Into The Depths

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  • čas přidán 1. 08. 2024
  • This is kind of a part three to the saga of this mine. In the first video I tested camera equipment on the main access level. Then the second level a group of friends and myself acceded into the upper levels looking for a passage into another mine on the far side of the mountain. Now I will take you down to two of the lower levels. I may go even further in a later video.
    Video One: • Testing New Camera Equ...
    Video Two: • Searching for an Under...
    #deserttrails #mine #explore #travel #abandoned #ruins #underground

Komentáře • 96

  • @amdg2023
    @amdg2023 Před 3 lety +15

    It was a different kind of American or whomever worked these mines, real men, incredible.

  • @richtyler1353
    @richtyler1353 Před rokem

    This was a very interesting mine. Really nice job videoing it. Thank you so very much

  • @annjones5201
    @annjones5201 Před 3 lety +4

    ☺❤☺👍👍👍👍👍👍
    You are AMAZING!
    You just hum dee dum walk into & thru the bowels of the earth. Thank You i have ALWAYS wanted to do that, now i feel like i have.
    ❤☺❤Best Wishes ✌

  • @leehilton9932
    @leehilton9932 Před 3 lety +8

    Those areas that your calling a natural cavern is actually stope work from the miners. They would stope up from the lower levels and every now and again they would end up punching into the drift that was above them. Stay safe out there

  • @001desertrat3
    @001desertrat3 Před 3 lety +3

    Fun explore . I've been in there quite a few times , that entire mountain is honeycombed with Drifts & Stopes . If you get the right passageway you can actually come out on the other side of the mountain right near a large Ore Bin . -- < Doc , Miner for over 50 years > .

    • @DesertTrailsExplored
      @DesertTrailsExplored  Před 3 lety +1

      I love testing new equipment in this mine. On one of the explores we were trying to get into that tunnel, but it had collapsed. I do know of another one and we are going to be trying that one here in a couple of weeks.

  • @chickensrcool67
    @chickensrcool67 Před 3 lety +6

    Great job, cool place lots of interesting artifacts, thanks

    • @philrosasco5411
      @philrosasco5411 Před 3 lety

      Really like your content and interesting commentary, learn something new in each explore. THANKS!!!

  • @vincentshelpfulhints4085
    @vincentshelpfulhints4085 Před 3 lety +2

    you really should have others with you.. thanks for sharing

  • @pirateonwheels
    @pirateonwheels Před 3 lety +3

    thank you! You do a wonderful job. You take your time and don't move around too quickly so you get a really good feeling of where you're at.

  • @Ramen.Butterbeard
    @Ramen.Butterbeard Před 2 měsíci

    Much better lighting this time, thanks 👍

  • @alanmohn4146
    @alanmohn4146 Před 3 lety +8

    I was last in the War Eagle mine in 1981. You could get through the mountain at that time. The lower levels were sketchy but in comparison to your videos it was in much better shape then. There use to be a few houses out side of the mine. Are they still there. Stay safe!

  • @lucylou9417
    @lucylou9417 Před 3 lety +2

    Wow I’m glad you didn’t get lost in there but it was fun thanks for sharing

    • @DesertTrailsExplored
      @DesertTrailsExplored  Před 3 lety +2

      Glad you enjoyed. It is easy to get lost. The whole mountain is a maze.

  • @briangilson2818
    @briangilson2818 Před 3 lety +3

    Great adventures and you do a great production many thanks for that , but you really should have someone reliable and handy with you, best wish's.

  • @paulcooper2897
    @paulcooper2897 Před 3 lety +3

    That was an interesting explore! Worthy of a subscription. Thanks for sharing.

  • @jacqlynkerr7805
    @jacqlynkerr7805 Před 3 lety +4

    That video was awesome I really enjoyed it thank you

  • @gymshoe8862
    @gymshoe8862 Před rokem

    I have watched quite a few of these mine exploration videos--this mine was one of the best-built I've seen so far. Its huge, extensive and very well constructed--I suspect lots of valuable ore came out. Very interesting. almost no graffiti in this mine. Maybe the boss said no.

  • @jarvislarson6864
    @jarvislarson6864 Před 3 lety +1

    That flathead ford v8 needs rescued!

  • @ellismckinney4888
    @ellismckinney4888 Před 3 lety +2

    Love you're film's thank you❤❤🌌🌠

  • @michaelrietz9220
    @michaelrietz9220 Před 3 lety

    Thanks so much for your work keep up good work I enjoy your show I wish I could join you explore mine buy I work on a farm in Deming new Mexico I use to have a mineing clam in AZ

  • @bumfit5491
    @bumfit5491 Před 3 lety +5

    Gotta admire the guys that got that pipe down there and hung it! Doesn’t go around corners you know!

  • @sandyjones4393
    @sandyjones4393 Před 3 lety

    I'll just watch your videos, I'd be too afraid and could not imagine working there 8 or more hours a day! Coolio.

  • @Jdoggy2448
    @Jdoggy2448 Před 3 lety

    Wow pretty amazing engineering. Alot of work! Thxs again for all these videos.. Very educational! :)

  • @Daniel_Antonio_Arellano782

    Brave man. Like the ones who actually worked the mine back in the day.

    • @gymshoe8862
      @gymshoe8862 Před rokem

      If you do it for awhile the fear factor recedes.

  • @terencesullivan3286
    @terencesullivan3286 Před 3 lety +1

    Well, I guess we can rule out claustrophobia. I enjoy your videos, thanks for sharing!

  • @DeeminD
    @DeeminD Před rokem

    so fascinating!

  • @julialefebvre9446
    @julialefebvre9446 Před 3 lety +1

    I'm new to your channel, your photos are beautiful. Looking forward to seeing more.

  • @garycooper7666
    @garycooper7666 Před 3 lety +1

    That's a pretty extensive mine looks like they took a lot of material out of there. I bet the tailings are big also. The natural caverns is awesome. Loved the stills at the end.

  • @ADVNevada
    @ADVNevada Před 3 lety +2

    One of my favorite places.

  • @LolPepperGate
    @LolPepperGate Před 3 lety +1

    One of my favorite's to explore before I head into the Nopah. Been 3 years since I been there but might add it to list to visit on my next Mojave trip in 2 weeks. Maybe. Not sure if i'm gonna go to DVNP let alone far Northeast to Tecopa. Might hang low and relax down in the brunt land around Rands/Garlock

  • @tomasthomas7407
    @tomasthomas7407 Před 3 lety

    I marveled at your high intensity lights. i tried to imagine what kind of lights those miners had, obviously there were electricity strung down there. But tried to imagine the “older tungsten lighting” used. 🤔🤔🤔
    Awesome, Awesome Tour.
    (i would have turned around after level one😂😂😧)

  • @hokepoke3540
    @hokepoke3540 Před 3 lety

    I have great respect for people that can go underground and work. As a kid I explored many old mines that I should not have been in, I thought I was indestructible I guess, I found out the hard way I wasn't. I don't think there are any working underground mines left in this area, they have all gone open pit.

  • @stephanie4698
    @stephanie4698 Před 3 lety

    I would never have the daring to do what you're doing, but luckily I don't have to as I get to experience it through your videos.

  • @texasgal3903
    @texasgal3903 Před rokem

    I don't know how you don't get lost, and I'd be scared inside there, mines always collapsed! I'd prefer to take a friend too, I'm not really fond of the dark.

  • @DanDeVoto
    @DanDeVoto Před 3 lety +1

    I would suggest when coming upon an artifact, such as the shirt at 7:59, pick it up and show us. The thousands of feet of tunnels is interesting, but the few old artifacts are most interesting. Some help to date the mine. I really enjoy your videos, thanks for sharing them.

    • @DesertTrailsExplored
      @DesertTrailsExplored  Před 3 lety +1

      I don't like picking up things like that. It is a crap shoot if it stay in one piece when handled. I will in the future stay on the time a little long.

    • @gymshoe8862
      @gymshoe8862 Před rokem

      @@DesertTrailsExplored good heavens man--its a rag! if it crumbles was any "history" lost? Are future explorers gonna be deprived of the beauty of that rag?

  • @SueGirling68
    @SueGirling68 Před 3 lety

    A cool look at the lower levels of this mine, did you ever find out what made the boom ??, could it have been miners in a nearby mine blasting ??.
    Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💖

  • @robertcalder3566
    @robertcalder3566 Před 3 lety +1

    Really enjoyed your video I think the "voids" are stopes

  • @ralphpatrick3071
    @ralphpatrick3071 Před 3 lety

    This 70 yr old wouldn’t make it out alive! Thank you!!

  • @Wastelandman7000
    @Wastelandman7000 Před 3 lety

    This doesn't look anything like The Long Dark LOL (survival game where mines are often transition areas from one map to another)
    Seriously though, cool video!

  • @HL-ch4yf
    @HL-ch4yf Před 2 lety

    You better have 100 flashlights with a lots of batteries.

  • @MrTrolleyguy
    @MrTrolleyguy Před 3 lety +1

    Any idea of the depth of the mine? Maybe I missed it, what ore were they mining?

  • @brianlanders5306
    @brianlanders5306 Před 3 lety +1

    Have you ever considered putting a blower fan up top and sealing it so the good air doesn't escape prior to going into these mines? The reason I say that, you sounded like you were gasping for air after you were in the lower levels. Just be careful.

  • @buletpoint
    @buletpoint Před 3 lety

    Please tell me how you keep from getting lost?

  • @Jdoggy2448
    @Jdoggy2448 Před 3 lety

    How long has it not been active? I wonder what determines the choice of stopping further operation? I mean because you never really know whats around the corner in continued blasting or drilling ??

  • @hansbylewis2144
    @hansbylewis2144 Před 3 lety

    What were they looking for in these mines,?

  • @bryontharp5790
    @bryontharp5790 Před 3 lety +2

    Tecopa silver mines

  • @samsam66698
    @samsam66698 Před 3 lety +7

    What you keep on calling a natural cavity is a Stope. That's where they took all the material out and leaving a big cavity it's called a Stope

    • @marypearling1418
      @marypearling1418 Před 3 lety +1

      I was say this also. Glad you got to it first.

    • @T1ddlywinks
      @T1ddlywinks Před 3 lety +2

      The wood support is really enough to prevent a cave-in? It looks like a super shady area to be in, but the workmanship also looks top notch.

  • @davidbaysinger3381
    @davidbaysinger3381 Před 3 lety

    @14;35 that is a pump housing.

  • @elyceoleary8957
    @elyceoleary8957 Před 2 lety

    Silvver gold or Torquoise or copper mine?

  • @davidcote1597
    @davidcote1597 Před 3 lety

    Were the carpenters miners as well?

  • @mikecrow8294
    @mikecrow8294 Před 3 lety +1

    Be careful of bad air.

  • @Wastelandman7000
    @Wastelandman7000 Před 3 lety

    Did you ever find out what the boom was?

  • @gamaplay3420
    @gamaplay3420 Před 3 lety

    I would piss in my pants every minute if I was there

  • @janicemorrow3641
    @janicemorrow3641 Před 3 lety +1

    Have you ever found gold?

  • @toddkinney5736
    @toddkinney5736 Před 3 lety +1

    Where are you at if you can say

  • @Daniel_Antonio_Arellano782

    15:00 , I'M running low on oxygen...lmao.

  • @duke6844
    @duke6844 Před 3 lety +2

    Are these gold mines or just ore mines?

    • @scottorr5758
      @scottorr5758 Před 3 lety +2

      "Ore" is just the name for the media that carries the commodity such as Iron ore carries Iron, gold ore carries gold and a lot of time copper as well and so on...

    • @Daniel_Antonio_Arellano782
      @Daniel_Antonio_Arellano782 Před 3 lety

      I think Duke means what kind of ore was it?

    • @Daniel_Antonio_Arellano782
      @Daniel_Antonio_Arellano782 Před 3 lety

      At 11:10 he says that a lot of ore was taken. Iron, gold, and more

  • @jasguy2715
    @jasguy2715 Před 3 lety +1

    How do you stop from getting lost?

    • @DesertTrailsExplored
      @DesertTrailsExplored  Před 3 lety +2

      I have a very good memory.

    • @LolPepperGate
      @LolPepperGate Před 3 lety +1

      Right hand rule is a good one to live by when you are a a greenie. Once you doing it long enough...then it becomes pictoria and memoryl. What starts to get confusing sometimes is descending/ascending levels via manways, declines, etc...then not using the right hand rule to end back up at a station, manway, etc...especially when you got alot on your mind from whats inside

    • @jasguy2715
      @jasguy2715 Před 3 lety

      @@LolPepperGate thanks for your reply. a good friend of mine explores caves and old mined in New York State and a few here in New Jersey. He's had some weird experiences inside those caves you can't explain it it won't tell me what they were!

  • @pdxxjjeep
    @pdxxjjeep Před 3 lety +1

    Where is this mine?

  • @rj7855
    @rj7855 Před 3 lety

    Indiana jones tracks

  • @stephens5697
    @stephens5697 Před 3 lety +1

    Put in some work and find you a nugget 😉

  • @georgescott5293
    @georgescott5293 Před 3 lety +3

    you need to stop going to these places alone==its dangerous to go to these places alone==plus=peoples is been going missing alot to

  • @wendyward4329
    @wendyward4329 Před 2 lety

    Too many cuts.

  • @michaelcoker3197
    @michaelcoker3197 Před 3 lety

    Skipping too much.