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Hoist On 800′ Deep Shaft, Tight Squeeze Into Collapsed
Hoist On 800′ Deep Shaft, Tight Squeeze Into Collapsed Portal In Historic Mining District
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“Abandoned Mine Exploring with Tom and Julie”
For this mine explore, we visited a historic gold mining district that was worked in the very early 1900s. We spotted the huge hoist sitting near a 800 foot deep vertical shaft that was mostly plugged at the top. After checking out the hoist, we hiked around until we found an adit that we…
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Thanks, Merry Christmas to you both. xx 🥰
Do you have to worry about wildlife ie snakes
Nowadays when you see a prince albert it's on the end of a man's junk
Great job guys that was a good one👍🇺🇸👍
Mine adits by my house are,full of bats, and smells like guano
5:33 That looks like a hit-and-miss single cylinder gasoline power unit. That is why the large flywheel (To store energy to keep the hoist smooth). Notice the inner cylinder with external water jacket for cooling.
9:26 When ever you find an adit like that one, no minerals and straight, it will intersect a crosswise vein. It was just haulage.
10:49 Notice the floor that shows where the cross ties were placed. At some point the tracks were removed.
32:23 When they drill deep air holes down into a works, they use pneumatic track drills. That is a cutting tip for one.
Good camera work. Pans are smooth and good narration.
Tom, do you know what happened to Frank S from Canada, I know you were talking about it but I didn’t hear what happened to it too bad he was a hoe my explorer it was kind going all over the place in Canada and the United States. If you could let me know, I would appreciate it. OK OK you guys have fun, be safe🌺🙏‼️
Hi Tom & Julie, that hoist was amazing to see and so big too, I think it's the biggest one I have ever seen. The place where you went down the ladder at 22:10 could it have been an area for a toilet ???. Oooh that shaft may be one to visit in the future perhaps ??. What a cool explore, I hope you guys have an amazing Christmas, all our love. xx 🥰❤
Very interesting & thanks !
Thank you again for sharing your mine adventures. The best days of my life were spent underground in the Nevada mines. I have seen the most unremarkable and have seen unbelievable workings there. Your adventures bring me back to those times. Simple things. Hearing the crunching of the ground under your feet. The lack of echo. Even the smells. An ore body. What’s up or down that ladder. I love ladders. Bob
Are those Oregon plates on your jeep? Have you ever explored mines in the galice area of Josephine county?
I worked in a shop that made large bearings. You would have to use a torch to heat and then split the two sides of the casting.
That bat guano is worth some $$, but it would be a shifty job. Though all it would take is a dust pan, brush and a bag. I remember way back around 1990, at a greenhouse, it was like $15-$20 for a small bag, think it was only an ounce.
That was quite the big hoist. Makes me wonder how they got that out there. I would think, first as close as a train came to there. I would also think it was in parts and assembled on were it was left. Also makes me wonder, did they just take their gold and run or did they go bust and couldn't afford to move it to a new mine? I would think they could at least sell it to another mining operation.
The concrete is a safe is there for fireproofing.
Excellent Video you two. Loved the Oldies Hoists and especially at the very last of the video the Drill head. That was quite interesting to see and very heavy for Julie. Thanks for taking us along and enjoying the adventure with you both. I for one Loved it!!💕💕🐇🐇
Love the old hoist! The machinery is so cool when it's found, no matter it's condition. Thanks Tom and Julie!
Thanks so much for sharing your journey's!! I love seeing places like this that I will most likely never see in person. I am so intrigued by the fault walls & how they were formed so long ago,…simply amazing to think about! And that hoist was huge!! Imagine what it took to get it up there…. take care & see you next time!! Edited to add: Happy Holidays!!!
Nice mine but looked a little sketchy in a few places. Thanks for sharing. Take care of each other and stay safe.
You’re right about the shapes of jar. I know I’ve seen that instant coffee jar. I think it’s either Maxwell house or Nescafé.
Looked like a beautiful day for exploring, T & J . It sure is fun to vicariously go along with you folks
on these explores – and to be honest, this time of year, I'm jealous of what looks like warmer/drier
climate, too (we've entered the cold/drab/overcast season over here).
Thanks as always for sharing and we'll see you in the next one!
– Ed on the Ridge
Thank you for this very interesting video!!
Hi Tom and Julie thanks once again for another great vid PS it is amazing how those early miners managed to haul that heavy machinery to such remote locations.
Those old mines are quite fascinating time capsules buried deep in stone. Of the various mine exploration channels I follow, this one I believe is my favorite. Tom, I hope that you and Julie have a very merry Christmas. I look forward to your next video.
My Grandma said that the reason Bottles have different Shapes was so that in the old days when most Homes had no Electrify you could reach into a dark pantry and find the Food or Product that you were looking for by the shape of the bottle. We have a Old Mining Ghost Town near us and aside from the Cool Grave Yard the only thing left is the Old Safe from the Assay Office. That is a Steam Cylinder on the Hoist and I'd bet that that Round Foundation nearby was the Boiler Mount and the Big Tank it's Water Supply. 32:14 Awesome and Valuable Artifact, Hammer Drill Bore Hole Button Bit worth about $2,000 New and I'd say Cleaned up that one would fetch as much as $300 Used, Bore Holes are used mainly as access points for Mine Infrastructure like Pipe, Power and Signal Wires etc. but sometimes for Ventilation too. As a Retired Lode Mine Owner / Operator and now Homebound Disabled in the Line Wildland Firefighter I always love your videos, your narrations but especially being able to share some of my vast Mining Knowledge with everyone. Happy Holidays from O'Brien Oregon
Great video. So fun to find history like that. With a little imagination it all comes alive.
Oh and the bird you heard sounded like a Canyon Wren. They have a unique descending
tune.
Enjoyed the time like always, thanks for the trip.
Fearless adventures!
That straight adit was cut through caliche, they wanted to intersect with a fault or a stope.😂
Are you part of the bee scared EWU crew
Outstanding a new exploration video.
Thanks guys 👍
Thanks for taking us along!
I forgot about those little fat bottles coke and Pepsi went to. That's what they had when I was a kid. With like a foamy type label that was sort of heat shrunk to the glass. I think they stayed with that thru the 80s
great panoramic views!
Beautiful area love it out here sad to see more of the hoist missing. On the opposite side of the drive wheel used to be a very large capstan wheel off the main hoist drum shaft was very cool sad to see it gone
we enjoy your videos
Hello Tom and Julie, that is a nice clean mine, no mess inside, clean as my kitchen, and the drawing of the clean shaven mine worker can be found everywhere in the mine nice episode hope you both doing well and see you again next time.regards Albert Bangkok Thailand
Oh boy, wind and rust!…just like it was 50 years ago…yea, leave no trace reality.