This 5 level abandoned California gold mine has a great hoist and hoist room that's still intact despite a major fire that occurred here in the 1950s. There is a maze like ladder system that weaves through very steep, nearly vertical stopes 500 feet to the bottom of the mine.
We entered the mine to find an explosives room near the portal. We found several artifacts and a few more rooms on our way to a major junction where there were huge wooden ore chutes entering the haulage adit.
There are two ladder systems that were used by the miners to access the lower levels of the mine. One ladder system going down the main shaft is burned and broken. The emergency ladder system starts through a small opening in the haulage adit and winds its way down through the incredible stopes all the way to the bottom of the mine.
The main shaft is very steeply angled and also has a skip track and manway that starts on the main level at the hoist and goes all the way down to level 6. We saw stations on the main shaft at each drift level as we looked for the skip car. At level 5, we found two beautiful ore cars that were still able to roll on the track. About 80 feet below the 5th level, there is water, and the whole lowest level of the mine is flooded. Near the end of the explore, as we came back up to level 2, we finally found the skip car. We also found a mummified ring tailed cat on level 2. This is a re-edited version of a previously released two part video.
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