I think they enjoyed the fact that I know a lot about mines and asked some great questions. Miners are underappreciated and they like it when someone takes an interest in what they are doing.
just imagine them saying something "Yo mikey, uhhh... u see that? didn't the mine close like 40 years ago? Ya... so why is there a guy coming out of there? How did he survive?"
I agree with the people asking you to ask them what year it is. You should have told em that the last thing you remember was being lowered into a new area of the mine and you passed out. You woke to find everyone was gone and your way out was filled in! Had to be some old skool mining apparel and hat down there to disguise yourself. You would become an urban legend as those guys passed on stories about the time traveling miner they ran into!
Two weeks after this encounter he went to the offices to see Alex again. They then told him that Alex had been dead for years. Died in a mining accident.
Alex had fallen through a rotten false floor, Bill told him no to go over there near the timbers and that it was a huge safety hazard, however we all know good ol' dumbass Alex, just a young idiot, but we miss him.
Holy Fu*k Frank, this was legendary! What an incredible explore! All the relics, the geology, the colors, the miners, all the equipment and trains trains trains! Amazing!!!
Exploring Abandoned Mines Seriously amazing. Thank you. Stuff like this helps many viewers including me to get through tough patches in life. Thank you.
That was super cool!! Must have been trippy to be going in the mine, up a ladder, through a hole you cleared, deeper, deeper, up another ladder and then BAM fookin' people!! LOL! that was the last thing I was expecting, and I bet they were bloody shocked to see a human coming thru!
are you serius that must by a drug dealer or something like that btw greetings from venezuela ... i like that idea of enter mines but i had a question i know is dangeours but why you guys dont go with someone who knows the mine like a worker and local police or firedept i saw many videos thers so many deep sites of mine s will you take risk of go furter deep to the last room
Hi Frank, one of your best videos ever! The mine was fascinating, and great camera work. Topped it all off by running into the guys working the mine. 10 out of 10! Thanks for taking us there.
Missed this one somehow - ha! Testament to yr strong interpersonal skills, Frank, that u can just appear out of the inky depths & instead of inciting fear or anger at the possibility of u being a ghost, claim-jumper, vandal, or thief, u get introductions, a brief interview, instruction on equipment operation, & a fare-thee-well from the miners whose work shift u happened in upon!
@@exploringabandonedmines By any H&S rules, they would not have been allowed to send you back into the abandoned parts. They would have had a leagal obligation to escort you out & off site. I was pretty rad they did not do that & talked about the proccess with you.
One of my favorites yet, reminds me of when my friend got lost camping and came out of the woods at night on his mountain bike asking some random campers where the road was! Great stuff keep up the good work I'm doing my best to catch up on all your adventures!
@@exploringabandonedmines I like what some other viewers said, that you should have asked them what year it was.😀 Also, the amount of construction and infrastructure in these places amazes me. Most people like me just think that a mine is a hole in the ground but they're proper underground factories.
That was one heck of a mine explore, Frank. AWESOME! The mine was amazing, the Galena sparkling, some gorgeous veins and colours in the rock, all the machinery, artefacts, the list goes on. Up a ladder, down a slope, through some water, up a rope, boy you must have had a high energy breakfast to keep going and going. And all followed by the pièce de résistance - a working mine. Those miners must have been dumbfounded when you suddenly appeared, but they all seemed a great bunch of guys. 👍 👍 👍 Thank you.
They didn't know what to do when they first saw me.........but I was friendly and they were too. The video certainly is popular over 60,000 views in one day!
Those guys were awesome. Willing to explain things and visit a few minutes, and not aggressive and threatening like when you got caught coming out of that working mine in Mexico.
Everyone I talked to at Klondike Silver was awesome.........except for the mine manager. Actually I am sure he is a nice guy too but he figured it was his job to read me the riot act!
Another awesome trip! Thanks for all the knowledge you bring into the mine for us. I had no idea how alot of the inner workings of a mine operated. Thanks for all the work you do to share with us. You must really love what you do!
Frank, if you don't mind my asking, what inspired you to get into exploring mines? I've always liked underground forts when I was a kid then I got in the cave exploring. Always had a Fascination for old school Mining and how it worked. My father was in the Navy he wasn't a minor but he work with minors during World War II. Just was curious maybe somebody in your family was a minor....
What a fantastic adventure such a great place with all that equipment. OMG fancy ending up meeting somebody mining in another part of the mine I was really surprised to see light I bet those miners thought what the hell who's this. They were really good guys chatting to you and explaining how the carts charge etc. Your adventures all always have some great finds but miners what next. I will carry on watching the other videos and find out. Thanks for sharing
Fascinating video! You definitely have some major skills, knowledge, and nerve to explore so extensively into places like this. I've been exploring old mines for decades, but never anything so extreme. My hat's off to you!
I was surprised they didn't have a problem with you being there. Granted, they don't get many visitors, but it's a dangerous place for "tourists" especially when they don't know you're there. You know what your doing, and it turned out well, but I would think for sure someone would tell you you can't be there. It's an amazing mine. Thanks for the tour.
Exploring Abandoned Mines The workers were just glad you weren't a haint, the manager on the other hand was probably just wanting you to leave before you stubbed a toe or something haha. Keep up the good work brother, amazing video as usual. Have you ever thought about coming east to explore some of our mountain coal mines?
ha, this is a favourite post! It would be interesting to learn more about these kinds of very small mining operation, and the history of re-opening mines that have been shut down for many years. It's been going on for almost as long as there has been hard-rock mining in BC, yet never gets attention in histories of the industry.
Small mining companies like this one Klondike Silver ( KS ) on the Toronto Stock exchange go into old mines looking for extensions of mined areas typically by diamond drilling. The shares are trading for only 5 cents. I bought 10,000 ..........you never know better than buying a lottery ticket!
@@exploringabandonedmines I know you probably won't see this comment, But now that it's been 3 years, How are you doing on those 10,000 Shares ??? OR if you sold them then, How did you do ???
Oh man these are great videos. My old man owned and worked a gold mine out past Yunta south Australia when I was young, so watching your vid's brings back some good memories.
Wow, what an episode! Can't believe they left all that stuff down there! Must have been pretty freaky coming across a working operation at the end there. Wonder who was more surprised, you or them. You kept saying "there must be a way out this way" and I just kept thinking, nah, you'll go out the way you came in like you always do ;)
your much braver than i am i would have headed the other way lol. them guys must have thought your crazy. out here they always put up signs saying blasting keep out even when they are not to keep explores out keep the great vids coming frank
really interesting to talk to some workimg miners. I bet they were surprised to see you! Seeing the replaced timbering was surprising too. I would have thought steel would be used, like acro props. Cheers Frank!
I believe that nilite is a type of ammonium nitrate. Much more stable that dynamite, those bags you found are probably still good if they have not been exposed to a lot of water.
Wow! I would have wet myself finding someone that deep in a mine! It makes me have high anxiety just watching ppl explore under ground, I couldn't do it. So, thank you for sharing such cool experiences with us!
Just a suggestion Frank. No such thing as 'Your Imagination". If you see that rusty water, thats the iron sucking out all the oxygen in the atmosphere. Especially, stagnate water. So please be careful.
Hey I love your videos and I know that this may be a stretch but there is a lot of old abandoned lead mines arround the city of Joplin Missouri. I grew up there and never had the chance to go exploring, I think it would be cool to see some of the history of that town and the mines it was built arround.
There's not any accessible lead mines around Joplin, they were all shaft-accessed and are flooded. That said, there are a decent number of accessible underground limestone mines near Springfield and Branson.
Enter one place and exit somewhere else. What’s the furthest away from your entry point that you exited? My luck would have me exit on the north slope after entering on the south slope. 😂 It is great that you connected to a working section and that they were so accommodating and willing to answer questions.
13:32 thats a slusher and scraper Frank . did a lot of mining with those in stopes and subdrifts . right hand drum is for the pull cable attached to the scraper and is usually 1/2" on those . left hand cable of 3/8" runs to the face, through a pulley in an eye bolt and then to the back of the scraper . I could muck out a 6' round , bolt up and drill off and blast in 8 hour shift . very efficient and inexpensive in narrow vein mining .
was browsing Reddit and saw this headline 'guy exploring abandoned mine', and took a look thinking this is boring, but i was wrong,it was fun to watch especially when you found those guys working :). Greetings from the Netherlands!
It looks absolutely stunning to see the entire mine sparkle when you move your light around, legit looks like a glitter bomb exploded. Btw I just found your channel a few hrs ago & have been binge watching your content ever since, I find exploring channels so interesting because I used to explore a lot of abandoned buildings when I was a kid (like 12-16), I haven’t explored anything in years though because I’ve already checked out everything my area has to offer & I don’t have the money to travel because I live harder than pay check to pay check sadly. I gotta say I’m very impressed by you & how much you do at your age, please don’t take that the wrong way, I don’t mean for it to sound the way someone could take that, I just mean most people your age barley do any physical activity let alone the crazy shit I’ve seen you do lol. I wish you the best on all your adventures, keep exploring & always stay safe please because too many people make mistakes while exploring mines & end up getting trapped or worse because they don’t take their time & respect the mine. Btw when you went through the bits with the high water in the hallway it made me think of some titanic shit even tho that was a boat & this is a mine lol.
This is one of your best videos! The areas you explored looked super sketchy with lots of fallen rocks and rock bolts. And all those loose rock slabs. It would be super cool if you could get permission to film the process when they start mining again. Would be awesome to have a camera ride on the loco pulling cars of ore, see a mucker and slusher in use, etc.
Everybody likes money, perhaps some arrangement could be made for access? I think lots of your subscribers would contribute to a fund so you could shoot a live mining video. Could be another cool idea to submit for a film making grant as well?
Man Frank, it is just truly amazing that you stumbled upon an operation section of that mine and that is were you got out and I never know that the battery's on those electric locos were exchangeable with each other. I wonder what the other group was thinking when you called them and said you were out. Ether way amazing video. I wish I could have been a miner too.
The only probable about being a miner in my area is, it is all coal mines so I would end up getting black lung. I would rather work in a iron or solver mine, a little less danger.
