Exploring Abandoned Mines Near Hillsboro, New Mexico
Exploring Abandoned Mines Near Hillsboro, New Mexico
In this adventure, we attempt to video survey some famous past gold producing abandoned mines near Hillsboro, New Mexico. Nature had other plans for us, as we were met with mud-coated floors and flooded mines. It was still a fun trip with old structures and mining equipment left for the ages.
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I was raised in Hillsboro 😃
More on that, follow the links provided here for a look at what’s down the numerous shafts in the area. And be sure to say hi to my mother Arlene at the Hillsboro museum! http://www.blackrange.org/the-human-history-of-the/mining/the-mines-of-the-black/the-hillsboro-mining-distri/
you missed one, there is a tunnel at the top of the mountain at the end of the gulch, goes in and down with 200 foot ladders, not brave enough to climb down lol
At 9:40 you edited out a portion of the frame. Was that graffiti? Thanks.
Just seeing the ore car and man cage would make that trip worthwhile. You seldom see those. Ive only seen 1 mine car.
TVR Exploring would go in it to the end..I’ve been out to Hillsboro a few times to do some Gold prospecting but it’s no fun going alone..anyone who wants to go let me know,I have a dry washer
your lucky you didn’t find bears and rattlesnakes
Thanks for the video! I know exactly where those last two mines are. There was some work done there in the 80s; that last adit was definitely worked with rubber-tire equipment. There’s a pile of rubber-tire stuff over by Animas Peak that I considered buying, but it’s 95% cannibalized junk from the 60s.
Don’t be surprised if a few mines in that area are reopened if Copper Flats ever gets going. They’ll have a concentrator so shipping and selling ore won’t be an issue.