Hello /out/ it's me again. Maybe it is time for another abandoned mine exploration thread. I have posted these for over a decade; this will be the last one. AMA. I'll answer what I can. I hope you enjoy.
>>2856623>>2856635>>2856636>>2856637Thanks OP! Always love your posts. I’ve mentioned a couple times that the history behind pictures like these amazes me. Just trying to imagine the people that made a living with this kind of equipment and buildings. How come this will be your last one?
>>2856612What's the biggest loot you've found?
>>2856627Amazing minerals
>>2856612Thanks for doing this anon. I've seen a number of your threads going back almost to the first one. TVR exploring is a good youtube channel for anyone interested.
>>2856716I'd rather not say. I have enjoyed sharing and all the feedback over the years.The history of these places is amazing. The hardships these people endured is lost on modern times. We truly live in a blessed part of history.
>>2856726We have found all kinds of stuff. The largest being ore carts. We don't take anything, so it is hard to call it loot.
>>2857164thank you for your service, mineguy.
>>2856902I'm glad to hear you have enjoyed the threads. There are only a handful of explorers that post on YouTube that I respect, but TVR is high up on that list.
>>2857168i'm the guy that posted the blue picwe've been having serious issues with "influencers" (we call them CLOUTbexers) absolutely BTFOing the mines here in colorado. it's fucking shameful. i assume you get the same trash down your way?
>>2857169Great pic. I always wanted to explore in Colorado. You guys have some great structures still standing in those remote high elevation areas. Learned early on to keep cool mines a secret. even before the youtube channels and all the popularity over the last decade or so. I hate going back to mines that got popular because location was given away. Artifacts stolen. Burned timbering, spray-paint on everything. Findind unmolested mines gets harder every year. This mine here was heartbreaking to see what had been done to the main level. Luckly lower levels require rope, so they are still mostly untouched.
>>2857171i remember when abbynormal posted an untouched mine on youtube and within months every single artifact was looted and destroyedabsolutely heartbreaking. it's hard not to blame her but I don't think she knew the consequences of her actions.
>>2857172Between the feds sealing them up and assholes ruining them, I dont imagine there is much time left to see the history of it all,
>>2857164Understood. Hope all is well anon. >>2857169>>2857169That is shameful. Makes me sad that people can’t at least not be assholes. >>2857174>>2857174Awesome pic.
>>2856627Any idea what this is? Some kind of chromium oxide maybe?
>>2857191I hope you keep exploring, and don't get too discouraged. You are walking in the footsteps of great men
>>2857192I believe so, possibly copper sulfides as well. we took a few small samples that deteriorated quickly once exposed to sun light and air. Most wet areas in the mine had a lot of leaching of blue and green colors. All were fragile crystals. I know that was not what they were mining so I imagine when they ran into those ore deposits, they treated them like waste.
>>2857192the mining in this area started in the 1860,s and were mining gold. it was later reopened in the 1940,s as a tungsten mine. This mine was massive with what we believe to be several 1000,s feet deep and approximately 25+ miles of stopes and haulage tunnels.
