍✌️
@@TomandJulieMineExploring Oh sorry I didn't know they withheld it. It's all good here thanks, I hope you are all well too. xx
@@SueGirling68 I think they do that to prevent certain things, like porn for instance, from taking over the comments on videos. Glad to hear that all is well.
@@TomandJulieMineExploring Oh no, there are sick individuals out there 😠 All my love to you both & Pickles. xx❤
@@SueGirling68 Pickles is still hanging in there. She is 20 years and 8 months old now. 😺❤
what keeps these mines from just caving in/ceiling just totally falling??
If there is an unstable area in the mine it is supported by heavy timbering. Where there is no timbering the rock is solid enough to have a hole cut through it without caving. Think about drilling a hole through a solid rock. The rock would still be very strong. Thanks for the question!
Oh and is there a way to incorporate live temperature, distance traveled and O2 level into a readout on the video, just curious if that tech exists
We have started to keep track of temperatures in the mines, and we always carry oxygen and other gas monitors, so I could take a quick shot of those once in a while. The only way I know of reasonably keeping track of distance traveled is by pacing. I used to pace from the end of the mine back to the portal but have not done that for the last couple years. Good ideas!
Where they hand dug and blasted, or also electric machines?
I'm sure all the normal tools and mining practices were used.
Curious, how are you able to tell if that crack was naturally formed, and not a stope?
It just seemed likely to me that it was naturally formed. Maybe because it was so narrow in places that it didn't look like it had been worked. They did work it in a few places like where there were ladders visible higher up. Thanks for the comment!
@@TomandJulieMineExploring Thank you for your reply! To be honest, I had only watched up until the first time you passed by the crack, when I wrote the comment. I just now finished watching the rest of the video, and glad you passed by the crack a few more times, and got to take a closer look!
I have to agree with you: it definitely seems natural! That is one of the coolest things I've seen in a mine, even if it's not part of the mining-history. It's geologic history... even older than the mine! haha. (Hopefully I'll come across this mine one day. I really wanna see that!)
Also: thank you for having such good mine-exploring etiquette; you put everything back the way you found it!
That bottle was a pretty cool find. I bet that malted milk was delicious after a long hard day of mining! haha
Do you have any videos of your climbing gear and techniques ? Thanks
Yes, we do Gary. Here is a link to a video of our setup. There are several videos of us rappelling into mines on our channel as well.
th-cam.com/video/ZqEBP-BZANY/w-d-xo.html
Thank you , Thank you
How many feet of rope do you carry with while exploring mines ?
@@garybettcher7959 We carry three ropes, unless we know the mine and know exactly what we will need. We have two that are 50 meters, or about 165 feet, and one shorter at 60 feet. We use a low stretch type rope although not completely static. Hope this helps.
Thanks for your help , I hope you don't mind me asking so many questions
When I see that survey spray paint ... I kind of get let down a bit because the chance for relics is reduced.
I hear ya. Seeing the survey paint is not that pleasant. We are sometimes surprised at where we see paint. We've rappelled into remote obscure shafts and seen survey paint. It doesn't necessarily mean there will be no artifacts though. Thanks for the comment!
Welding galvanized material gives off poisonous gas while being welded
It sure does. I hope whoever welded it had a good mask/filter. Thanks for commenting. Don!
I don't know but I'm thinking that your 'Natural crack' is actually a 'Shrinkage Stope' that followed the silver/lead vein, and was wide enough just to allow the miners room to drill uppers with a stoper drill. I'm a retired underground miner from Timmins ON Canada, so I'm very informed of different mining practices, anyways those are my thoughts...great video btw!
Thanks for the great comment, Frederick. There is no doubt that they exploited that crack or vein in several areas. Other places it seemed to look untouched and so narrow that it hadn't been worked. You might be right though as I am not much of a miner.
The scary thing to do in life is getting into a mine
Sometimes it can be scary, Eusebe. This one is not too bad. Thanks for watching!
Thats a very dry mine, most the ones I get to see are wet wet wet
Yes, it is dry as a bone. Most of the mines we see are dry, at least in the upper levels. You must be further north than where we usually go. Thanks, Richie!
Tomato juice
I was guessing those cans were some kind of fruit juice. Maybe tomato who knows?
I wish woman how did as ido cm I live north Idaho mines all over
Lots of mines in northern Idaho all right.👌