the small clay pots are crucibles used to melt metals, ore ,etc. They last about 130 hours fire time before cracking. This is why you see so many of them. Very nice video, thank you.
17:00 The bottom level of a mine is usually the haul level; all ore in the stopes is dumped into ore shoots that then is loaded into ore cars on different levels, that dumped into ore passes that deliver ore down to the haul level, breaking up the pieces as it falls.
Bjarne, IF your flashlight can be on a “flood” setting, it “might” help. These lights these days put out a tremendous amount, but when you’re in a REALLY dark place, sometimes it’s to much.
The first time I went to Alaska to log. I was in the ass end and I bent down to get a drink out of a small creek. I looked down and the whole bottom of the creek was gold. I thought I struck it rich, then the wheels started turning on how I would get it out with no one knowing. I had to let the hook in on it, needless to say he got a pretty good kick out of it. It was all fools gold and I was the fool. Have a great day and thanks for the video.
That was great exploring the old mine tunnel and shafts, man they must have been hard times digging through all that rock and material, cheers for the reel Bjarne.
You are very correct Bjarne. There are only a few mine explorers that understand how to properly video the exploration. Most just sweep light around at a dizzying rate not realizing that their two eyes are seeing much better than ours are, looking at what the camera is seeing.
Exactly. I noticed that from watching other RU-vid videos and didn’t want to make the same mistake. Alas this was a spontaneous “fogged out day” adventure so I didn’t have a better flashlight for the camera. 🤷♂️
4:33 DRY? They drive the adits on a slight incline so that water drains, loose falling will dam up the water in sections. Where the water is on the right is referred to as the piss ditch or water ditch.
2:56 If the intension is to explore into total darkness, rule of thumb, carry 3 flashlights and batteries. AND above all, let someone on the outside KNOW where you are gonna bee and a set time that you have to communicate back to the living that you are sound!
Granite or limestone, it looked like, to be honest, and it has lots of pyrite also known as ( fools gold) witch is to be expected because alot of the bc mines had it in them.
At least the other guy had the brains working to bring equipment. So where is the gold pan? Oh, in the truck? Ma, can you come and talk to this fellow, he a jolly good fellow.
The river behind my house is loaded with pyrite , the thing is gold won’t float that’s your first clue . The soil in the whole area is loaded with it , no gold . 👍🇨🇦
Wow thanks for showing us that, I know some mine shafts in our area with old machinery left, there fun to dig around at, were you at? Still up were your logging?
I got 2 questions: Did you have air monitors, and if that was gold, could you have panned for it? Looks like a fun explore, but mines can be dangerous.
No air monitors but this adit is well known in the area and my coworker had been there multiple times already. It was definitely pyrite, if it was gold I’d be rich and definitely wouldn’t have posted the video 🤣
