You beat me too it! "Ceramic insulators!" I was shouting at my phone. Made from clay then glazed & baked just like teapots. I think I might have collected a couple of those. Would make nifty paperweights! They may even have a maker's mark on them to research dates & places of manufacture. In fact "Get those insulators on the way out!"
Back in the 90's when I worked in the UNDG Mines, any hoist or winch cable that had a cage or travel platform that the miners travelled in, had to have the steel cable cut at the lower end and a metre or so removed and Xrayed to see if the cable was OK, no corrosion. If OK, the cable was reconnected. If not, the cable was replaced in it's entirety. Not done at with these older mines that's for sure... Great video👍.
You should come down to Cleveland national forest here in socal , there is a bunch of abandoned mines in the mountains, there is a lot of quartz outcrops oriented in a north south direction , would love to see them but I wouldn’t wanna go in there 😬
The Cleveland National Forest is where I got my start exploring abandoned mines back in 2008 or so. Been there, done that! Those mines are some of the oldest videos here on my channel. They were a good place to get started, that’s for sure!
Great! Thanks for the comment and feedback! Glad you're enjoying my videos and getting something out of them. I appreciate it. More videos coming soon!
Frank I apologise profusely as for some reason I'd missed a whole bunch of your content from 2016 when I did a video response to the 'hangman's noose' mine with it's strange light phenomenon down one of its passages as you panned the camera, until present, 2022. You sir are a Living Legend and I'm looking forward to catching up all the incredible stuff I've missed out on (including competitions!). I especially liked your grilled cheese and mushroom sandwich, that reminded me that you are still going strong, as well as inspiring others to Eat too! It sounds simple but it's a useful lesson! I'm so pleased that you sound great and a firing on all cylinders!
Thanks for chiming in and letting me know you’re still here! Yes, I kind of cut back on how many videos I was putting out back in 2016. Since then, I’ve been going in fits and starts but have still been putting out videos on a less than consistent basis. I’m still here and will always be here - you can count on that! Thanks for the support!
and thank You so much, Frank for responding! I watched all uploads pre 2016 avidly and for some reason took a tangent on the Paranormal after your utterly compelling experiences recorded on camera! - like that whispering in the Waldeck reviewing the TN12! That has to be about as conclusive proof as you could get of some sort of existence beyond this life and I seriously hoped that it was never staged, nor did I think it ever was. That sort of thing can create dissonance and throw most people off kilter, which again was probably why the Paranormal took my interest I'm sure I speak for the majority of your followers but it is so reassuring to know you are going strong!@@AbandonedMines11
With many undg mines I've worked in, (but not in this mine it seems), as they go deeper, they block of upper drift tunnels or less used workings, stopes, drives with 'vent walls' usually with a door built into it for access with drainage in case water seepage builds up behind it. This would increase the air circulation in the lower levels. Great video as usual👍. Hope that you can possibly safely explore the lower levels with a the correct gear.
16:15 I think you had a WWI veteran at that mine, certainly looks like what I'd think would be a doughboy (US WWI uniform) and a dove perhaps with an olive branch...
Many thanks for uploading a much longer video this time Frank!!! Considering the size and that it was clearly used for transporting much if not all the product of the workings; I wonder if that main tunnel was a horse level? There was also a *deeply* eerie quality to that walled-off and metal-barred final section of drift... When you knocked on it part of me was half-expecting something to rap back!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! I don't like uploading videos longer than ten minutes, but this one had the hidden contest in it AND there was just so much footage. Glad you like the longer videos, though. Yes, that main level was probably haulage level. Most of the ore probably came out of the many lower levels. The ore was hoisted up that steeply inclined shaft and carried out of the mine through that main haulage tunnel I was in. The walled-off tunnel and metal door was strange. When I pounded on it with my fist it felt really solid. Almost unnaturally solid. I don't know -- I'm suspecting that the tunnel behind the door might be completely flooded with water. What I should've done was put my ear up to the metal plate and listened to how it sounded. Didn't think of that at the time, though. Thanks for your comment!
Thanks for that clarification! If it was a gas engine, that gives further credence to that one walled-off tunnel being a fuel storage area. It really did smell strongly like some kind of petroleum based substance behind that portal.
I'd be surprised if it were gas powered. No place for the exhaust to easily go and it would consume oxygen in the mine to run. I've only seen hoists powered by steam or electricity in mines for those reasons. I'm guessing the insulators mounted to the walls carried the power in to a now missing electric motor. The oil pressure gauge is curious though as to what it would have been used for.
@@Griznant75 Using diesel engines with scrubbers in mines is not unusual, in fact very common. It is easier to scrub diesel exhaust than gasoline exhaust.
@@Griznant75 It was a diesel hoist. The oil pressure gauge and key switch on the instrument panel are giveaways, as are the oil spot, antifreeze, and diesel fuel treatment jugs I found on the floor there. Plus I know the last operator of this mine and he said he had a diesel engine in there to run the hoist. Running diesel engines underground is very common, just need enough fans.
Thanks, Bill! Happy new year to you! The fuel storage tunnel was definitely unique. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that in a mine before. I would think, though, that the dirt and dust in the tunnel would somehow affect the fuel and contaminate it. But maybe it didn’t.
That inclined shaft is at least 1500 feet deep. This is quite a massive mine that connects up to other big mines in the area. There is definitely a lot more to see here on future adventures. Thanks, David, for commenting! Happy new year to you!
Quite a large mine for its age! Thanks for the exploration! Good luck to all the entrants to the contest👍 I'm as musical as that rock you dropped😂. Thanks for the contest And congratulations!!! Half mill soon!!!👏✌️
Hey Frank! Looks like a fun start to 2021, "tanks" for a very interesting and very cool video! Hope your holidays were good and I look forward to the next adventure!
Same to you! I'm glad you picked up on the pun in the video. You're the only person who's referenced it so far. LOL Thanks for your ongoing support. More videos coming soon!
the walled off tunnel was used as a compressed air accumulator [storage tank] you will see this in some large mines. The oil odor comes from the unfiltered compressed air from the compressor.
That concrete and metal door at the end gave me some really bad vibes! I didn't like how it was so sealed off and solid and final looking without knowing what was behind it. When you said ok let's get out of here I was in complete agreement. Something about that door gave me the creeps.
That door certainly was intriguing! The direction that tunnel was headed in was basically back towards the outside, so I don’t think that tunnel went anywhere unless it turned to the left behind the door and went further into the mountain that way. Another interesting possibility is that there may have been an accident somewhere behind that door like a collapse from which they were never able to retrieve the miners who were killed so they basically walled off that tunnel. I have seen that a couple times in other mines where there had been notable accidents from which bodies were never recovered. Or that door may have been for a storage room of some sort but who knows? No handles and no hinges definitely means it was never meant to be opened again, I guess.
Well I’m late frank, this mine has so much cool stuff love to drop a camera on a rope down the shaft be kinda interesting to see good stuff as always be safe 👍👍
Wow that looks like such a cool place. I’d love to explore this one day😉 I’ll be getting rope and equipment to go up and down now. So my videos will be getting more interesting. Awesome video bro!
I wonder if the spring started flooding the tunnel so they attempted to block it off while they tried to pump it out. I know some of the caverns in Texas will start filling with an extended hard rain. Then, when the rain stops it slowly goes back down to normal levels.
Some guys were in this mine and ones near it back in the spring of this year. They encountered flooded tunnels and a lot of mud. So it seems that depending on what time of year you go, these tunnels can either be very wet or very dry. It makes sense that they would be wet in the springtime due to all the melting snow and stuff like that. By the time autumn rolls around, the tunnels have had time to dry out and the water has evaporated. The time of year is something to keep in mind when planning exploration trips to abandoned mines!
Hi Frank, happy new year, I'm not going to enter because we don't have Target in the UK and I don't use Starbucks lol. A cool mine, it was awesome to see the lift the miners used instead of ladders, I thought that was a really good idea, but I really want to know what's behind the wall/door. Thanks for sharing & congratulations on over 360K subscribers, much love. xx🙏💖
Happy new year, Sue! I didn't know you were in the UK. I always thought you were in Australia for some reason. That lift the miners used was interesting, but I wouldn't feel comfortable standing on that because it has no sides on it. I would be afraid of falling off it and down into the shaft as it was going up or down the incline. Something like that would never be allowed in a modern mine, I'm sure. Yes, the walled-off passage with the metal "door" was strange. Lots of reasons why that might be that way: bad air, un-retrieved bodies of miners from a cave-in, flood water, etc.. Thank you, Sue, for your ongoing support here!
@@AbandonedMines11 I am in Cornwall UK which is where a lot of miners left here to go to the US. Cornwall is well known for it's tin mines and also copper and some silver too. xx
Thanks, Gary! Yes, I hope to return to this one with some other explorers and perhaps get past some of the collapses that are at the end of some of the drift tunnels. Thousands and thousands more feet of mine to explore in this one!
Before you're leaving your house to go and explore mines like these, please make sure you left a note or let someone know where you're going. Because this is very dangerous. Thanks for the videos though! :)
Formula is s = ut + 0.5*a*t^2, so if we assume you dropped it and didn't throw it down, that means height = 0.5*(9.8)*(15)^2 = 1102 (metres), just over 3500ft (also looked more like 15 seconds than 18 to me). So if there were 14 floors at approx. 200ft apart, that's 2800ft so I guess that's pretty close! NB the rock probably bounced around a fair bit and there's a big uncertainty on the time taken to reach the bottom!
Good explore, kinda weird mine! I wish you had taken at least one video shot down that incline, though! Do you have any plans to come back with ropes to explore those lower levels? Anyway, thanks for taking us along!
I get really nervous around the edges of those shafts, Fred. That’s why I didn’t get a shot looking down it. I’m looking forward to potentially hooking up with some other explorers and trying to get further into this mine. There are many levels and many thousands of feet of tunnels that could be explored and documented. Stay tuned! Thank you for your comment, though, and for taking the time to watch. I appreciate it!
Exploring Abandoned Mines and Unusual Places Absolutely understand your nervousness! You never know when...let's say,"Something's about to give...". Stay safe, bro!
I think I’m too dumb to figure out the puzzle so I’ll just keep watching!! Haha Thanks for doing it though, we know it takes so much work to make these videos and you greatly deserve the success!!
Yes, that bird drawing could've been a pet one of the miners had. That drawing was pretty big. Kind of cool to find something substantial like that. Thanks, Drew, for watching and commenting! Happy New Year!
Headframe Hunter pointed that out in his video which he posted several months ago. I don’t know much about such things, but he thought it was pretty striking, too.
Just thought and idk why blame my CZcams recomendations! But I just wonder how many people have been killed and dumped way way way way back in a mine shaft like then and then thrown down one of these holes? I mean if a person wanted to do that I think it would be a good idea no one would ever find out yanno
That’s very true, Mike! I think a lot of these extremely deep mine shafts that are in remote areas probably do have bodies at the bottom of them. Thank you for your comment!
Good question! It would take some kind of cutting tool to get through that metal plate. Another option would be to climb up into the stopes above the main haulage tunnel and see if there's a way to drop back down to the haulage tunnel and approach the door from the other side. Thanks, Mike, for your question and comment!
I think the humid drift looks to be older workings, with graffiti. Has the darker dust on the back. Seems the ore passes all have been back filled. Main hall age drift, over years has been reworked. Thank’s
I think you're right about all of that. Definitely a lot more to see here on potential trips. Thanks, Lincoln, for watching and commenting! Happy New Year to you!
Those musical tones were part of the 350,000th Subscriber Giveaway Contest. There was a puzzle hidden in the video, and the musical tones were part of it. Full details are in the video's description. The contest is over, however, because somebody won the $140 prize package a few hours after the contest went live. Thanks for your question, Matthew!
@Andrew supermoto , Drones won't work properly underground because they require Direct Line Of Sight for the Controller to communicate with the Drone .
I think that's a drawing of Buster Keaton, a famous comedic actor who started in the silent era. There was another actor of that sra named Buster Crabbe (Buck Rogers etc.). I wonder of somebody was making a drawing joke by drawing a crab next to Buster Keaton.
Yes, the mine might've been worked somewhat after 1940. Not sure or who or exactly when. Official records for the area say that production stopped in the 1940s. That headframe looks more modern than the 1940s maybe.
That’s a good question! Keep in mind, though, that the ore the miners were digging and sending out of the mine needed to be processed. And that requires crushing and more crushing and processing the ore with certain chemicals and things like that. So there really wouldn’t be anything of value worth taking out of the mine unless a miner wanted to take out some unprocessed ore. Maybe an actual miner or a former miner will chime in here and give us his or her take on your question.
Something i’ve noticed which i have a question about... do you ever wear masks in any of these mines? especially the talc ones, there’s so much dust! are your lungs ok??
I normally don't wear a mask in a mine like this one. In talc mines, however, it's a good idea. But even then I don't think a one-time exposure while not wearing a mask is anything to worry about. The miners who worked in these mines seven days a week for 12 hour shifts are the ones who suffered from the prolonged dust exposure. There weren't any safety laws and regulations like there are today.
Hello Frank This mine is a bit spooky but that is my feeling The hoist looks like as it is still in Funktion Install a Kompressor and Down it goes I wonder what is Down below that winze Are there any Informations about or was a somebody Down there Thanks for the Video and sharing your adventure Stay save and healthy Yours Frank Galetzka
I’ve seen a map of this mine. There are many levels below the level I was in. This mine connects up to other nearby massive mines, so it’s a really complicated layout. Definitely a lot more to see here underground.
Someone should invent a device that would contact emergency services if left for a set amount of time. Could be useful for solo maintenance jobs, or in this case mine exploration. (I'm not discounting his experience or safety record, but shit can happen in a 150 year old hole that that nobody has any control over).
I do carry a SPOT beacon in case of emergencies. However, the beacon obviously doesn’t work when I’m underground. The beacon works above ground even when there is no cell phone signal or Internet service whatsoever. That way, if I’m hiking around on a steep mountain side or in the desert and an accident occurs like a broken leg or a rattlesnake bite, I can simply activate the beacon and wait for help to arrive. In fact, last October a year ago I did use the beacon when my car got stuck in a ditch up on a mountain out in the middle of the Nevada desert where there was no cell phone reception or Internet service for miles around. Check out my video of that! The coverage plan I pay for covers any and all expenses related to my extraction if and when I use the beacon.
@@AbandonedMines11 Very cool, I'm glad you're staying safe! Thank you for the videos by the way they're about the only thing that I can focus on long enough to get me to sleep these past few weeks.
I think one day you explore a mine and suddenly you see blinking lights And little grey people running around 👽👽☝️ Go on i like what you do Yours Frank Galetzka
Using a free fall test 18 seconds says, Calculates the free fall distance and velocity without air resistance from the free fall time. 5,212.1958661417 feet. lol.
If I had to guess, I would say they probably did not have earplugs. Mining was a very dangerous and hazardous job back in those days. There weren’t the safety regulations and things like that which we have today.
For The Love of %Ø# !!! I’ve Watched Twice..Once Without Beer and Second Time With Beers...Awsum Mine Frank But I Have No Clue With All Those Clues 👍🏻🤠🇺🇸 Cheers 🍻
With the Deliverance riffs I wasn’t sure if the unusual part of this exploration was you found a toothless banjo playing kid in there 🤣
Insulators (keep High Voltage Electrical Signals from shorting to ground), not Resistors (which resist current in a circuit).
You beat me too it! "Ceramic insulators!" I was shouting at my phone. Made from clay then glazed & baked just like teapots.
I think I might have collected a couple of those. Would make nifty paperweights! They may even have a maker's mark on them to research dates & places of manufacture.
In fact "Get those insulators on the way out!"
Sounds like a fun contest, Frank. The mine looks good, too.
Definitely one of the largest mines I have ever been in. This one is worth repeated visits. Thanks, Tom and Julie, for dropping by!
Back in the 90's when I worked in the UNDG Mines, any hoist or winch cable that had a cage or travel platform that the miners travelled in, had to have the steel cable cut at the lower end and a metre or so removed and Xrayed to see if the cable was OK, no corrosion. If OK, the cable was reconnected. If not, the cable was replaced in it's entirety. Not done at with these older mines that's for sure... Great video👍.
Believe it or not, this mine was last worked in the early 90s. The operator is a friend of mine; I suspect he played a bit fast and loose with MSHA.
*"Tank" goodness we found this major artifact in here!*
That one got me pretty good not gonna lie
Glad to hear it, Josh! I throw in an occasional pun every now and then.
You should come down to Cleveland national forest here in socal , there is a bunch of abandoned mines in the mountains, there is a lot of quartz outcrops oriented in a north south direction , would love to see them but I wouldn’t wanna go in there 😬
The Cleveland National Forest is where I got my start exploring abandoned mines back in 2008 or so. Been there, done that! Those mines are some of the oldest videos here on my channel. They were a good place to get started, that’s for sure!
This channel is literally my favorite because it's really real stuff
Great! Thanks for the comment and feedback! Glad you're enjoying my videos and getting something out of them. I appreciate it. More videos coming soon!
Frank I apologise profusely as for some reason I'd missed a whole bunch of your content from 2016 when I did a video response to the 'hangman's noose' mine with it's strange light phenomenon down one of its passages as you panned the camera, until present, 2022. You sir are a Living Legend and I'm looking forward to catching up all the incredible stuff I've missed out on (including competitions!). I especially liked your grilled cheese and mushroom sandwich, that reminded me that you are still going strong, as well as inspiring others to Eat too! It sounds simple but it's a useful lesson! I'm so pleased that you sound great and a firing on all cylinders!
Thanks for chiming in and letting me know you’re still here! Yes, I kind of cut back on how many videos I was putting out back in 2016. Since then, I’ve been going in fits and starts but have still been putting out videos on a less than consistent basis. I’m still here and will always be here - you can count on that! Thanks for the support!
and thank You so much, Frank for responding! I watched all uploads pre 2016 avidly and for some reason took a tangent on the Paranormal after your utterly compelling experiences recorded on camera! - like that whispering in the Waldeck reviewing the TN12! That has to be about as conclusive proof as you could get of some sort of existence beyond this life and I seriously hoped that it was never staged, nor did I think it ever was. That sort of thing can create dissonance and throw most people off kilter, which again was probably why the Paranormal took my interest I'm sure I speak for the majority of your followers but it is so reassuring to know you are going strong!@@AbandonedMines11
That's a great mine to explore. I've been in it several times.
Thanks, Jim!
With many undg mines I've worked in, (but not in this mine it seems), as they go deeper, they block of upper drift tunnels or less used workings, stopes, drives with 'vent walls' usually with a door built into it for access with drainage in case water seepage builds up behind it. This would increase the air circulation in the lower levels. Great video as usual👍. Hope that you can possibly safely explore the lower levels with a the correct gear.
That is some fascinating information! Thanks for sharing that. I appreciate it, and I'm sure the other viewers do, too.
16:15 I think you had a WWI veteran at that mine, certainly looks like what I'd think would be a doughboy (US WWI uniform) and a dove perhaps with an olive branch...
Great deduction, Michael! I like the doughboy interpretation as well as the peace dove, too. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Congratulations on your channels continued success! Great video with some incredible finds, stay safe.
Thank you very much!
Many thanks for uploading a much longer video this time Frank!!!
Considering the size and that it was clearly used for transporting much if not all the product of the workings; I wonder if that main tunnel was a horse level?
There was also a *deeply* eerie quality to that walled-off and metal-barred final section of drift... When you knocked on it part of me was half-expecting something to rap back!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! I don't like uploading videos longer than ten minutes, but this one had the hidden contest in it AND there was just so much footage. Glad you like the longer videos, though. Yes, that main level was probably haulage level. Most of the ore probably came out of the many lower levels. The ore was hoisted up that steeply inclined shaft and carried out of the mine through that main haulage tunnel I was in. The walled-off tunnel and metal door was strange. When I pounded on it with my fist it felt really solid. Almost unnaturally solid. I don't know -- I'm suspecting that the tunnel behind the door might be completely flooded with water. What I should've done was put my ear up to the metal plate and listened to how it sounded. Didn't think of that at the time, though. Thanks for your comment!
Love your videos, no one does it like this! Always happy to see uploads
Hi, Kalma! Thank you for your comment. Always nice to hear when a fan is enjoying the videos. Thanks for your support!
A Perfect Saying All The Best Of Health To You.
Good times in there! Can't wait to get back and unlock more of its secrets! Awesome video!
You and me both! Thanks for checking out the video. Such an extensive place underground.
@@AbandonedMines11 massive!
another great mine explored!!
Thank you for following along in the video! I appreciate it.
WOW, great rock test!!!
Wasn’t it, though? It’s a very crude and unscientific way of getting a rough idea of the depth of something. Thanks for watching and commenting, Tina!
The drawing of the bird may be to signify the canaries miners would bring with down with them to check if the air was full of poisonous gasses.
I think you’re right about that, Marcelo. Probably was meant to be a canary.
I thought this too, and judging by the direction the bird was flying, I was thinking maybe don't go that way.
interesting way to have a giveaway
its nice of your ghost buddy to play the guitar down there
Brilliant Artifacts In That Mine A Wonderful Video Fully Detailed. And All The Best Frank.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you, Neil, for your support.
Don't forget your ThruNite TN12 flashlight!
I still have it as one of the three lights I use!
The Hoist was driven by a gas engine the gauge was the oil presser.
Thanks for that clarification! If it was a gas engine, that gives further credence to that one walled-off tunnel being a fuel storage area. It really did smell strongly like some kind of petroleum based substance behind that portal.
I'd be surprised if it were gas powered. No place for the exhaust to easily go and it would consume oxygen in the mine to run. I've only seen hoists powered by steam or electricity in mines for those reasons. I'm guessing the insulators mounted to the walls carried the power in to a now missing electric motor. The oil pressure gauge is curious though as to what it would have been used for.
@@Griznant75 Using diesel engines with scrubbers in mines is not unusual, in fact very common. It is easier to scrub diesel exhaust than gasoline exhaust.
@@Griznant75 It was a diesel hoist. The oil pressure gauge and key switch on the instrument panel are giveaways, as are the oil spot, antifreeze, and diesel fuel treatment jugs I found on the floor there. Plus I know the last operator of this mine and he said he had a diesel engine in there to run the hoist. Running diesel engines underground is very common, just need enough fans.
Mystery solved! Thanks for providing that clarification! You’re definitely right about needing a lot of fans to keep the air moving.
Wow Frank, the flooded tunnel and the fuel storage areas are quite curious. I enjoyed the video, thanks...Peace!!!
Bill
Thanks, Bill! Happy new year to you! The fuel storage tunnel was definitely unique. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that in a mine before. I would think, though, that the dirt and dust in the tunnel would somehow affect the fuel and contaminate it. But maybe it didn’t.
Pretty good mine. Thank you for taking us along.
Glad you enjoyed it! I'll have a new video coming out in about 12 hours from now at 4 PM Pacific time. Thanks for your ongoing support here!
Hey Frank, Congrats on 360K+ subscribers, that's fkn awesome bud, great video as always, see ya in the next one...pce.
Thanks 👍 Nice hearing from you again! Happy New Year!
Hey Frank thanks for another great video, always stay safe!!!!!!
Thanks, George! Nice hearing from you again. Happy New Year!
This was a cool mine. Congrats on the subscriber goal! That's awesome! Thanks for sharing, and take care.
Hey, Nick! Thanks for your comment. Happy New Year to you!
Njce video! The cable still being on the hoist was cool looks like they used all that cable to get to the bottom of that incline shaft.
That inclined shaft is at least 1500 feet deep. This is quite a massive mine that connects up to other big mines in the area. There is definitely a lot more to see here on future adventures. Thanks, David, for commenting! Happy new year to you!
wow great video Frank , that mine is massive , i enjoyed all of it . well done you did a great job filming it .
Hey, Roy! Thanks for your comment! Happy new year to you, too! Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for letting me know.
Amazing footages I just found this channel a week ago I love mine exploration
Welcome aboard! Thanks, Edward, for subscribing. Always nice to meet another person who's into abandoned mine exploration.
I wonder why he brought the banjo player from 'Deliverance' with him.
An electric motor was used for the winch, the large tank with rivets and no welds is an accumulator tank, dates from about mid 1930s
Great information, Harold! Thank you for providing it.
5:57, a leather glove to the left of the head frame post.
I didn't see that. Thanks for pointing that out, Harold!
Quite a large mine for its age!
Thanks for the exploration!
Good luck to all the entrants to the contest👍 I'm as musical as that rock you dropped😂. Thanks for the contest And congratulations!!!
Half mill soon!!!👏✌️
One of the largest mines ever, I think! Thanks for your comment, and thank you for your support!
Hey Frank! Looks like a fun start to 2021, "tanks" for a very interesting and very cool video! Hope your holidays were good and I look forward to the next adventure!
Same to you! I'm glad you picked up on the pun in the video. You're the only person who's referenced it so far. LOL Thanks for your ongoing support. More videos coming soon!
the walled off tunnel was used as a compressed air accumulator [storage tank] you will see this in some large mines. The oil odor comes from the unfiltered compressed air from the compressor.
Thanks, Larry, for that insight and information! I appreciate it.
That's what I figured too.
Congrats on 350,000 subs!
Thanks, man! Nice to see you here on CZcams finally! Happy New Year to you!
That concrete and metal door at the end gave me some really bad vibes! I didn't like how it was so sealed off and solid and final looking without knowing what was behind it. When you said ok let's get out of here I was in complete agreement. Something about that door gave me the creeps.
That door certainly was intriguing! The direction that tunnel was headed in was basically back towards the outside, so I don’t think that tunnel went anywhere unless it turned to the left behind the door and went further into the mountain that way. Another interesting possibility is that there may have been an accident somewhere behind that door like a collapse from which they were never able to retrieve the miners who were killed so they basically walled off that tunnel. I have seen that a couple times in other mines where there had been notable accidents from which bodies were never recovered. Or that door may have been for a storage room of some sort but who knows? No handles and no hinges definitely means it was never meant to be opened again, I guess.
Well I’m late frank, this mine has so much cool stuff love to drop a camera on a rope down the shaft be kinda interesting to see good stuff as always be safe 👍👍
Thanks, Steve! Happy New Year to you!
Wow that looks like such a cool place. I’d love to explore this one day😉 I’ll be getting rope and equipment to go up and down now. So my videos will be getting more interesting. Awesome video bro!
Definitely a lot to see there, Adrian! Thanks for dropping by, watching, and commenting.
SUPER!
Many thanks!
I wonder if the spring started flooding the tunnel so they attempted to block it off while they tried to pump it out. I know some of the caverns in Texas will start filling with an extended hard rain. Then, when the rain stops it slowly goes back down to normal levels.
Some guys were in this mine and ones near it back in the spring of this year. They encountered flooded tunnels and a lot of mud. So it seems that depending on what time of year you go, these tunnels can either be very wet or very dry. It makes sense that they would be wet in the springtime due to all the melting snow and stuff like that. By the time autumn rolls around, the tunnels have had time to dry out and the water has evaporated. The time of year is something to keep in mind when planning exploration trips to abandoned mines!
Hi Frank, happy new year, I'm not going to enter because we don't have Target in the UK and I don't use Starbucks lol. A cool mine, it was awesome to see the lift the miners used instead of ladders, I thought that was a really good idea, but I really want to know what's behind the wall/door. Thanks for sharing & congratulations on over 360K subscribers, much love. xx🙏💖
Happy new year, Sue! I didn't know you were in the UK. I always thought you were in Australia for some reason. That lift the miners used was interesting, but I wouldn't feel comfortable standing on that because it has no sides on it. I would be afraid of falling off it and down into the shaft as it was going up or down the incline. Something like that would never be allowed in a modern mine, I'm sure. Yes, the walled-off passage with the metal "door" was strange. Lots of reasons why that might be that way: bad air, un-retrieved bodies of miners from a cave-in, flood water, etc.. Thank you, Sue, for your ongoing support here!
@@AbandonedMines11 I am in Cornwall UK which is where a lot of miners left here to go to the US. Cornwall is well known for it's tin mines and also copper and some silver too. xx
Literally sounds like the beginning of the Deliverance movie. The song in it lol.
I didn't think of that. I can see the resemblance, though.
@@AbandonedMines11 other than that I dont think I can solve the puzzle. Maybe I'm just slow lol
I like the information you give on the mines and is there going to be more on this mine?
Thanks.
Thanks, Gary! Yes, I hope to return to this one with some other explorers and perhaps get past some of the collapses that are at the end of some of the drift tunnels. Thousands and thousands more feet of mine to explore in this one!
Before you're leaving your house to go and explore mines like these, please make sure you left a note or let someone know where you're going. Because this is very dangerous.
Thanks for the videos though! :)
Looks like most of the creatures they sealed up made their way out after the mine was abandoned......
Animals don’t really go underground. There’s nothing for them to eat. They will go in 10 or 20 feet but no further.
@@goldminer71188 I wasn't referring to earthly normal desert animals.....
hey Frank - they weren't resistors, rather ceramic insulators to carry the live cable overhead
Could have been an explosives cupboard behind that door but it looks like a fuel storage area behind it, but my guess is just as good as yours
It's probably something like that. Only one way to find out for sure, though.
Formula is s = ut + 0.5*a*t^2, so if we assume you dropped it and didn't throw it down, that means height = 0.5*(9.8)*(15)^2 = 1102 (metres), just over 3500ft (also looked more like 15 seconds than 18 to me). So if there were 14 floors at approx. 200ft apart, that's 2800ft so I guess that's pretty close!
NB the rock probably bounced around a fair bit and there's a big uncertainty on the time taken to reach the bottom!
Thanks for this information, Owen! I appreciate it. I’m sure the other viewers appreciate it, too.
I can’t do your contest but i watch your video anyway!
Happy New Year, Muriel! Thanks for stopping by.
The bird drawing was probably a canary.
I didn’t think of that. That’s a very good deduction!
Good explore, kinda weird mine! I wish you had taken at least one video shot down that incline, though! Do you have any plans to come back with ropes to explore those lower levels? Anyway, thanks for taking us along!
I get really nervous around the edges of those shafts, Fred. That’s why I didn’t get a shot looking down it. I’m looking forward to potentially hooking up with some other explorers and trying to get further into this mine. There are many levels and many thousands of feet of tunnels that could be explored and documented. Stay tuned! Thank you for your comment, though, and for taking the time to watch. I appreciate it!
Exploring Abandoned Mines and Unusual Places Absolutely understand your nervousness! You never know when...let's say,"Something's about to give...". Stay safe, bro!
9.8m/s/s free fall, 32 feet per sec per sec.
I think I’m too dumb to figure out the puzzle so I’ll just keep watching!! Haha Thanks for doing it though, we know it takes so much work to make these videos and you greatly deserve the success!!
Thanks, man! Great comment! I appreciate your support. Happy New Year, too!
Thank you and Happy new year to you as well!
The miner could have had a pet bird. This is almost as cool as that insane mine TVR found recently.
Yes, that bird drawing could've been a pet one of the miners had. That drawing was pretty big. Kind of cool to find something substantial like that. Thanks, Drew, for watching and commenting! Happy New Year!
Was the rock still makin noise in the shaft on your way back out? The Lovelace winze. Great vid!
It certainly was extremely deep! Would've been cool to descend to the lower levels, but the angle of the incline was too steep to do without rope.
Did anyone else notice the strange connector to the drive shaft with a u- joint on that powered the winch.
Headframe Hunter pointed that out in his video which he posted several months ago. I don’t know much about such things, but he thought it was pretty striking, too.
Have you had anything caught on tape like ghost or scary stuff
Just thought and idk why blame my CZcams recomendations! But I just wonder how many people have been killed and dumped way way way way back in a mine shaft like then and then thrown down one of these holes? I mean if a person wanted to do that I think it would be a good idea no one would ever find out yanno
That’s very true, Mike! I think a lot of these extremely deep mine shafts that are in remote areas probably do have bodies at the bottom of them. Thank you for your comment!
Birds were taken into tunnels to protect miners, they'd indicate if the air is ok, by not dying.
Yes, very true. Thank you for watching and commenting!
Man that's an awesome mine. I'd love to check it out too.
Much more to see in this one, Mike. I hope to return to it in the future with some other explorers. Stay tuned!
Frank, will we ever know what's behind that door ? Thanks again for sharing. Be well, my friend.
Good question! It would take some kind of cutting tool to get through that metal plate. Another option would be to climb up into the stopes above the main haulage tunnel and see if there's a way to drop back down to the haulage tunnel and approach the door from the other side. Thanks, Mike, for your question and comment!
@@AbandonedMines11 Thanks, Frank. That door will stir lots of questions.
Man I live In alaska I really need to do some exploring! Are there a lot of underground mines in ak?
I think there are some abandoned mine ruins up in Alaska. I know they have some of those dredges which are kind of unique.
Anyone else see the Masonic symbols scratched into the rusty door at 23:03 into the video?? Makes me wonder what is truly behind that door??
I see them now! Good eye for catching that! Now I'm really curious what's behind that metal door....
I think the humid drift looks to be older workings, with graffiti. Has the darker dust on the back. Seems the ore passes all have been back filled. Main hall age drift, over years has been reworked. Thank’s
I think you're right about all of that. Definitely a lot more to see here on potential trips. Thanks, Lincoln, for watching and commenting! Happy New Year to you!
Holy shit this giveway is crazy lol WOW
Thanks! Good luck!
@@AbandonedMines11 Will you be announcing when a winner is declared or how close people have been getting?
Hey Frank , every time you stopped , did you play banjo notes on your phone or something? Curious.
Yes, I have a piano app on my phone for which I used to make the musical tones that are part of the embedded puzzle.
@@AbandonedMines11 Oh 🆗
Are you using a dulcimer for the notes?
No. It was a grand piano app on my phone.
What is that sound that keeps coming on? I keep thinking it's some ad, but sure enough it's on the video
Those musical tones were part of the 350,000th Subscriber Giveaway Contest. There was a puzzle hidden in the video, and the musical tones were part of it. Full details are in the video's description. The contest is over, however, because somebody won the $140 prize package a few hours after the contest went live. Thanks for your question, Matthew!
Hello Frank!
Hello, Marcelo!
Primordial ooze
Now sold under the name of ''Motor Oil'' . Lol .
Could do with a cheap small drone with a light to fly to where you can not see. 👍
Excellent idea! Thanks, Andrew, for commenting!
@Andrew supermoto , Drones won't work properly underground because they require Direct Line Of Sight for the Controller to communicate with the Drone .
I think that's a drawing of Buster Keaton, a famous comedic actor who started in the silent era. There was another actor of that sra named Buster Crabbe (Buck Rogers etc.). I wonder of somebody was making a drawing joke by drawing a crab next to Buster Keaton.
Great information, Doug! I had no idea about that. You may be onto something there!
The 1 day when you do the rock test & someone throws it back up to you.
Wouldn’t that be amazing?
That would be funny to do to someone , have someone hiding in the mine.
Sweet I'm in but I'm still Watching due to great entertainment!!!; )
Thanks, Richard!
Unusual for 1940s mine to have what looks the hoist could still work someone must have used it after 1940s
Yes, the mine might've been worked somewhat after 1940. Not sure or who or exactly when. Official records for the area say that production stopped in the 1940s. That headframe looks more modern than the 1940s maybe.
1993.
how did they prevent workers from stealing gold ore?
That’s a good question! Keep in mind, though, that the ore the miners were digging and sending out of the mine needed to be processed. And that requires crushing and more crushing and processing the ore with certain chemicals and things like that. So there really wouldn’t be anything of value worth taking out of the mine unless a miner wanted to take out some unprocessed ore. Maybe an actual miner or a former miner will chime in here and give us his or her take on your question.
Enjoying the video music sounds like Guitar or Chinese kalimba
It’s actually supposed to be a grand piano. LOL
Oops 🙊
Here before 1k views
First actually
I think that rock is still falling.
Me, too, Katherine! Those inclined shafts are exceptionally deep and lead down to all the lower levels. Lots more to see in this one, that's for sure!
Your all videos are great👍👍👍
Hi, Nadia! Thank you very much for your comment and the thumbs up! Glad you are enjoying my videos. I’ll have more coming soon.
don't know anything about music, but good video
Thanks, Chuck, for your comment! Happy New Year!
Something i’ve noticed which i have a question about... do you ever wear masks in any of these mines? especially the talc ones, there’s so much dust! are your lungs ok??
I normally don't wear a mask in a mine like this one. In talc mines, however, it's a good idea. But even then I don't think a one-time exposure while not wearing a mask is anything to worry about. The miners who worked in these mines seven days a week for 12 hour shifts are the ones who suffered from the prolonged dust exposure. There weren't any safety laws and regulations like there are today.
I dont want to win anything, i just want to watch the video.
Thanks for your support!
Hello Frank
This mine is a bit spooky but that is my feeling
The hoist looks like as it is still in Funktion
Install a Kompressor and Down it goes
I wonder what is Down below that winze
Are there any Informations about or was a somebody Down there
Thanks for the Video and sharing your adventure
Stay save and healthy
Yours Frank Galetzka
I’ve seen a map of this mine. There are many levels below the level I was in. This mine connects up to other nearby massive mines, so it’s a really complicated layout. Definitely a lot more to see here underground.
Someone should invent a device that would contact emergency services if left for a set amount of time. Could be useful for solo maintenance jobs, or in this case mine exploration. (I'm not discounting his experience or safety record, but shit can happen in a 150 year old hole that that nobody has any control over).
I do carry a SPOT beacon in case of emergencies. However, the beacon obviously doesn’t work when I’m underground. The beacon works above ground even when there is no cell phone signal or Internet service whatsoever. That way, if I’m hiking around on a steep mountain side or in the desert and an accident occurs like a broken leg or a rattlesnake bite, I can simply activate the beacon and wait for help to arrive. In fact, last October a year ago I did use the beacon when my car got stuck in a ditch up on a mountain out in the middle of the Nevada desert where there was no cell phone reception or Internet service for miles around. Check out my video of that! The coverage plan I pay for covers any and all expenses related to my extraction if and when I use the beacon.
@@AbandonedMines11 Very cool, I'm glad you're staying safe! Thank you for the videos by the way they're about the only thing that I can focus on long enough to get me to sleep these past few weeks.
I think one day you explore a mine and suddenly you see blinking lights
And little grey people running around
👽👽☝️
Go on i like what you do
Yours Frank Galetzka
I hope not, Frank! That would be quite an experience!
@@AbandonedMines11 i think so
Live long and in prosper🖖
Using a free fall test 18 seconds says, Calculates the free fall distance and velocity without air resistance from the free fall time. 5,212.1958661417 feet. lol.
That hoist must’ve been so loud in there. Hope they had earplugs.
If I had to guess, I would say they probably did not have earplugs. Mining was a very dangerous and hazardous job back in those days. There weren’t the safety regulations and things like that which we have today.
@@AbandonedMines11 That hoist last ran in 1993, I know the operator. He probably had earplugs...the guys before him? I doubt it!
WHOOO
Probably big stashes of gold behind those plugs. Retirement fund lmao
Goodluck to who WINS
Happy New Year, Ronnie! Thanks for watching and commenting!
cheeky
what if you get lost in mine :(
Blessings crown the head of the righteous, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.-Proverbs 10:6
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Hello!
For The Love of %Ø# !!! I’ve Watched Twice..Once Without Beer and Second Time With Beers...Awsum Mine Frank
But I Have No Clue With All Those Clues
👍🏻🤠🇺🇸 Cheers 🍻
Try it again after doing some shots. LOL Thanks, man, for watching and commenting!
Shots??? It’s Only Tuesday LOL...
Sounds Like It Maybe Worth a Try haha
Your Welcome and That Was a Nice Bonus Within The Video... 👍🏻🤠🇺🇸
Maybe the water went down the hole