Lost Worlds Project: Our Best Mine Exploring Ever
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- čas přidán 2. 01. 2024
- I hope that you’ve been enjoying watching the Lost Worlds Project as much as we have enjoyed exploring this abandoned mine complex. This really is the best that mine exploring delivers: seeing the wonders underground that no living person has ever laid eyes upon… The graffiti dating back to the 1800s from long-dead miners, the candle stubs and egg shells where the miners took a break, the newspapers from the 1800s and the countless other sights and artifacts all combine to make this a truly unspoiled historical treasure.
In prior videos, some commenters have questioned my description of some of the chambers that I described as caves. However, the identification of some of these as caves is not speculation on my part. I am basing these statements on the detailed maps created by the miners themselves. The miners often dumped waste rock into these caves, which can give them an unnatural appearance and, I suspect, that this may be the source of the confusion for those questioning the cave scenario.
Of the caves we’ve seen so far, my favorite is, unquestionably, the massive one in this video with the curious trail running through it. The break area or staging area with the newspapers and candles at the end of the trail was the perfect addition to the cave.
So, that potentially lethal ride I took down that hole that opened up in the drift? The miners obviously noticed that vein I was checking out as well… They either mined it down and made a stope there or ran an ore pass down to drop ore to levels below. Either way, there was a large void left behind. Rock sloughing off from the side loosely plugged the top of the void and a layer of dirt and smaller rock fell on top of that. So, when I came cruising along more than a century after the miners worked there, I saw a level surface with some slight groundfall on the right side. The middle of a drift is not where one would expect a big hole to be. We’ve seen it before, but it is rare. Fortunately, as I fell, more rock tumbled into the void and loosely plugged it again, which arrested my fall. After I was extricated with some help from Jeremy, we could hear bits of rock and gravel falling into the space below and they fell for quite a way.
Even a non-fatal injury, such as a broken leg, becomes potentially fatal in this environment. With the danger and complexity of reaching this point in the mine, absolutely no one is coming in to rescue us if anything goes wrong. I see a lot of ignorant comments about rescues in abandoned mines, but, really, unless it is something easily accessible from the surface, abandoned mine rescues do not happen. The responders do not have the experience or risk tolerance to take on a rescue mission (and certainly not a recovery mission). There is more than one abandoned mine in Nevada with bodies still inside of it… So, if we can’t make it out on our own when something goes wrong, we’re almost certainly not ever coming out of this mine. And unless the injury gets you with shock or blood loss, it isn’t dehydration or anything like that which kills one in this situation. It is hypothermia. When you stop moving underground, it is almost impossible to stay warm after a few minutes.
However, enough with the downsides of mine exploring… We can’t wait to get back to this mine and to try running out more options to get to the lower levels. The maps show some very, very interesting looking features farther down!
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You can see the full TVR Exploring playlist of abandoned mines here: goo.gl/TEKq9L
You can see the gear that I use for mine exploring here: bit.ly/2wqcBDD and here: bit.ly/2p6Jip6
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.
I hope you’ll join us on these adventures!
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Kinda mind blowing to think, the person reading that 1893 news paper never would’ve guessed that I’m reading the same exact news paper from a cellphone in Michigan in 2024.
Reefer jackets were the forerunners of "Pea Coats" - shorter coats that allowed sailors to climb the lines and "reef" (take-in) the sails. Cheviot is a type of wool. So essentially a shawl-collared pea coat for kids. Nautical-looking clothing was pretty popular for boys back in the late 19th century.
Interesting. One minor correction/ clarification. When one reefs a sail, they are taking in only a portion of it in order to reduce speed and strain on the mast in high wind conditions. Most sails will have a number of preset reef points built into them, but it's all done from the deck these days.
@krockpotbroccoli65 - yeah, I knew that when I typed it, but it seemed like a lot of extra words to type to explain that - my bad for giving a lazy description.
Cheviot is a breed of sheep, which like most breeds have unique or distinctive wool. Cheviot sheep’s wool is long and quite coarse, with a very long ‘crimp’.
So one of those classified ads in the 1893 newspaper, listed rooms for rent for 35 cents at Royal House 120 Ellis St. San Francisco. The building is still there.
20% good ground, 80% sketchy ground, 100% amazing!
The geology and artifacts are cool but actually seeing miners scratch their names with a date of 1894 and finding a newspaper dated 1893 makes it worth it imo. You’re walking through with all this modern stuff and they were down there with hard work and sheer will power. I’m a huge sucker for seeing old dates.
Amazing explore. SO GLAD your little slide was not catastrophic! 💜
🔺The Eggs: (Back when guys would eat raw eggs, particularly to overcome a hangover.)
🔺 But, Soft-boiled eggs were extremely common, tap in half and spoon out. I use to eat these as a child with Toast and Hot Tea, a common Irish, Scottish, and Brit breakfast.
Beth Bartlett
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(Irish American of County Kerry, Ireland lineage.)
Also common in Australia, if I hunted through my cupboards I'm sure I could come across some egg cups that you would place the eggs in to crack the top off.
Enjoying the adventure you are on with this mine. It still amazes me that miners back in the 1800's were able to mine with such low light. I know that's all they had but imagining sitting around with those candles reading the news papers. Take care and stay safe.
The geology in that mine is amazing. no wonder they worked it that much.
Btw, you pointed out how strange it was that the wall was burned near the first pile of eggs. They probably fried them.
So awesome you guys are at the top of my list on exploring and narration and the history add libs , the 1893 newspaper was so cool !
The Hall-Luhrs whiskey bottle from Sacramento, that your friend found is a good one. It is either late 19th century or very early 20th century in date. It's great that the artefacts are so well preserved down there, in some cases, like the bottles you guys are finding. I noticed a really nice dark aqua soda bottle at around 30:06, that was embossed with something, but it wasn't one you looked at closely. That would be a very valuable bottle these days, especially if it is from California, or another Western state. It is really cool that it is still there and preserved so well. Wow! Thanks for another excellent video!
Mine explorers dreamteam right there..
Imagine being one of those miners punching into those enormous caves in the 1890s, only light source being candles because carbide lamps weren't patented and popularized until the 1900s... Probably why they burnt newspaper, it burns nice and bright and could give them some perspective on those huge chambers, plus they could warm up a bit. The mine graffiti date and name are awesome, looks like March 15th 1894 and the name seems to be R or P Drage, the surname Drage is most common in England/Germany. Given the random cursive scrolling nearby it might be an immigrant practicing their cursive while down in the mine. I bet they were mixing those raw eggs with beer and or whiskey, keep in mind during the 1800s beer was not seen as alcohol, it was a food item looked at much like bread, plus the alcohol content was much lower back then. An 1800s writer from Pennsylvania talks about the miner's breakfast, consisting of a beer with 2 eggs cracked into it, and a shot of whiskey on the side. Was also quite popular for them to crack the egg into a shot of whiskey, or to use the egg as a chaser, to make cheap whiskey burn a bit less. Absolutely loving this series!
Glad that didn't open up. You could have gone for the wild ride south. But looking at the floor in that area youd think it was country rock. Great remider, dont think, be sure. Because you never know what they built a false floor over. With all the mines in that mountain im surprised there aren't a lot of open stopes? Great explore! What a collection of artifacts. And the large church key was to a potted meat tin. Like three times the size of a sardine can.
I think the pot with the handle was used for making coffee, similar to how they make coffee in the middle east. I like to make freshly ground coffee in a saucepan. The grounds absorb water and sink to the bottom in seconds after pouring it into the cup. I started using the saucepan method 2019 and stopped using a coffee contraption/machine. I accidently found that making coffee this way is the best! I thoroughly enjoyed your explore Justin! Always look forward to your videos.
Whether the eggs were raw or boiled, breaking the shell at one end is a good idea. It would allow the miners to eat them with their dirty hands and not contaminate the egg, much like the story of the crimp on a Cornish Pasty (although I’m not sure how true that really is)
This Mine is literally a time capsule. The history is amazing, the never ending shafts of discovery.... This Mine is on the level with Cerro Gordo in my opinion... Discovery all over just waiting for someone to walk in and uncover it :) Amazing... purely amazing
The mine that just keeps on giving and giving, what a amazing explore you guys have had in this mine/s, it's in really good shape considering it's age. Love the old turning plates, we have seen a few over here, but not with the rails attached. Looking forward to seeing more from this one
Thank you. Yes, this one really does keep giving generously!
Thanks! The Sir name “Kitchen” appears again. Very possible the same mining family in the Kellogg Idaho area. Possibly same family that lost people in the sunshine. Mine disaster, May 2, 1972….? very interesting.
Loved the exploration. From what I see there is still tons of gold there. So much iron.
WOW! The ad in the paper at 22:44 reads:
$40,000. 810 ACRES, 170 acres being rich river bottom, plenty of wood: 640 acres in grain. Can be irrigated, country mansion, large substantial barns and out-buildings; land all level; 30 head of horses and mules, 1 jack, 10 head of cattle, hogs and chickens; agricultural implements. including threshing machine harness; nothing excluded: 2 1/2 miles from steamboat landing. 100 miles from San Francisco; no better land in California or more desirebly situated.
That's awesome...
ah man! it is an all star explore, I havent seen anything from Boxy in a while, I loved hearing his voice during the explores on his channel, the whole pandemic exsposed me to the whole mine exploring community, great stuff guys!
I got hooked while on Coronacation back in January of 2021...been watching and learning ever since!
Imagine mining all that with only carbide lights and candles removing that much material , I can see what that would have been like opal miner here, we have it much easier these days. About mine rescue I am a trained working at heights (rope work) also a first responder for mine rescue here , in having said that most of the mines here reach only 100 ft or so but have complex drive systems often not market on the mine maps especially the older workings, so I understand the type of mines i have seen you explore there would be an upper limit on search and rescue and an upper limit on body retrieval. I always will say if you are not trained and experienced stay out of abandoned mines one lung full of dead air isnt good for ones life expectancy, I always wear my multi gas meter at shin level, just a thought. Stay safe and continue with the good work. I did notice that fill at the end of that drive, it was defiantly deliberately blocked by a dozer same configurations as many back fills I have seen.
It'd be fun to see how much they could see my candlelight and carbide compared to the newer lights now available. Those eggs might have been soft-boiled, a three-minute egg eaten with a small spoon. They just would have removed the top of the cooked egg. Easy hot meal in a mine, just boil it in a small kettle of water.
Very cool gossan works. Damn you have it all , iron copper lead , you name it. Very cool , love your vids and stay safe.
The Key was also used on containers of ham also large containers of calcium carbide.
That was a massive and complicated system of mines and caves. Without you guys with me I surely would’ve gotten lost ‘til my batteries died. That labyrinth would be perfect for a video game.
That complex continues to blow my mind. Glad your drop was short!
Happy New year Justin. Man this was an awesome explore. Thank you for all you do, stay safe lads.
Fellas, I've seen a lot of damn good mine explores, but this is the cats ass. A time capsule, full of historic mining relics, freaking incredible you lucky Dawgs. Keep it safe clean and professional you've got a good gig going on. Another words keep up the good work.
Good afternoon from Southeast South Dakota
Love your content bro! I get really excited when you keep finding Quartz veins in mines! Do you ever find Fluorite veins on your travels? I'd love to see you use a 365nm UV torch in the mines, that would be CRAZY when you find fluorescent mineral veins!!
Keep up the good works and stay safe guys! Many thanks from England ⛏🔦💎🤩👍
Sure was worth waiting for this one. Thanks for sharing guys . Great team effort. As usual, your written description of your explorations really puts the icing on the cake. Looking forward to what comes next. Stay safe guys!
As soon as your content pops up in my notifications I'm pumped! Love your videos! Can't wait to get out myself and explore the underworld 🤘
WOW just WOW that is one huge combination mine/cave
Amazing artifacts and graffiti! Always blown away by 19th century stuff, no matter how close to the turn of the century, haha. This one is something else folks. Couple sketchy moments, both you and Boxy. Happens to me too though, can't say anything there. Thanks for taking the time to film and edit this this series, all of you.
Okay, you have officially over achieved with this series! Glad your "tumble" was just that, and not serious. Thanks for all the effort , both in the explore itself, as well as the editing and posting. Happy New Year, and can't wait for the next installment.
That was a good day!
your videos are amazing and the effort is apparent in the quality of work you show!
Great video Justin!! Thankful you weren't injured. Please be safe, I love the explores and the mine rehab video series!
Great mine. Of all the mine exploration channels on CZcams, yours is the only one I watch every video and can't wait for the next one. Happy New Year.
This is most spectacular! Looking at that hole that gave way under you, I'm thinking it could have turned out so much worse. What a mine! Thanks Justin and Crew!
Just amazing! Totally enjoyed that. So cool to see 130 year old graffiti and other artifacts. Loved the newspapers! Thanks for taking us along as always...
Congratulations on this guys. This is meaningful work and it's tremendous it's digitally archived for us all to see. We appreciate your efforts and I'm glad that was not a 100 metre winze you fell into!
That is a heck of a mine, thanks for all the work you did
Those eggs are puzzling. Boiled eggs's shells don't usually peel off in two complete halves, hatchlings break the eggs like that and also humans cracking raw eggs. With the fire remnants right next to the shells, I would guess they were cooking raw eggs transported in the newspapers.
I Love the mission you've taken on, it's a good one for sure !!
Don't let anyone get to you with negative comments,
You just try and be safe as possible... love your content !!
Prefect timing for a video post, no football games on today. Excellent mine/cave exploring video. That was a longtime to be underground, you guys must have been very tired. Very cool there is more to come.
Excellent explore, hope you find lots more.
Too cool! Thanks for the impressive hard work that you give us by documenting these historic mines!
The effort you guys put into this...I can't imagine the hours you spent ...so far. The size of the big chambers was impressive. I am so glad you were not hurt in that fall, Justin. AS you stated in your comments above, that would not have been a good place to find yourself hurt badly.
As you were reading the newspaper there I was also struck by the possibility that some miner, who had worked in that place for what could have been years, set that paper aside and blew the candle out, figuring he would return the next shift and finish his reading on a break...and never returned.
I find the abruptness of the end of work the end of human activity...then everything left abandoned for years really amazing.
Wow! What an awesome start to 2024 on the channel!
This mine complex is definitely delivering the goods! Phenomenal!
I am very glad that you were not injured... definitely a scary moment... and also glad you had a sufficient number of skilled explorers with you to make sure everyone made it out safely... and I'm sure with lots of content and stories. Just amazing!
A flashlight YT channel just uploaded a short comparing the World's Brightest Flashlight in 2008 vs 2023... It isn't even close. And to think that 2008 flashlight is magnitudes brighter than 1893's brightest candle.
How did they work like that?
(My thoughts after reading other comments....)
Man that mine goes on forever! If you happen to pop out somewhere in Washington State come by and say hi 😂
Wow. Glad you didn't get hurt in the ground fall sink hole. This place is absolutely huge. I have no idea how you guys don't get turned around and end up lost. All the tunnels start to look alike after awhile. You said at one point that it was about 12 hours to get to where you were. Did you end up spending the night in there somewhere? I can't imagine that you would go on for 24 hrs straight without a rest to get back out. You must each have about 20 flashlights apiece in order to not run out. I would imagine that that would pretty much be a death sentence to run out of light that far in as there would be no way to backtrack that kind of distance in complete darkness. Very interesting video. Stay safe.
3 sources of light, *always*.
So much ore left in that mine still, so much to see great video.
This is some srsly good content. You guys are nuts! I love it.
Hi boys, love this mine its just amazing so much to see , levels , artifacts giant stopes it has everything. So hlad you made another video. Thank you. Stay safe happy New Year. ❤🎉😊
Great explore!! 🤘 As far as the eggs go, they were definitely sucking em down raw. Probably for the protein. My grandmother used to do the same thing. Either way though, the eggs that we consume are by far a lower quality than our great grandfolks had. With that, I can almost guarantee the shells were thicker too.
Best wishes for the New Year, what a start. Thank you all for all the entertainment in 2023. Looking forward to more in 2024. Take care and stay safe Y'all. Howdy from southwestern Oregon. ⛏⚒⛏
excellent exploration of a mine that keeps on giving..really liking this series and cant wait to see the conclusion..stay safe guy's 🙂✌
Cool! Happy New Year!
Happy New Year guys! May the iron horse rider always come your way!🎉
Im speechless this mine is huge
Love this episode
Email sent with a question, subscriber from Sacramento
Stay safe
Hi Justin, that fall was so scary, a good job Jeremy was on hand to help you out, this is why people shouldn't explore abandoned mines or caves alone and if you must then at least tell someone exactly where you're going and check in regularly with them. Thank you for sharing this amazing place with us all, please stay safe, much love to you and the crew. xx
i think it says "stop standing under this huge rock thingie!"
When you're in a big cavernous area like the cave if possible you should take a prolonged exposure or multiple times exposures with the camera whilst everyone shines their light around trying to illuminate as much as possible if done correctly you should end up with a like panoramic picture
Very cool my friend. That's a crazy adventure
Justin ty for letting us see parts of our history of what built this country we would never get to see this if not for you guys and that well there is some bull shit back here had me rolling 😂 stay safe down there
Best mine explore video ever ❤
Beware the forbidden candles .
Probably all but inert by now , but could still give you a beauty of a nitro headache from handling it , even if it is to degraded to go boom .
Your head will be going boom , boom , boom ...
It doesn't take more than one or two of those headaches to teach you the value of wearing gloves , or , letting someone else handle it .
Nice one guys!
Boy, the miners of the old days seem to have been an interesting bunch.
And their brunch.
Thank you for sharing your short misadventure, a prime example of the many unknown unknowns down underground.
To me it seemed to be a fissure, a crack in the ground running ~ along the fault. It seemed fresh to me as the larger rocks that had fell down it didn’t get caked yet.
Fantastic. Stellar recording again, I really enjoy the way you handle your gear. Stunning.
Super adventure Justin!
History is so cool , so interesting on how people lived there lives over a 100 years ago140 a 150 years ago . Even though it doesnt seem that long ago , there was such a difference in technology and clothing , and just simply way of living . So so interesting . Love this stuff. Thank you so much
Thrilling hike guys!
My uncle used to be a salesman for O.F.C. Whisky. It was Canadian and made by Seagrams in the day. He always said the OFC stood for Only For Canadians. I think they still might make it but not Seagrams
My uncle was a Canadian hard rock miner and one of your uncle’s _best_ customers.
LMAO@@RaceBanner_
Amazing explore!
Those old bottles would be coming home with me😂
Crazy one! So many places to explore! Sometimes it's difficult to understand the angle of the camera when you film. Seeing 2D images sometimes doesn't provide enough information to be able to understand the layout of what we are looking at. I bet this one was extremely impressive in person!
There's a whole world underground. Bubbles of worlds. Its amazing really. So much left to explore down there just when you think theres nothing else left for our generations.
Wow! Main junction!
44:07 ... I'm sure I've seen that "wooden slick plate" in a previous exploration video by you or one of your friends ... and the same comment about it looking like something not to walk on ...
Great explore as always .. Thanks for the immense effort!!!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
i remember a vid where a crew set fireworks off in a very similar ' cave '
Amazing, thank you.
The newspaper from 1893 is pretty amazing
That was a unbelievable big cave wow, a very surprising mine indeed, that newspaper was a great find wow, it is Russian roulette sometimes indeed good too see you are still ok, you could have broken a leg tho, thanx for a video from this amazing mine, oh and stay safe plz 😀
Happy new year guys, looking forward to seeing more of your adventures. Cheers from Australia. Ps how's your mine progressing?
Man... That is some serious shit... I am glad you had your good Buddies with you on these dangerous trips....
WOW Justin! What an explore but some very sketchy challenges, unsafe false floors (are any of those safe!) and other lurking dangers. Stay safe! 🚢🇬🇧🚂⛏
Eating raw eggs was a thing before Salmonella. Lots of protein. Syrup for energy and fish for protein. Good lunch for miners. Wash it down with some spirits and Bobs' your uncle.
Happy New Year brother 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I think that maybe those eggs were what in new zealand are called egg soldiers.. most likely a British term. I think in the us they call them dippy eggs?
Basically a boiled egg with the yolk still runny and dip bread or toast in the yolk.. you cut the top off the egg of course which appears to be the case with these eggs.
My grandfather was a coal miner(underground) and ate raw eggs according to my dad.
Always enjoyable watching your brave exploration from the comfort of my lazy boy. Are you currently or in the future, do you plan to publish your explorations?
imagine the sheer quantity of rock and ore that was dug out....💥😳
Im sure glad you guys have Jeremy. Lol.
It reminds me of back in the day on Mutual of Omahas Wild Kindom.
While Jim wrestes the wild Anaconda, we'll be filming from the boat. Lol😂
Every exploration party should have a Jeremy. There is a UK mine exploration channel that had a "spider". Not too sure if he still does that stuff, as I haven't seen him in a while (assuming he isn't lost in some mine). The places that guy went.
Dude...... awesome.
Hey man iv been hooked on your explorations for about a month now and I can't get enough.Keep up the good work
I thought I heard you say you'd been in this mine for 12hrs at one point. What do you use for battery power & lighting & how long can you go? I can only imagine running out of light down there.
i love your videos