The mix of geological influences in this mine impressed me… Given the number of thrusts, faults, slips and the colorful mineralization, I am led to believe that there was a violent period of activity here in the past. A USGS survey indicated the presence of zinc and copper. However, to my knowledge, this was primarily a silver mine with lead as a secondary.
The mine in this video was the last day of a summer mine exploring trip that I did with Mines of the West… Next week, we’re meeting up again for a high-risk/high-reward visit to another Nevada mine (along with a couple of other faces that will be familiar to you). I say “high-risk” in the sense that the mine is more likely than not inaccessible and it is quite an ordeal to get to it. However, if we get in, the reward should be high as we are confident that this mine has not been explored before and it is a huge mine. Supposedly, the mine is dry all of the way to the bottom as well, which is significant.
I apologize for the excessive “uhhs” in this video. There are a few videos where I seem to have slipped into that speech pattern. I’m not sure why. I wasn’t conscious of it at the time and as soon as I noticed it, I immediately stopped it. However, there are a few annoying videos with it. Funny how we can unconsciously pick up a habit like that…
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All of these videos are uploaded in HD, so I’d encourage you to adjust your settings to the highest quality if it is not done automatically.
You can see the gear that I use for mine exploring here: bit.ly/2wqcBDD
As well as a small gear update here: bit.ly/2p6Jip6
You can see the full TVR Exploring playlist of abandoned mines here: goo.gl/TEKq9L
Several kind viewers have asked about donating to help cover some of the many expenses associated with exploring these abandoned mines. Inspired by their generosity, I set up a Patreon account. So, if anyone would care to chip in, I’m under TVR Exploring on Patreon.
Thanks for watching!
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Growing up in California’s “Gold Rush Country” made it easy to take all of the history around us for granted. However, abandoned mine sites have a lot working against them - nature, vandals, scrappers and various government agencies… The old prospectors and miners that used to roam our lonely mountains and toil away deep underground are disappearing quickly as well.
These losses finally caught our attention and we felt compelled to make an effort to document as many of the ghost towns and abandoned mines that we could before that colorful niche of our history is gone forever. But, you know what? We enjoy doing it! This is exploring history firsthand - bushwhacking down steep canyons and over rough mountains, figuring out the techniques the miners used and the equipment they worked with, seeing the innovations they came up with, discovering lost mines that no one has been in for a century, wandering through ghost towns where the only sound is the wind... These journeys allow a feeling of connection to a time when the world was a very different place. And I’d love to think that in some small way we are paying tribute to those hardy miners that worked these mines before we were even born.
So, yes, in short, we are adit addicts… I hope you’ll join us on these adventures!
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11 сен 2024
