Raising The Bar, A New Way of Documenting Abandoned Mine Sites

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Жыл бұрын

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Special thanks to all of you who helped the channel with it's new drone purchase. This episode offers a small demonstration of the drones capabilities as we explore a mine site deep in the Mojave Desert.
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Abandoned & Forgotten Places
Documenting abandoned mines like never before!
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On this channel we go deep... REALLY DEEP into abandoned mines and tunnels all throughout the western United States. We researched some of the harder to find mines and hiked or 4x4 back into them to explore and reveal their hidden secrets. Many of these remote locations are filled with cool artifacts, antiques and unique geology that will have you guessing as to why the old prospectors worked so hard to find gold, silver, and other minerals.
A&FP moves just a bit slower as compared to other mine exploring channels. Gly discusses why the miners chose these sites and he points out the geology and minerals that got them excited. Veins of quartz filled with gold and silver made many men lose sleep in the 1800’s and early 1900’s and modern prospecting still does to this very day.
DANGERS? Oh yes, there’s allot of dangers associated with old mines. Un-exploded dynamite, blasting caps, bad air, bats, spiders, and snakes all find their home in abandoned mine shafts and tunnels. Oh, and let’s not forget rotting timbers, flooded passages and collapsing rock!
Gly takes abandoned mine exploring seriously with all the proper safety equipment, training, and experience necessary to do this activity as safe as possible but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a bit of fun along the way. “Gly”, your host and his band of crazy characters “Old Bob” (Gly’s Jeep), “Quackers” (Gly’s duck) and “Bobbie” (Gly’s hula girl) are sure to brighten your day with their comments and silly antics. Heck, they may even give you a chuckle or two.
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@StevenPendleton Жыл бұрын

Love your new drone! It's time people start cutting these bars! It's our public land!

@Kris_at_WhiteOaksFarm Жыл бұрын

Gly, I love that it doesn't take a mine explore to have fascinating content. Due to an Ice Storm, I've been without internet for almost a month, and finally got caught up with your videos. I enjoyed every one of them

@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Жыл бұрын

“Gly”: Thank you very much! Now that I’ve got all the proper tools I can make topside explorations far more interesting.

@roynapora7683 Жыл бұрын

You're programs are getting so much more sophisticated with every episode!!! Such good documentation.

@TimtimTimson Жыл бұрын

Thanks. This will make my Saturday evening better! Stay safe, Gly.

@brapppn-can-am-man6906 Жыл бұрын

Gly, that INTRO" is off the Hook! Definitely have to Crank the volume UP, 🤣 Once I start the video. It's One of the BEST parts of your channel ❤️ Sometimes I play ▶️ 😉 it a few times, LOL 😆 Side Note, it's amazing 👏 how your channel has grown. Congrats on your Hard work and dedication 👏 🙌 💪

@georgea7336 Жыл бұрын

Gly Coolness, right on my good sir! Im a 40 yrs young man whom works too much for a living, though now during my off season I've got a little extry time on my hands and in between projects I'm fortunate enough to catch some of your awesome content! It's been around 2 yrs that I've followed your channel and it's my absolute pleasure to thank you for the entertainment you so cautiously bestow upon us! If anything, you're fueling my interest to get out into the wilds more! Here on the east coast of the US there's PLENTY of interesting places in ol PA coal country to keep folks busy. Again though, I wholeheartedly thank you for the content as I truly enjoy watching you and Mr M traverse the underside of the southwest. You do just a phenomenal job of documenting and filming everything, just keep yourself alive and many MANY blessings to you and yours my friend! Keep it coming and please stay yourself safe ("as safe as possible") and be sure to give ol Bob plenty of love n fresh oil and we'll be lookin for the next video! 😁🤙

@caseyphillips3459 Жыл бұрын

Old Bob is looking VERY off road capable these days! Great video. Thank you!!

@oculusangelicus8978 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing some of the footage with your new toy drone with rotor guards. That thing was meant to do a bunch of acrobatics, you should try to include some high altitude backflips when your filming from the precipice of a cliff or mountain peak, just once to add a bit of thrill to the the footage. I mean you have tool that does that kind of stuff and it likely has a number of programmed moves you could do without worrying about messing it up, you should give it a try, with the handheld twin joystick controller, all you need now is a VR set of goggles that you can slide your phone into and do it the FPV way. You'll have a blast, I guarantee it! This was a cool episode, nice to see some sites in California, but the bat bars are becoming a pain to see when you go out, but in a place like Commie-fornia, it's expected and if you ever come across a site, where it isn't, you need to keep it top secret or let the other mine explorers know about if before they close it so they can enjoy it before it gets shut down forever. Isn't there a way you can gain access to a bat barred mine if you make an application for it? Say if you wanted to do some "prospecting" or are they sealed without a way to get in unless you destroy the bars? Asking for a friend...LOL Just kidding. I would never do such a thing. Besides, I'm not capable of doing any mine exploration anyways. Thanks again "Gly" for the video, and the cinematic efforts you put into your work, I for one, greatly appreciate it! Stay safe, and watch out for any aggressive cacti, the Family Jewels are heirlooms that cannot be replaced! LOL

@davekreitzer4358 Жыл бұрын

Nice area , good explore , pretty sure that was a COLD water heater !!! ✔️😁😎👌

@ricoramos9864 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoy your intro music. Thanks for the treat.

@thomashumphries3519 Жыл бұрын

Oh, new drone, super cool....saving time

@rickylarson6406 Жыл бұрын

I have respect for you and where you are coming from & All the work you are doing,old school all the way!!!

@westcoast8562 Жыл бұрын

I WANT GLY TO KEEP SOME OF THE SUPPORTERS MONEY FOR HIMSELF. LIKE THE DUDE SHOULD GET A TREAT. THANK YOU TO ALL SUPPORTERS!!!

@tinadelwiche416 Жыл бұрын

Your welcome

@tinadelwiche416 Жыл бұрын

Gly ,, that’s for sharing your bar stool story on how you came to be . It’s inspiring to know we have a talented person to share such knowledge and laughter all at once.

@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Жыл бұрын

“Gly”: I am a “oops!” baby. Lol

@tinadelwiche416 Жыл бұрын

@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces yes It would appear so . But mom and dad knew what they were up against, 😂

@flynnpatterson5650 Жыл бұрын

Are you married?!?!

@dilwyn1 Жыл бұрын

LOL!! I was thinking exactly the same thing

@TXDOGWOOD Жыл бұрын

Thanks Red, White and Blue Gly! 😉😀👍🏻 Beautiful desert! Wind mill was certainly unique! Stay safe and well. Toodles from TX

@eliadelucchi5455 Жыл бұрын

the intro hypes you up all the times! wish you a good 2023 Gly's bucket! ...yeah, you too Old Bob. hahaha just kidding Gly, thank you, also )))

@TimtimTimson Жыл бұрын

Gly: „.. get out the drones“. You have quite an amazing arsenal of very good cams. Makes me enjoy my new laptop with the high res screen. Thanks.

@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Жыл бұрын

“Gly”: I pretty much have every tool now to capture every aspect of these abandoned sites and that’s why 2023 is going to be so much fun.

@TimtimTimson Жыл бұрын

@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces And we are all looking forward to it!

@haroldishoy2113 Жыл бұрын

Happy 2023 Gly! Congratulations on acquiring the new drone and the preview of its performance. You certainly covered this site quite effectively in a brief time. Thanks for another beautiful scenic journey.

@user-ut6zx2jt9i Жыл бұрын

Hello GLy. Just a tip when you're hiking around try to breathe through your nose and less mouth makes it much easier to catch your breath and clams the heart so your not so winded I used to hike in my young days Love ya take care

@johnbrownlee7623 Жыл бұрын

Good job Gly...............Like your new tool.............SWEET..........................jb.

@wilburroth5150 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Gly! I like that new drone and can`t wait to see it used more often.

@JCB04359 Жыл бұрын

Gly, I'm loving your videos and documentation of everything!!

@janblake9468 Жыл бұрын

Near the first mine you visited, you missed an abandoned 1928 McCormick-Deering crawler tractor. I found it many years ago and it is still there. I could see it in your drone aerial views. It has an aftermarket dozer blade attached to the front.

@bradleymoellering Жыл бұрын

The new drone is so cool! Cant wait to see more!

@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Жыл бұрын

“Gly”: It sure is going to save allot of time documenting debris fields and hard to reach areas.

@cameronmccreary4758 Жыл бұрын

That is a very nice drone; amazing technologies nowadays. It would be great if it could basically fly itself into the mine, explore the mine then carefully find itself outside. Yes, I remember Hams beer. I think they're tagline was, "from the land of Sky Blue Waters."

@cameronmccreary4758 Жыл бұрын

@@helenasmith4286 I was thinking of pre-programming it using artificial intelligence to have the drone think for itself to get down into the mine and out.

@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Жыл бұрын

“Gly”: For that I’d need a drone like you saw in the movie Prometheus. I think they were called “P.U.P.S.”

@greenman1981ad Жыл бұрын

Hi Gly, love your new toy, and how fast you grasped using it. I also love how you plough everything you receive (whether it's buying rocks or the tips jar) it goes straight back into your channel. I cannot see anything but great things for 2023. I will definitely be following every episode, Gly, I wish you and your family or friends luck for 2023 and look forward to a thrilling adventure in your future episodes.

@lisalovessummertime8453 Жыл бұрын

Good Saturday morning Gly and everyone from SE Minnesota. Looking forward to the mine exploration in 2023. 🩵😊

@JDJ1898JADE Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video. I am fascinated by that wind mill, had to go back and take another look at it. I have plans of building one on a semi trailer axle running around in my brain now. I could use it at my ranch to generate electricity for pumping water with a submersible pump.

@dirtyjoex Жыл бұрын

"From the land of sky blue waters" - Hamm's!

@gregphillips.1312 Жыл бұрын

Being from the UK I am not familiar with your Beers, but praise be for Red White and Blue 🇬🇧🙏🍻❤

@loyalkuhn5778 Жыл бұрын

Terrific ingenuity with the trommel, the smelting furnace, and with the wind turbine. I'm impressed !! Somebody had a head on their shoulders !! The wind turbine could run an alternator, a low volume pump, a drive for the trommel, or half a hundred other applications. There is quite an extensive waste pile so there would be some extensive workings in the drifts. I also note from the looks of the collapsed adits, that someone took the time and effort to use explosives to close the adits. tsk, tsk... Thanks for a great video !!!

@Tomcroese Жыл бұрын

Hurray, you make more for me!!! Thanks you, i send you a good thought

@lindabriggs5118 Жыл бұрын

Wish I was in the AZ desert 🏜! It's still better temps than 29°F her in the Southwestern Appalachian's! So while I'm wrapped up in fuzzy blankets, I'll be imaging me "ghosting" behind you! LOL 😅 😆 🤣

@davidbollenback917 Жыл бұрын

I haven't been to the Mojave for years. You are there during the best time of the year! Haha. Love the show. As a geologist, I thoroughly enjoy even the surface vids. Cheers!

@fixinoldjunk286 Жыл бұрын

Found your card posted on the wall of a cabin in the Mojave National Preserve! Hope to see you out there some day!

@LiSa.N.J Жыл бұрын

Loved the footage with the new drone. Glad it works so well for ya. Keeps them feet from walking more then they have to. Stay safe Gly, and we look forward to next weekends adventure.

@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Жыл бұрын

“Gly”: That’s right.. it’s all about saving my legs so I can explore the mine. 👍

@bebeandjohnnotsonomadiclif5287 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the memories. You do such great work, Thank you.

@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756 Жыл бұрын

Second time I've ever seen cabling like that. There's an old coal mine in southern Ohio that has cable strung over the opening. So now I know it was common. Thanks Gly & Scooby! Mystery solved! 👍

@Mike-01234 Жыл бұрын

I like how miners can take anything they find and make something useful out of it. If I had that drone, I know I would get it stuck somewhere have to hike up there get it.

@Herbybandit Жыл бұрын

You found the land before time and that plank with spikey metal is to stop the pterodactyls roosting.

@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Жыл бұрын

“Gly”: Roosting pterodactyls? By golly… you figured it out! Lol

@davidhullinger3636 Жыл бұрын

Gly; Mark Twain once commented “ Golf is a good walk wasted.” your walks are not wasted in the least. Thank you.

@frankgaletzka8477 Жыл бұрын

A happy New year . Glück Gesundheit und Kraft für das neue Jahr 2023 Viele Grüsse Frank Galetzka

@markmiller5952 Жыл бұрын

Yea. We still sell Hammes beer at my store in Santa claus, ind. Good seller. Them drones just keep getting better

@charlesurrea1451 Жыл бұрын

Lucky lager and the puzzle caps!

@63connie78 Жыл бұрын

like the drone footage.....enjoy your explorations....while maintaining a safe distance from Gly's 'shorts'......thnx a mil

@forkmonster1153 Жыл бұрын

I enjoy your content, there's nothing with better production value that I have seen.

@adventureswithgoat8515 Жыл бұрын

I love "View Finder mode." I have a similar mode on my camera called "Action Overlay". Awesome Gly

@johnclare1728 Жыл бұрын

Another great one Gly. “Hams-The beer refreshing”. At least that is what the Hams jingle said. Haven’t thought of that beer for??? Don’t remember the last time. Cool find, great explore and just love that little drone. It even appeared to have a quality camera on it. Thanks. Really enjoyed this one. Take care and stay safe out there.

@curtisgraves7122 Жыл бұрын

Cool at it again way to go!!!

@exploreinfinity5681 Жыл бұрын

The trommel device was a ball mill. I've never seen one like that, but it looks like it might work well for reducing the size of your ore. All the ore crushed fine enough will come out the end of the trommel.

@davidwhiteman5451 Жыл бұрын

Love the new Drone, it will help explore a lot more. Happy New yea and We enjoy being able to explore with you.

@1uptospeed Жыл бұрын

you didn't get in ,but you sure got out & about nice flying & zoom , first time i saw a porcupine log.

@bushcraftbaxter Жыл бұрын

That's some cool stuff! I need to get me one of them there drones.

@markbottcher9623 Жыл бұрын

Thats a nice drone. You can really explore alot more area at each site with that one. Definitely some quality video. That bristlly thing was probably a giants hair brush. 😆

@davec9244 Жыл бұрын

nice thank you ALL stay safe

@kylerayk Жыл бұрын

Great video Gly and love the new drone! Can't wait to see what's in store for 2023.

@rogers3134 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Gly! I am looking forward to what the new year brings to the channel!

@jimmime Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sites tour, Gly, watch out for those painful cacti just waiting to jab ya! Safe journeys!

@rickdale4921 Жыл бұрын

Very nice drone work 👏 Enjoyed the episode looking forward to your next one 👌

@sarahpovey6368 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great video x

@insectdude1258 Жыл бұрын

Be thankful that was just a yucca that stuck and not a cholla. Getting stuck there by a cholla would be an absolute nightmare.

@008Birdman Жыл бұрын

Beautiful blue sky to adventure around in the desert. Thank you for showing us around, Gly. Happy New Year, buddy. 🎉🎉-🎉🎉🎉

@radarvillarreal5548 Жыл бұрын

Great job! I so much enjoy your day! Keep it going!

@shawnzalewski1917 Жыл бұрын

2023 another year of fantastic mine exploration from one and only Gly Coolness!

@ruthfield4083 Жыл бұрын

happy new year , and may it be better than last year for all of us , another great video and that new drone is a doozy, going to have some fun videos with her, well maybe him..lol its sad you cant get into some of the mines but can understand why they seal them off, some have to be protected from stupidity....

@GTGibbs Жыл бұрын

Amazing content my friend! Even with the bat bars you managed to share this! Very well done! And without the “panting & puffing” that scares the s-T out of me at times. LOL Stay safe and healthy, and Thank You! For some of the best mine exploring content on KZfaq. GTGibbs former underground miner and channel fan. Great drone!

@daman2u4eva Жыл бұрын

Hey Gly that camera is the bomb !! keep up the good work and narration

@maikbollhorn4874 Жыл бұрын

Gly, outstanding! Love the new tool.

@ChickenHawk907 Жыл бұрын

Gly, I've been watching you for a couple of years and your work just keeps getting better. My wife and I, living in Phoenix, enjoy every video on the weekends and the shorts mid-week. We will surely sub to the new channel. Keep it up my friend.

@soho71 Жыл бұрын

Love the new drone Man! I got a cheap one for Christmas just to learn to fly it, all because of the awesome shots you’ve shown us. Thanks Gly!

@relevantinformation6655 Жыл бұрын

Greetings from Michigan Gly !

@rayblyth9951 Жыл бұрын

What a great first episode of the new year you're such a great person

@flyingprospector6292 Жыл бұрын

Gly, I have a few drones myself. It's the only way I'd enter a mine. IT ONLY HURTS MY WALLET NOT MY HEAD. I like your drone videos at least we know your safe and we will see & hear you next week, By 4 now.

@earlshaner4441 Жыл бұрын

Good afternoon from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for sharing your different adventures

@willielangoor4369 Жыл бұрын

AWESOME buy , look forward to your future episodes

@sharonkukert8638 Жыл бұрын

From the lands of sky blue waters Hamm's the beer refreshing lol +

@richardsharp6875 Жыл бұрын

really interesting thank you, great start for new year

@blurboards1 Жыл бұрын

Happy New Year Gly! That was actually some pretty good graffiti. It says SMILE. Nice to see that new Tool/Toy in action. Till the next one, take care.

@butchdoane3419 Жыл бұрын

Happy new year. Thanks again and stay safe

@kimbra1132 Жыл бұрын

Them drone shots were beautiful. Love the new drone, so handy in them rugged desert landscapes. That area seems to deteriorate faster than them 1870 mines. Stay safe Gly and have a cuddly week.

@milwaukeeroadjim9253 Жыл бұрын

I've drank Hamms and RWB. I think RWB was from Wisconsin. I remember the bear commercials for hams when i was growing up.

@Paddy_Roche Жыл бұрын

Hello Gly, I have been watching your channel for a while now so wanted to say Hello. I am from Manchester in the UK. I loved this episode (Like the rest) and the new drone is fantastic. I am 57 and suffer a lot of pain so I am pretty much housebound these days. Your video's are such an escape for me, the drone footage is simply beautiful the US is such a beautiful country. I also feel like I have learnt so much about the mining from the early 1900's and I am in complete awe of the people who risked so much for the little reward. Gly< thank you so much for producing such amazing educational entertainment but please take care, sometimes I have to watch through my hands, lol. I have noticed that sometimes when you see something interesting like the absolute bottom of an old mine you become almost in a trance and just to go for it!! This worries me Gly take care. I know you are a professional with good equipment and training but still you scare the Bejesus out of me. As I say thank you so much for taking us all with you on these crazy rides. looking forward to 2023, Cheers, Paddy

@johnizitchiforalongtime Жыл бұрын

This added tool of yours sure saves a lot of leg work, in short order.

@gregmonger5747 Жыл бұрын

Happy New Year Gly! My first taste of beer as a little kid in the early 60s was a sip of Hamm's that my dad gave me. When I was a teenager and couldn't afford much, Red, White and Blue beer was the go-to brand due to its low cost. Great scenery in your 7 January video and a neat explore, even if you really didn't get underground. Your tough little super-drone seems like a great addition to exploration. Keep up the good work and be safe!

@kittenbeasley5280 Жыл бұрын

If it’s got lights on it, that little drone would be neat in the larger stopes and raises

@crchuckh6852 Жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing, nice video

@RickNelsonMn Жыл бұрын

Loved all this exploring. That last cabin was so personable considering their stove, chair, bed and that pedestal table. I'm thinking one of those first foundations outside held the generator for power? That hot water heater was probably the wash house, bodies and clothes? Excellent drones and love the new toy/tool 😉 👍🏻👏🏻🤘🏻😎

@trevin1691 Жыл бұрын

Who else saw the excellent videography and matching score in the opening? Gly your making more intreaging videos all the time👍

@mickie7873 Жыл бұрын

I say that all the time to Gly, don't stop using your signature music and the precise "highpointing". So well done.

@trevin1691 Жыл бұрын

@@mickie7873 For sure! I could see Gly making a long aerial intro version 👍

@professorfalken4600 Жыл бұрын

You need to get a portable plasma cutter

@sandra3193 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jadeleeson9728 Жыл бұрын

Ps… loving ur new drone man!! It’s super cool, I want one!!!

@rpjr1975 Жыл бұрын

Great channel I just joined today and I have not been able to stop watching.

@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Жыл бұрын

“Gly”: Thanks for subscribing and welcome aboard!

@f.k.burnham8491 Жыл бұрын

i really like that drone. If you ever get up to Washington State, I know of a mine the road cut in two on Blewett Pass that would be fantastic to explore with that drone

@mikesc9418 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for not making me sea sick awesome video

@gyprocman8163 Жыл бұрын

🇨🇦 Nice vid...That's an awesome drone. Stay safe Happy New yr gly

@erickneebone3412 Жыл бұрын

The "centrifugal classifier" looks like a single flotation cell minus some parts. The foundation by the portal was more likely for a compressor. The "trommel" appears to be a small portable rod mill missing part of its feed end. Evidence suggests that a small portable flotation mill was either briefly set up or was planned for the site. The foundation below the ore car tracks would have been primary crushing (Probably a jaw crusher, though a small gyratory could also have worked.) Then secondary crushing would have been the Rod Mill; the screen in the end was to prevent ore that was too large to enter from binding up the process. Pulp would have come out the other end and gone into the flotation cell. This may or may not have ever been used on site. It appears that it is in a "salvage" condition, either as left or as it was being prepared to be removed. The Sagstetters note that in many backcountry sites, the machinery for entire mills is still in crates, abandoned on site without ever being set up.

@jfdashley9028 Жыл бұрын

That new drone is really cool and hopefully it will make your life easier just like an old ore cart was for a miner.

@joncdav1 Жыл бұрын

Love the music!

@rich6244 Жыл бұрын

Thank You Gly for all you provide us mine enthusiast's. I was wondering if you ever thought of exploring any of the mines above Bodie Ghost Town out of Bridgeport CA. I have wondered around up there, but not equipped to do what you do. Thanks, and that would be a really interesting exploration of the old buildings and mines out there....There were many in those hills.