Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
As a reminder, I’m going to occasionally roll out videos on Sundays as part of the “Public Service Mine Exploring” series. These won’t be of great interest to everyone since they don’t involve underground exploration, but they will be valuable to some. In these videos, I’ll share the real names of mines as my intent is to perform the public service of sparing others the wasted time of making their way out to visit abandoned mines that have already been lost. I’ll also show what remains at these locations today—because in the future, they’ll look far worse, and much less will be left to see.
This channel was originally intended to document historical sites. When I started posting mine videos back in 2015—before the genre became popular—I honestly didn’t think many people would care about old mines.
The regular, more broadly appealing videos will still be posted on Wednesdays. Any video that falls under the “Public Service Mine Exploring” idea will have that phrase at the start of the title.
As for this particular mine, I found minimal historical records and really was only able to confirm that it hosted a shaft, at least one adit and several pits. If anyone knows anything more about Nevada County's Azalea Mine, please share it with us!
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You can view the full TVR Exploring playlist of abandoned mines here: goo.gl/TEKq9L
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Several kind viewers have asked about donating to help with the many costs of exploring these abandoned mines. Thanks to their generosity, I set up a Patreon account. If you’d like to contribute, you can find me 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 the history around us for granted. But abandoned mines face many threats—nature, vandals, scrappers, and government agencies. The prospectors and miners who once roamed these mountains and worked deep underground are fading into history as well.
That reality inspired us to start documenting as many ghost towns and abandoned mines as we can—before this colorful piece of our past is lost forever.
I hope you’ll join us on these adventures!
#ExploringAbandonedMines
#MineExploring
#AbandonedMines
#UndergroundMineExploring
As a reminder, I’m going to occasionally roll out videos on Sundays as part of the “Public Service Mine Exploring” series. These won’t be of great interest to everyone since they don’t involve underground exploration, but they will be valuable to some. In these videos, I’ll share the real names of mines as my intent is to perform the public service of sparing others the wasted time of making their way out to visit abandoned mines that have already been lost. I’ll also show what remains at these locations today—because in the future, they’ll look far worse, and much less will be left to see.
This channel was originally intended to document historical sites. When I started posting mine videos back in 2015—before the genre became popular—I honestly didn’t think many people would care about old mines.
The regular, more broadly appealing videos will still be posted on Wednesdays. Any video that falls under the “Public Service Mine Exploring” idea will have that phrase at the start of the title.
As for this particular mine, I found minimal historical records and really was only able to confirm that it hosted a shaft, at least one adit and several pits. If anyone knows anything more about Nevada County's Azalea Mine, please share it with us!
*****
You can view the full TVR Exploring playlist of abandoned mines here: goo.gl/TEKq9L
*****
Several kind viewers have asked about donating to help with the many costs of exploring these abandoned mines. Thanks to their generosity, I set up a Patreon account. If you’d like to contribute, you can find me under TVR Exploring on Patreon. Thanks for watching!
*****
Growing up in California’s Gold Rush Country made it easy to take all the history around us for granted. But abandoned mines face many threats—nature, vandals, scrappers, and government agencies. The prospectors and miners who once roamed these mountains and worked deep underground are fading into history as well.
That reality inspired us to start documenting as many ghost towns and abandoned mines as we can—before this colorful piece of our past is lost forever.
I hope you’ll join us on these adventures!
#ExploringAbandonedMines
#MineExploring
#AbandonedMines
#UndergroundMineExploring
