Hidden False Floors In A Flooded Mine? No Worries…

Описание: Getting into this mine was a bit sporty as I had no idea if those rails were even still connected and for how long that deep pit below the false floor ran. Would the rotten boards in the false floor even support the rails I was carefully sliding my boots across on? That one took a lot of concentration and involved a lot of uncertainty…

The question of what happens if I were to fall into the freezing mine water with the waders and all of the heavy mine exploring gear remains unanswered. I have clung to the idea that I would, hopefully, be able to kick off the waders as they were filling with water and starting to drag me under the water. However, that is merely speculation on my part… Even if I didn’t drown, I would undoubtedly lose thousands of dollars of mine exploring gear – the camera, lights, gas meter, etc. So, perhaps needless to say, I am not keen to learn what happens should I take a plunge into the black waters.

I suppose I should continue with apologies… This footage is from a little over three years ago. For some reason, I was filling my speech gaps with “uhhh” at that time I was videoing and this was killing me when I was editing the video. So, I am sorry for that. I don’t know where I picked this up, but it seems like I was doing it for several months. At least you’ll know how old any videos where you hear me doing that are.

I apologize as well for not engaging as much with the comments recently. October really threw a lot at me and I can only hope that November is an easier month. I love all of you – well, most of you – and I don’t want you to think that my being distant in the comments recently is representative of a lack of interest in you or appreciation for you.

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All of these videos are uploaded in HD, so I’d encourage you to adjust your settings to the highest quality if it is not done automatically.

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

As well as a small gear update here: https://bit.ly/2p6Jip6

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

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. But, you know what? We enjoy doing it! This is exploring history firsthand – bushwhacking down steep canyons and over rough mountains, figuring out the techniques the miners used and the equipment they worked with, seeing the innovations they came up with, discovering lost mines that no one has been in for a century, wandering through ghost towns where the only sound is the wind... These journeys allow a feeling of connection to a time when the world was a very different place. And I’d love to think that in some small way we are paying tribute to those hardy miners that worked these mines before we were even born.

So, yes, in short, we are adit addicts… I hope you’ll join us on these adventures!

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