That older mining method is interesting. Looks like they used slushers to pull ore into the boxholes and load out cars. In the 60s, rubber-tired equipment started to be introduced into the uranium mines which allows trucks to be loaded out inside the stopes and saves developing a separate haulage level. It does require more ventilation in the stopes but that's hardly a bad thing when dealing with airborne radioactive dust.
Hats off to you, man, for venturing inside an abandoned uranium mine! This looks like it was certainly a big operation back in the day. I’ve only explored a couple uranium mines, but they were nothing more than prospects that ended in 100 feet or less. Total time spent inside was not more than a few minutes. I don’t know if I would feel comfortable going into a big uranium mine like this one for an extended period of time. You know, exposure and all. Have you ever explored the Mi Vida Mine in Utah? That’s another big uranium mine. The support structure you show at 34:31 is a great example of what the miners called “cribbing.“ I noticed your Geiger counter was pretty active at the beginning of the video when you were near the portals. Later on, however, it was silent. Did you turn it off or what? Or did I miss something in the video?
@AbandonedMines11 Yes I've spent several hours in Mi Vida over the years. Maybe some day I'll go back just to get a video like this one. There's a few other big mines like it near by. The Louise tunnel is one but I didn't have a mask with me so I didn't stay in there long.
@@Atomic_Chemist That’s awesome! I saw some footage of other explorers who were in that Mi Vida Mine quite a few years ago, and they were dressed in full hazmat/radiation/contamination suits with ventilators and everything else. That’s too much work for me! LOL I’ll keep taking my chances with the abandoned talc mines. LOL
@@extremecowgirl3629 I accidentally left it sitting at the portal ): but I do have some really cool pictures of bright fluorescent minerals from Mi Vida on my Instagram @electric_photon. Where are you from? I just moved to CO from NC last month!
That’s a huge operation, must have been a bee hive when running. All those batteries and chains probably used for an electric train engine, pretty cool video.
We didn’t see any nice video from uranium mine exploring, this is the best video yet! Radioactive drew is a nice guy but he just poking same mine, and the rest of mine explorer did not explore uranium mine, those are slightly different than gold and silver mine, I really like it! You probably know those radon radiation are soo strong in those mine it can contaminate you for sometime, i should say keep exploring those mine, but stay healthy 😅😁 nice video dude!
@norandois Thanks for your comment! Yeah most people don't like going in uranium mines but it's such a unique experience and I want to be able to share that with the people that can't or aren't willing to go in them.
They’re a lot of artifacts in those kind of mine i was surprised but it is for good reason, people know uranium mined here, they dont remove the scrap and wire. Its a deep story of mining I was quite impressed how extensive it is! Here in canada we have elliot lake uranium camp, everything plugged and flooded, but back in the day it was similar to a coal mine with room and pillars technique. It look almost same over there too!
@norandois yeah I see that a lot in uranium mines because the ore typically spreads over a large flat area. I took some videos of a mine today with absolutely massive rooms, I'm gonna start editing and get it uploaded tonight
Defenetely i’m a new follower! 😁 i recommend you to get the radiacode scintillator with the app you can map all those higher level area, but I’m pretty sure underground radon will false the detector as well as the position without internet 😅 at least you wear a mask and doing all precautions its seem legit to walk in. When i explore uranium mine too i keep in my mind, people work here years and years, why few exploration could affect my health? at least dust mask its a plus, of course breathing radon isnt good but for the time your here, it didn’t get you sick. When you know what is radiation, most of the fear is gone. Its already look like the mine are damp with moisture, isnt dry as most of the mine i guess.
@norandois I pre-ordered the radiacode 103G, it should arrive sometime next week. And I agree, fear of radiation is overhyped and I never spend more than an hour or so in the mines. Most of them have pretty good natural airflow, so while there is a lot of radon, there's also a constant supply of fresh air. The uranium mines in this area are almost always in dry desert areas so they are usually quite dusty which is why I do wear a mask.
@@rob3rto1 I haven't had any dangerous experiences or close calls.. yet. I think probably the only difficult thing is the psychological effect of wanting to explore the whole thing but not knowing how deep it is or how long it'll take to explore, especially after I'm tired of walking and i keep coming across more tunnels. It can feel a bit overwhelming
@Live.Vibe.Lasers thanks for the sub! I have that video saved on my pc lol. I just moved but hopefully I'll be getting my lab set up again pretty soon and I can start posting chemistry stuff
@@Atomic_Chemist oh...boring stuff. I'm an industrial chemist by trade. We mostly do process development and high pressure batch hydrogenations but my real passion is "energetic materials". I spent a few years in New Mexico but never up by Four Corners or Moab. I'll make it out there one day.
