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Time is hard on ghost towns and abandoned mines, meaning that this part of our history is disappearing quickly. As such, we try to document them before they are gone forever. Of course, we also love just being outdoors in high mountain peaks or open deserts, following in the footsteps of old-time prospectors and miners by tracking down ghost towns or abandoned mines that no one has been to for ages. It is exciting to plunge into the darkness underground with one’s friends to explore an abandoned mine, not knowing what treasures or dangers will be encountered inside.
I hope you’ll join us on these adventures...
I hope you’ll join us on these adventures...
Searching For Boss Badger
The records I have come across on this abandoned mine give a discovery date of 1899 and it seems that most - if not all - mining work was done in the early 1900s. As I mentioned in the video, this was primarily a copper mine (hence the recent interest and activity as evidenced by all of the survey work). However, as one could likely infer from the glimpses of the highly mineralized zones that the miners worked, there are a number of other minerals present that were mined as well. Specifically, these were zinc and lead with a smattering of gold, platinum and silver thrown in as well.
My assumption is that the carbide “badger graffiti” was a joke by the miners... However, the times in my life when I have seen badgers in the wild have always been in the desert and one of those times was next to an abandoned mine.
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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!
#ExploringAbandonedMines
#MineExploring
#AbandonedMines
#UndergroundMineExploring
My assumption is that the carbide “badger graffiti” was a joke by the miners... However, the times in my life when I have seen badgers in the wild have always been in the desert and one of those times was next to an abandoned mine.
*****
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!
*****
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!
#ExploringAbandonedMines
#MineExploring
#AbandonedMines
#UndergroundMineExploring
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Pushing Into Unexplored Areas Of A Large Abandoned Mine Complex - Final
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Pushing Into Unexplored Areas Of A Large Abandoned Mine Complex - Part 3
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Pushing Into Unexplored Areas Of A Large Abandoned Mine Complex - Part 2
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What you can see in this video of this abandoned mine should make it pretty clear why we love these unexplored mines so much… Aside from the majesty of seeing something that no other living human being has laid eyes upon, it is amazing to have the “time machine experience” of seeing everything exactly as it was when the last miner walked away a century or more ago. It is fascinating to see what...
Pushing Into Unexplored Areas Of A Large Abandoned Mine Complex - Part 1
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This abandoned mine dates back to the 1800s and silver, lead, copper and zinc ore was pulled out of this complex of mines... Several large, abandoned mines connect underground at this site, but the others are totally inaccessible from the surface. The mine we entered from will likely not be accessible for much longer either. We knew that the lower levels of the mine that we entered from were un...
Deep Dive On The Biggest Gold Mine In This Area - Part 2 of 2
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Every report that we read stated that this gold mine had closed down and been abandoned in the early 1900s and that this bottom level was simply a drain adit that connected to the main shaft after running straight in for approximately one thousand feet. Our intent was to follow the drain tunnel to the shaft and see if we could come up the shaft from the bottom (the mine shaft was inclined rathe...
Deep Dive On The Biggest Gold Mine In This Area - Part 1 of 2
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This is an abandoned gold mine that I have known about for many years due to its size and historical significance. However, it was an early one, with peak production in the 1800s and it had ceased operation not too far into the twentieth century. Many mines that shut down that long ago have only very limited and vague location information. One must follow clues in old reports and then get boots...
Bringing An Abandoned Gold Mine Back To Life: Part 24 of ?
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Exploring Corkscrew Of Abandoned Mine Portals Through Mountain
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Unbelievable Location For Gold Mine In The Alaska Wilderness
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Abandoned Gold Mine Overloaded With Quartz & Crystals
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Rough Visit To A Mine Not Even Supposed To Exist - Part 2 of 2
Rough Visit To A Mine Not Even Supposed To Exist - Part 1 of 2
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Extreme Location For An Abandoned Mine
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Extreme Location For An Abandoned Mine
The Power Of A Giant Mining Operation
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The Power Of A Giant Mining Operation
That air flow is the giant badger breathing down the tunnel.
Badgers! We don’t need no sticking Badgers!
This mine is big and apparently very stable due to its lack of timbering. Maybe due to excessive traffic, artifacts are missing but the mine is an artifact all by itself. Thanks Justin and crew!
At least there’s still some rail in there. Doesn’t seem right without it.
11:04 “It’s not water…. It’s pee!” 😅 (from eighties movie)
Great vision . . Those jeeps dont appear to be reliable things ..they aren't favoured in Australia . The environmental and history destruction your gov services do. .does anyone protest ?? From Australia 🦘🦘🦘
crazy swiss cheese mine.
That ore really pops on the screen.
It's about time you spend some quality time in the sex cave!
Something is wrong, this mine is too dry.
Great explore, thank you
Maybe Stormy had the badger?
It looks like a person could spend weeks exploring that mine.
A box of candles, a pack of maldoro reds and a badger. That could go alot of diffrent ways but sounds like fun to me. Thanks for the explore
Perhaps sandstone hosted copper/silver.
Greetings from Black Gold Mine, El Dorado Co.
Think the badger is 20:25 color difference in the rock
My flirting strategy: make them laugh so hard they forget I can't cook💖
Try some experiments, and go from there
Thank you my friend, for sharing your adventures to places I could never go, safe travels 😊
sex cave? guess they like it down & dirty
Glad you are back
I hope you reported that unsecured tnt. That amount and condition is very dangerous and should be removed by EOD personnel at the local sheriff's dept.
I'm not sure where you're getting your information from, but, no, that dynamite was not dangerous at all. It has a short shelf life and, having been there since 1922, and exposed to the annual flooding and damp from snowmelt could not have been more inert. If your life depended on it and you had every imaginable tool at your disposal, you could not get a reaction of any kind from that dynamite. Either way, I would still not have reported it though... That is irresponsible.
The Legend of Kokoweef lives on through TVR. It has been rumored to be just a bit further south near Ivanpah Mine. The Spring Mountain Range holds many secrets.
Wow ..awesome explore ..what an interesting mine ..thank you for your great video and skills . From Australia 🦘🦘🦘
It seemed very easy to get lost down there.
Love your videos @TVRExploring. I couldn't figure out a way to message you for general inquiries. Have you ever explored the New Idria area? I know the area well and would love to show you around to the adits I've located.
Great explanation this video
That bucket of rocks and newspapers is definitely a portable toilet 😂😂
If i'm not mistaken that's what they call silica
I really like your videos a lot.And I like when you talk to it too.As you're going through the caves cause you tell a lot of stuff in there that nobody's ever seen
Reviewing some of these older videos, I noticed a spool of wire from Columbia Steel Company hanging on a stud. If I'm correct this is the same Columbia Steel out of Pittsburg CA, founded in 1913. Later it was bought by United States Steel, and after that became USS/POSCO (Pohang of South Korea), the leading manufacturer and supplier of cold rolled steel for most of the western US until it's closing earlier this year (2024). I worked there for 14 years. Over 100 years of Steel history
Thanks for the great background on that!
Bonus mine!
Fabulous ..my fav channel .. From Australia
Jesus that mine has so much character, very thematic
It's uncanny how similar exploring this mine is to exploring abandoned mines in Minecraft. Expecting to hear a cave spider around every corner.
Wow ..what an amazing place to explore .
The colours are beautiful in this mine!
The old Copenhagen cans have a date on the bottom of them you should have checked the bottom of that Copenhagen Can for a date for a date
That's a time capsule guys 😕😕👍👍
the malted milk sliced was the same as modern day whopper. malted milk balls. it was a bar slice, a waffer,
What a great adventurer to go on with you all!! Sorry to see it end... but cant wait for the next one!!! Thanks
Same thing whit my dad, Dementia, and cancer. past away only at 69. My mother only get 42. Also cancer. Stay strong my friend!! I know and feel what you feel.. Greets from The Nederlands.
Now I understand how a ring tail is called a miners cat.
Does anybody know if they are anybody abandon mines with orecarts and tracks in Tennessee north Carolina and Virginia
This must have been in operation until more recent times judging by some of the stuff left lying around - 70's 80's or even 90's. I can't believe a mine this modern and big wouldn't have not had blueprints of their workings on file with some agencies somewhere. Like Bearu of Mines or whatever.
What gets me is that there is so much stuff left untouched for over 100 years and it's still in working condition, so many items just left by people that maybe had no idea that the item wouldn't be seen or moved until long after they die from old age. It's so fascinating!
So what is the ownership status of these mines? Did the companies stop paying taxes or whatever and it forfeit to the state (Forest Service) years ago? They must have planned on opening it back up one day but gold prices stayed low and that was the that (and then they let it go for taxes or whatever).
Any clue as to what those blue sparkling crystals were? Hardly a mention of minerology. What was the reason for that mine? I wish you could have spent more time talking about the geology and minerals ❤
Awesome ..!!!!
Fabulous explore and very clever intro ..awesome .. thanks for these great videos and history .. From Australia
Those naughty miners must have had heaps of energy to work like crazy and still indulge in the pleasure side of life ..they must have been machines. ..haha 😮