Beautiful video very interesting, shame how it all comes to end , when for many of 1000s of years we always processed it and used, 99% was captured and converted to liquid metal
I tried to go up in 2020 from Coalinga Road South of the mine. There was a turn off but the road was gated and locked about 3 miles up. I talked to some local guys camping/hunting along New Indria Road before the gate. They told me BLM would give you the combination if you contacted them for a permit. I might do that.
Awesome video. Love your guys balls-out exploration & total disregard for personal safety. Maybe in the next video, have a rock fight. That would be cool.
The long tube with the gear on it is the kiln. The ore was introduced at the upper end, as the kiln slowly turned the ore would tumble and slowly work its way to the bottom where the ore fell out. You are correct that the fire would be at the bottom. This roasts the ore. In this set up there would have been two doors for the ore to go through to get into the kiln and keep the mercury vapor from exiting at that point.
I can’t stand the winy voice I like these videos when muted. I find a lot of the statements wrong anyway. I could not make it long with that attitude and voice. Please let someone else narrate!
I don’t know if there are any active cinnabar mines left. I think they are all closed down due to the toxic nature of the mineral and the environmental nightmare.
We had one of these in Arizona called the sunflower mine had a processing plant some idiot back a few years shooting off those shotgun rounds have incendiary in them started a fire burned everything up. It had some great old wooden buildings and lot of stuff was still there the 4×4 trail was a difficult trail needed a built jeep to get up to the mine unless you wanted to walk. That kept the lazy away who would vandalize it. Unfortunately I never made a trip there now it’s all gone as the Forrest service removed everything after it was burned up in the fire. All we have is videos on YouTube from 5-8 years ago. Here is cool video from 1955 processing Cinnabar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPYysvKqwus
Hey it was fun watching you guys have fun, I’m glad you posted it. we got to see banana slugs, disease carrying bats, a little frog, and a rock tumble down into the mine. You guys had way to much fun at this mine!!!
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Great video .fun exploring at it’s best. 😁
works about the same way a whisky still works.
lol loved the hilarious parts inserted.. the bananaslug knowledge (should commonly known…) the pole accident and the "blue" end is great!
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Beautiful video very interesting, shame how it all comes to end , when for many of 1000s of years we always processed it and used, 99% was captured and converted to liquid metal
leave that frog alone.
Why would anyone mine these especially back in the day smh
I tried to go up in 2020 from Coalinga Road South of the mine. There was a turn off but the road was gated and locked about 3 miles up. I talked to some local guys camping/hunting along New Indria Road before the gate. They told me BLM would give you the combination if you contacted them for a permit. I might do that.
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In Peru there are many abandoned mines from the time of the colony (1580 AD) and there are many terrible stories of death, I would love to create a group like yours in Peru. Thank you, great job I congratulate you!
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sqcXXvV8I-CmdGI3jYP2YSSxgNveazMM&usp=sharing
What is locarion of mine?
The end of shotgun shells? Its a heat-exchanger…
that sinking bucket @ 11:48 ish is a real score!
That was fun, thanks for posting.
Hasn’t TVR already have done this? Why not just critiqued his past videos?
Hope he didn’t get hurt.
Is this the almaden mine?
Awesome video. Love your guys balls-out exploration & total disregard for personal safety. Maybe in the next video, have a rock fight. That would be cool.
Very cool
A Cinnabon mine!!?? Yum. All that graffiti is horrendous.
The long tube with the gear on it is the kiln. The ore was introduced at the upper end, as the kiln slowly turned the ore would tumble and slowly work its way to the bottom where the ore fell out. You are correct that the fire would be at the bottom. This roasts the ore. In this set up there would have been two doors for the ore to go through to get into the kiln and keep the mercury vapor from exiting at that point.
This is the funniest video of your’s I’ve seen so far. Maybe it was the Mercury fumes.
Stupid
I can’t stand the winy voice I like these videos when muted. I find a lot of the statements wrong anyway. I could not make it long with that attitude and voice. Please let someone else narrate!
I heard your buddys gloryhole joke abt the tape. experience? and where are those videos?
A Water Cooled condenser would make much more sense, where there any signs of water pipes and a water supply from a river..?
Almaden valley San Jose Ca ! My backyard .
I don’t know if there are any active cinnabar mines left. I think they are all closed down due to the toxic nature of the mineral and the environmental nightmare.
lol.
We had one of these in Arizona called the sunflower mine had a processing plant some idiot back a few years shooting off those shotgun rounds have incendiary in them started a fire burned everything up. It had some great old wooden buildings and lot of stuff was still there the 4×4 trail was a difficult trail needed a built jeep to get up to the mine unless you wanted to walk. That kept the lazy away who would vandalize it. Unfortunately I never made a trip there now it’s all gone as the Forrest service removed everything after it was burned up in the fire. All we have is videos on YouTube from 5-8 years ago. Here is cool video from 1955 processing Cinnabar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPYysvKqwus
I wonder what bat, frog & slug stew would taste like
that whole area is poisoned by mercury-you should have avoided it
Oh. Duh. I was thinking "Didn’t y’all explore this place a couple of years ago?" 🙄😏
The dreaded slimy yellow Cinna-Slug!
Hey it was fun watching you guys have fun, I’m glad you posted it. we got to see banana slugs, disease carrying bats, a little frog, and a rock tumble down into the mine. You guys had way to much fun at this mine!!!
love the videos my friend. could watch them all day..stay safe
Drakes got some balls.
Must be really close to the city with all the immature graphity