Exploring Abandoned Mines and Unusual Places | In a Dangerous, Underground Maze at the Abandoned Sacramento Mine (Part 1) @AbandonedMines11 | Uploaded November 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
What a grueling, steep hike to reach this abandoned mine! But, oh boy, was it ever worth it! I joined Tom and Julie and made the arduous trek to the abandoned Sacramento Mine high up in the White Mountains. Tom and Julie had explored some of the mine on an earlier visit a few years back, and I had always wanted to explore this mine. So we made it happen.
An old mining report said the Sacramento Mine was worked from 1890 to 1950. Known as a gold mine, it also produced silver, lead, and copper. We found very colorful veins of ore in the drift tunnels as we explored a few levels of this mine. We also found an old explosives box lid that was still intact with printing on it.
Even though Tom and Julie's good friend Max (who used to work in this mine) provided a map of the mine's layout, it was a difficult mine to navigate. The mine is laid out rather haphazardly. I compare it to Swiss cheese. There are a handful of levels that are interconnected by short and long inclined tunnels and stopes. We entered three tunnels altogether while at the site. In the first two tunnels, Tom and Julie noticed that earthquake activity has collapsed a lot of areas in those two tunnels since their initial visit a few years ago. The third tunnel, however, was quite open and passable, and it led to somewhat extensive workings. From the third tunnel, we ascended and descended to other levels inside the mine.
Don't miss the sneak-peek previews from Part 2 at the end of this video!
Part 2 will go live this Sunday, November 22nd at 9:00 AM Pacifc time.
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What a grueling, steep hike to reach this abandoned mine! But, oh boy, was it ever worth it! I joined Tom and Julie and made the arduous trek to the abandoned Sacramento Mine high up in the White Mountains. Tom and Julie had explored some of the mine on an earlier visit a few years back, and I had always wanted to explore this mine. So we made it happen.
An old mining report said the Sacramento Mine was worked from 1890 to 1950. Known as a gold mine, it also produced silver, lead, and copper. We found very colorful veins of ore in the drift tunnels as we explored a few levels of this mine. We also found an old explosives box lid that was still intact with printing on it.
Even though Tom and Julie's good friend Max (who used to work in this mine) provided a map of the mine's layout, it was a difficult mine to navigate. The mine is laid out rather haphazardly. I compare it to Swiss cheese. There are a handful of levels that are interconnected by short and long inclined tunnels and stopes. We entered three tunnels altogether while at the site. In the first two tunnels, Tom and Julie noticed that earthquake activity has collapsed a lot of areas in those two tunnels since their initial visit a few years ago. The third tunnel, however, was quite open and passable, and it led to somewhat extensive workings. From the third tunnel, we ascended and descended to other levels inside the mine.
Don't miss the sneak-peek previews from Part 2 at the end of this video!
Part 2 will go live this Sunday, November 22nd at 9:00 AM Pacifc time.
#ExploringAbandonedMines
#AbandonedMines
#MineExploring
#UndergroundExploration
