Rappelling 375 Feet to the Bottom of the Garbage Pit Mine - 8 Hours Underground

This abandoned gold mine near Randsburg, California consists of a 375 foot inclined shaft, huge ballroom stopes, and extensive drifting. Ropes were needed to access this mine, and inside we found a whole bunch of modern knick-knacks. This was an intense exploration. We were underground for a total of 8 hours! Be sure to watch until the end, as there's something neat at the bottom of the shaft.
You should check out Xavier's video of this mine!: • Cloudy mine Part 1

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  • @ralphpatrick3071
    @ralphpatrick30713 жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed the explore! Some people are real pigs, dumping their trash. Thank you!

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, it made some parts of the mine very unpleasant. Glad you liked the video though!

  • @jacquelatourcaptainunderpa8475

    @jacquelatourcaptainunderpa8475

    2 жыл бұрын

    If you could find a name and address in the trash you could get them in trouble but the downside is that they would close the mine.

  • @crystalyost6772
    @crystalyost67723 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad I get to live vicariously through you. I'd love to explore mines and caves but yea I get anxiety watching you do it😄 Love your videos!

  • @kimbra1132
    @kimbra11323 жыл бұрын

    Great explore guys. Call it the stope maze mine. Lots of material takin out of that one big time. I just love my false floors. Thanks for taking us along, what a ride.

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    The false floors were really cool. Some parts did feel like a maze as passages looped around into eachother.

  • @Gladiamdammit
    @Gladiamdammit3 жыл бұрын

    "What the heck is that?" Famous last words from a 'Monster in the old abandoned Mine", movie.

  • @Ercole746
    @Ercole7463 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video, That was a really great explore next time we will get into more of the completely vertical mines.

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, we need to do some of the vertical ones aound here. Hopefully they will contain more artifacts than this one.

  • @mikenelson9111

    @mikenelson9111

    3 жыл бұрын

    I did not know you had a channel also...just subbed

  • @Westedize

    @Westedize

    3 жыл бұрын

    W

  • @mikenelson9111
    @mikenelson91113 жыл бұрын

    Yet another great explore. This mine must be fairly close to civilization, for people to dump their trash. Thanks again.

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, it's very close to a town. It seems like it serves as the unoffical dump.

  • @gingerbread6614
    @gingerbread66143 жыл бұрын

    Wow what a crazy mine. Thank you

  • @jontrout007
    @jontrout0073 жыл бұрын

    Pretty amazing video, you went where most people would never venture to go - Thanks.

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the comment! There used to be a much easier way down, hence all the trash and graffiti, but the ladders have been missing for a while now.

  • @BaltimoreAndOhioRR
    @BaltimoreAndOhioRR2 жыл бұрын

    This was so cool to watch! Thanks for posting! 😊✔

  • @richardhardaker4586
    @richardhardaker45863 жыл бұрын

    Liked the video and your commentary. Loved the trust you put in false floors and the quality of wood/workmanship of 50+ years ago!

  • @fredfarquar6709
    @fredfarquar67093 жыл бұрын

    Excellent explore of a very extensive mine! The amount of trash dumped in there is much like some of the mines in Central City, CO; one long vein that surfaced and was mined out was filled to the top with trash except for one wood-cordoned opening that was difficult to get to (due to waste rock piled high). Tossed a rock down, and it travelled at least 80 feet down before hitting deep water! Lots of trash in the rest! Thanks for the tour!

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching! Would love to make it to Colorado one of these days.

  • @zerofox7347
    @zerofox73473 жыл бұрын

    Nice explore man thanks for the hard work and upload.

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching! I appreciate the support!

  • @triac777
    @triac7773 жыл бұрын

    Those were some big stopes. Thanks for the adventure.

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching Lars!

  • @worldtraveler930
    @worldtraveler9303 жыл бұрын

    For this mine to be So extensively worked it must have been have been quite a rich producer.

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, it must have been. Unfortunately I don't know the exact production figures.

  • @SueGirling68
    @SueGirling683 жыл бұрын

    Hi, a pretty extensive mine with most of it being stopes but still very cool to see. A real shame that people think it's okay to dump trash in a mine that has historical value though. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx💖

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, It would be great if everyone valued history as much as all of us here do. Some people just don't know enough or just don't care enough.

  • @SueGirling68

    @SueGirling68

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@forgottenmininghistory Yes agreed, I think a lot of it is ignorance and being too lazy to research. xx

  • @realmickmanning
    @realmickmanning3 жыл бұрын

    Thought for sure when you removed that metal sun plaque, that stone wheels would begin to turn, and arrows would have shot out at you.

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking the same thing!

  • @qldabandonedmines
    @qldabandonedmines2 жыл бұрын

    Such epic mine exploring mate. Your Panamant City series was your best yet. Hope you guys can post more episodes one day soon

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching! I'm currently working on the last Panamint City video.

  • @qldabandonedmines

    @qldabandonedmines

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@forgottenmininghistory sensational. That series was truly epic buddy. Keep up the awesome work and happy new years!

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@qldabandonedmines Happy New Years!

  • @kurtblank6488
    @kurtblank64882 жыл бұрын

    That was so cool watching you guys.

  • @paulcollins9839
    @paulcollins98393 жыл бұрын

    I'm Glad you go down into these mines, because there's not enough money in the world to make me go down one. lol :)

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    I will gladly do it for free. Thanks for watching!

  • @danielwojahn5651
    @danielwojahn56513 жыл бұрын

    great video! thanks for the adventures!

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Appreciate it! Thanks for watching!

  • @johnbryla2123
    @johnbryla2123 Жыл бұрын

    hay thanks again..and your buddy friend .wish i could be there. *john from canada

  • @DurpVonFronz
    @DurpVonFronz3 жыл бұрын

    Love this channel!! :)

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate the support! Thanks for watching!

  • @o2wow
    @o2wow3 жыл бұрын

    It's a trash mine! Seriously, at some point in the future we will be mining old dumps for the materials they contain.

  • @jackkridler5714

    @jackkridler5714

    3 жыл бұрын

    so true

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    I can see it happening.

  • @alrui

    @alrui

    3 жыл бұрын

    Youre the only person other than myself that I've heard describe what WILL happen! Especially e waste the way China churns out useless electronics sooner then later there will be no materials left to make semiconductors, etc!

  • @sirmonkey1985

    @sirmonkey1985

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alrui sooner than later once the world has stripped china of it's resources the US will begin churning out useless electronics since we purposely don't tap into our massive rare earth mineral deposits.. just the way it goes.

  • @melissagentry5204
    @melissagentry52043 жыл бұрын

    Good video. Great mine. the trash not so much. sad.

  • @kurtblank6488
    @kurtblank64882 жыл бұрын

    Whoa Incredible.

  • @BeagleBellow
    @BeagleBellow3 жыл бұрын

    I allways think back to the men who worked these mines everyday. digging with low light produced by a oil headlamp that only cast light a few feet, Black lung, low wages, and early Death from working themselves to death.. True Iron Men of there time.

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's crazy to think how tough they were. When I stop and take a break in a mine, I'll look around at the surrounding rock. the timbering, the rails and try to get a sense of the whole place. It's really weird thinking how man created these voids in the earth and spent hours here working harder than I ever could.

  • @rhousone3549
    @rhousone35493 жыл бұрын

    Wow this is an incredible mine. You and Xavier did a pretty thorough job with this video. I am guessing that this one is close to Vegas.

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is several hours west of Vegas. Thanks for watching!

  • @jnolette1030
    @jnolette10303 жыл бұрын

    They cleared some serious veins in that place

  • @patriciasears4209
    @patriciasears42093 жыл бұрын

    Quite interesting. We old folks have enjoyed exploring with you. What kind of yellow and blue glowing stone is that?

  • @o2wow
    @o2wow3 жыл бұрын

    Road flares were made with anti-roll caps so they laid flat on the road.

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the info! Even if it was dynamite it would be inert.

  • @001desertrat3

    @001desertrat3

    3 жыл бұрын

    @wbbh -- That's only been within the last 30 years that they've used those anti-roll caps . Years ago when I worked in Emergency Services I've bought many dozens of cases of Highway Flares that just had the black cloth tape and the waxed paper cap over the striker end . Normally if you find a piece of something like that in a Mine , you should always assume that it is Dynamite . And YES , there were some Dynamites that had RED wrappers on them . Also , NEVER assume that just because the Dynamite is Old that it has lost it's potency as there were several brands of Non-Nitro Dynamite , one of the most common was Trojan Safety Powder . I've seen OLD Dynamite that was just as potent as the day it was made . -- .

  • @o2wow

    @o2wow

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@forgottenmininghistory about forty years ago I worked at a site that had powder and cap magazines. There was some old boxes of dynamite that looked oil stained. The explosive liquid in the dynamite had leached out into the cardboard. I'll always remember the impressive explosion when the blasting foreman moved just the boxed out side and set them off with a blasting cap.

  • @hanscakestealer8546
    @hanscakestealer8546 Жыл бұрын

    I took a drink everytime you said stope, and now I need a new liver

  • @brannancloward
    @brannancloward3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely disgusting how people dump their crap down these places of history. Trash dumping trash, who'd have thought?

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yep, they're human garbage.

  • @sumoddball
    @sumoddball3 жыл бұрын

    Imagine sneezing, hearing a “bless you”. Not from Xavier.

  • @VegasCyclingFreak
    @VegasCyclingFreak3 жыл бұрын

    Cool mine. Sad that there is so much trash in it.

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @sarahbethsstitching9937
    @sarahbethsstitching99373 жыл бұрын

    How do you not get turned around with all these stopes and such.

  • @cward1890
    @cward18903 жыл бұрын

    I think the blue that is Ocean Picture stone. You can dig that stuff out and buff them for stuff for your store to sell.

  • @jeffffff
    @jeffffff Жыл бұрын

    How do you determine whether to trust any of the wood stuff? I would assume its all very unstable or risky.

  • @mikescudder4621
    @mikescudder4621 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing to me how they completely gut out the inside of a mountain! In what order are stopes dug? Do they start from below and dig up or start from the upper level and dig down? Crazy stuff! Cheers.

  • @KutWrite
    @KutWrite3 жыл бұрын

    If you rappel down, how do you get back up? I'd have trouble finding my way back at all!

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    We have ascenders that can slide up the rope but get caught if you apply force downward.

  • @KutWrite

    @KutWrite

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@forgottenmininghistory: Now THAT's a workout! Do you find your way back by memory or leave markers?

  • @Ballistic-kp5wl
    @Ballistic-kp5wl2 жыл бұрын

    I enjoy watching your videos. Thank you. The thing I’ll remember most about this video is the trash that should have never gotten there. This is just as bad as people peeing in the pool. It’s shameful. Guess the video now shows 2 sides of what people do.

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Sadly the people who do this don't feel shame.

  • @nielsen145
    @nielsen1452 жыл бұрын

    what it looks like, they were in the process of stripping the mine, because they were done with it and your properly right, at one time the skip car, was properly on the rails and hanging, but either the garbage people threw down or the wood gave up, made it hit the pit. normally the miners would either put it into a side drift or block the shaft with it

  • @macfilms9904
    @macfilms99043 жыл бұрын

    Cool mine! If you can, try and slow your movements down, especially panning side to side, turning around or panning up - a stabilized camera setup would help, but just slow the movements down and your videos would be even better!

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the feedback

  • @ralphpatrick3071
    @ralphpatrick30713 жыл бұрын

    Some people are just lazy pigs, all that garbage! But thanks for exploring all the neat stuff..

  • @zerofox7347
    @zerofox73472 жыл бұрын

    Back again lol. I wonder if that big boulder 10:44 is pay rock that still needs breaking up? 🤔

  • @nebulae87
    @nebulae873 жыл бұрын

    What was this mined for? Looks like some oxidized iron around, but idk. Just curious.

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Gold

  • @blare4470
    @blare44703 жыл бұрын

    All fun and games until a skin walker Jumps at you

  • @raydowley1038
    @raydowley10383 жыл бұрын

    like what has been said in other comments its so sad to see all the trash down there, but people will be people which can make you mad at times like this.

  • @hunt4redoctober628
    @hunt4redoctober6283 жыл бұрын

    This is another great film! But what bothers me is given how many levels, stopes and tunnels that you go down, how on earth do you find your way out? I can see that you could very easily get lost in this labyrinth of tunnels. So what's the trick?

  • @therpope
    @therpope3 жыл бұрын

    Will you do a Video with Frank? He should be also in you area..

  • @StevenSchoolAlchemy
    @StevenSchoolAlchemy3 жыл бұрын

    Cool beans

  • @hydrashieldbasementservice8453
    @hydrashieldbasementservice8453 Жыл бұрын

    I was hoping they would show us a stope.

  • @drjethrowski1225
    @drjethrowski12253 жыл бұрын

    Depressing thinking about being one of the poor guys who had to work in a place like that. DE-PRESS-ING!

  • @sctpc
    @sctpc3 жыл бұрын

    The boxed Ore shute is a wooden Air duct.

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cool! Thanks for the information

  • @ExploringCabinsandMines
    @ExploringCabinsandMines2 жыл бұрын

    Were those stopes huge or is Xavier really small?

  • @jordananderson2362
    @jordananderson23623 жыл бұрын

    do you guys take any artifacts you find

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    No, we leave everything where we found them

  • @hanz_zimmer

    @hanz_zimmer

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@forgottenmininghistory Do you ever report findings to other agencies that specialize in things like archeology?

  • @SydneyRadio2UE
    @SydneyRadio2UE3 жыл бұрын

    In a hundred years, all that trash will be treasure.

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Some of it might be. All the plastic and paper might not hold up so well though.

  • @ronaldrutledge8583
    @ronaldrutledge85833 жыл бұрын

    There ought to be some way to put cameras up to catch the people throwing trash in that mine

  • @Dave_9547
    @Dave_95473 жыл бұрын

    I don't think I have ever seen so much trash deep in a mine.

  • @waynesligar5948
    @waynesligar59483 жыл бұрын

    This looks kinda like the mine that the diesel brothers where in and got lost from each other

  • @zoferrismendez7639
    @zoferrismendez76393 жыл бұрын

    Назад как?

  • @garlandremingtoniii1338
    @garlandremingtoniii13383 жыл бұрын

    Can somebody tell me how in the hell trash gets so far down inside these old old steep mines??????? Anybody?????

  • @ryansmifh
    @ryansmifh3 жыл бұрын

    there is half a million worth of 2x4’s in this mine after you factor all the timber’s! holy smokes

  • @ryansmifh

    @ryansmifh

    3 жыл бұрын

    if not more $$$!!!

  • @johnbryla2123
    @johnbryla2123 Жыл бұрын

    thanks i am sacared of hights *john from ontario

  • @disinterestedperson
    @disinterestedperson3 жыл бұрын

    The surprise was Jimmy Hoffa.

  • @zerofox7347
    @zerofox73473 жыл бұрын

    Such a shame about all the modern trash!

  • @jhansen2649
    @jhansen26493 жыл бұрын

    Not blocked off wtf?

  • @fearsomebunny
    @fearsomebunny2 жыл бұрын

    Could you imagine if the "surprise" is a dead body?!?

  • @illmsg77
    @illmsg773 жыл бұрын

    Union Carbide? not good for Bhopal.

  • @youruptownlowdown7745
    @youruptownlowdown77452 жыл бұрын

    I want to SEE a 375 ft climb Up! Down is too easy!😉 Don't shaft me! THX👍

  • @shark5919
    @shark59193 жыл бұрын

    why doesn't the company and/or state cover these holes!!!

  • @marks.17
    @marks.173 жыл бұрын

    People sometimes live in there.

  • @jdasko6895
    @jdasko68953 жыл бұрын

    The union carbide can that got smashed in a cave in

  • @oxygen454
    @oxygen4543 жыл бұрын

    Rotting garbage could be cause H2S. That's when things get scary!

  • @alicedixon6742
    @alicedixon67423 жыл бұрын

    I have never seen so much trash in a mine. Is it because it’s in California?

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    A lot of mines close to towns are trashed over here.

  • @ExploringCabinsandMines

    @ExploringCabinsandMines

    2 жыл бұрын

    North of Vegas

  • @johnhoon7069
    @johnhoon70693 жыл бұрын

    We should pay attention to a little bit of geology not a whole lot but just touch thanks for your hard work

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    I agree, there were some pretty sections of mineralized rock thoughout the mine. I wish I would have focused on them more. Thanks for the feedback!

  • @johnhoon7069

    @johnhoon7069

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@forgottenmininghistory if you ever get out to LA County area contact Pat Keane at Keene engineering who knows how to get in touch with me I'd love to go out with you a few times sounds like a real challenge

  • @FelipeChristoforo
    @FelipeChristoforo3 жыл бұрын

    09:37 that dude could have lost his arm by picking up that piece of dynamite. Over time humity makes the nitroglycerin to leak away from its stable form, even more dangerous cuz it was a piece cuted out of dynamite directly exposed to the enviroment for who knows how much time. The nitroglycerin can build up, and explode unexpectedly, its the most unstable and tricky explosive.

  • @jhansen2649
    @jhansen26493 жыл бұрын

    Big effort for what?

  • @metalhead0274
    @metalhead02743 жыл бұрын

    The fact that some people have no regard and just ditch so much trash because their lazy pieces of shit..just pisses me off.. I love exploring nature ..and finding peoples trash just irks me. I once went to a national park area where after hiking 4 hours to a hard to reach area I found a ton of trash. I went and got some friends and we hiked up there with garbage bags and ended up hauling out almost two full size pickup loads of trash. We were lucky that the local park rangers allowed us to utilize local dumpster sites to empty it all from my truck. It is simple..if you do not want to haul any of your trash out and away from a location..then don't bring it with you.

  • @CraigLillie
    @CraigLillie Жыл бұрын

    It's a pity someone couldn't organize a "Clean out the trash" week there. Be nice to clean what other idiots dropped in there.

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    Жыл бұрын

    I went back here this summer. The mine is in even worse shape as some asshole lit the main shaft on fire. There's not much left to this mine anymore.

  • @ronniecardy
    @ronniecardy3 жыл бұрын

    Some people are pigs. Hope there not any Body's in the trash, moving down further in the mine. Trash is moving down deeper. Really beautiful colors

  • @ronniecardy

    @ronniecardy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Got to thinking maby it was a trash hauling company that was not a legal one

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    It could very well be some unofficial trash collector doing this. We saw a few animal carcasses, but no human remains thankfully. One of these days I fear I might actually find some.

  • @philluna4657
    @philluna46573 жыл бұрын

    AWESOME VIDEO !!!!!!!! But don't be touching everything it may be boobytrapped !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @garlandremingtoniii1338
    @garlandremingtoniii13383 жыл бұрын

    There is absolutely NO-WAY-IN-HELL Would I do what you guys are doing. I’m considered to be in very good shape, and long winded. But, I am claustrophobic like you wouldn’t believe! I will not, not get in an elevator that has several folks. Yea yea I know I know, plenty of folks will get on an elevator and squeeze themselves in between 2 people.. Not my ass!!! If I won’t get on an elevator that has more then 4 people, do you really believe that I would go down inside a mine? NOT. ON. YOUR. LIFE!!!!!

  • @z50king29
    @z50king293 жыл бұрын

    I spy an Xavier Drenfold

  • @forgottenmininghistory

    @forgottenmininghistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's always lurking around in my videos.

  • @jeffreymore6799
    @jeffreymore67993 жыл бұрын

    Coming across all that porn indicates one thing. Some guys have to much time fir their hands. Other than that cool cave explore

  • @dirkdiggler1242
    @dirkdiggler12422 жыл бұрын

    Old timers hid tools behind gobbing

  • @horatioyen256
    @horatioyen2563 жыл бұрын

    big skip car

  • @samd8669
    @samd86693 жыл бұрын

    I guess you could say that whoever was in that mine before you was . . . . . . . . . Trying to get his rocks off

  • @kevinbrennan5113
    @kevinbrennan51133 жыл бұрын

    Disgraceful. The local community should be ashamed of themselves.

  • @stevenherrold5955
    @stevenherrold59553 жыл бұрын

    i'm bored after 4 minutes and 26 seconds nothing to see hear

  • @myfavoritemartian1
    @myfavoritemartian13 жыл бұрын

    You have great videos and places, but I can not watch them. You wave the camera around a lot and it sets off my motion sickness. Not trying to be a dick, just pan a little slower and avoid rapid switch backs.

  • @JR-kk6ce
    @JR-kk6ce3 жыл бұрын

    Forget it! I don't want to watch a mine full of garbage. I know it is not your fault, but I still could not stand to see all the modern day garbage.

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