How utterly cool would it be to have a piece of property with a network of tunnels like this?
Stuff like this turns up in Montana once in a while, but in this region it’s sometimes wet or flooded.
Awesome pictures at the link.
Notes From The Bunker
How utterly cool would it be to have a piece of property with a network of tunnels like this?
Stuff like this turns up in Montana once in a while, but in this region it’s sometimes wet or flooded.
Awesome pictures at the link.
Nothing as adventurous as being found dead in a flash flood underground, under a cave in or simply slow poisoned by heavy metals from mine shafts.
Let alone the joys of breaking your leg wandering around them.
Yeah when I was an idiot teenager I loved to explore them in Colorado until I found two semi-mummified remains lying together in one.
The Sherriff didn’t even want to go out and recover the bodies. Too dangerous, almost had me arrested for trespassing.
It is quite interesting. Many “known unknowns”, and “unknown unknowns”, as well. Wonder what the price tag is?
Kinda surprised the state doesn’t require them to detonate the entrances once the license has expired.
one issue is air quality. Need to have a continuous air monitor to keep track of Oxygen levels, radon, methane, etc. One breath of bad air can put a person on their knees, the next breath they are unconcious.
This guy bought Cerro Gordo, CA. His mine explorations are cringe-worthy, but highly entertaining:
https://youtu.be/lJyraaYtni4
Wow, that is one crazy video. Size XL balls, that’s for sure. Interestingly, heard zero discussion of any concern for air quality or toxic mess. Young men gotta do what young men gotta do, I guess?
Just drove by Cerro Gordo on a motorcycle trip. From watching his vid’s, I’m worried he is doing illicit substances and has turned into an animal hoarder. Good thing the diesel brothers came to help.
Good luck…
Mines can be good and usable, or difficult, expensive, and dangerous – and it takes lots of specialized knowledge to know the difference.
I would rather buy a planned underground structure – former base, silo, bunker, etc that was intended for longer human use.
For me, why anyone who considers themselves to be part of the prepper lifestyle would even consider buying something like this is a real head-scratcher. Miles away from help trapped in a cave, cursing myself as I wait for the air to run out, isn’t exactly my idea of a good time
There is an advantage in owning a mine – it makes it easier (not simpler) to get an explosives license….
Should you want one for any reason.
The amount of FUD spread in the comments regarding old mines both here and at the original link surprises me coming from folks I’d normally assume to be more practical. I’d wager that old mine is safer to enter than any number of concrete condos on the Florida coast.
The OP Murphy’s Law says the mine was operated during WWII for lead, copper, silver and some gold. Knowing that the mine is clearly in the Southwest US, either California or Arizona, this mineral assemblage is suspect. More likely this is an old primary gold producer which was shut down by the War Production Board Order L-208 which closed all gold mines in the US on Dec. 7th 1942 to redirect their resources and labor to war production. This fate was suffered by hundreds and hundreds of mines across the American West and accounts for the vast majority of all abandoned mines.
Those underground openings have stood without any maintenance or attention for right near 8 decades. 80 years which have included some significant seismic events, and yet none of the timbers have failed or passageways blocked by major groundfall. Note the utter lack of any ground support other than localized timber sets. The photos show hundreds of feet of “bald heading”, but of course back then rock bolts weren’t in common use.
I would definitely be cautious of the ventilation, but keep in mind they used very little “powered ventilation” (fans) prior to WWII as natural ventilation was free, predictable and reliable. The lack of hanging dust clouds in the photos indicate the natural ventilation paths are still functional.
Old mines are as dangerous as you make them. A little knowledge really can go a long way, properly applied.
This. I sat here shaking my head reading the ignorant, Karen-like posts. Anyone who has intellectual curiosity or has worked in underground mining can point the ignorance. It appears some here also post on glocktalk. Another reason I very seldom visit there or here anymore. And another reason the left is wining. Correct information matters. Opinions are like…….well you know.
Don’t get me started on your feelings..
Hint: I don’t care.
Well, why not correct our ‘ignorant, Karen-like posts’ instead of telling us how your feelings are hurt?
mine safety isn’t an opinion. If people want to go into mines without the proper safe guards in place, go ahead. Don’t wear a seat belt either, smoke while you reload and point weapons at each other. Darwins theory calls that ‘More beer for us’.
Ignorance is included in many opinions. Many here, on this thread for example.
The internet is almost free Chad and you can use it to figure it out on your own. An adult does that, a child needs to have things explained.
Whose feelings are hurt? You might want to look in the mirror. I don’t care about your knowledge base. You should. And I’ll wager you won’t do either.