A Small Mine Exploring First For Me

Описание: As the title proclaims, this is just a small mine exploring clip to show you something that I thought was interesting... Unfortunately, this unusual feature ended up being the most interesting thing about this abandoned zinc mine as the mine is a little too close to a large population center and has, therefore, been vandalized and completely stripped of almost everything of interest (aside from the Joshua Tree support timbers/lagging). Given the proximity to Las Vegas, this mine was once considered for use as a fallout shelter during the height of the Cold War when a number of abandoned mines were surveyed and prepped for use as fallout shelters.

I featured another mine that was part of that program (and go into a lot more detail about the program in the description below the video) here:

   • The Abandoned Mine As Fallout Shelter  

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You can see the full TVR Exploring playlist of abandoned mines here: https://goo.gl/TEKq9L

You can see the gear that I use for mine exploring here: https://bit.ly/2wqcBDD and here: https://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!

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