The second of a series of mines that we explore on a tour of ABANDONED MINES IN AMERICA. The First Thought mine was a major Gold producer near the town of Orient Washington.'n
20:56 I can show you Free Mill Gold that you can see with the Naked Eye in Several Oregon Gold Mines, one that I owned had what is called Wire Gold. The Greenback Mine where I was a Powder Monkey and Pneumatic Tram Operator has Gold Veins in Quarts that I have personally seen as wide as half inch of Gold Stringer Veins in Quartz, I believe this Mine is still in Operation. This Mine you are showing now from what I can see has Gypsum, Cinnabar, Copper, and the Basalt looks to contain both Silver and Gold Ore, talk about Pay Dirt, no wonder it looks like Swiss Cheese in there!
God, this brings me back! When I was 7 or 8, back in '08-09ish, I went exploring around the whole Ruby Hill area. There's some crazy mines up there, was my first time seeing a straight vertical shaft in person and I'll never forget the feeling of just looking down into the seemingly infinite darkness, incredibly cool. Great video, cool seeing people exploring sites like these!
As always, enjoying the adventure into new underground mines. You're with good enthusiastic company there, Frank. Looking forward to the next video in the US. Take care man
I thought it was the bell next to subscribe button that made them show up in the inbox. Then I looked at my inbox and some had the bell hit others didn't. I think just your most watched subscriptions go to the inbox. The subscription tab shows all videos from subscriptions. That's my take on it all.
Love that area of the state. Sp many mines and artifacts around. The First Thought is one of the bigger digs. The Last Chance is pretty close by to you there. 4th if July mine. Arlington mine and mill. The Nevada or Peacock is pretty extensive too. Lots of ore still laying around on the dumps. Thanks Frank for showing us the history of Ruby Hill. I was just up in that area I wonder if I passed by you guys. Last week of September??
Holy Moly, that mountain has more holes in it than there are manholes in Seattle and Portland combined. Like you said at 13:15, "It's just honeycombed...". The bears don't have far to look to find a great place out of the weather to hibernate. If they don't like one hole, they can wander off another 20 feet to find another. There's a lot of bats there as well. Looks like a great place to get some ore with that mineralization. This place even has a bathtub there at 20:20 if you need a cold splash to wake up !!
Frank, I totally agree with your opening safety warning. But, you forgot one hazard. Bank robbers in hiding! I do love your videos. I don't get muddy, winded, trapped or brained by falling rock! Win win!
Back then they just went with the veins they were on, a lot of these old abandoned mines really only got a very small % of whats in that mountain! Id be very surprised if they even did some test drills.
Frank I just sent you an email about some Large Mines I Inspected here in Southern Oregon that you might like to Explore. As a former Lode Mine Owner I find that Keep Out Signs are worthless but Poisonous Gas Signs do the trick!
First. 😉 That is a cool mine. Probably has a lot more to explore if you can access the right adit. When you popped outside alone it looked like there were a few other openings close by.
You were in my neighborhood state of Washington we're at buddy? Just mentioned the county it's all good brother glad to see you on RU-vid I went two weeks ago with my son to a old coal mine what a big mistake that was so dirty it was in Black Diamond Washington Black Diamond means coal we came out black everywhere we had masks on but it was so nasty I enjoy your videos keep up the great work brother and hello from the state of Washington
Take it from a Lode Miner with Rocks in his Box, Masks in Dusty Mines is a good idea, but in Coal Mines a Mine Gas Detector is a Must Have, many Poisonous and Flammable Mine Gasses in Coal Mines and if you don't have one Stay Out! Be Safe!
Exploring Abandoned Mines is there any more from Idaho coming? Watched the one you mentioned and it left me wanting more! I grew up camping in North Idaho with the Boy Scouts but they’d never let us get into the one mine we knew about. Not that it would be easy to get into it anyway...
Wow so much square set in that mine. Really old, too bad all the artifacts are probably underwater. Could always go diving for them lol. Be safe Frank.
Most of life is mental. Seek out the truth, from the bull crap. Thx Frank. Happy adventures to you. What is with this mine having " desert camouflage "? Never saw one like this.
That was a really interesting mine. It seemed to go in every direction and many levels. Lots of openings all over. Cool stuff. Send the heavy fella through first, smart man! Bats & Rats but no mine cats. Get some scuba gear and get in that water, Frank! Huge and intricate mine, thanks for taking us along! Glad you still have your nut sack! HA!
Frank, if this is the "First Thought Mine" across the Kettle river from Orient then we were there in 2002 and 2003 and the private property owner below the mine told us it was under claim by some big company that was going to go in and take the ore that was not mined.
That was cool, what an amazing mine. Your description of a honeycomb was spot on both colour and the amount of holes. Could all that fantastic square-set be repurposed? It seems such a shame to be just left stacked up in there. Thank you Frank and Mike for the information, the comedic banter and another excellent explore. Take care and stay safe. 👍 👍❤️
@@exploringabandonedmines Awesome!!!! I hope you got it all on video for us. I can't wait to see what surprises you have in store for us throughout the end of this season of EAM!!!!!!!
Hi Frank, they didn't leave much room for the mountain with all of those holes and drifts lol, either that or they wanted to make sure the mine was aerated. A very cool explore but I think I'm going to nickname you Billy after a billy goat lmao. xx
im pretty sure that you all most took that leap of faith around 20 minutes? im glad you didn't. i am very curious to what was the scariest expierence you've ever had in a mine? i absolutley love your channel THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Exploring Abandoned Mines I’ve been binge watching your channel for the past month I absolutely love it because I don’t have the balls to go into a places like those thanks so much for your hard work and effort I really appreciate it
Frank, my mining partner and I had claims not too far from here.. I could show you a mine in the area that my partner Mark and I went about 3/4 mile back into but the air got thin and we left.
@@exploringabandonedmines I know and I'd love to go over to see you and Dan Hurd like we used to do in the good ol'days. Canada is not a threat to us and we aren't a threat to them
Wow Frank talk about swiss cheese that mountain so hollow I wouldn't be to surprised that if ya slapped it with a hammer it would ring lol … great vid Brother :) TY ;)
There's a couple I know about amd have permission, a couple are VERY dangerous and filled with water and if you fall in and survive the fall you are going to die of hypothermia. Summer time if someone had a 150 foot rope and wench or pully even in the summer the water is super cold 150 feet under ground. They have a bridge and its covered and has doors and they are locked and theres a sattelite camera with a speaker to yell at ya to get out lol. Im actually closer then the owner and if they don't leave I meet the sheriff and I show him the spot. But havent had to yet people leave. But we put up a boarded blockoff but deer, elk or bear knocks it down running through there at night sometimes falling 150 foot and drowning the water is so nasty.
I think you need a walkie talkie for the people that aren't as ambitious as you are. Safer when exploring with another person but also can be a drag if they can't keep up or don't want to get dirty. Reminds me of picking shrooms in Mission BC with two women and myself. Just when we started to find them it's like can we go home now i'm like are you serious :) Peace
**VIDEO SUGGESTION** IF YOU COULD IDENTIFY SOME OF THE MINERALS AND METALS WHILE EXPLORING?? In the videos I see a lot of colorful minerals and metals but not sure if it's just a play of light from your headlight
In the early days... "Between 1904 and 1910, the First Thought produced 38,180.5 tons of ore that returned about $612,00. This ore averaged 0.84 ounces per ton of gold and 0.30 ounces of silver. Operations ceased in 1942 when government order L-28 forbade gold mining during WW2. Total development work at the mine is about 8,000 feet on seven levels."
I know in modern mines, where people you can easily run into some extremely unpleasant men with guns. Is that the case with some of these old mines too?
Yea I know them, they are fricking NUTS!!!! Cave explorers or something like that I met the guy and he said I can go with them and be a guy at the cave entrance, these guys have MILLIONS of views and they squeeze themselves in some insane caves, they do some old mine stuff but mostly some caves. Ive watched them by a cave and they would hit a rock on another rock and know the ground was hollow and rip the rock out and start going in some over size worm hole lol they have found some gold in new caves, they also map these caves for USGS!
We thank you for being so mental Frank. Where I live in uk, Kent. Used to have quite a few coal mines, all long collapsed or shafts sealed. We're also surrounded by bats, mainly pipistrelles.
It did look kind of like a chinchilla but it definitely wasn't, chinchillas are from South America. I wonder what it was though? I'm no expert on rats, I suppose there could be species with fluffy tails...
In the US, property surveys are public record. You don't have to guess or assume if the mine is on private property. If it were my property on which you were trespassing, this video would be the evidence I provided to the Sheriff's deputy sent to serve you with a trespass warning/warrant. Or you could just ask me and I would give you permission after you signed a waiver of liability.
Sorry but you don't know how the Trespass Laws in the USA work. Here In the USA with the Exception of Florida and Texas a Land Owner must First Warn you for Trespass before the Police will even respond so no worries Frank. Most Mines are on Public Land.
@@TBI-Firefighter-451 Apparently you didn't read my comment. You still have to contact law enforcement to issue the warning if you want it to stick. In addition, my point stands. Do a little research and respect the land owner regardless of whether you can 'get away with it.'
@@TBI-Firefighter-451 Also, TBI, (by the way, hope you didn't experience a TBI!) I am a subscriber to this channel. I like the Frank and enjoy what he does. But as a land owner who has had, on several occasions, had to 'make a point' to get people to stop trespassing on my land without permission, this is an issue for me. If I had a feature on my land that was interesting enough, I would gladly let a YTer like Frank come and document it. But I would hope it would be after a mutually friendly conversation. I'm sure it would be, since Frank doesn't seem like a self-important jerk. It's really that simple. Just because you can get by with something, doesn't make it a good idea for a decent human being.
