Back in 1975 I got the bug, I went to libraries to research and bought old topo maps so I could explorer old mines. Not only did I find them I found old graves and met a old miner with half his jaw missing from a blasting cap, If I was much younger I would truly enjoy exploring with this dude.
@@DesertTrailsExplored Well you stick the fuse in the blasting cap then put the cap in your mouth and bite down crimping the cap on the fuse. Any way he took me in his mine and showed me what he did, had to give it up with my bad knee.
...Same thing here. I love exploring places but all those damp places have not helped my knees either ! Kudos to these guys for doing this -but I'd struggle to keep up.. Yeah, Maybe better to leave it to the younger generation. They tend to have better cameras' these days anyway. And I'm pretty comfy at home.
I'm getting long in the tooth now and am not able to go out and explore like this anymore. Your video's help take some of the yearning away that I still have for exploring. How I love exploring the past of our forefathers and to see how they once lived... 👍⚒️☠️
There's nothing more fascinating...than a tunnel that branches off to more tunnels, that branches off to more tunnels, that branches off to even more....! Time for some exploring !
Lived in Pahrump through the 1980's into the mid 1990's and explored both mines throughout the years. Sad to see new 'graffiti' at the entrance, at least it is not more and the missing equipment. Had the privilege of meeting a few of the old time miners who worked both mines and enjoyed listening to their stories. From my understanding the single miners lived close to the mines (the area that you pointed to at the beginning of you getting ready to enter the mine - there should still be remnants of a clothesline at those foundations) and the married miners with families lived off of F.C.Rd. and W.T. Rd.. Keep up the exploring - I greatly appreciate seeing some of the old places again.
A vicarious trip for me . My knees would give out at around one mile of walking any more . Don't get enough exercise and I was born in the Truman administration . pre-1950
I can't get over how brave you are .going in to those Caves by yourself .it would've freak me out ,I will watch from my sofa .thanks for the educational content .stay safe .from Australia 👍🇦🇺
My wife and I would drive down to old Pearce in southern AZ and go rock hounding, Afew shafts but nothing like that. Truly so much fun and being outside kicks butt on stupid TV or any other device IMHO
Thank you for taking us along and sharing your adventure with us . I really love the still pictures at the end ,they give the mine a unique personality. Stay safe , we want to learn so much more about this harsh environment,and how these men had to scratch out a living .
About 40 years ago I lived in that area and spent a lot of time in the Noon Day and War Eagle mine. The timbers with dry rotted then. I don't imagine they are any better now.
I started exploring the tunnels in 1997 when I moved to Nevada, and many of the tunnels I remember have collapsed over the years. I can only imagine how many of the tunnels you remember have collapsed. You probably seen tunnels I can access anymore.
So sad to hear that. I have a friend in a similar situation as you and that was the reason I started this channel. She missed exploring and was getting depressed. I am glad you found the channel and that you are enjoying it. I am hoping that by next year I will also be able to do more VR and this will make the experience better.
I just subscribed to your channel and I was amazed at how its honeycomb like you mentioned, cool video and i hope next year ill be able to see that mine, my compliments sir and thank you for sharing. 🇨🇱
I once worked with a partner attempting to reopen a silver mine in New Mexico. I did a lot of the hammer and steel rod work at the face of the mine boring holes for the dynamite, set the charges and did the blasting. Your video reminded me of those days, thanks.
That's why I watch your videos so I can have the adventure, I could make the drive out there but the walking is another story I'm oxygen and can't walk that far. Thanks for the good videos be safe my friend.
Wow that was cool this is a new mine for me, I must say you had me lost in there with so many tunnels, and surprised you came out the other side, can’t wait to see the rest of this story, thanks for taking me along,
Great video buddy that is a really cool mine. And your right lots of people know about it, my family and I have been there a few times very neat in side the hill. Keep up the great work! 🇺🇸⚒🧨⛏🍺👍
Glad you enjoyed it. It is nice that you have been in the tunnels also A fun place to explore. To bad the scrapers took much of the equipment left behind.
Nice walk through the mountain. Thanks for bringing us along. Don't forget to ask people to like subscribe and share your video because that is their way of showing their appreciation for what you provide here on youtube. Not to mention it helps pay the gasoline bill to get to these remote sites. Be safe.
Listen my desert friend, you had to be a miner last life time. You are so comfortable inside and familiar with all of the little things that are so unknown to myself and others. I have to be honest, it's quite claustrophobic for my brain to take in. How can I feel so nervous inside except that I might get lost? The only thing I could think about was getting out, unbeknownst I'd be coming out the other side of the mountain... and then I gotta turn back and go through it again. I'm for sure not a cave dweller and would have to wait outside hoping you'd come out so I wouldn't have to go in and find you. Ha-ha. Stay safe. ; )
Hi, new subscriber but not new to abandoned mines, a very cool look at this mine. So many inner workings on this one, thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💖
Definitely a cool mine to explore no you were pressed on time the miners gravity is always good to see be cool to see it up an running in the day great stuff as always be safe 👍👍👍👍
No Brains> No Headaches, easily replaces the No Risk>No Reward concept, as common grafitti that i've seen left by modern day mine explorers , Nice place to take those Virtual Reality or Harry Potter raised kids that you never really wanted in the first place- to play on the Jungle Gym cribbing of Middle Earth, ( with flashlights of coarse.) i reside in an old mining/ RR town at the base of the now infamous Cerro Gordo Mountain and Mining District. Spent a good part of my 70 years living in and around these historic money pits in the southwest . Years past i knew many older than dirt miners who somehow managed to live well past their expiration dates as miners who spent much of their working life eeking out an existence working in the mines for $1 a day in the real oldie days to $10 a day & up in Pre-War wages for the more skilled hands. An average day was 12+ hours in those holes. And maybe an hour or two more of ladder climbing to reach their pickaxe . Needless to say a few of those old miners who managed to survive well into their golden years, (1960's & 70's) & were still able & willing to tell their life stories & experiences, often said every day after work, many men would spent most if not all their daily wage on a bottle, or as many 5 & 10 cent shots of rot gut whiskey or other mind & body numbing spirits that a dollar could buy, & maybe get a bowl of beans for nourishment if they had any nickels or dimes left. Most if not all of those colorful characters have gone & returned to that hole in the ground for the last time. Now days many mining town & tunnel explorers seek out old bottles or tattered pairs of old Levi's pants & jackets, mining artifacts that are somehow worth more today than a years wages for the man who consumed the contents of that old whiskey bottle or wore those pants out to the bare thread, way back when. It's a shame that metal scrappers like their treasure hunting kin, have gone to such great extents & to the limits of greed & insanity with lack of reverence, to remove so much of our past in the past few decades, just for a trophy or to make a not so easy buck. If i had a nickel for every urban "Picker" or treasure hunter who has stopped by my shack looking to buy ore carts ,old bottles, Levis, enamel signs & local trinkets from yesteryear, i would be drunk all the time on 5 cent shots of economic nothingness... It's great to see weekend refugees from today's fast moving cyber civilization come out to chill & experience, explore the desert & mountains & hopefully develop a reverence, appreciation, even respect, while having a realization or two about the part of history which created the convienent state of mind we all live in today. For those who take risks to trespass, plunder, exploit or expose the locations of these places for fun AND profit, your fun adventures, valuable relic hunting & recycling for cash hobbies or collecting adventure trophies & keepsakes for satisfying those over- achieving fetishes, will likely promote the closure of many remaining public lands in the future, especially areas that contain any historical remnants or potential health hazards (that can cost rural counties huge amounts of their annual revenue to search & rescue those few people who just don't seem to get it.. I don't care to fly or explore tunnels, but do enjoy and embrace the history of these remote areas i chose to both live and explore for many decades. i just hope as these youtube people opening up the outback to ever more potential explorers, they will understand the fine line between freedom and ignorance.
I want to thank you so much for making these videos!! I live not far from Galveston, no land like that around here. I cant walk as good as I used to , so even if there was , I couldnt explore like you do. But watching your videos takes me there, shows me places I would otherwise never see. and teaches me things about places I didnt even know existed. Just wanted to say your work is very appreciated ,, Steve
Love the adventure going in to an old mine you never know what might be around the next corner or above or below check it all or wonder what if I ?? It is so nice that most people leave what they find so others can find them later as we have ⛏️🤔 Cjd wash state 👍
I love your channel! Your footage and knowledge of what you share is very enjoyable and entertaining. I'd also like to note they have improved greatly from your earliest videos. Great job. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe!
Been away awhile. Exploring the hospital corridors. Least i didn't have to duck.:) Old timers deffinately new how to work. All kidding aside, great video.
That white stuff is melted mortar. Buildings were numerous stories tall that collapsed on top of each other, but the strength of arches, which was everywhere in their architecture, survived many meltdowns.
I’ve been going to Nevada the last 2 years to explore and get content for my RU-vid channel. I’ve explored a few mines but chicken out if I get too deep in. Some mines are so complicated I don’t know if I could find my way out especially if my light failed. Thanks for the vid!
You know, the primitive tunnels I have seen in other countries, are smooth. These tunnels are jaget, but then again these mines were created with a different purpose.
You are so knowledgeable. I know nothing so I am going to ask this: why not have the crusher outside? Wouldn’t it be very noisy and perhaps risky to the mine structure? Thank you.
Yes, that would make one heck of a racket, but in larger mines they will place crushers inside to help reduce the size to make the rock to make it more manageable when taking it out of the mine. This practice of a crusher underground is still done today. Most notably, the salt mines under the Great Lakes. There are some videos on this operation and it is really interesting to watch.
I have been absolutely SUBSCRIBED! Would like go on a journey with you sometime? Absolutely love your videos and history you provide for us all. Thank you so much! 👍🙏
Is this in eastern San Diego? Those blue jeans are probably worth lots of money I prefer to leave major artifacts like that though because it makes the sites cooler
What would be cool is if someone would map this so we can see a digital 3D view of the entire system. I dont believe you can comprehend the scope and scale of this monstrous cave system any other way!
I wish there were a way you could vr film it like google earth street mode does so we could explore it on our own !!!!!!!! I'd definitely donate some for that camera and ability !
I too want to do this and I keep trying. I have been looking into vr tunnels for 6 years now, testing several different cameras. First I tried the consumer cameras, mainly because they are small and cheap and if I break one in a mine I won't be to upset. The biggest issues is the sensors are to small and getting the correct amount of light is nearly impossible. Then I tried the pro-sumer with only slightly better results. I then leased a KanDao Obsidian R and it worked but I would need to figure out a better lighting solution. The lights kept getting in the way. For laughs I decided to also lease a KanDao Obsidian Pro and like the Obsidian R, the lights were the issue, but the results were out of this world.
All the mining back in the mining days was simply looking for all the gold, copper and silver that was literally everywhere, to be recovered. They weren't looking for raw gold, only melted gold from the free energy buildings and such.
This was a silver/lead mine and gold was a secondary mineral so the amount extracted would of been low. I have not been able to find much on the milling records so the information is spotty at best.
