Amazing what the people who built inside this mine were capable of. Nothing was able to stop them.. no difficulty, no height, no amount of weight.. they came with technical solutions for anything that came in their path, working in conditions a hundred times worse than it would be today.. these people were just awesome!
I'm blind in my right eye and some brass casing in my face from a blasting cap, my life was changed on that day, that was July 2, 1985 i was 15 years old, i love your channel, you put out great videos, thank you and stay safe
I stopped your video at 11:52 so I could watch "Legend of the Ruby Silver" now I am back again to finish your video, WOW Legend of the Ruby Silver was a great video fit for all ages, now as far as your video..it is a dandy!! thanks for the post,and you have another subscriber. best luck from New Mexico
My grandpa passed on when I was 8 years old. I went into his garage and found a little keepsake. I carried it in my pants pocket with my loose change and keys. In my early 20's I was hitchhiking around with a buddy that had been in the Army. He saw me fingering my keepsake and asked to see it. He scraped a little of the green stuff out of the end of it and tasted it, then tossed it in our camp fire, it sparkled. He then threw my keepsake in the fire and without a word ran. I had no idea why he ran, but I ran too. Then BABOOM! Turns out the keepsake I had carried in my pants pocket for nearly 15 years was a blasting cap.
Mr. Tangent: At first I was angry since it was the only keepsake I had of my grandfather. But once my friend explained it was a blasting cap I had been carrying all those years I got over it.
Thank you Frank for taking us on another excellent explore in to the world of mining, there was a lot going on in there. You are always the one clambering to check out every possible space, going into those areas where no one else has been for a very, very long time. Loved the little church, the fantastic shot of the mountains and all the information you are able to share. I didn’t think the bang from that blasting cap would be as loud as it was, proper made me jump too. I always enjoy watching - stay safe.
Nice scenery where you were exploring there… And, of course, you tracked down another great mine. Blasting caps are fun. We used to blow up coffee cans and glass bottles with them when I was a kid. Those chambers with all of the stulls looked really cool. Also, it was awesome how you crossed over that false floor at the end. That was definitely sporty.
I once knew a man who as a boy blew off a few of his fingers with a blasting cap. My grandfather was one of the first people on the scene to try and help him, but there wasn't much to be done but stop the bleeding. It was maybe the 1950's or 1940's and assuming the fingers were still there, I don't think they were big on finger reattachment in those days.
Frank, a little story. Over fifty years ago our family would travel from San Diego to South Dakota and along the way we would have to stop for the night. In those days you could always find a place to rent a small trail bike mostly the Honda 90 trail bike and I would rent one and head off into the hills of say, Leadville. I was only 10 or so but my parents knew it was useless to try to stop me. In those days antiques were still just trash and when I would go into some of the mining shacks the old overalls were still hanging from nails. Little did I know what to look for or what was collectable but still the adventure was there. I love that you can still find these cool old treasures.
Absolutely Frank, you go to great lengths to explore these mines, your knowledge and sense of adventure is also uncommon in most people nowadays. It truly is hard to find people that have your fortitude.@@exploringabandonedmines
Blasting caps. I was introduced to them in grade school, wasn't allowed to touch them by advisement by the instructor. Now, it takes just a small battery to make them explode or not, so gentle handling won't make them go bang. The miners removed lots of ore from those stopes from following that vein they found, wow. You have a smudge, insect or fuss on your lens during this video.
Holy fuckkkkk. Thats a hell of a ways down. And you immediately point out false floors. I love watching these videos. I wouldnt be caught in a mine unless there was an apocalypse lol.
Man Frank, great video, it is amazing the things you found in that mine, the frog and bell. I would imagine people would have taken those things a long time ago. I would have talked that frog in a heartbeat if I were you, but you already have one. Once again, great video can't wait to see you return back to this mine
Thanks Frank for the best videos I watch them all the time. I enjoy everyone how is Max the dog doing haven't seen him in your videos in a while..thanks.👍
Awesome as usual, really neat mine and beautiful view. Thank you so much for doing the shout out, she couldn't believe it! Also, I'm a girl haha but no harm done, I didn't specify. Again, much love and stay safe!
If I remember correctly the caps contain mercury fulminate. Grenades had picric acid initiators. There was an older kid in the town where I was born who was missing his thumb and first two fingers. That was from playing with a blasting cap. I'm sure an adult would have the same thing happen were it to go off in his hand. I was told by an old miner "Son, never crimp with your teeth, it just might ruin your day" Great video, those caps scattered about bring back memories of the coal mines.
20 some years ago I was managing a ranch, the parents had left for a week and I had 3 kids in my care. Boy being boys they had found some blasting caps and decided it would be a good idea to see what was inside. The 12 year old took a pair of side cutter and bared down on the cap, it took off and inch of his index finger. By the time I took him into the Dr., 3 hrs. away it was late and I got us a room for the nite. He strips down for bed and show me his groin area that was well burnt. I told him he was lucky not to take an inch off somethin else, he agreed. Cheers, Billy in Ladysmith.
Really enjoyed as always big thanks :-) lovely bell to btw. This ep really went far to show how thin those veins of ore seem to be in these mines just surpises me is all that they followed such narrow stretches, seems to really suggest how rare gold ore is type thing. The blasting caps remind me of the ones we used to see on the train tracks when cleaning trains, when a train broke down they used to leave these little explosives on the track in bad weather so trains following behind heard the bang when they went over them and knew to slow down, i will never forget my mate banging one on a table messing about not knowing, you should have seen us evacuate that room, you would have thought we all teleported out :-) Looking forward to more :-)
yep thats the one, we gave it to an enginneer called Rihno and asked him if it would have blown my mates hand off, he said more than likely in that kinda cant tell if hes joking way, but as it was for a train i figured he was probably being honest, there were a few bits that could kill you cleaning the trains from cleaning the lights as they were high voltage apparantly to being hit by the train which is easily done on the sidings, to slip on the train ladders and smashing your head in to accidentaly spiking one of the rubber suspension things, apparantly if you spiked one it blew up and could quite easily send you under a train on another line. Great days though, think cleaning trains was my best job :-)
What an outstanding video! I can't imagine miners building platforms and hauling drills, air lines, dynamite, and more lumber clear up to follow the vein. If you said it I didn't catch it, what was mined here? I can't say that I would have crossed that floor sitting on those stulls either. If you got most of the way across and it let go you were going to fall a long ways before the rope stopped you. Really cool mine.Thanks.
When do you estimate this mine was in operation? The woodwork and false floors like like they are a century old, but the air tank (23:15) got plastic lines attached to it and the electric blasting caps can't be as old either..
Ho Lee Fuk, pucker factor 10+ there at the end, huh!? Your videos are always so satisfying to my sense of curiosity and adventure, and always guarantee at least one mild to moderate white knuckle panic attack as you crawl over/across/through something sketchy af : - ) Have you ever been reviewing the footage in the edit and seen a crazy or dangerous situation you were in that you were completely unaware of at the time?
Those wires you picked up are charging wire - they send an electrified charge to the blast caps - in misfire, it would most likely be a wire and/or electric charge failure - the caps are very, very reliable. But the older they get the more unstable they become because they can become a great electric ground, and you can pick up static electricity and transmit it/ground out through the cap - it may misfire due to not enuff charge; but then ...
Michael Galle Easiest way to get a misfire is to screw up your delays and cut your initiation wire We mostly use nonel now; much harder to inadvertently detonate than electrics. I'm still partial to safety fuse for underground applications myself.
I think it doubled as a school, too - that was done in ye olden day. LOL Steep trails; narrow paths; ore removal, carry in the tracks, boxed dynamite, food and other supplies; no prob; LOL- no prob for Canadian Miners! - rugged and raw beauty. Ya' think the only worldwide nuclear event survivors will be rats and roaches ?!? Blast caps come in different sizes for different quantities of explosives; sometimes, my Grandpa told to me, two caps will be used to, "make sure" of no false detonation to avoid trying to find out why no detonation. Those long wire fuses can be made to blow according to a number pattern and/or "by the numbers". These are really neat videos. Thanks for uploading. You be careful !!!
I wonder if something like a skying stick can expose false floors covered by collapse debris. I used to use that method to figure out where paths were old and new in forests. Old paths you can't pierce, new ones are softer. It's super easy to find stuff around paths with a detector by going around the really old ones. Even found a rotted out rifle once.
Frank, be awesome to see an overnight camp in an old miners building with a wood stove and night time exploration before the snow fly's. Make an awesome Halloween episode : )
We have very few habitable mine buildings around here. There is a lot of snow in the mountains that is hard on them. The ones that are still standing are rat infested.
You ever explored the east kootenays ? I know of a mine or two , one really good one up the bull river ,always been scared to go in cause there was fresh cougar tracks heading into it ,pretty sure it's a fairly large mine , has 8'tall x 6'wide entrance goes in about 30' then T's left and right, I've chucked rocks down both ways and they go aways , also found a vertical shaft that must be connected further up the mountain . Anyways ,, Great videos !!
Blasting caps are not really comparable to firecrackers. If you hold a firecracker in your hand, it will usually only cause a bruise. A blasting cap will mangle your hand.
+Exploring Abandoned Mines That mentality right there is why your videos are so great. Seriously, I love watching your stuff, I feel like I'm right there with you. Plus it keeps me from doing it myself down here in the states which is keeping me safe.
I'm an avid trailer park boys fan. If you could do me a solid and one of your next shows when something breaks or happens that's cool, ya gotta say..."Awe Fuckeder good bud!!!!!!!!!" Hahahahaha nice.
Seen quite a few of Frank's videos, all from different mines. but one thing strikes me as being odd... All the Ore Chutes are to the same pattern, I wonder if there was a college teaching Ore-Chute construction, or perhaps they were all made by one person. I've been in a Lead mine in N Wales, and cannot remember seeing any Chutes at all, just a load of tramway tracks and trolleys.
You would generally see ore chutes on the main haul level where they load ore into trains. Unless it is a small mine where they use wheel barrows or hand load ore into ore carts.
I love your vids. I have been telling friends. Be SAFE. Also, the guy in front of you is in the way. He needs to follow. Just saying. Thx again for the adventure!
Actually I try to get someone to walk ahead when I am filming it helps with the lighting and it puts the size of things in perspective if you have a person in the picture.
It's true we like to see things from the 1st-in-line explorer's perspective, but now that u've explained why u set it up the way u do, it's understandable.
Hey Frank for a while now you have had a black smug mark on the upper right hand side of the camera lens.. I am not sure if its dirt or something but it drives me bonkers lol
Oh I don't mind waiting I enjoy the show as is! there is a few new 4k cameras out now that do well in dark spaces I was checking out would be nice for the show they cost between 1500 low end to about 3000 I know that's a lot but just wait they will come down in price soon....
The price isn't the issue. Keven has a 4k camera we tried it last year but have since switched back to 1070 HD. The reason is it takes up so much data on the cards and is too slow to download and edit. With HD you can play it on a wide screen TV from a laptop or Ipad and you get amazing clear crisp picture you don't need 4k
The owner of the mine could very well get a hefty fine for leaving explosives like that. Near where I live a kid years ago lost a hand when he touched an old blasting cap. Please be safe, beer and blasting caps don't mix.
I belong to Grand Forks search and rescue but they have never had to rescue anyone from a mine.............even though there are hundreds of abandoned mines in the area!
The mine had two periods of development. Around the turn of the century they discovered the deposit and mined it with the overhead trams. Then they went back in the 80s and did some more development building tunnels and ore chutes to link all the mines up and they got the ore out from the lowest mine the Gold Belt.
Love how you play around with explosives and climb the sketchiest ladders. Your videos are always genuinely entertaining unlike all the other pansy shit on this website lol. Stay safe brother.
Each number on the cap is milli-seconds of delay. They will destroy a pop can no problem. They are filled with a explosive PETN I believe, but could be wrong, it's been 25 years since I played with explosives,
you probably know this already but google says: "Asbestos is most commonly found in three rock types: serpentinites, altered ultramafic rocks, and some mafic rocks. Other rock types known to host asbestos include metamorphosed dolostones, metamorphosed iron formations, carbonatites, and alkalic intrusions. Contributing to asbestos formation is the faulting and fracturing of these rocks with increased temperatures, pressures, and the presence of water. The amount of asbestos or asbestiform minerals in these rocks can range in size from commercial-grade ore bodies to thin impure veinlets or low-grade occurrences."
Was wondering if a small battery powered, lighted, and camera equipped drone might get you into areas of interest ??? Might piss off some bats,I guess.
You might bring a set of Pitons with you. You could secure those into the cracks along the back wall along the false floor. That way if it does drop you only swing back to the last piton you installed.
Amazing what the people who built inside this mine were capable of. Nothing was able to stop them.. no difficulty, no height, no amount of weight.. they came with technical solutions for anything that came in their path, working in conditions a hundred times worse than it would be today.. these people were just awesome!
The ingenuity and tenacity of these early miners is just incredible. Also the way they tracked the gold veins bewilders me.
I'm blind in my right eye and some brass casing in my face from a blasting cap, my life was changed on that day, that was July 2, 1985 i was 15 years old, i love your channel, you put out great videos, thank you and stay safe
How did it happen?
I stopped your video at 11:52 so I could watch "Legend of the Ruby Silver" now I am back again to finish your video, WOW Legend of the Ruby Silver was a great video fit for all ages, now as far as your video..it is a dandy!! thanks for the post,and you have another subscriber.
best luck from New Mexico
My grandpa passed on when I was 8 years old. I went into his garage and found a little keepsake. I carried it in my pants pocket with my loose change and keys. In my early 20's I was hitchhiking around with a buddy that had been in the Army. He saw me fingering my keepsake and asked to see it. He scraped a little of the green stuff out of the end of it and tasted it, then tossed it in our camp fire, it sparkled. He then threw my keepsake in the fire and without a word ran. I had no idea why he ran, but I ran too. Then BABOOM! Turns out the keepsake I had carried in my pants pocket for nearly 15 years was a blasting cap.
Duck Landes Great story. Thanks for sharing.
Duck Landes Btw, were you angry at all that your friend did that?
Mr. Tangent: At first I was angry since it was the only keepsake I had of my grandfather. But once my friend explained it was a blasting cap I had been carrying all those years I got over it.
Duck Landes Good thing it never went off in your pocket, sheesh!
holy shit duck landes your lucky
That bell will make a fine addition to the museum. I learn something every time I watch one of your videos. Please keep up the great work.
Thanks and yes it is!
These are the best mine exploration videos around! Thanks for making them and keep up the great work, Frank!
Thank you Frank for taking us on another excellent explore in to the world of mining, there was a lot going on in there. You are always the one clambering to check out every possible space, going into those areas where no one else has been for a very, very long time. Loved the little church, the fantastic shot of the mountains and all the information you are able to share. I didn’t think the bang from that blasting cap would be as loud as it was, proper made me jump too. I always enjoy watching - stay safe.
Thanks Barb wait till next week.........decided to clean up all the caps laying around and burn then in a big fire!
Hairy mine, rotted timbers, wow.... Fantastic video Frank...!
Nice scenery where you were exploring there… And, of course, you tracked down another great mine. Blasting caps are fun. We used to blow up coffee cans and glass bottles with them when I was a kid. Those chambers with all of the stulls looked really cool. Also, it was awesome how you crossed over that false floor at the end. That was definitely sporty.
I once knew a man who as a boy blew off a few of his fingers with a blasting cap. My grandfather was one of the first people on the scene to try and help him, but there wasn't much to be done but stop the bleeding. It was maybe the 1950's or 1940's and assuming the fingers were still there, I don't think they were big on finger reattachment in those days.
Frank, a little story. Over fifty years ago our family would travel from San Diego to South Dakota and along the way we would have to stop for the night. In those days you could always find a place to rent a small trail bike mostly the Honda 90 trail bike and I would rent one and head off into the hills of say, Leadville. I was only 10 or so but my parents knew it was useless to try to stop me. In those days antiques were still just trash and when I would go into some of the mining shacks the old overalls were still hanging from nails. Little did I know what to look for or what was collectable but still the adventure was there. I love that you can still find these cool old treasures.
Well really the reason they are interesting now is that they are not common!
Absolutely Frank, you go to great lengths to explore these mines, your knowledge and sense of adventure is also uncommon in most people nowadays. It truly is hard to find people that have your fortitude.@@exploringabandonedmines
Hats off to the miners who worked off those boards.Well done guys great film
I like how you decided not to push your luck on that dicey looking section, very good choice. Another great video!
Thank you! Cheers!
Blasting caps. I was introduced to them in grade school, wasn't allowed to touch them by advisement by the instructor. Now, it takes just a small battery to make them explode or not, so gentle handling won't make them go bang. The miners removed lots of ore from those stopes from following that vein they found, wow. You have a smudge, insect or fuss on your lens during this video.
very cool frank great views from the ore bins you going to get that tuger for your museum
Holy fuckkkkk. Thats a hell of a ways down. And you immediately point out false floors. I love watching these videos. I wouldnt be caught in a mine unless there was an apocalypse lol.
Man Frank, great video, it is amazing the things you found in that mine, the frog and bell. I would imagine people would have taken those things a long time ago. I would have talked that frog in a heartbeat if I were you, but you already have one. Once again, great video can't wait to see you return back to this mine
Thanks Frank for the best videos I watch them all the time. I enjoy everyone how is Max the dog doing haven't seen him in your videos in a while..thanks.👍
Awesome as usual, really neat mine and beautiful view. Thank you so much for doing the shout out, she couldn't believe it!
Also, I'm a girl haha but no harm done, I didn't specify.
Again, much love and stay safe!
You are welcome, it was fun!
Thanks Frank! Best mine explorations on TH-cam! Stay safe?
girl make mines cave ha
"in for a pretty cool ride"...that it would be! Nice tour Frank!
You have the best show on TH-cam man. I love watching it. I can't wait to see the next one after the next one. 😁
Thanks James!
If I remember correctly the caps contain mercury fulminate. Grenades had picric acid initiators. There was an older kid in the town where I was born who was missing his thumb and first two fingers. That was from playing with a blasting cap. I'm sure an adult would have the same thing happen were it to go off in his hand.
I was told by an old miner "Son, never crimp with your teeth, it just might ruin your day" Great video, those caps scattered about bring back memories of the coal mines.
20 some years ago I was managing a ranch, the parents had left for a week and I had 3 kids in my care. Boy being boys they had found some blasting caps and decided it would be a good idea to see what was inside. The 12 year old took a pair of side cutter and bared down on the cap, it took off and inch of his index finger. By the time I took him into the Dr., 3 hrs. away it was late and I got us a room for the nite. He strips down for bed and show me his groin area that was well burnt. I told him he was lucky not to take an inch off somethin else, he agreed. Cheers, Billy in Ladysmith.
See if they watched my video they would have thrown them in the fire!
Great videos Frank.in the UK we dill in bolts and rig up hand lines to get across false floors.Safe exploration.
Blasting caps will take off a finger seen it first hand. Guy lost 2 fingers and cratered his hand with on
Frank awesome footage, and thanks for the reply. Keep churning out that bad ass footage.
Excellent explore frank love the bit you did on the blasting cap segment too bad it got sketchy at the end but keep up the good work
Those caps completely obliterated the fire lol😂
Hello from Midland Michigan love All you’re videos Awesome 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thanks Steve!
Another great trip, thanks Frank!
I would love to check out some of these places. Looks so awesome
Really enjoyed as always big thanks :-) lovely bell to btw. This ep really went far to show how thin those veins of ore seem to be in these mines just surpises me is all that they followed such narrow stretches, seems to really suggest how rare gold ore is type thing. The blasting caps remind me of the ones we used to see on the train tracks when cleaning trains, when a train broke down they used to leave these little explosives on the track in bad weather so trains following behind heard the bang when they went over them and knew to slow down, i will never forget my mate banging one on a table messing about not knowing, you should have seen us evacuate that room, you would have thought we all teleported out :-) Looking forward to more :-)
I have seen the train ones.......they call them torpedoes wider and flatter with a clip to hold it on the rail.
yep thats the one, we gave it to an enginneer called Rihno and asked him if it would have blown my mates hand off, he said more than likely in that kinda cant tell if hes joking way, but as it was for a train i figured he was probably being honest, there were a few bits that could kill you cleaning the trains from cleaning the lights as they were high voltage apparantly to being hit by the train which is easily done on the sidings, to slip on the train ladders and smashing your head in to accidentaly spiking one of the rubber suspension things, apparantly if you spiked one it blew up and could quite easily send you under a train on another line. Great days though, think cleaning trains was my best job :-)
Wow. Now that was something at the end Frank. I wonder whats below the floor... aside from a far ways down. Thanks for bringing the adventure to us.
A video camera and a LONG rope would do the trick,it sure would be interesting to see.
It is a very large stope. That is the 100 level of the Reno.
That's a fun mine... It only takes a few milivolts to set caps off!! That's why the ends are shunted for storage
tuledude89 I think the all-fire amperage is like 50 mA. They are extremely sensitive; I prefer nonel or safety fuse.
What an outstanding video! I can't imagine miners building platforms and hauling drills, air lines, dynamite, and more lumber clear up to follow the vein. If you said it I didn't catch it, what was mined here? I can't say that I would have crossed that floor sitting on those stulls either. If you got most of the way across and it let go you were going to fall a long ways before the rope stopped you. Really cool mine.Thanks.
The blasting cap fire was Epic!
When do you estimate this mine was in operation? The woodwork and false floors like like they are a century old, but the air tank (23:15) got plastic lines attached to it and the electric blasting caps can't be as old either..
This mine like many others had several periods of activity.
Exploring some old mines and playing with explosives! How cool is that?
It gets better next week!
"Boys will be boys. Better let them have their toys."
Awesome video! Wish we had more mines to explore here in New Zealand!
Ho Lee Fuk, pucker factor 10+ there at the end, huh!? Your videos are always so satisfying to my sense of curiosity and adventure, and always guarantee at least one mild to moderate white knuckle panic attack as you crawl over/across/through something sketchy af : - ) Have you ever been reviewing the footage in the edit and seen a crazy or dangerous situation you were in that you were completely unaware of at the time?
No everything is much bigger in real life!
Thanks for taking us into this cave.
Mine.....caves are natural mines are man made!
Exploring Abandoned Mines Oops my bad.
ok, The blasting cap in the fire was a great part of this video :D
Those wires you picked up are charging wire - they send an electrified charge to the blast caps - in misfire, it would most likely be a wire and/or electric charge failure - the caps are very, very reliable. But the older they get the more unstable they become because they can become a great electric ground, and you can pick up static electricity and transmit it/ground out through the cap - it may misfire due to not enuff charge; but then ...
Michael Galle Easiest way to get a misfire is to screw up your delays and cut your initiation wire We mostly use nonel now; much harder to inadvertently detonate than electrics. I'm still partial to safety fuse for underground applications myself.
A very cool mine. What fun.
I think it doubled as a school, too - that was done in ye olden day. LOL Steep trails; narrow paths; ore removal, carry in the tracks, boxed dynamite, food and other supplies; no prob; LOL- no prob for Canadian Miners! - rugged and raw beauty. Ya' think the only worldwide nuclear event survivors will be rats and roaches ?!? Blast caps come in different sizes for different quantities of explosives; sometimes, my Grandpa told to me, two caps will be used to, "make sure" of no false detonation to avoid trying to find out why no detonation. Those long wire fuses can be made to blow according to a number pattern and/or "by the numbers". These are really neat videos. Thanks for uploading. You be careful !!!
Good choice on turning back at the end of the video.
When in doubt one should always turn back.
What is the air door for? Great vid.
To channel the air flow into active areas of the mine.
It be awesome to go and do a mine trip with you
Really cool mine, looks like a whole other type of rock @ the incline you went up.
Yes that is an ore pass blasted out of the country rock to transfer the ore to lower levels it wasn't mined material.
Ah ok i see thanks for the response, will there be further explorations of this mine?
I wonder if something like a skying stick can expose false floors covered by collapse debris. I used to use that method to figure out where paths were old and new in forests. Old paths you can't pierce, new ones are softer. It's super easy to find stuff around paths with a detector by going around the really old ones. Even found a rotted out rifle once.
The false floors are very common in the mines around the Nugget because the ore bodies were vertical and very deep.
What is a skying stick ? Anyone else used one ? I go detecting too and it seems like a good idea to try
wow loved it , that scared me just sitting in my living room
Frank, be awesome to see an overnight camp in an old miners building with a wood stove
and night time exploration before the snow fly's. Make an awesome Halloween episode : )
We have very few habitable mine buildings around here. There is a lot of snow in the mountains that is hard on them. The ones that are still standing are rat infested.
+Exploring Abandoned Mines hanta virus,pnuemonic plague and mold
Wow, blasting cap went off like a shotgun.
Thanks Frank.
You ever explored the east kootenays ? I know of a mine or two , one really good one up the bull river ,always been scared to go in cause there was fresh cougar tracks heading into it ,pretty sure it's a fairly large mine , has 8'tall x 6'wide entrance goes in about 30' then T's left and right, I've chucked rocks down both ways and they go aways , also found a vertical shaft that must be connected further up the mountain . Anyways ,, Great videos !!
Every time I am exploring mines and go too far east I start seeing coal mines and go home! Best to call if you want to chat 250-444-0183
Take a drink every time he says Eh!
Why not eh?
@@exploringabandonedmines I cannot drink that much! eh!
When little boys can play.......bum ! 💥💥
you know a good sharp edge is a mans best hedge against the vague uncertaintys of life.lol
Blasting caps are not really comparable to firecrackers. If you hold a firecracker in your hand, it will usually only cause a bruise. A blasting cap will mangle your hand.
They are about as loud I meant.
Ore beautiful all the different colors
Little louder than a firecracker! Good one. What did they mine if it is crumbly shale?
Gold ! They didn't mine the slate.
Have you ever found any precious metals while exploring?
Some Silver
@@exploringabandonedmines That’s fun! Wow, thanks for answering my question, I really appreciate it! I really enjoy your exploration videos!!!
Another awesome video Frank. How do you keep improving on perfection? Thanks for all the uploads, always nice to see a new one.
I think there is always room for improvement!
+Exploring Abandoned Mines That mentality right there is why your videos are so great. Seriously, I love watching your stuff, I feel like I'm right there with you. Plus it keeps me from doing it myself down here in the states which is keeping me safe.
And just how many fingers DO you have, Frank? HA! Boys and their toys! SMH!😅
Eight.......and two thumbs!
@@exploringabandonedmines GOOD! LOL! 😅
I'm an avid trailer park boys fan. If you could do me a solid and one of your next shows when something breaks or happens that's cool, ya gotta say..."Awe Fuckeder good bud!!!!!!!!!" Hahahahaha nice.
I found this pussy in a storm drain
@@jamesluck2969 hahahahaha
Seen quite a few of Frank's videos, all from different mines. but one thing strikes me as being odd... All the Ore Chutes are to the same pattern, I wonder if there was a college teaching Ore-Chute construction, or perhaps they were all made by one person. I've been in a Lead mine in N Wales, and cannot remember seeing any Chutes at all, just a load of tramway tracks and trolleys.
You would generally see ore chutes on the main haul level where they load ore into trains. Unless it is a small mine where they use wheel barrows or hand load ore into ore carts.
Great Job … TY Frank :)
I love your vids. I have been telling friends. Be SAFE. Also, the guy in front of you is in the way. He needs to follow. Just saying. Thx again for the adventure!
Actually I try to get someone to walk ahead when I am filming it helps with the lighting and it puts the size of things in perspective if you have a person in the picture.
It's true we like to see things from the 1st-in-line explorer's perspective, but now that u've explained why u set it up the way u do, it's understandable.
Yes yes yes, Frank. Without someone in the picture the size of things is really difficult to make out. You keep on doing this, please. And good work.
Hey Frank for a while now you have had a black smug mark on the upper right hand side of the camera lens.. I am not sure if its dirt or something but it drives me bonkers lol
It is inside the camera.......can't get rid of it but it is my back up camera. Hopefully I get my main camera back from repair soon!
Oh ok cool that's too bad... One day I can't wait to see your show in 4K!! that would be amazing
You will have to wait until I get a 4K camera.........besides the drone.
Oh I don't mind waiting I enjoy the show as is! there is a few new 4k cameras out now that do well in dark spaces I was checking out would be nice for the show they cost between 1500 low end to about 3000 I know that's a lot but just wait they will come down in price soon....
The price isn't the issue. Keven has a 4k camera we tried it last year but have since switched back to 1070 HD. The reason is it takes up so much data on the cards and is too slow to download and edit. With HD you can play it on a wide screen TV from a laptop or Ipad and you get amazing clear crisp picture you don't need 4k
The owner of the mine could very well get a hefty fine for leaving explosives like that. Near where I live a kid years ago lost a hand when he touched an old blasting cap. Please be safe, beer and blasting caps don't mix.
We cleaned them all up and burned them a few days ago!
Exploring Abandoned Mines Good move!
True enough I sent a letter to the mine owner mentioning that.......I haven't heard back!
Send an anonymous letter to the regional mines office. They will see that the owner fixes the issue quickly.
Do you ever practice rescues in any of the mines? Just in case? Great video yet again. Keep it up! Thanks
I belong to Grand Forks search and rescue but they have never had to rescue anyone from a mine.............even though there are hundreds of abandoned mines in the area!
No wonder. Who doesn't come out, can't call for rescue any more.
Have you ever gotten lost?
Not for more than 15 minutes or so...in a mall!
I love this so cool
Is that a newer compressed air line that was placed in the tunnel after drift was mined out?
Is Some of this mine is of newer construction?
The mine had two periods of development. Around the turn of the century they discovered the deposit and mined it with the overhead trams. Then they went back in the 80s and did some more development building tunnels and ore chutes to link all the mines up and they got the ore out from the lowest mine the Gold Belt.
8:11: Vine flash-backs.
Love how you play around with explosives and climb the sketchiest ladders. Your videos are always genuinely entertaining unlike all the other pansy shit on this website lol. Stay safe brother.
Back when Men were Men!
intermission to blow shit up baha id love u do a mine tour with these guys
Each number on the cap is milli-seconds of delay. They will destroy a pop can no problem. They are filled with a explosive PETN I believe, but could be wrong, it's been 25 years since I played with explosives,
kamboy71 The delays looked to be crimped onto detcord, which is in fact loaded with PETN.
Are blasting caps just as dangerous as sticks of dynamite? Thanks for another great video!
Oh no there is only a small amount of explosive in a blasting cap. It could maybe take out an eye or finger though.
Wow! Can I relocate there?
Check with your parole officer!
I don't have one. I live down in wisconsin and iowa.
Definitely warrants a revisit with some ropes and gear. Frank high 5 for rigging up crossing the shady wooden flooring.
We did that.....just got back. Look for the video next week!
Do you see much asbestos in the mines?
There is some but not much around here it is called krystol.
you probably know this already but google says: "Asbestos is most commonly found in three rock types: serpentinites, altered ultramafic rocks, and some mafic rocks. Other rock types known to host asbestos include metamorphosed dolostones, metamorphosed iron formations, carbonatites, and alkalic intrusions. Contributing to asbestos formation is the faulting and fracturing of these rocks with increased temperatures, pressures, and the presence of water. The amount of asbestos or asbestiform minerals in these rocks can range in size from commercial-grade ore bodies to thin impure veinlets or low-grade occurrences."
What state is this in
Everything is in BC..........Canada
That vicrtolic pipe cant be too old ? ps bring me Ill go where you dont.
So you think you are dumber than I am?...........that can't be good!
Where's the false floor?
It can be hard to tell until it gives way!
Was wondering if a small battery powered, lighted, and camera equipped drone might get you into areas of interest ??? Might piss off some bats,I guess.
You can't fly them in dark confined spaces.........I crash them often enough as it is!
cheers
That wire is called "lead wire".
Corporations not cleaning up after themselves. How fuking scummy.
lol at 5:00 comment.
You might bring a set of Pitons with you. You could secure those into the cracks along the back wall along the false floor. That way if it does drop you only swing back to the last piton you installed.
Not much for cracks in those walls.
Finds a Blasting Cap and leaves it in the ground to be stepped on by an unknowing person ?? Ts...ts...ts..
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Why destroy the bell?
We didn't destroy it!
Wow
Throw some pressure treated plywood over that floor.
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I would have kept going
Jerry Glascock and thats why u dont have a channel
Get rid of those caps...you'll lose a hand not just a finger.