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Bringing An Abandoned Gold Mine Back To Life: Part 20 of ?
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- čas přidán 23. 05. 2023
- You often hear me say that exploring abandoned mines is really hard on gear. Well, guess what? Mining - gold or anything else - is really hard on gear as well… And, to be fair, a loader or an excavator is more expensive than any camera that I have ended up destroying underground. Combine the inevitable abuse that mining heaps on equipment with a slow day when we were on hold while waiting for multiple deliveries and you get us taking on the distinctive boulder in front of the mine.
I’ll show you more on the slusher in upcoming videos as all of us have ended up preferring it to the mucker, but, rest assured, it is not without its downsides and problems as well. The biggest problem we have had is that ice builds up inside of the slusher through frequent use and slowly bogs it down until it becomes unusable. Then, there is a long wait for the slusher to thaw out (thawing out underground is a slow process). Of course, it also needs to be fed lots of vegetable oil every day. Given that the compressed air the mining equipment runs off of aerosolizes the oil in our rock drill, slusher, etc., we use vegetable oil for lubrication rather than petroleum-based oil.
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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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I can easily watch an hour of this. Between the mining, the excavating, talking about the area, etc. It's all enjoyable.
Such an awesome series!!!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Really enjoying the look inside an active mine, thank you very much.
Awesome update! Really puts into perspective some of the older workings before large hydraulics, diesel etc.
Hello Justin! I have been missing you and your videos for the last 3 weeks.
I am becoming concerned for you and your family. I know you might just be really busy right now, but I just wanted to let you know that you have concerned subscribers. I pray that all is well with you and all your family. If possible just give us a quick note. Thank you Justin.
I'm afraid I wouldn't be a very patient miner. Even with modern equipment, it seems that it takes so much time to do everything. Kudos to you all. I love the inclusion of breaking up the large rock formation in the middle of the parking area.
That's exactly how mining used to be, slow, hard, and rather monotonous. Keep in mind though that these guys are deliberately using old fashioned methods. Newer methods are substantially faster.
Always so eager for each episode of this series!!!
If you don't want to blast outside and have time, you could drill holes in that rock and fill them with water and let freeze/thaw cycles help to fracture it
You should have saved that rock for when they build a bronze sculpture of you for being such a great youtube mine explorer.
Looking good! In all honesty I thought the lagging would get blown to hell by the first shot. Split-shooting it was wise. Y'all are really driving that drift fast, 5x7 doesn't take much to cycle!
Slushers are very neat pieces of gear, and significantly safer than overshot muckers. With that said, you really should install a guard by the machine to protect the operator in the event of a snapped cable. If you can track down some worn-out heavy screen cloth from a crusher plant and u-bolt it to a timber, that should do the trick.
Great video showing us more Justin! Thank you!
Awesome, another video was waiting in anticipation 😀 😄
I always thought that rock was in the way, but never thought you would one day take it away, a very good decision.
Nice to see how you are using the winch to clean up the rocks after the blast, never thought of that, we just used them in the stopes.
You are really starting to have a big operation, very nice to be part of it.
Hope the next video will be soon!
Your videos are the finest I have found. Well detailed and im always kept orientateded
Getting under the lip of those layers of rock with the teeth of the excavator bucket seems to be not unlike shucking an oyster with a very large blade. LOL. Love to see the slusher working and the progress on the drift. Thankfully mother nature's reach only makes it a short way underground. Thanks for the updates Justin.
I was noticing the light on the miners helmet. Trying to imagine how miners back in the day with their carbide lights were able to work. I guess its what you get use to. Enjoyed this video. Thanks
Or with candles
Thank you for this Update from the mine.
I am very amazed to see all the Equipment in full Aktion.
Here in the Rammelsberg Mine we can run a slusher but not under this circumstances.
The Real World and the Museum .
Very different things 😅😅😅😅😅😅.
Thank you very much agsin
Yours Frank Galetzks
Hey bud is this mine in Germany 🇩🇪 thank you
@@rayon3383 yes the Rammelsberg mine is in the City of Goslar it is in the World heratiige Fund.
Goslar is a City near the Harzmountains in the middle of Germany.
I am a mineguide there .
Greetings Frank Galetzka
@@frankgaletzka8477
Frank so is this the same mine Justin is working on or reopening in the video's? Sorry it's just kind of confusing
Looks like y'all have a big problem rock that could be used for some drill practice! Can't believe they wanted a NEW waste rock pile!?! Love the progress y'all have made, can't wait for the next episode!
Look's great cleaning it up! the Snowy Part was thinking Froddo was taking that short cut to Mordoir pretty Ominious 😮 handholding that drill is rough I used them my Dad showed me! you fellow must have some deep snows huh!!!
I always find your videos so relaxing brother, thank you from down under 😊
I luv me some slusher action. Wonderful to see some advancement on the new drift
2:24 My Sierra Blaster setup would bust that up quick like and in a hurry.
eagerly awaiting the next episode, seems far too much time between
5:59 time stamp you can hear someone saying ‘Oh Yeah’ very satisfactorily! Just as I personally exclaimed as well, round about the same moment.
Watching you guys work that mine is really a trip.
I would like to comment on a few things but before I begin: I have never been apart of an active mining operation so take my advice with a grain of salt.
1. I have noticed that in all of your videos you are struggling with water on the rails. I would suggest making ditches on either side of the rails or have one side have the drainage ditch with an occasional PVC pipe that has been cut in half to allow water from the other side of the rails to flow into the ditch.
2. Because you have a constant flow of water out of your mine, I suggest building an electric generator down the hill a bit to have backup power incase your generator fails. Someone else who I watch whose channel goes by “Marty T” has multiple videos of using gutted washing machines, a nozzle jet, some electronics (including rectifiers) and pipes to gain water pressure. These generators seem to have extremely low maintenance and would be perfect for the desolate area the mine is located in and the upper level may actually be a perfect place to lay down pipe and route it to the level you’re digging out right now to gain enough water pressure for the generator to operate (one of his videos shows a constant 850 watts but can be made to produce more with a more powerful rectifier and the size of the nozzle jet). The only limitations that are in the way of gaining wattage is the size of the nozzle jet, the voltage limitations of the rectifier that is purchased, and water pressure.
3. Build trackage leading from the collapsed upper level’s portal entrance to the lower level’s portal entrance so that equipment can be easily transferred from one level to another without having to use the backhoe to carry equipment one at a time.
4. A passing track with a switch that goes off of the trackage that connects the portals together to allow for multiple ore carts to be unloaded at once at the designated area (the passing track is there to allow the Trammer to uncouple from the ore carts and run around them and couple onto the other side to allow for unloading no matter which portal opening the Trammer came from.
5. Recover the front dumping ore cart from the upper level and press it into service. A new metal frame would be constructed for the ore cart (along with new flanged wheels) if the wooden frame is too far gone. A link and pin coupler would be included on the new metal frame to allow for it to be used with the mucker. This ore cart and the homemade ore cart used in part 1 would probably stay in the upper level.
6. I am currently training as a machinist at a trade school in East Tennessee and am willing to give advice on creating replacement parts for your equipment or parts to create equipment that would suit the challenges your machinery faces in everyday use.
Ahh the power of hydraulics!! So much easier than hand breaking that bedrock. Thank you for the video, always interesting
Loving every new video!! Thanks.
Finally, I understand how a slusher operates! Thanks Justin and Crew!
thanks for all the effort. great series
keep them coming!
Exciting upload! I'm interested to see what happens with the big rock outside.
As someone commented earlier.... I wonder if you could drill some holes in the yard Rock and fill them with water and let the freezing do the work.
Looking really good. It will make a big difference once you get that big chunk of rock out of the way!
Who pays all those workers, materials, infraestructure, etc?? Cool video and scenery outside the mine!
That has got to be the narrowest bulldozer I have ever seen. At first I thought my PC monitor aspect ratio had changed.
Would be far easier to break that rock up with a thumb and jackhammer attachment… making due with what you’ve got is the miners way though. Well done!
Got to love a working mine in progress cause u don't see many like this cause it's very interesting how it all works and comes together. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I would assume its still freezing at night, drill a few holes in the top of that boulder and fill it full of water and let the ice do the work.
Awesome documentary series on working/rehabilitating a mine. Could you put a little background on this project in the video descriptions? Who's mine this is, when was it last worked, what you are looking for. That sort of stuff. Is this some sort of co-op funded via CZcams? Thnx!
Justin never talks or answer his subscribers. That's the one thing I don't like about him or TVR exploring and it is seriously making me not wanting to watch any longer! Good luck getting any type of an answer
@@rayon3383 Actually, Justin has replied to a couple of my comments in the past. Certainly not all of them, but then, not all comments are questions that request additional info.
You could blast the boulder in your yard you would just have to bury it with a lot of dirt.
I'm sure the people from long ago cursing that rock would be happy to see it gone. Probably didn't get in the way as much back when but I'm sure it still did manage to get in the way. Not much room to stage up there on the side of the mountain. One of those jackhammer attachments for the excavator would probably turn that thing into rubble.
Looking good
If you had access to a hydraulic hammer for your excavator would make short work for that rock. Our laws on blasting are the same as yours. Underground and surface are totally different set of laws and also the permits. Keep it up young man.
At the temperatures they see , just drilling a few rounds of holes and filling them with water and letting nature handle it , would work almost as well and loads cheaper than expanding grout .
No update in 3 weeks anyone else worried about our boy
Awesome video! Thank you so much for sharing the progress on the mine!
Is this the drift that they started next to the workshop in hopes of hitting some older workings?
Too bad for the rock in front of the mine, had to go. Be safe! :)
Pretty cool. I think it would be fun to operate a mine using FPV machines, so you can safely mine without being in the danger zone.
So are you on one of these type deals with the government that they pay up for 75% of the cost and you have to pay them back if you find any valuables??
I wanted to see what was up with your mine last week, and finally you came up on the reel to watch. :)
It sure is looking more professional every time I see another update.
Pretty good.
Greetings,
Jeff
I like your videos!
Just wondering: Shouldn’t the operator of the rock drill be wearing some type of mask or a ventilator so he doesn’t get silica or other dust in his lungs?
“Silicosis, a debilitating and potentially deadly lung disease, develops through inhalation of excessive concentrations of respirable crystalline silica dust”.
Concerned
Fascinating project. What river drainage are you working in, please? Thanks, good luck
He never answer's or interacts with the people supporting his channel. I'm seriously done watching him he started out exploring and preserving these mines until he saw dollar signs just like Gold Rush Expeditions. They claim the mines and try to sell them. Some for over a million dollars! Stay far away from them they are big time scammers
WOW man that is so cool but i swear that looks like some grueling back breaking labor! well done once again.
Thanks for the video
That rock outside certainly held up well and was tougher than it looked. Surprised they didn't drill and blast it, but I guess that it may of shattered too well like a grenade going off.
Yes, that's exactly right. Although that would be fun, you see that shed next to the rock and all of the equipment around? It wouldn't fare well if we were to blast the rock apart... There's also the issue with permitting because the rules are different for us depending on whether we're blasting underground or on the surface.
Permits must be a nightmare
@TVR Exploring Just a thought here, & you may have already yourself, but Dexpan would be great for that rock. Drill some holes, pour it in, & 24 hrs later you have chunks, not one big piece.
Non-explosive demolition, I don't think any permit required(tho I'm guessing you are in California, so who knows?). Fairly cheap to, compared with other materials you're using & could be useful inside, say over a weekend when you're away.
Hoping for more updates to the upper works!
I have spent a lot of time behind all sizes of slushers
That is a lot off heavy duty work wow, but is looks to go on nicely.
The interesting happenings continue! 👍👍How far can you extended a drift before you have to brace or add lagging / fence looking stuff? Does the material you're going through make a difference?
Did you guys give up on this?
Waiting forever for more installments of this!
"...in previously UNDISTRUBED...." Typo!
Cool how it all works.
I bet it feels good to be doing something that advances the mine into new ground.
Did they give an explanation as to why the waste rock had to go on undisturbed ground? cause that seems awful weird
For a short moment I was imagining a mining mech bot attacking a mountain fortress.
Wonder why they didn’t blast the rock pile years ago ??
Seems to have allway been in the way 😊
I was worried you where giving up at the mine as all the stuff that's posted on market place.
On another slow day, you guys should drill and blast that rock to smithereens!
That'll show it who's boss! 🤠
Although that would be fun, you see that shed next to the rock and all of the equipment around? It wouldn't fare well if we were to blast the rock apart... There's also the issue with permitting because the rules are different for us depending on whether we're blasting underground or on the surface.
Why this spot?! So many other locations with tons of Quartz.
I’m so glad you are doing your dream can’t say working because if it’s your Dream it’s gust another amazing day doing stuff that makes you happy. I am a master plumber I own a commercial plumbing company and gas fitter. I haven’t had a vacation in three years. I would love to take a couple weeks and come be a rookie on your crew. I’m 39 I turn 40 the 18 of this month.
If you own your own company, you are living the dream! I spent the first few years of my career working for others and it was the unhappiest time of my life.
And what were they looking for when they kept blasting their way back into the mine?
Cool.
all that dynamite and none for that damn rock?
Although that would be fun, you see that shed next to the rock and all of the equipment around? It wouldn't fare well if we were to blast the rock apart... There's also the issue with permitting because the rules are different for us depending on whether we're blasting underground or on the surface.
drilling into the middle of the rock then dynamite/blow it up. i think top down would be better than thru the middle.
Although that would be fun, you see that shed next to the rock and all of the equipment around? It wouldn't fare well if we were to blast the rock apart... There's also the issue with permitting because the rules are different for us depending on whether we're blasting underground or on the surface.
@@TVRExploring can do/use that expanding concrete thing that breaks apart rocks.
What's the decibels in there,seems high enough you guys should be wearing double ear protection
First! And you're back!
Are you testing the muck your taking out ?
Can you tell me how they deteremine waste rock gold rock?
Trying to move that big rock. To bad you didn't have a drill and dynamite lol
We do, but the rules and regulations for using it outside are very different than our use underground.
Man o man
With the miiners there tou could drill a pattern of holes
Load em up and set er off
That would make short work of that rock
Drilling top down, add water and let mother nature do the rest.
You need a painting of a lion
Clearly that rock needs the application of drilling and explosives- if only you had....hey, wait a minute....
I'd rill the rock anyway and just fill the holes with water. Let physics work for you .
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Workin hard or hardly workin?
How about putting a hammer on that excavator to break up that rock
3:19 leave it to a miner to wreck an anvil with a rubber hammer.
Drill it and shoot it. Don’t tear up that nice excavator
The permitting for blasting on the surface is different than underground. In short, blasting on the surface is not an option... But, yes, your comment on miners wrecking an anvil with a hammer is spot on.
easy to spot new operators. he has no clue how to use that mini ex.. and thats not how you leave a bucket. it is on the ground or in use never in the air unless a strapped to something. keep at it gentleman
12:25 ik it’s a pain but put a dust mask on ffs!
That's not dust.
Rent a hammer for that excavator. May take a day but it will do the job.
I would use a hydraulic hammer or drill and shoot that big rock in the way
Have to rent a pecker for the excavator , or drill it and waste some dynamite 🧨✔️😎👍