I am always happy to go on a mine tour with you Tom and Julie . so many mines and so little time !

@TomandJulieMineExploring

11 ай бұрын

Hi Ted. We're always happy to have you take one of our mine tours. Thanks for watching!👌😄

I remember exploring this mine and went in from the portal on the old miners trail above, remember long tailing. The timbers upon entering the mine looked like they never showed age and the shiny square nails, very impressive. The room opened up where you can stick a house inside it. This was in the 80s-90s that was when I hiked there. This was on the west side of Dorian Drive. Thanks for bringing this video back! Stay safe! I believe I remember telling you about a large turntable that was buried on the trail that the miners used to turn their ore wagon’s around. Thanks!

@TomandJulieMineExploring

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the story of your explore here, Ron. I'm not sure what happened to the original portal. We entered through what seemed like a hole in the timbering of the back of the adit some distance from where the portal was. That's cool about the turntable. Wish I could have seen that. 👍👌

Thanks for sharing.. I enjoy your adventures. Hope 2020 keeps you healthy.. Full View Like 57

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks and Happy New Year to you and your family, Allen. We appreciate your support!

The things you make Julie put up with Tom...LOL But I did not see much arm twisting!! 👍😀 Merry Christmas 🎄

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

She's the star of the show, Max, I only hold the camera. Honestly, she is pretty adventurous for the most part and there is not too much arm twisting. She would probably rather be hiking outdoors in the sunshine, but we do a lot of that, too. Thanks for watching and Merry Christmas to you, too!

Thanks for posting this video. I was at this same exact mine last Sunday. I saw the small entrance you guys entered. About 20 years ago I crawled into the same one. This last weekend I was able to enter from an upper stope and ended up exactly where you were at 8:45. I wanted to go into the same timbered adit but didnt have much time. Good to know theres atleast two ways in and 2 ways out of this one.

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 ай бұрын

You're welcome. I figured that there was probably a way in from an open stope. Always good to know there is another way in and out in case of an emergency. Thanks for the comment!👍😁

Very cool mine!...i was surprised when Julie came climbing up from the nether regions!!!...gave me a bit of a start it did...LOL Had to get my weekly dose of my two favorite explorers.....Merry Christmas!!!...dave

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

It is kind of a weird scene with Julie crawling out of that hole. Thanks for your support, Dave, it means a lot to us. Merry Christmas to you and your family, as well.

as usual, fascinating and terrifying! awesome video thanks for taking us with you

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Thorn!.

Thanks you guys for sharing Your video

@TomandJulieMineExploring

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, David!

Really enjoying your videos.

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Cutt!

Cool mine an timbering a lot of lose rocks on the small entrance matter of time before it’s covered great stuff as always be safe

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, just getting into this one is a little scary. I believe they bulldozed the original portal to seal it. This entrance is back a ways and coming in on top of the timbering.

Really enjoy your videos thank you for posting them. We used to explore ghost towns and mine shafts in northern Nevada. Be careful about disclosing too much of the locations BLM Target KZread videos and then they decommission the areas usually erasing all history above ground. Your videos are especially nice for me because I was in an auto accident and can no longer explore.

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad that our videos can give you a chance to enjoy abandoned mines since you are not able to go there yourself anymore. I completely understand the issue of giving out the real names and locations of the mines we explore. I take that issue on an individual mine by mine basis. In the case of the mines in this area near Barstow the underground workings have been so abused that I think it would be best to gate them closed. They are pretty much trashed, painted, burned and generally ruined. If they were gated before they were trashed they could have been opened again in 100 years and you would have had a nice piece of history preserved. Generally, I use fake mine names and locations if I think there is even a remote possibility that it would be put on the list for being gated. Thanks for watching, John, and for your thoughts about the locations and gating issue.

I did enjoy it, thank you 😊

@TomandJulieMineExploring

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Thank you, Linda!😊

Cool video like always. That’s so cool you guys like going out hiking and 4x4ing and mine exploreing together. You guys are all East so happy and energetic what a great couple. I hope my wife and I will be doing this when we retire. We do it now just not enough lol. Soon very soon pack up the RV hook up the truck and leave dust. Anyway great video and thanks for sharing very cool. Stay safe out there you guys. ⛏💎⚒🤟

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great comment, Alan. We have found a nice combination of adventures that works for us. Thanks for watching and follow your heart!

@alangoede2073

4 жыл бұрын

Tom Wigren Will do you guys Inspire us to head for the hills!!! Have a great night you guys. ✌️

Nice trip to the mine

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

Glad that you liked it, Ronnie. Thanks for watching and commenting!

It looked like there was a few spots of a cobalt blue in this mine. Most of the mines you have shown have very few tin cans in them. It was surprising to see how many were left in this one.

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

There are often a whole range of colorful rocks and ore veins in these mines. That's part of what makes exploring them fun. You never know what you might see. Yes, there were a lot of old cans in this one which was kind of surprising. Thanks for watching and commenting, P-Daz!

Nice explore Tom & Julie . That rock scree above the hole that you entered made me just a little nervous , wouldn't take much to bring it down & block that hole . Must have been some tremendous rain storms in that area to have filled that "Doran Scenic Loop" with all of those boulders ; I've driven that "Loop" in a 1954 Chevy 4-door Sedan back in 1965 . -- .

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

It definitely wouldn't take a lot for the rocks to slide down and cover that hole. That made me a bit nervous, too. That's cool that you have done the loop. I don't think that Chevy 4 door would be able to tackle the loop today. I was hoping to see someone on the road with a big souped up rock crawler, but that didn't happen. Thanks for watching and commenting, Doc!

Hello Tom hello Julie A nice Video and for me a spooky mine in a way i dont know why i feel so But the way to it is very hard but some guys have to learn their lesson the hard way to walk and dont drive All the best wishes Yours Frank Galetzka

@TomandJulieMineExploring

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Frank. The Doran Scenic Loop is a favorite of people driving the rock crawlers. Big trucks and Jeeps built for extreme offroading. A stock 4x4 vehicle would get beat up pretty good on this road. That is why we walk. It's even hard to walk in some places. The mine is a little dangerous at the entrance where there could be a rock slide at any time. Once inside it's not too bad. Thanks for watching. We appreciate your support!

Another great video, Tom! It looks like somebody dug out that portal, no? That timbering near the end was pretty nice to see. Love that classic, timbered look. That one photograph you inserted that showed Julie ahead of you in the tunnel really gave an accurate sense of how tall those tunnels were! I think you said they were 8 feet tall in the video. That’s pretty big! Always interesting to see those little bits of false floors in the overhead. Really underscores how dangerous those are when unknowingly walking on top of them if they’re in a tunnel floor.

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

The place where we entered was back from where the original portal was and it was through a hole in the top of a timbered portico that we entered. I think the original portal was bulldozed shut as there was really no sign of it. Someone must have pryed a couple boards loose and then broke them off. It's a little scary because someone could easily cause a rockslide when we were inside and bury the hole we entered. It really was a tall mine in most places. I always like to see the neat rows of timbers, too. Thanks for watching and commenting, Frank!

@AbandonedMines11

4 жыл бұрын

Tom Wigren makes me wonder how long that hole will stay open before a rockslide covers it up again. It looks like there was a lot of rocks going up the slope above that opening.

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

@@AbandonedMines11 Yes, my thoughts exactly. There might be another way in through an open stope or on another level. I know there are some workings higher up that we didn't go into.

Ah! Come on! Tom, your jeep can make it through there!

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

This is a pretty wild wheel route, Max. I'm not sure even someone crazy like you would try it.

That was a fun video Tom. That trail looked pretty tough. I wouldn't take my Jeep down that road, do you think your old CJ could make it? It's funny you saw the aftermath of trail damage. "The things you out me through" ha ha, Julie is a good adventure compainion.

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

I dont think the CJ would make it very far up this road. Julie is a good trooper for sure. Thanks for the comment, Dhane!

I ❤you guys

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Dixie Dog! This was a pretty good one for this area. A lot of the mines near Barstow are more beat up than this one.

Yeah, I would definitely not bring my jeep on that so called road. Very nice mine, and still outside of Calico? Thank you

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

It's a pretty tough road, that's for sure. I'm guessing many vehicles are not quite the same after tackling it. This area is very near Calico Ghost Town in the Calico Hills. 100's of mines are scattered in the hills. Thanks for watching and commenting, Christian!

Your lucky to have such a fun and adventurous wife. Does she have any sisters ;-) Regards from Ody Slim

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I am very lucky to have her, Ody. Thanks for watching!

Been going there since 1975, can't say i seen that mine, i will say, i have never seen anyone working any mines in Calico. I recall in 1975 seeing those iron candle holders in the walls, of course they are long since been taken. Not by me, i was only 9 years old then.

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

There was definitely someone working this mine recently. I don't remember if I showed in this video the wheelbarrow, bucket and hand tools that were in here. Glad that you had the chance to see this area back in the day. Thanks for the comment, Ken!

@kenjohnson4423

4 жыл бұрын

@@TomandJulieMineExploring , perhaps someone digging for gems, my son does that, last time I was in war eagle, we found a pocket being worked. I enjoy your videos, maybe use not so bright a light tho, we dont need to see that far ahead anyway.

@kenjohnson4423

4 жыл бұрын

Tom, there is a mine west of wall street, that I used to walk into, but BLM closed, it's really cool, I know a man way in, It's not easy to see, I been wanting to go back and see if that's still a way in, we should go together sometime and check

@TomandJulieMineExploring

4 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean about the lighting. It's definitely not easy to get it right. Digital cameras like to have enough light, but too much and it washes everything out and makes a white circle. It also varies from a light colored adit to a dark one. Then if you come to a big stope you can never seem to get enough light to get it to show up on the video. The mine near Wall Street sounds cool. We are only in California in the winter, otherwise we are in Oregon. Keep in touch and maybe we can get together sometime.

@kenjohnson4423

4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow , ok, I figured you were in southern California somewhere, my email is 1wadd@verizon.net, drop me an email next time you come back this way. It's a very cool mine, the bottom has some interesting things growing down there