I think you guys do amazing videos. I do have to say that you guys crack me up that you leave museum artifacts in these mines. This stuff won’t last for many to see. It belongs in museums or people who appreciate this to collect. You have no clue when a mine will collapse and not many people will ever go into these mines because of the danger. Leaving it behind is ridiculous. Take it and sell it and give the money to a mining museum. No need to leave as is for others to see because it won’t be there one day. If I’m in there, I’m taking as much as I can. Will give it to local mining museums, sell it to collectors, or keep for my own collection. I do have questions. 1.) Are you guys professionals to be doing this? 2.) Do you have equipment to know the air is safe to breathe? 3.) How do know your even safe to be doing this?
I went out to Nehr and Limerock today. I kept my eye out for that second one ate Nehr, but didn't see it. I'll have to keep my eyes pealed next time I'm out there. It was a quick trip, but an interesting area.
I walked up Nehr canyon a few months ago to where I thought the second mine was, but I didn't see any sign of it. I think it might have been covered over. There's a ton of little mines in the area, but most don't really go anywhere. I'd recommend checking out the ruins for the graphite mill up Limerock, if it's not completely overgrown by now.
@@forgottenmininghistory I'll have to do that one. I went up Limerock until I found an adit (it's the same one you found in the video), but I turned around shortly after that. I plan on poking around that area a little more when it cools down.
that is a steam powered air compressor outside the mine you said the boiler looked exactly like the one below and it was probably exposed to freezing and busting the tank on top as the one below ground wasnt exposed to such extreme conditions..
What a great film of the Bonanza mine!.. I was a hard rock miner a year. Been looking dreaming of exploring this mine past 5 years.. Amazing film work..great lights. Thank you for sharing
Great video! 50 years ago on the other side of the freeway where there are now houses used to be a spot that people went to shoot guns open field. It was fun. At that time, I heard there was a "Titanium" mine in this area, but never knew the actual FACT of it. AWESOME video!!! Thank you.
I would assume that the bear canyon placer mine evolved into a hard rock mine as the placer deposits became exhausted and the miners began searching for the source of the placer gold...
Never ever handle old dynamite in an old mine. I worked in a hard rock lead silver mine in Idaho and I know a lot about using the stuff. People see you do this on your video and they think it is safe and it is not.
i really wish you would have taken some of these artifacts and gave them to local museums because once it collapses who knows if they will ever see it again.
You certainly have done your homework, and really new what to look for to find all the outlets of this mine! About 43 years ago my friends and I loaded up our Boy Scout style packs, topo map, compass and equipmrnt and camped up near the mine, and enjoyed all that you showed in your video. I love that there is very little, if any, litter or graffiti. Thank you for the amazing walk down memory lane...uh, trail!
Oh yes the upper Manzanita North. There's like four more drifts above that and then on the opposite side of the mountain but as you know the main two are the ones the one that you went in and the one below it that's not dugout
I remember when I went in there it's full of water at the bottom and it actually keeps going down below the water and there's an old ladder that goes deep down in the water
The old house below it was the miners cabin house and they made the Adobe bricks from the area that's the house that I'm remodeling right now and fixing up all the nails are square nails it's right below this mine shaft that's on the property that's crazy man I am doing remodel on the house that they lived and worked in they had 5 fire places inside
Walt Dorn. They lived in Green Valley from 1916 to 1930 and again from 1943 until the 1980’s. He had pictures of the mines including ones with him in them. He also had his own claim for gold he mined in the Angeles Forest.
I find it very interesting how these mines were made by men probably not around anymore and how they get closed off inside to maybe never be seen again
Some of these mines can be like time capsules if you get lucky and dig one out with lots of equipment inside. I always wonder what it would be like to work at each of these specific mines back in the day.
@@forgottenmininghistory Nice, I think I saw the video you made a few years ago on that one before going. I've passed by the adit multiple times, and finally decided to give it a look.
I thought I was seeing things, so I watched it twice. You picked up a FULL 8" stick of 40% T'NT Dynamite that's been improperly stored for 104 years. Stop. What's wrong with doing that? Hint: 20th century Dynamite has a 12 month shelf life. The stick You picked up if dropped at any point from the second it was an inch off the floor to Your face would have turned You two knuckleheads to red wind. You're stupid lucky, & it's exactly that type of thing that gets people killed. Absolutely the stupidest jackass moment I've seen in 20 years of RU-vid. What did You do with it???
Hello there, about 3 years ago you did a two part video on the Bonanza Mine. I am particularly interested in the Kennecott Alaska Bonanza mine. I understand there a many "Bonanza" mines, can you confirm that this not the Alaska one?
