Exploring the Mountain Chief Mine – The Upper Workings (Part 1 of 2)
Exploring the Mountain Chief Mine – The Upper Workings (Part 1 of 2)
In this video, we find a 1920’s era mine located high up in the desert. This mine produced copper, silver, lead and zinc. Total production is unknown. The mine was worked on three main levels. The middle level is showcased in this video. The lower adit is shown in Part 2. The upper adit is very short and uninteresting.
The middle adit has many interesting artifacts including the remains of a hoist and an ore car. The mine has seemingly not seen much attention since closing.
In the next video, we explore the long lower crosscut and associated drifts. Part 2 will be released in one week!
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Whaha
Major Back to the Future vibe @ 0:50
🌈(1:43) Wow, I just bought one of these for the front door at my Miami summer home! It’s the the Kwikset Classic Series, model 247-1396c front door security latch! {Schlage also makes a similar model}. It has the aged pine finish, the patented "Easy-Open Slide Lock System", and the faux old-timey nail fasteners! They say it’s impossible for a burglar to pick the lock and access the home(or mine) with this model! 😁👍
I really wanted to see that blower😔. Amazing job once again.
hows it going i love all the videos of all you guys that do this kind of stuff but every time i see one they all ways stay to the right can some one make a video of just going left this time thank you have a great day and a great Christmas and be safe jim
Great job with "Stills"! (Pics)
Good sir
Those still shots of the ore carts are amazing. The clarity and color! I would love to make calendars with shots like this
Awesome mine! Great job on video of it as well!
What camera do you use to film? It is really clear for such low light conditions.
Amazing! I love how you stop and let a slideshow of high res photographs play. Your narration is excellent also – not everyone knows what all this stuff is (me), so it really enhances the experience when it’s being explained as the film progresses. Thanks for sharing!
That’s a Fairbanks morse Z I actually just got rid of a fully functional restored version of that.
11:17 who said yes? his friend is too far away to say that into the camera, and the voice is an octave higher than the explorer.
Is there any way I could get a list of photos that you took of this mine? Those were some great photos.
Cool..you go in these mines alone bro..you have o2 meter and stuff?
I take it TVR is your mentor 🙂
Do you see the eyes looking at the camera from inside the inside of the mine? When you first start filming the mine hole. Check it out starting video from 1:05 (min and 5 sec)
I cart has ribbits not nuts an bolts means it is made in the 1885 to 1908 something like that.
Why are most all mines explored on YouTube look so trashed, were the miners slobs or what?
This is how it feels exploring Tailfin Pass in Cars: The Video Game.
Those were boosters it looked like (those packed round tubes) aka explosives.
I want to say carbide battery’s but not for sure.
Ummm, wtf was standing in the portal w/ eyes?!
Listen at 14:40 minutes when you say "Going all the way up to the stopes"… directly after… it sounds like something says "Here We Go" or something like that. I have played it back at least ten times. I believe you caught an EVP or an OUT OF BODY VOICE. I love It!
Fascinating video,thank you.
Part 2 will be released next Monday! Also there will be only two parts (the title animation says 3 by mistake).
The old in days are. Fasinating. !!!!! Iv been into most all the mines up here in washington state. Eastern wa.
Do you ever film the cool mineral deposits? I see so much passed up but never mentioned.
Would be so cool to have a little rail bike to explore the mine via the tracks where possible
I am forever amazed at the tonnage of material moved creating these old mines. Back breaking work.
Did nobody else notice the winze for the big gas engine hoist was directly in front of it full of wood and debris?
Wow I been down lots of mines that’s way better than the wons I been down
No it’s kind of interesting see these what you’re doing but you’re not explaining nothing to me I’m illiterate when it comes to mine all them names are using pitch and shoots and whingers and can’t explain your videos what they are what they’re used for
dude i saw the guy in the tunnel as you were showing the entrance and it freaked the shit out of me
nice walkthrough
Just to let you know that isn’t a Gas winch. They never used anything gas powered in mines are caves. It was steam powered are compressed air. You know everyone would have died in there if the used gas. You need to do your research before you make your videos.
If you want to be RICH…Pull out all the wood and artifacts, tracks, nails, jackets EVERYTHING, out of those mines.
anyone else notice the face in the darkness in the beginning?
Anyone else wanna jump in that ore cart and ride it around like temple of doom?
Is that a ghost!? 1:20
thanks. nice video and lots of great information
Its crazy to think the only time light ever gets there is when people are exploring it.
8:25 batteries
One could get hurt trusting those ladders
Thank’s for sharing. Very educational.
11:17 you hear a "yes" that don’t sound like anyone else that was exploring the mine too. And super close to the microphone.
What would you do if you found a bunch of dead bodies in there?
Fairbanks Morse are still in operation in Beloit Wisconsin
Cool video for sure but I think you finding a big chunk of gold or a bloodthirsty zombie down there would’ve made it better
Epic exploration all the way from the alien to the ore cart. And always have the best photography out of all. Wonder why your vids just came out. Awesome content pictures
https://youtu.be/Ck-nvG_MuE4
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