Pushing Into Unexplored Areas Of A Large Abandoned Mine Complex - Final
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- čas přidán 14. 05. 2024
- Well, we ran this one out as much as we could… It was our hope to be able to connect to some of the other large mines in the district as the old maps show the entire complex of mines connecting underground. However, all of the connections were regrettably caved. Nevertheless, this unexplored section of the mine was quite enjoyable and to obtain the footage that you saw in this series required an entire day of exploring. So, it was a good day and a good trip.
As a reminder, this abandoned mine dates back to the 1800s and silver, lead, copper and zinc ore was pulled out of this complex...
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You can see the full TVR Exploring playlist of abandoned mines here: goo.gl/TEKq9L
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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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“Fruit Industries was born because of necessity, in trying to find a utilization for the wine grapes in the state of California rather than just let them hang on the vines with no use. Now the reason there was no use was that we had Prohibition and the wineries could not sell their products. The main thought behind this program was that the grapes could be made into concentrate and thereby kept in a fresh form, without fermentation - It would be delivered to the consumer’s home in the concentrated form in a barrel, then the water added at the home and then inoculated with wine yeast, and fermentation would take place and develop the reconstituted grape juice into wine.😎
The Mine & Smelter Supply Co. started in Denver, Colorado in 1861 and operated as MCI Co. until 1977-78. I found one of their early machinery catalogs from late 1890's online and the ore car you photographed with the manufacturing plate was called a "Leadville Ore Car." They made 2 models, Heavy (800 lb. capacity) and Medium (650 lb. capacity). The Heavy model (¼ inch steel sides and bottom) sold for $70.00 and the Medium (3/16 inch steel sides and bottom) sold for $60.00. Both models are 42in. X 24in. and 24in. deep. Not sure if the ore car price included wheels, etc., but the line drawing showed a complete car with the mount and wheel set. They listed wheel sets separately, but that may be for replacement purposes - not sure.
Thank you for your research.
Fisher beer - Founded by Albert Fisher, a German immigrant, Fisher Brewing was one of the earliest and largest breweries in Utah. The brewery blossomed during the late 1800s on the banks of the Jordan River, near 200 South and 1200 West, in Salt Lake City. Fisher survived prohibition and during a wave of brewery consolidation in the 1950s, was purchased by a larger brewery, and in 1967, closed.😎
I remember using Spry as a little girl in the early 1960's.
Hope there's a part 5?!?!
The view at 2:00 reminds me of the mine cart scene from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Kudos to Jeremy and Austin for scouting, logistics, antiquities, curiosities and action film antics.
Excellent series, Justin.
Great mine love the huge stopes thanks for the great video footage i gotta say i watch probably 25 different mine explorers and you and frank and sharon are the best at this type of channel.very informative and u dont laugh and act goofy like a few and u also have a great habit of looking back to show where u have been..also ypur lighting and camera work is great you dont constantly look at the floor and burn the view ahead up with your lighting. Anyway thanks again and keep up the great videos.im hooked.
The Roma Wine company was started by the Cella brothers in Lodi, California. They moved to Fresno in 1933 after acquiring another vineyard. The brothers sold Roma to Schenley Industries, Inc. of New York in 1942. The winery at this point was truly the largest winemaker and also were responsible for being innovators in the industry. By my count 34 different types of wine were offered by Roma including Sherry, Port, Ruby Port, Muscatel and Tokay. Of these wines many were bottled in dripless bottles. From this point on following Roma’s history gets interesting. A newspaper article from the Lodi News Sentinel reports the sale of Roma Wines to Guild Wineries & Distilleries at the end of 1970.😎
Still the best part of Wednesdays right here.
I occasionally find good glass bottles in the coal mines. Majority of the time, the tins are way too far gone.
Such a good series. Thanks for taking the time and energy to film, edit and upload the good stuff.
That whole mountain must’ve been hollowed out. Thanks, J!
John W. Speas and two partners founded what became the Speas Vinegar Co. in 1888 in Kansas City, Mo. The jars marked "U-Savit" (a company trademark) were made by the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. from 1928 until World War II. Speas Vinegar Co. was sold to Pillsbury in 1978. There's a whole Web site devoted to information about Speas vinegar jars and bottles.
That mine just keeps getting better as you go! Thanks for the videos guys!
Sensational exploration Justin! One of your best. Finding a rolling cart these days and manafucturers plates is indeed a rare find.
What a beautiful mine!
Sincerely, thank you for the effort!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Spry was a brand of vegetable shortening produced by Lever Brothers starting in 1936. It was a competitor for Procter & Gamble's Crisco, and through aggressive marketing through its mascot Aunt Jenny had reached 75 percent of Crisco's market share. The marketing efforts were phased out in the 1950s, but Aunt Jenny and her quotes like With Spry, we can afford to have cake oftener! have been reprinted.😎
That is, word for word, copied from Wikipedia.
@@jilbertb yup
@@jilbertb On my own channel I cite all the info - here in a quick note I'm just giving context. 2 of my responses came from Wikipedia - the other I think from Fisher brewing
Sweet explore. A rolling mine car is especially cool! Lots of nice artifacts!
One of your most amazing finds and video's. Thanks for the all the work and taking us along for the adventure.
I'm sorry to see this series end. Just the size and scope of this mine is incredible for it's day. All the artifacts just added to the picture. This was a good one for sure! Thanks Justin and Crew!
That was another impressive mine complex, wow!!
Hi Justin, that mine is certainly very random in both where it goes and the items inside. I thought that looked like a rotting animal skin too, in fact I said it before you lol. What a cool place, so many levels on this one it must have been worth it though for them to take out the amount they did. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 🥰
A fantastic Swiss cheese mine wow loved watching again Justin.
Totally enjoyed this 4 parter. Great job again guys.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you for the hsrd work to do the video .
This is a great mine .
They stoped and stoped but dont backfill.
So the whole mine strukter got almost instabel and dangerous.
They programed their end if there is ore left or not .
Greetings from Germany Glück Auf Frank Galetzka
Thanks for sharing you all's adventure!
That first part with the rails that ended at the "pit" definitely reminded me of the Indiana Jones rail section in the mine. It must have been quite the thing to see in use. I haven't shouted out a "Thank You" in a while. Hope you, "The Italian" and your family are doing well Justin. All the best.
Speas Vinegar Company, founded in 1888, and was operated by that company and its successors, H. J. Heinz and Fleischmann's Vinegar Company, until 1994😎
Thank you for another adventure. Stay safe!
Incredible! Didn’t expect a brewery in Salt Lake City but that may just be me.
Wasn‘t a dry mine 😉
It always seems like HILLS BROTHERS COFFEE is the miners choice of brand.
Mine and Smelter Supply Company started it's life in 1860s, In 1971, Mine and Smelter Supply Company changed its name to MSI Industries, and in 1975 to Mine and Smelter Corporation!
Well done men! Well done…
Awesome video. I love all the old gear. Awesome mine this one
That is just one big awesome mine, I would love to get my camera and lights in there for a photo shoot.
They cleared out some pretty large areas in there!
The way the rails just dipped down into that big area with the bottles..it looks like a collapse downwards. Maybe a level was under it.
Fricken amazing, cheers.
Thank you so much
That was a massive mine and must have been a long explore! So the drift with the water in it must have been the bottom you guys were looking for? It's too bad the bottom is never like a huge haulage adit that can be followed out to a portal nobody ever knew about. Great series!
Sweet find as usual im so jealous!!
Cool!
Funny how Jeremy has always reminded me a fellow by the name of Peter Parker, I doubt any of you youngsters will recognize the name, but perhaps some of the older folks will enlighten those who possibly aren't familiar with it.
You've got quite the crowd along on this adventure, enough that had a few congested intersections, and couple times there I thought y'all has ran straight into another group coming from another direction the way several were twisting sideways to go past one another.
Someone spent some serious time and effort to bust out the little branch tunnels off those big stoopes.
Not too mention the stoopes themselves, and some if those appeared to be hundreds of feet across, and close to that in height or even higher
As Aleave I thank you greatly for the the ride on Peter Parker's back, as he's the one who does majority of the scouting for y'all's team these days..stay well my friends, and my the Blessings stay with one and all.
Huh that Fisher Beer company was founded in the 1800s by German immigrants, got bought and sold then went out of business in 1967. Then in a rather unique twist in 2017 the great great grandson of the founder reformed the company as a microbrewery, they even use the same font. I've looked up so many companies from your videos, I think that might be the first I've come across that came back from the dead! Rome Wine Company was founded around 1915, and went out of business around 1971. Fruit Industries ltd is an interesting one, it seems originally they formed to process wine byproducts, they made brandy and jelly etc. Then with prohibition they took a $3,000,000 federal loan to process the excess wine grapes of california, and seemingly got into hot water because they were selling wine concentrate that people would mix with water and yeast at home to ferment their own bootleg wine lol. Despite some digging it's unclear what they did after prohibition, however they operated up until 1951. Speas vinegar was founded in 1888, and continued operations until 1994 under their successor company Heinz, and then Fleischmann's.
Posted 16 mintues ago....DANG IT I'M LATE!!
You're absolutely killing me here! Like download and comment and I'll watch it tomorrow
Waiting to see you guys back in your own mine for the 2024 season! \(^_^)/
How many feet from the surface are you guys on this one?
Also one of these times it would be cool if you guys would bring a carbide light to see what it would have been like for the miners.
Don't see many intact hand tools like that shovel with the handle. I'm curious what the black gooey stuff on that dynamite box was. It didn't look like fungus but more like tar or something.
You need to be looking for lithium deposits???
Can't say its my favorite one but it is up there top 5 this was a cool ass mine 😎 the overall structure was 🤌