Match book - Telephone numbers ranging from 1-3 digits first appear in the 1892-1893 City Directory. Telephone numbers ranging up to 4 digits first appear in the 1905 City Directory. Building Silver Club was housed in was built in 1918😎

@HellNoMoreBiden

Ай бұрын

I was thinking how old are you lol

So good to see a mine with artifacts as they show the hard life the miners lived

Of all the videos I have watched, I must say this is indeed rare and most interesting! All thanks to Justin and Crew!

Virgin mines are the BEST! Excellent explore!!

Bro you guys find and explore some of the most amazing mines! Personally I have to say thank you because being a bigger guy at 6 ft 3 inches and 320 lb it would be pretty damn near impossible for me to go in some of those places that you guys go in. I greatly greatly appreciate you guys and what you're doing and thank you again for so many awesome kick ass videos dude..

A big thank you for this amazing views. I am very pleased that you taking me with you in this wonderfull untouched mine. I am waiting at the winze to go Down with you. Greetings from Germany and the Rammelsberg Mine Yours Frank Galetzka

This channel never disappoints, it keeps getting better and better...

Wow! This place is amazing. This is my favorite of all the ones you've done so far.

WOW 😳 one of the best explores I've seen in quite awhile , congrats on this one - very exciting to watch 👌✔️😎

Holy Crap! Once you dropped that one winze, this mine just hit 10/10 ... and you've only just started this area! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦 Truly appreciate the effort!

@TVRExploring

2 ай бұрын

Yes, that's the difference between a mine (or a part of a mine) that hasn't been explored yet versus one that has gotten at least a little traffic and had people take artifacts out as souvenirs. You can see why we try to find the unexplored stuff!

Outstanding exploration! Such cool finds! Thanks a bunch 🙏

That place is unreal. Love seeing Virgin mines.

Aarrgh! I wish it was next Wednesday already! Loved the table of miscellaneous stuff - frozen in time...

Great mine video Justin, Thanks for sharing.

Your videos are always interesting, but this one is gripping. Thanks for all the hard work.

Cool to see something that hasn’t been plundered by treasure hunters

Absolutely incredible exploration , the mine that keeps on giving , bravo

Truly amazing! Thank you for sharing!

Wow. What an amazing explore. Can't wait for the followup episodes! Great job all.

WOW. Can'i wait to see what this mine has to offer. what a find 😎

I remember seeing a guy attach his abseiling figure eight to a loose rope like that and just as I was saying check your rope he leant back over the edge of the crag...he dropped like a rock. He had attached his gear to the wrong loop of rope without checking and fell about 55 feet straight down (fortunately) into space because the route was overhung. He scared himself so badly he couldnt climb that day , when I looked at the rope and the stretch I worked out that his feet probably touched the ground but he was hanging about 6ft above the ground when I got to him ... I have never seen anyone else crack an alloy figure 8. It took me a good 20minutes to get his rope sorted out because fortuntely it was crossed back over on the figure eight and locked, we used to cross the feed rope behind the exiting end of the rope so it locked and we could use both hands to test holds on new routes without dropping further down the abseil. The accidental cross over for certain saved his legs and probably his life. Pleased to see how careful you guys are when you are roping anything This is a fascinating mine the colours make it look like you are literally walking through sulphides in some areas

I am so giddy for the next videos of this mine! Thank you!! A rare treat to be exact!

8:36 impressive

Amazing! I can't wait for more

Wow.

Now that is an awesome mine. Great video.

Awesome explore for sure! Cool to see everything left behind like that.

Im loving this mine. Cant wait for more

I am new to your channel and I can’t stop watching (sometimes with one eye closed) Keep up the awesome hunt!

Cannot wait for the next episode. Brilliant job guys.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Always looking forward for this content. Thanks man and y'all be safe

Amazing mine. So great to see so many artefacts. Thanks for sharing. Hi from Hampshire in the UK.

This is a really great video

Hi guys, WOW that was a cool mine. I love all the graphite, will be ready for part 2

This is a nice one 👍

You guys rock!

This is an amazing mine exploration! Thank you for sharing it with us.

Super interesting video! Great artifacts you found there. Thanks Justin & buddies ❤😊👍

sucks im 6ft7 i could never do this. but is awesome to watch..

Bugger me those rock drops sounded like it hit Metal at the end. They were big Booms I wouldn't expect water, wood or stone to give. Keen for the next one, cheers!

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

Well you guys hid the jackpot here wow good stuff and surprises all over.

Y'all did good on this one.

Once again another fantastic video. I look forward to seeing your videos. I'm currently home for the next 3 months recovering from back surgery and your videos help me escape the pain and boredom of being home bound. Thank you for the adventure and please stay safe to all of your explorers.

@TVRExploring

2 ай бұрын

I'm glad to be able to provide you with a distraction during this time...

Thats the ending i like 👍 👌 got another goodie

Awesome one, and you say it's just the beginning of the good stuff!? Once again, thanks for sharing!

I don't know if you addressed this before. What does a good rope and climbing gear, such as you guys use cost?

@kaboom4679

2 ай бұрын

Figure somewhere ~ $1k , including all the accessories and several hundred feet of 11mm static rope . Don't forget the training , and finding someplace that can properly teach underground SRT can be a challenge .

Amazing artefacts

Nice! Thanks for the extra effort.

@TVRExploring

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Yes, this was a fun one.

Hi Justin & crew, wow that mine is the best I've seen for artefacts in a long long time, it's epic so I cannot wait to see the next part. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 🥰

@TVRExploring

2 ай бұрын

Yes, this was a fun one. Thanks, Sue!

Thanks from Australia looks great

Thanks!

@TVRExploring

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, Bryan! Looking forward to having you back... We have a lot of new targets for you!

IIRC buddhists don't turn their swastika's 45 degrees, so that's very likely a reference to Nazi Germany. If this is in Utah then it's not entirely surprising, there were a LOT of German who became mormons (mormons LOVE their blue eyes and blonde hair, as an ex-mo lemme tell ya), and plenty of them also supported Hitler. During the 1930s it actually became an issue how many Americans (especially German immigrants) supported the Nazis/Hitlers rise to power. Because the US knew they might get dragged into the war they began a massive propaganda campaign to demonize nazi's, and paint them as the enemy (one of their few propaganda campaigns that was arguably in the right lol). This mine is simply incredible, and that matchbook had me seriously geeking out! Per usual thanks for sharing!

This was wild!! They just left one day and never came back!! Weird how many of the ore cars tossed around and in odd positions. Definitely some characters making some risqué art… quite a contrast to others with the names of their girlfriends back home!

very cool thank you

5:45 And here we have the X-rated area of the mine lol

6:11 impossible to make out what is on the ore cart :(

Can’t wait man, this one looks immense. Any clues to what their target Lode was?

@TVRExploring

2 ай бұрын

Yes, I always put that information in the description below the video (assuming that I know).

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The nitroglycerin Dynamite at the very beginning was way more subject to exploding by vibration and even today.

Colorful shafts , I liked to see a virgin mine . The swastikas were actually called manji used in Asian countries such as Japan. Thanks for sharing your videos

Meat anchor to the last echo chamber 😂

There's still good ore there almost guaranteed..looks to have just shut down and walked away to come back another day.

Jeremy has no fear does he. Oh to be young and suffering once again from King Kong syndrome, and the confidence you can do pretty much anything, and with the help of good friends. Knowing that there's not much much between you all that you can't do once you all put your mind's to whatever it may be. Nice little adventure y'all have going here, and isn't truly amazing what you can find if others haven't put their greedy little crumb grabbers on everything. Which is stealing from everyone who comes through afterwards. Now if you knew that they're going to blow the entrance denying anyone from ever getting back inside. Then I could better understand the reasons why it was necessary, but then things should be put into some place where everyone could see it, and if the mine was replicated to where it all appeared as it was found all the more better.

Awesome video guys. This Is such a awesome mine. I love everything you are sharing. Do you take artifacts or leave them?

@TVRExploring

2 ай бұрын

We never take artifacts...

@I.Live4oldcars.prospecting

2 ай бұрын

@TVRExploring I'm very happy to hear that. I'm in Australia. And idiots take artifacts and sell them to Auction places. We rarely find mines with any artifacts because of artifact hunters.

@TVRExploring

2 ай бұрын

@@I.Live4oldcars.prospecting Unfortunately, that is a common problem over here as well...

The Silver Club building was still standing in 2020.

The matchbook was probably printed in the late 1900's to mid teens. Everything else container-wise says mid-late 30's.

Sometimes I watch other mine explores and I feel like Im cheating on you

That miner po rn made the trip worth it alone

That place is huge! @9:45 the intrusive thoughts crept in and they said "Doo it! Doo it!" Lol how far down does it go? Any info in the records to it's depth?

Do you guys ever carry avalanche type shovels with you? Collapsable/folding ones; I never see you with one. I carry a shovel every time I drive in the Sierra Nevadas in the winter just in case. Hercules dynamite from Hercules, California. Enjoy! Kurt in Santa Rosa, Ca.

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6:57 "That's Jeremy's pack. He was grabbed by a mimic who was then robbed of him by a kobold who then lost him to a mindflayer who was then purloined of Jeremy by a drow. We'll catch up with him later."

Are there black widows and brown recluses in that rotting wood? Or would there simply not be enough bugs for them to survive on that far down?

@TVRExploring

2 ай бұрын

I don't recall ever seeing spiders in a mine.

Beautiful minerals, funky art and me admiring how you guys keep your cameras clean! How many calories do you guys take with you on average? Thank you very much!

@TVRExploring

2 ай бұрын

The cameras actually don't stay clean at all. They frequently need to be replaced. I haven't tracked the number of calories we bring, but it is probably less than you might expect. I also have found that I drink very little in the way of liquids underground either. It is extremely physically demanding and your body kind of just puts the normal discomforts of thirst and hunger to the side. I've done brutal underground explores of more than 18 hours on just a couple of Snickers bars before, for example.

@-r-495

2 ай бұрын

@@TVRExploring Sounds you operate like I do overground on day hikes. Have hiked remote mountain passes on just nuts&berries and snickers - but ample stream water. 18h 👀reminds me of an episode of Tomb Stone AZ where you said it took hours to get to where you were located. Thank you! Sincerely hope your content will be used for future research on the history of mining in the US.

@TVRExploring

2 ай бұрын

@@-r-495 Thank you. That was the original intent behind my starting this channel (to document some mines that were being lost) before I realized that this was fun as well... Nuts, berries and Snickers is a potent combination!

the coffee can may be 1036=1946 I couldn't see all the details of the label.

Whenever you come around a corner and your friend is just standing on the tracks, I think of Josh in Blair Witch.

I searched and searched but couldn’t find anything on American Engineering Works during that time period.

@TVRExploring

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking.

A Google search of M.Y.M. Mine shows a location in Douglas County, Colorado. Possible?

@TVRExploring

2 ай бұрын

It's pretty far away, but anything is possible. When we were sourcing equipment for our mine, we were looking as far as several states away...

Those Swastika, here is a little about them curtasy of Wiki The swastika (卐 or 卍) is an ancient religious and cultural symbol, predominantly found in various Eurasian cultures, as well as some African and American ones. In the western world it is more widely recognized as a symbol of the German Nazi Party who appropriated it from Asian cultures starting in the early 20th century. The appropriation continues with its use by neo-Nazis around the world. The swastika never stopped being used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. It generally takes the form of a cross,[A] the arms of which are of equal length and perpendicular to the adjacent arms, each bent midway at a right angle.

Do u have a dog with u? Cos at 2:20 I hear a bark

I have an honest question: you state that you are documenting these mines for history, but you also keep all the locations (well, most) a secret. This just seems disingenuous in my opinion.

@TVRExploring

2 ай бұрын

I go back and update the videos with the name of the mine and all details that I know when I confirm that they have been destroyed. Last year, I updated eleven videos on mines that have been destroyed and there is now a full record of what used to be at these historical sites. Eventually, all of the videos will be there... Until then, I am not going to assist the contractors and government agencies enjoying the lucrative business of destroying these historical sites or the individuals that seek to loot what little is left at these sites. Perhaps you're unfamiliar with the full consequences of sharing locations?

You are very wrong, dynamite can explode even if wet over many years. You can take a chance of stomping on it, but wait till your partners are out if the mine. And say your prayers first, You might get a chance to live, your choice.

@coaldigger1998

2 ай бұрын

Like he said this powder is inert, after this long. Reason for saying this I worked with explosives on a daily basis for 45 years.

@analogdriven

2 ай бұрын

Frank from Exploring Abandoned Mines exploded very wet, very old dynamite. Thank god he chose not to hang out in the area of the mine he left it at. Wasn't as inert as you'd expect!

@kaboom4679

2 ай бұрын

Yeah , I wouldn't go kicking that box or tossing rocks at it . It might still be angry after all these years . I wouldn't even touch it , mostly because I know the special delights of a nitro headache . Used to buy dynamite , cap , fuses , etc , at the local hardware store before the Karen Invasion . Yeah , PROBABLY it's inert ( ish ) after all these years , but , on the off chance it isn't , I'm just moving on quickly and quietly ...

gentelmen im gman, an old bastard that came from the black sands of lake superior in the town off , i degress .now i live in silver city new mex, i have my best hrs watching you all ......i know all of you ,because of mbm and jason.....i want to send a private messege for a mine of mine lollol i was waiting to use that one.....ill pay to see you and on your spare time well look at some metal and some gems i just want ,pros that i noze

@MrMauiWaui2

Ай бұрын

Sounds like it could be a make a wish situation .

mine alter have you seen polish salt gothic churches in the bowels of the earth ....long live mining

Unbelievable what you guys found down that winze. Had to be a great feeling knowing you were the first down there since she closed. 🪨⛏️🤘

@TVRExploring

2 ай бұрын

Yes, being the first into such places is a "holy grail" type quest... You can see why we love it.

@MikeOrkid

2 ай бұрын

@@TVRExploring Of the many old coal mines I've been in, one was pretty much untouched since it closed. I think the last year in operation was 71. Some decent goodies left behind.

"i dont think we need to" Yeah you do, get out in the hole