Opening an Abandoned Mine Part II: Exploring the Inside 

link to part 1 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XawJER3in2s.html

Being an underground coal miner myself now, it amazes me how far mining technology has come in some areas yet in others we still use the exact same methods that they used over 100 years ago still today. Absolutely huge amount of respect for the old time miners from those days, hope everyone has a very safe and warm and blessed Christmas holiday this year. Stay safe everyone!!!

The amount of rock these old timers removed was insane. And in the most brutal conditions with little to no protective equipment

I like the longer videos. Especially when it comes to history. I’d say between 35-60mins. Just going off other channels I watch on mines. Seems the 35-60 mins is about right to cover things in the video.

Make them as long as u want, you're doing the exploring for us!

The guys that worked this particular mine were very meticulous men and really took pride in the tunnels they were cutting..... It really shows. So spectacular ! Thanks for documenting your adventure and taking us along !

All the lives over all the years...unsettling how insignificant and temporary we are, yet we do soooo much damage... Im subscribed...

Your filming was really not bad at all. Thank you for the great entertainment.

Be careful in iron ore mines, over time as iron rusts it remove oxygen from the air so beware of low oxygen areas. Great video! makes me sad I'm not down a mine at the moment.

I think the 25-30 minute videos are the way to go. As long as you can fill the time. You’re very knowledgeable and it comes through. Nicely done.

I like the longer videos. Up to 45 minutes is okay with me. This video was awesome. I’m from the States and some of the terminology is different but this untouched mine is a gem.

For someone that is still new at it you have done a absolute superb job.

..For us folk who Can't get to explore old mines.. I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your presentation here. Nice slow shots, lots of ambient mine noises but also I liked your thoughtful commentary. So for these reasons.. I HIT the SUBSCRIBE button. CLANG !

That’s a very nice mine. It’s nice being able to have supplies to build such a nice mine. In the American southwest the mines are so far from civilization and the terrain was hard to travel so the mines were very very basic. The mine you have in the video is amazing to be honest. For how old it is I haven’t seen one so extravagant.

20 to 30 minutes is a great length for watching you explore a mine. 2.5 miles is a long ways ... how far can you get now before you hit the water table?

I just saw the opening of the mine in Facebook, it was a tease of a video so I had to look up the video. Now obviously I am watching this video. So awesome. Thanks for sharing. The length is good. I get bored with videos much longer, but on the other side sometimes 10-30 minutes is not enough. Thanks again for sharing this awesome adventure!

I love longer videos. I watch channels like Abandoned and Forgotten places and Exploring Abandoned Mines all the time and love the longer episodes. I like your channel because your close to where I am in Georgia and I want more stuff from this neck of the woods. Keep up the good work!

Cool mine, it's in pretty good shape. You may want to think about getting yourself a helmet for these underground explores....just looking at those hanging slabs 😆

Congratulations from Germany on your activities! Great videos “Opening an Abandoned Mine Part I and II” !!! To research our mining history (we do this semi-officially), I and my team occasionally open closed mines (and sometimes also bunkers from the Second World War), but in Germany it is a very rocky road until all permits are available. Last June we opened one of the former largest German manganese ore mines, closed in 1971, with approx. 25 km gallery length - and everything in your video looks so familiar to me: excavators, hydraulic chisels, cutting discs for the opening and the hauling galleries, extraction chambers, roof bolts etc... Well, it was worth it, we found 4 narrow-gauge mine locomotives, numerous wagons, we climbed to higher levels in a weather shaft, but we also had some problems: carbon dioxide gas up to 4000 ppm! I would be interested to know how you got the permit to open the mine, because I cannot imagine that you could do it illegally with so much heavy equipment. Didn't you have to close the portal again ??? And as professional as you were at the opening - I was amazed at how you move underground: without a mining helmet, in shorts, without shin guards, without safety equipment! Do you have at least a gas detector with you? But I don't want to criticize: great work and a very good documentation !!! We could really use a guy like you on our team! Let me give you a German miner's greeting "Glück Auf!" to you and your team. Bernhard

This is by far one of the most well preserved mine I’ve seen

Half an hour is a good length for a video! Thank you! Just subbed because, gotta love the underground! 😊 From Oklahoma! 😎💙👍

As a former miner in a german coal mine, I find these videos very interesting. Please continue, gladly 30min. or more. Glück-Auf (luck-up*), as we say here. *) According to oral tradition, these two words are supposed to express the wish that the miner, after the shift from the darkness of the shaft, should happily rise again to the daylight. Another interpretation interprets the greeting as follows: “Luck! ... I wish you luck, the passage opens up for you!" (to find coal, silver or other minerals)

This is absolutely AMAZING!!! It's opening a time capsule into a different time period. The old mine car was still in great condition. Hope you can take it out of there some day and have it on display. It's always interesting and entertaining to see the mines and tools of that time period. Hope to see much more of this mine in future videos 😃

We have iron mines up above my home that date back to the late 1700s. The newer tunneled mines were open up until the early 1970s. Some young people went in one night without enough lights and some got lost. End of open mines, though the tunnels are there.

It is still beyond me how well preserved the mine shaft is with all it*s contents like back in the day.

This is the second of your videos that I`ve watched. I like the longer videos because we can see more of what you experience.This mine is very interesting and I enjoy seeing it, but there is NO WAY I would ever go in one of these so your videos let me see something that I would never see on my own. Thanks for sharing this with us. Jeff McCain

I absolutely love watching what you all do I was watching on Facebook and decided to see if you were on RU-vid and sure enough you are. For a disabled guy watching you guys do what you do I love it and I wish I could do what you guys are doing. Keep up the good work guys

This is awesome. Love to see a historical time capsule. Life sure was hard for men back then. Thank you for filming this ... I prefer extra long videos when it comes to stuff like this.

Watched the opening on fb and had no choice but to find part 2 lol. Awesome videos man

Hi! Arizona here...we call it "gobbing" too. When you are in a mine like this, longer videos are so....nice! But short ones when appropriate are OK also.

You should have a lot more views from the people who like mine exploration. I usually watch the Nevada mine explorers like Abandoned and Forgotten Places.

I just found your videos! I watched the short one and then the longer one. Both are great!! But for those of us who want more info and adventure, the longer ones are perfect! I’ve always wanted to go into a mine and explore, but due to health issues, I can’t. So, Thanks for sharing!

I found these details about the mine on Mindat "A closed iron mine, the locality is located in Red Mountain Park, on land previously owned by U. S. Steel. It was the site of the Wenonah and Ishkooda ore mines. Those mines were active for 108 years, the last closing in 1971. An estimated 305 million tons of iron ore were pulled out of the ground at the mines".

Hahaha Woooooo!! Need Frank and Sharon over at Exploring Abandoned Mines RU-vid Channel in there, what a find!

You need to make all your videos this long! Love your videos man! I feel cheated when it's only like 5 mins long WE WANT MORE!

Awesome video , thanks for the memories ! You can hear your anxiety and excitement level as your nearing the 20 minute mark ! Cool love those HUGE pillars ! LOVE the sound of rocks that your walking on sound like crispy glass ! Watch out for those small pillars ( rib looks like been coming loose ) 👍

I like the longer videos it's nice to watch videos being made where I live

Wooden barrels originally had nails or track spikes in them. Steam is not used underground high pressure steam is too dangerous. The lines were for compressed air. It is unusual to see so much steel underground in old mines. I would guess that the mine was last worked 50 years ago.

Excellent video. Just please watch out for the black damp. Stay safe and keep up the great work

Great video! I like historical videos like yours to be longer. 15min at a minimum but I'm happy with 30 or 40 min on a good fact filled video. I'll watch them regardless of the length.

When it comes to exploring underground in a mine 25 minute videos are perfect. It's all about the viewer exploring vicariously.

15 to 20 min videos is the sweet spot

5 or 10 is too short for RU-vid. It's good to have different times. As long as the video keeps moving then make it as long as it needs. Really liked the video. Filming is hard but the light was brilliant and you held the camera stead with slow pans which I perfect. Everydays a school day.

Would it be possible to try and get the ore cart out of the mine so that it can be preserved

Love mine exploration 30-40min videos are easy to watch 😉 stay safe be lucky

I hope you were able to take that minecart out of there because that would be a great piece to have

nice, I hope for part 3

Really appreciate the walk around, its great to see the old workings, do stay sharp down there you are right for sure, you get complacent and it goes bad fast. I'd hope its less dangerous down there on your own, I can only imagine it when its hectic with the noise and the dust in the air and people and stuff whizzing past you. Can see why all the miners smoked, it was the least of their concerns. Great vid, 25 mins is good, its a nice time to get a feel for stuff but not to long incase you are running around doing work. My best.

Yes I love this. Please. More long videos.

I'd take vacation time to join in on these explorations

You did a good job filming and narrating. Also you have balls of steel! Stay safe!

That’s fascinating. I grew up in Hoover (mid-60s to 90’s) and was aware of the steel industry but have never seen anything about the mines.

Amazing work mate! Gday from Australia. Great bit of uncovering history you have shared with us. Thank you

Hey mate 🙋🏻‍♂️. We are here to watch what you do don’t change that, do mix of lengths or appropriate to site etc. doin get job don’t stress an get out and enjoy it while ya can. 👌✌️

I enjoy the longer videos- gives you time to flesh out the story of the mine. keep an eye out for artifacts on the ground!

I like long form mine exploration videos. Keep it up.

I can’t get over that mining cart and those wheels! 😍

Great video You did fine recording. Brave. I liked it. Cool stuff

Awesome video. Awesome mine. Very interesting. Thank you for bringing this to us. I like the length of your video.

Hey its amazing to see an 1880s mine. It's best you make long video of it. It's good to work with a team than alone and keep abundant supplies. Don't know what you will find inside. Kinda spooky.

🥹 🥺 That is one of the most ominous looking mines yet! It bears repeating that my heart and respect goes out to miners and their loved ones. 💙❤️

I as well like the longer videos, I also how you take the time show the mines, slowly scanning what you see, a lot of times the person recording scans from side to side to fast, making it hard to follow, keep up the good work, very informative

Interessant, keep it up

After over an hour of exploring the abandoned mine alone you stop, tired for a rest. 'Quiet in here isn't it? ' you hear whispered from just right behind you...

Your mine video's are amazing, make em long 👍😊

I really like old abandoned explores. This is amazing! 🥰👍

Long videos are good for sure. Cut some x2-x6 fast forward footage when maneuvering to a new part of the tunnel with the main light. Cut out all the stuff like you do when you're picking the lights up and stuff but when you're just walking from one part to another fast forward footage would be awesome. Videos are great 100%. Just thought I'd put my two cents in.

I just found your channel. And I'd watch as long as you want to explain. I love your videos thank you

Excellent presentation ! Thanks

Love the history and the longer videos

excellent job

Hey great job. Your doing good on the videos. I like the longer vedios, even in parts. But do the hole mine if you can. I live south of b'ham if you ever need someone to go with you, I would go. Anyway great job.

First time enjoyed relaxing

Since you asked, an establishing shot or two would be nice. Is this the same mine from last week? Can't tell because when the video starts you're a 200 feet in.

Great video. Thanks for not rushing.

New subscriber here...the lengthy videos on all explorations you do is what it's about!

30 minute videos is perfect, also show us any remnants of items workers left behind cans bottles clothes ect.

Awesome explore. Keep up the great adventures. Longer videos pls.

good video and great storytelling. thanks

Good job with the video 📹

Wow big mine,great stuff 😎

Have you ever heard of the accident and honorable order of E. Clampus Vitus. They were the miner's gentleman's organization. I enjoy your shows I go by Roamer and I'm with E.C.V. Tuleburge chapter#69. Out of Stockton California. I was watching Gly's latest video when I hit play next video . It was you opening up a mine.

Your depth of field while poking that wooden beam was amazing 👀

Interesting 💕👵

Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls God Bless Y'alls 🙌 ❤️ 🙏

Great video mate. I’m here after watching Ghost Town Living! Keep it up. Btw, 30 mins for these videos is great. I’m hooked on mine exploration haha 😂

Since on the outside it has from 1873, when it was first made, you can see what they use to use, inside the mine shaft, what is incredible is how all the wood inside has withstood, time, you can still see, some of the original items, inside the mine shaft, with the weather, among other things,.

I also watch Ghost Town Living channel and that Union Mine is a cool and super deep and a still working mine elevator

Just came across your channel, very cool mine. Hopefully your camera and lighting quality will improve over time. I follow Abandoned And Forgotten Places, not sure what he uses but video is usually quite good.

I have recently just started watching your videos and this one right from you guys opening it up to you exploring it is so freakin kool that I hope you keep going back and exploring more and more. I really like it when you find something because I get like a kid in a candy store lol

Thanks, as always I really enjoy the history!!

10 to 15 minutes is good and quick to watch. Also the odd longer video is okay. Cool content

Hey, this is a most excellent video and opportunity for you. I for one can't believe you got past the powers that be and managed to go that deep even though they hired you to open it. That is usually verboten.

my great grandfather worked in one of the mines in Birmingham.

15 to 20 minute videos is a good amount 30 minutes tops. but really like looking inside these old mines. There are alot of abandoned mines in my area as well. My dad mined underground for 25 years. He helped mine Spar and coal. He always warmed me of mining and low oxygen and gases in mines and even caves. I hope you have a oxygen sensor with you at all times!!

Awesome video!! Looks like your alone probably not a good idea!! And you should definitely bring an air monitor!! Going under ground!!!

The longer the better. :)

Was it an iron ore mine? Maybe you could take a level or angle gauge to show how steep it is for someone who has no idea

Hey great stuff dude! Very interesting to see mine that have no been touched for years and littered by previous explorers. 100% if you set up a few lights and recorded that water sound for an hour+, looking down the tunnel (or on a more interesting view), I would play that and go to sleep! I go to sleep to rivers, thunder and rain, lakes and lawn mowers on loop. Could make a relaxing channel and use interesting content like this to get some really high view counts. love the work mate, keep it up! Cant wait to see where you go from here!

I enjoy the longer videos. You also mentioned this mine is mapped. Is it possible to upload an image of the map? Thanks for the great videos!