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Abandoned & Forgotten Places
Documenting abandoned mines like never before!
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On this channel we go deep... REALLY DEEP into abandoned mines and tunnels all throughout the western United States. We researched some of the harder to find mines and hiked or 4x4 back into them to explore and reveal their hidden secrets. Many of these remote locations are filled with cool artifacts, antiques and unique geology that will have you guessing as to why the old prospectors worked so hard to find gold, silver, and other minerals.
A&FP moves just a bit slower as compared to other mine exploring channels. Gly discusses why the miners chose these sites and he points out the geology and minerals that got them excited. Veins of quartz filled with gold and silver made many men lose sleep in the 1800’s and early 1900’s and modern prospecting still does to this very day.
DANGERS? Oh yes, there’s allot of dangers associated with old mines. Un-exploded dynamite, blasting caps, bad air, bats, spiders, and snakes all find their home in abandoned mine shafts and tunnels. Oh, and let’s not forget rotting timbers, flooded passages and collapsing rock!
Gly takes abandoned mine exploring seriously with all the proper safety equipment, training, and experience necessary to do this activity as safe as possible but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a bit of fun along the way. “Gly”, your host and his band of crazy characters “Old Bob” (Gly’s Jeep), “Quackers” (Gly’s duck) and “Bobbie” (Gly’s hula girl) are sure to brighten your day with their comments and silly antics. Heck, they may even give you a chuckle or two.
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“Gly”: When you walk into a museum, there will typically be a curator that can explain to you the artifacts you are looking at. He or she isn’t there to take sides to history, they are simply there to show you humanities achievements good or bad. Think of me as a curator of abandoned mines. Im not here to take sides, I’m here to show you the achievements of miners good or bad and just as a curator would get upset if he caught you defacing a piece of history in his museum, I get upset when I see others defacing and vandalizing abandoned mines.
Gly and Laura I agree!! It’s funny how history is preserved for so many years until toxic people get a whiff of it and destroy it.
@Gly ... As per my last comment regarding the totally unnecessary name scribbling, Here in Wales there are several old slate mines that have had inscriptions left by the old miners. some of those have been defaced as well by people scratching over them with things like" I woz here" etc. make my Pi$% boil 👿
I agree but, honestly, there ARE some who deface pieces in museums. There was a rash of younger people doing so just to make a point that people care more about art than.. something, honestly I can't even remember.. So guess that didn't work out so well in getting their message across, huh!?! Anyways, it is shocking, nonetheless and makes ol' timers, like us say "kids these days... ain't got no respect for nuthin!" ;)
Thank you for your documentations of a precious (to me) piece of history!
Thanks, Gly, for speaking up for decency and professionalism. Your positive attitude and willingness to share your knowledge are deeply appreciated. Stupidity and drama may attract attention, but your classy style will build a loyal fan base. Stay safe, and God bless!
After watching your channel for a long time I still don't understand why you don't have 500K+ subs. Your attention to detail, professionalism, expert photography, information, and entertainment is really enjoyable to watch. Thank you!!
Its actually pretty simple, look at all the other mine explore channels, I don't think there is a single one over 300k, no matter how long they have been around. There just are not that many people that watch them.
Algorithms. If YT ain't promoting u....
I agree. You're the best abandoned mine exploration channel, in my opinion!!
I’m sure Gly commented on one of his other videos that he felt that CZcams were removing subscribers from his channel in a blatantly unprofessional unethical manner. Of course I don’t know the facts but if that IS the case ? then it’s absolutely disgraceful and shocking with zero integrity.
If only these mines had a visitor’s logbook. I would much rather see CZcams channels, names, and dates there than on the walls of the mine.
That's actually not a terrible idea... if it weren't for the possibility of some hyperactive federal land agent coming up with it and making a "naughty list" before closing the portals. That's... unlikely. One of the DOD notebooks with a 'forever pencil' attached and smacked with some reflective tape might be the way to go, leave it at the first stable non-floor flat surface after the portal's out of sight. Too bright to miss but easy enough to ignore since you'd know exactly what it is, doesn't mess with artifacts, far enough in to avoid rambling tourists.
Thank you for calling out mine explorers that disrespect this important part of our history! They are not any better than those two fools that pushed rocks off that ledge in Lake Mead!
Another great explore by the way!! This mine just keeps getting better and better!!
Thank you both for your expertise and professionalism! The CZcams folks that came through here beforehand were amateurs, just breezing through the mine like the airflow! Not exciting at all! I've been amazed by the histories of each mine and its surrounding areas, and I always look forward to learning about our predecessors and their hard work and sacrifice! Gly and Laura...you both are the best! Keep it up!
What I don’t mind is when explorers leave their business cards. At least they’re not permanent. Thanks, G&L!
WOW! What an amazing mine to explore. So much hard work, time, and effort went into that mine. So many great artifacts still in place that it paints a complete picture of how work life down below ground went on for those miners of the middle of the last century. Can you imagine how much effort it took to put all that timbering in place! Those were some really tough guys down there for sure. Thanks Gly and Laura for bringing us along with you both on todays adventure!
Please don't Vandalize old mine thats history for people after us alot of mines are stripped of everything so no more history for are kids or grandchildren. Be safe everyone 🙏. I don't know if you read messages but when was this mine last open. During the Korean war lucky packs were green
I'm not real keen on having my kids and grandkids 400' down in a hundred year old mine.
@@Cwra1smith People were giving Frank shit for hauling an old skip car out of a mine to publicly display, I don't think they know what they're complaining about half the time.
@@Name-ot3xw The counter to that is these mines may still be there in 2124... Frank's mines might have completely collapsed the day after he walked out. Those Canadian mines with powder-rotted wood, saturated 24/7/365 and some doing freeze-thaw cycles, phew.
Just amazing mine all that wood working mind blowing how much they used, and i think your so right with people leaving there names all over the place they have no respect for anything other then there self ego.
Seeing old dynamite is a real BLAST 💥💥
🤣🤣🤣
The woodwork always amazes me!!! Thank you!
Don't waste your time with the ignorance of others. All I have to do is turn the news on, and I start to rant and rave. No one can compete with your channel. Thank you for your hard work.
This mine is incredible, just amazing! Too bad others can't treat the location with the respect it deserves. As seen in the first episode.
Again, thank you for sharing Gly, and Laura! ❤
It’s amazing how versatile and strong wood really is.
That’s what she said
A&f places you are a true mine enthusiastic with great morals. RESPECT man
Loving these videos Laura is a credit to you as I'm sure you know. You ROCK Laura
I'd love to see old mines. Come on America keep your amazing history
I was 17 when I found a strip of natural copper on the desert. Staked a claim, and dug one whole summer. I found chrysacolla at about 6 ft down. I kept a number of nice specimens but lost them over the years. In examining the other shafts around the area that were over 100 ft straight down, I realized my little effort was a long way off from a payday.
Not necessarily sometimes veins can just be feet beneath the surface but then other times they are very far down lol
Been to the Bronx lately? Anyone reading this who vandalizes: a little nice goes a long way
Don’t sweat it Gly. Great explore
I'm not a mine explorer and I don't know the etiquette so please excuse my question but if you go into a mine from 1860 and you see on the wall "Joe 1923" is that not part of the history of that mine and does it not add to the whole mine exploring experience? Imagine now it's 2124 and you see a youtube address... if youtube is still around you could now find the video of how it looked 100 years ago. So I don't get your complaint, the history of the mine did not stop when the original miners abandoned it, for example survey markers from the 1970's, those are now part of the history.
Technically, the etiquette is that you disturb nothing. Take nothing and leave nothing. That is well and good for things on the surface. However, underground is different. While some parts of the mine will still exist 10,000 years from now, most will have collapsed. Everything supported by wood will eventually fail. In my 40 plus years, I have seen it many times. Mines I used to explore are now inaccessible. Either caved or sealed off by the Gub-ment. Everything in them now lost to the mountain, never to be seen again. The real problem with mines is the jerks who go in and set fire to the timbering and do the same to the collars of shafts and burn down head-frames. I have seen this more times that I care to think about. This results in whole sections of mines caving or at the least, becoming very unstable. Rockhounds and professional mineral collectors do great damage also. Again, I have seen entire sections blown out and collapsed due to these people trying to keep their store shelves stocked. There is one mine, out towards Clark Mountain, Gly knows it well as it has illegal signage, where one ore shoot is almost buried and dynamite on the floor left by sloppy collectors. They blasted out a pillar and now the stope is unstable. Taking mineral specimens (as I have done and has Gly) or the wheels off an ore cart is the same: you are removing something from the mine, so let's not be hypocrites here. Someone scribbling their name on a post is insignificant in comparison. William Clark carving his name on Pompey's Pillar was defacing a natural feature and graffiti at the time, now, it is historical. The reality is, the mine will collapse or be sealed. It is not if, but when. Everything inside will be lost and never be seen again. To defend Frank, what is a better fate for an ore cart: to wind up as a planter in someone's front yard, or better yet, in a museum display, or to be crushed under a million tons of rock and lost to the mountain, forever? It's just a matter of time... Personally, I would love to have everything underground preserved and left as is for future generations to see, nothing disturbed. But sadly, that is not the reality. Sooner or later, it will be gone, not by humans, but by the mountain.
@@jimForgottenHinterlandbrilliant Jim. Very well articulated. Could not agree more. More people have seen the artifacts in Franks Hardie Mountain Mine in its first months of opening than they would have if they stayed underground for centuries. Gly just gets angry as he now sees the mine as "his" he even stated here it's "his museum and he is the curator"
I've watched Gly since day one and I think he has let his ego get in the way of storytelling about the mines. I would much rather here about the deposit and tonnage than a siloed view on a tiny tag.
This is not a new thing on this chanel. He was pushing deep into a mine years ago and saw Boxy post a tiny tag on a timber set. He unloaded on him too, branding him a "flash light review page"
Boxy is O. G and one of the first.
@@jimForgottenHinterland Oh I agree about taking stuff or burning or distruction. But I was asking specifically about leaving a name and date for future generations to see, the kind of stuff you like to find in these places. I don't understand why that upset Gly so much, he stops to read that stuff all the time, if it's an 1800's mine and he sees a 1923 date he doesn't get upset.
@@mcsawmill It's a tempest in a tea pot. Trust me, there are much more important things to get your panties in a wad over than someone leaving a name and date on a post in a hole in the ground. If Gly and others don't like it, as said before, the mountain will take care of it.
@@madeinyorkshire52 This mine is patented. Lost and Buried people know the owner and had permission and were permitted to enter. All authorized visitors have signed that post at the bottom of the ladders. Joe's name is not the only one. The "No Smoking" signs were placed less than five years ago as a joke, not placed by the miners. The mine used to be gated off until someone cut the gate recently. Tell me, do you have a problem with what William Clark did at Pompey's Pillar? Is he a "brainless loser" in your opinion? So you would rather have all of the artifacts crushed under tons of rock rather than preserved in a museum? Yeah, there are choices to be made here. You're worried about a name and date being left by someone who had permission to be there. Why don't you ask the mine owner if he is upset by Joe's name? After all, it's his property.
Another great adventure - Thanks Gly & Laura!!!!
Amazing Mine . Great job, Gly & Laura
Lots of wood down there, mind boggling. Some day people will be mining those timbers
What an extravagant mine. Thank you both.😊
Gly, this mine is rich still, with Artifacts.....Thanks for bring me along...............JB.
Thanks for pointing out another mine exploring channel to check out
again , what an amazing mine , keep up the good work Gly and Laura
hold up, "Joe" wrote that he was in the mine on that date, I don't see a CZcams or any kind of promotional tags. Why is this different from the explorers and or mine workers from the past that did the same thing that i have not heard complaints about? Is it because the old "acceptable" graffiti was carbon or etching/scratching? I would understand if it was some idiot trying to promote a CZcams channel for views and publicity. But in this case it seems like in another 100 years if the mine is still explorable, this will just be another hint of what year someone was in the mine. Am i missing something here or was that harsh where harsh did not need to be?
thank you for advocating for preserving these mines Gly. I hate the graffiti too. TBH if you WANT to "mark your territory" leave a small business card tucked away somewhere. Something that will decompose in 20 or 30 years. Much better if you HAVE to. Better to not though ahaha
Another quality exploration! Excellent quality and educational!
"Oh look at that, miner grafitti, 45, 66, 82" "wtf?! grafitti from 24, this is a travesty" miners in 60 yrs "Hey look.. grafittie from 24"
Let's All Take a Moment of Solance and Deep Rememberance of The Dear Depleted Departed Hard Working Battery's Gly Has Change over these Fine Year's " Insert Tap's Here!"! Yes Now Laura's Battery's will join those Fine Battery's as well!!!; )
“Gly”: Haha! Actually, everything I have is rechargeable except for the field recorders. But Im here to tell ya, lithium ion batteries don’t last forever.
Don't insult Golden Retrievers... Lol
With love from Russia.
I'm watching your CZcams channel.
Wow! What interesting mine. Thanks Gly and Laura
Gly thanks for pointing out when someone has done wrong. Now I know which CZcamsrs not to follow. You and Laura keep up the good work.
Just thinking, when you document these big workings, its like a huge, above ground, manufacturing plant, of the past decades. Mining, a big industry. At 30:34, the Swift box held canned meat, popular in that day. Lucky Strike cigarettes were popular in the 40's & 50's, and cheap; .15 cents a pack! I'm glad that you two didn't go into the "old workings" drifts. No sense in "pushing the envelope" thru crumbling infrastructure. Before you stopped saying, "you're heading for the 400ft. level", you say, "this is all such fun". You much enjoy WALKING as you've sure done alot over the last 4 1/2 yrs. that you've been filming. Its, been great seeing all this past history. Thank you, and now Laura for the" journey." (and congrats.on reaching 175,000, subscribers!!, woo! hoo!)
Lucky Strike. That is Metaphorically the cigarette a prospecting miner would likely choose to smoke. 🤔
I believe 25yrs covers a generation
Great camera equipment. Really enjoying this ❤❤
They probably take artifacts also
Awesome episode you two. Can't wait for the next one. Thank you for sharing all of these great adventures. Stay safe guys!
Thanks for the great explore video. Those were some cool artifacts you found to show us.
Thanks Glaura great job xxx
Clever combination of their names 😊
You missed an opportunity to check out the old skole can.alot of us could tell you what decade it came from. It wasn't new.
Gly, that wasn't a transfer plate but a crossing of two tracks. Love the explore, keep safe.
1980 tags are historical and help tell the story. 1981 tags are destructive graffiti 😂
I marvel how they get all that lumber down into these mines
And the sheer amount of work it takes to frame it all up…
What an amazing mine! Im sensing that Gly is mildly irritated by other explorers though. Just a feeling I get
Oddly, I got the same feeling..........🤠
@@Roscoeverdin5469 uncanny isn’t it how you can pick these things up from the merest hint😂
Thank you Gly for saying what I was thinking. You and Laura are doing a great job explaining alp this to us flatlanders from Florida.
One of the coolest channels there is!
I like your videos, calm and relaxed.
brilliant video , deeper into the mine , looking really interesting , be safe
I think might be an entire forest in the mine! Some of beam sizes are nothing short of incredible. Bummer to see individuals leaving their graffiti in the mine - grrrr! Thanks for another adventure Gly and Laura.
Glad to hear you speaking up on this, and kind of disappointed at some of the comments here. I think explorers shouldn't mark up mines, or for that matter ghost towns and other old stuff they come across. Why? So people who come after get to see it the way you did.
It also keeps preservationists from sealing up everything and making it hard to see those places in situ. I bet Bodie, for example, would be a lot different if you could poke your head into some of the buildings. They don't let people in part to ensure the place is preserved for whatever future it has left. Same with mines. If you must, leave a card or a piece of paper but don't change the place itself.
There's a lot of cool abandoned and decaying stuff out west that gotten ruined by graffiti. That's too bad, makes it hard to tell how the original inhabitants actually lived.
“Gly”: Many of the folks speaking against me have issues themselves that they need to address. So, when they hear someone stand up for something they’re passionate about, they try to beat you down to their level. Sigmund Freud had a name for this, but basically what it boils down to is herd mentality.
Hey Gly and Laura I thought it looked kind of kool when you were walking through the mine with your headlamps off. It threw off some cool shadowing effects!!
Cannot wait for the next one.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I watched Wednesday episode and this one today. You and Laura with the helmet checks was a riot. Them miners must have been short. The gobbing was impressive too. This mine and the timbering oh my. It's amazing how the earth is closing itself in after the mining has stopped. That 300 level was crazy and them ore cars were cool too. Happy trails y'all. ❤
@Gly ... Thank you, and Laura for another fascinating explore. Could I just add though, Don't show other You Tube users profile names, as all you are doing is advertising them for free !! Totally agree with the name card scribbles though, not necessary at all
Professional sniveling.
Reminds me of a quote, this would be a great place if it wasn’t for the people… 😂😂😂
I am amazed at the amount of timber in this mine. The work it took is the Gotthard Tunnel (Switzerland) of its day. 🇨🇦👍👍
I'm enjoying the summer so far...and the content 😊
20:41
I believe that is a calendar, missing the bottom part that you tear off the months.
Gly, Laura, showing off this mine, great workings and $$$$ put into it, age tells on the place, artifacts, signs, writings from the past, those posting tagging youtube - shame. Awesome adventure.
A very interesting mine indeed wow.
What an amazing find.
Very interesting Thank you Gly and Laura for sharing this video
I would love to see this mine done by another explorer that actually explorers the mine. Let TVR exploring know the mine that you’re in so they do it in depth explore of this fantastic mind that you’re missing 80% of.
Think they have been there all ready look at there old videos looks familiar
There was just that one damp spot... The rest of the mine looks incredibly dry. The switchgear and conduit look downright pristine...
So exciting, another great explore. As always stay safe. Love to you both xx
In Wales Britain some of the mines are now museums.
Not trying to take sides, but why is it cool to find and old can out in the mountains, or deep in a mine, but we curse at those who liter? It an honest question. I get the same way. Finding an old pull tap beer or soda is always cool. You get way out in the mountains where you feel like nobody has ever been and then you find 3 old beer cans and it takes you down a journey thinking about what they were doing out here. How they probably enjoyed the place decades ago as much as you currently are. Will those 50+ years in the future view what we do now the same way?
“Gly”: I agree, the line is fuzzy, but as a society can’t we do better? For me, the edge of the line began when we became a “throw away society” due to consumerism.
This is a MAJOR mine...🎉
Place looks like it was in use in 70s/80s, surprised at the condition of everything in there.
A big “Hi” from Sussex England. Thanks for a great exploration, looking forward to more to come:)
Beautiful wood working and artifacts. I agree with Graffiti. If they left a business type card paper better than making a mark. Just my opinion. ❤
Thank you very much, can't to see the next level. GOD bless you both. Stay safe
Nice explore in a beautiful mine guys 👍
Just wondering how long they were working that mine. All that wood they brought in, where'd it came from. How many miners worked there. All good questions. Keep up the good work.
“Gly”: This mine was worked for roughly 60 years.
An amazing mine!
Another location to add to my list 👍
I completely agree with you that foul and profane language has no place on either an entertainment channel or a history channel (yours is both). The incessant reptation of the f word reminds me of my time in the Army when that word was a sort of universal adjective, adverb or exclamation of approval and disapproval. After 3 years many of us had to be careful to exclude it from our everyday speech. Now one hears it frequently from teenagers. Keep up the good work sir and continue to call out bad behavior when you see or hear it.
As for the graffiti, opinions differ. These mines are in the process of decay, they are not museums, and human nature being what it is, people will leave something to mark their having been there. I think it would be fair to say that either everyone who leaves a trace in a closed mine is wrong or no one is wrong, excepting those who spray paint, smash, burn and shoot.
Love your channel and content! Happy to see Laura back, as well😊 My husband had a great suggestion about the vandel CZcamsrs or those writing their names. He thought you might want to carry a sharpie of your own and black out their channels and names. DELETE 😊 Just a thought. Thank you for all you do... keep up the awesome adventures ❤️😊
“Gly”: You wouldn’t believe the things I’ve seen over the years that I’ve left off the channel. If I was to expose all that I know and have seen people would blow their tops. 🤯
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces I can ONLY imagine! And, thank you for your discretion in what you do show😊❤️
29:30 is a track crossing because one track crosses another track at 90*. A transfer plate would be flat in the center without the rails so mine carts could be turned and directed to any track. That is not possible with this one.
Interesting seeing the chain link bracing on the roof like bacon strips there in that last section. Have not seen you run across those in a mine for long time.
I agree Gly the things that have been taken is another big problem. When someone takes an artifact out just to take it home and stick it in there garden robs us all of the history of the mine. If its there leave it its not yours. Hi Laura im happy to see you along for the adventure✌️⚒️⚒️⚒️
Gly, I feel exactly the same way about markings in the mines. And don't even get me started on people that scratch their names into the wall next to old rock art and petroglyphs. I've actually had people argue with me saying that it "would also be history some day". No, it won't be. In the modern day we have photo and video available to us in our pockets every day. If you want someone to know you have been somewhere, take a photo. Leaving your mark is no longer necessary!
Me too. In Britain 2 men cut down an ancient tree and destroyed part of Hadrians wall. Most people around the WORLD were deeply hurt. All I have to ask is WHY?
KAZAMBO--RAMBO! I get it! You and all of us don't appreciate the taggers in the mine but Jeez it's time to change the channel. All the attention takes away the "coolness" of this pretty neat tungstun mine. Take care, be safe.
I saw that can of skoal cheering tobacco. It's old. They don't make cans like that anymore, haven't got many many years.
14:10 NO SMOKEiNG
I noticed they didn't even sign it near the honey-pot wall so there goes that excuse 😉
Another fantasic episode. I can't wait to see the next level. Pont taken on today's explorers. Time to move on. :-)
Loving your videos! Wish we could have met up with you when you were out here by Parker AZ!!
Don't blame you getting annoyed about those idiot explorers should never desperate these mines there precious museums, great video see you both next week❤
At the 6:30 mark under the boards that blocked off the drift looked creepy at first looked like tentacles.
Did see you carrying on a video good to see you being safe cool to see open carry I am in a free state but don't see it much on CZcams anymore
Liked and shared xx
I couldn't agree more with you about the graffiti, my grand mother used to say "fools' names and fools' faces always appear in public places". But when you show them and rant about them, you only contribute to their publicity, and give voice to their platform. Much better to ignore them, maybe they'll go away!