Museum Quality Artifacts, The BLUE HOIST MINE Has It All!
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After three long years we go back to The Blue Hoist Mine and fully explore it's 200 foot shaft.
Episode 80, the upper workings:
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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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Another great video Gly. The newspaper that was found @20:45 is from the Arazona Republic. Its was Page 14 on 03 Dec 1966.
The size of those Timbers is astounding! Those guys had to be STRONG!
What an awesome mine. Time stood still, and I'm glad you are keeping this location hidden as for sure vandals would have a field day there. Thank you, sir, for being a good guardian of places like this.
I really enjoy how you and Laura have been taking the time to come back and check out these mines that were already featured on the channel to their fullest extent. Thanks Gly and Laura!!
I really wish people would treat the mines with respect like you always do. I always find it sad seeing modern trash left by explorers.
The cool air that you guys felt was the spirit of Big John
(In a deep booming voice) "Big Bad John"
It always amazes me just how great the condition of the ladders & station are in after all these years. Beautiful wood. Fab video Gly & Laura. ❤😊
So glad you returned to this mine, I think this was a great mine shaft for Laura's first descent. Neat to see how they repurposed the broken mucker to be used for ore removal and possible flat car to bring work and rail further into the mine. Another Fantastic Saturday Morning Explore. Thank you for taking us with you both.
“Gly”: Thanks David!
Ahhh, Mr. M... those were the days. Gly used to giggle a lot more when Mr. M was around.
“Gly”: Laura makes me giggle, just not on camera. Lol
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlacesyes Gly. Giggle, giggle,,, wiggle, wiggle 😂
This was an a some episode. I remember episode 80 so well with Mr M lol😂 can't wait for next weeks episode 👍👍👍
Please be careful and I am happy your not a lone
Oh boy, now I have the big John ear worm in my head 😂😂😂😂
I definitely prefer this style of filming minds. Thanks for doing this mine with this style.
Glu, love ya bro, you need to give Laura a double life time supply if u want to keep her lol... Good luck my man!!
Hello Gly and Laura. Great job as always, been watching for years. Thanks for my Saturday morning cuppa coffee and wake up show. By the way that newspaper was from 1963 or 64. I could tell by the TV that it was color. Yes we had ugly decorations at that time, ducks on the wall in the living room and color TV came in about 63. I remember watching Disney in color and everybody from the block came to see our Montgomery wards color TV. Yeah I’m that old. Have a good year you two!
“Gly”: I’m really happy you’re enjoying the channel, we’ve got allot more great content coming your way!
You sure got sweaty in this video Gly. The last time I seen a German man get that sweaty, he was fighting epic battles in Gladiator!⚔
“Gly”: Yes indeed! 😅
Awesome , can't wait till next week.
Your best ever miner man I love it all
37:35 I hunted down the cover art, that's the May 1965 edition of Man's Illustrated. Oh, and your pinup was Sofia Loren.
Sexville in the Desert??!! And I thought you posted family friendly videos! Very cool mine so far, can't wait 'til next week.
I didn't realize in 80 how big this one actually is and still another episode to go! Loving it guys and is Laura the one responsible for the social media expansions?
“Gly”: No, that’s all my doing, but she will manage all social media when she comes on to the channel full time in April.
Woohoo! What a great episode! Can't wait for part 2! Be safe you guys!
1968 your a baby, I was 8 year's old lol. Be safe my friends.
This was great! So glad you came back. You should take Laura back to the yellow rope mine and have her explore where Frank went and look for another way you can get down in that area. It was such a neat explore. That is my all time favorite even if it was on Frank’s channel it was your find.
“Gly”: Where Frank went is it, there is no other way into that area of the mine. A vertical shaft once accessed the area where he found the dynamite boxes but that’s all collapsed up top. Where he went and what he found is it, there’s really nothing more to document.
Let's explore this old mine!!
The view is much nicer when shes in front.
what a fantastic mine GLY , really enjoying this one, loved that magazine .. big THANKS, from the UK 😄👍👍
I went back to watch episode 80 again before this one and I enjoyed them both. So glad you were able to explore past the place where you and Mr. M stopped. Have you told him that you put this one up on your website so he could have a look too?
“Gly”: Yes, he knows about it.
Good morning from Syracuse NY and Thank you for sharing your adventures everyone
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Yes boiling hot coffee time
A very interesting explore guys loved it.
Kudos, Gly & Miss Laura!
Gly, you are a legend And Lady Laura is obviously a "Legend in Waiting" Nice explore
“Gly”: Thank you! I’m happy you enjoyed it.
Also pretty cool seeing the drill holes on the ribs on the way back from the face of the mucker drift. Interesting how the blast didn't effect the rock on the rib-side, only inward. I find this so fascinating. I'd love to poke around in an old mine, but I sure am thankful for folks like Gly and Ms. Laura for bringing me along.
This one was worth waiting for! It adds another dimension when there are two of you. Dean from Arizona
Wow I am going to have to go back and watch episode 80. I love this one it is exciting to see what you both found Thank you from the bottom of my heart. GOD bless you both and your ones. May he keep safe.
That might be the thing to do and a case of a mine with wiring for lights is to get a portable Power Station (Jackery, Bluetti, Etc +/- 1000W) run it into the Electrical Main to run the lighting, assuming the wiring is still good and at least some of the bulbs still work. It wouldn't run any electric machinery but the lighting it would probably handle.
The picture of the wall of handguns - they were referred to as 'Saturday Night Specials'. Typically .22 or .25 caliber and sold by mail order for as little as $9.99 but more typically in the $20- $25 range. No identification required. No recording of serial numbers, pretty much untraceable.
Thanks for the great video. There were a lot of good artifacts down there. It was worth the climb. I liked the way Laura checks for explosives, if you shake the bottle a little and it don't go KAY- f'n- BOOM, you know it ain't nitro.
Amazing mine and great work! Love seeing those sweaty dynamite sticks, but I wouldn't want to sneeze around that day box.
Great adventures , I now set my alarm for saturday morning to check yt notifications, .Lokks like your EBAY items are doing well. I'm OUTBID everytime I check ,
Enjoying your adventures with Laura. Quality of your video is top notch as always. One of the rare KZhead channel I watch in full screen, to be more immersed.
“Gly”: Thank you very much!
Awesome episode, can't wait until next Saturday. Now where's that other Beer ✌❤🙏🍻🇬🇧
Absolutely Beautiful explore. Thanks for taking me along. Be safe..
Awesome video Gly! What an amazing find 👍🏻 You should take it a little bit easier down there and not rush yourself because of us! Can’t wait to see the next episode. Stay safe, and thank you!
I like the old school look. Well done Gly and Laura!
Awesome awesome mine , artifacts , well done Gly and Laura . As always be safe can’t wait till next weekend! 👍🏻🙂
Great explore gly! It`s about time you gave us the shaft, lol.😄
Really enjoyed this, thanks.
Bot the first ones down there with all the Gatorade bottles laying around, even very recent production ones. Still a rad mine
“Gly”: The person that dropped it contacted me. He was in there last Sep - Oct when it fell out of his pack. Prior to him nobody has been in there for decades.
WOW!!! What a mine to explore… so many things to see and try to tell time by by your findings!!!! Soooo INTERESTING!!!! The mine is in such good shape like you mentioned….preserved well!!! Gly, you and Laura do such a good job showing the mine and describing things and the things you find!! FASCINATING!!!
“Gly”: Thank you! I’m happy you enjoyed it.
Great video. Thank you for bringing me along.
Great job you guys. Love all the timber. Corky is an ace name for a miner and your dog.😀
23:41 Mining their way in and run across a seam of poor rock, and suddenly *boom* there's schist all over the place.
Very nice explore. I'd like to see a lidar added to map a lot of these mines for a 3d map.
Enough timber in the mine to build a small house! Thanks for a cool episode Gly and Laura!
So far, so good. Nice finds Gly . Dam, we have to wait a whole week for part 2 😮. Pete Australia 🇦🇺
“Gly”: I know, it’s tough, but I’m currently uploading some Monday content for you to enjoy via KZhead shorts.
Great episode Gly and Laura. Ive been curious about that shaft ever since I watched the original episode when Mr M was convinced you were going to get squished by that rock on the way through to the winch. Really enjoyed that, thanks
Absolutely great mine,I remember you there with Mr.m so look forward to your adventures every week ❤
Thanks Gly, just a beautiful mine with so much history laying around! As a retired operating engineer with some underground mining experience myself, it was neat seeing the old Emco mucker just laying there! Hard work even with help from machinery. Keep up the great work Sir!
Gly and Laura,,, thank you for another glorious adventure. Gly that was Moonshine bottles 😂
“Gly”: Thanks Tina!
Thanks!
“Gly”: Thank you!
I kinda wish you put the whole adventure on the same day. I realize it takes time to edit. Also you want quality content every week and like a good show you want to keep your audience waiting for next week so we all return. (I watch vice grip garage and he has a popular channel. His video was 2 and a half hours last night.) If you do have a bit longer video sometimes, you would not get a complaint from me. I really like this mine. That magazine at the end 😂, people were trash back in the 60's too.
“Gly”: Viewer retention on my videos is about 15 - 20 minutes on average. Anything longer than 30 - 40 minutes is a waste of footage because most will click off.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces I understand but I can guarantee that isn't me. I watch every minute, and I enjoy every minute of your videos.
“Gly”: Yeah, I wish I could make longer ones but the platform isn’t kind to videos longer than 30 minutes.
So cool! Glad to see down in this one, being it is personal to us. And I know who Corkey is. lol. Can't wait to see the rest of this one. I kinda figured it was going to be a good one.
“Gly”: It would’ve been neat to sit by the campfire and listen to all the stories from the workers at this mine.
Thanks Guy 👷♂ and Laura 👷♀ for sharing this cool video! Just like Mr. M 🧓 is back only it is with Laura. 👸 Happy New Years, love the channel. Cheers 🍺🍺🤠 Mr. M is gone but not forgotten!
Wow, it's probably the best artifact mine yet! Thanks to both of you!
Mr m is probably regretting not going down this one now after seeing how amazing it truly is
Great explore, lot of those plastic fluid bottles around almost make one think someone tried working that area in the 70s or even 80s. 50s still had mostly fluids in metal cans. Can't wait for more in this mine.
I'm back. Waiting for the tour adventure journey. OK, i'll take that song "Big Bad John". I remember those guillotine blades. Dec 3, 1968, i was 16, going to be 17 on the 27th, cool. This is one cool outing, loving it. That was a racy mag back then.
I was really hoping to hear that bell ring. Such a cool mine and everything left to see.
Well Gly and Laura , this is a Top Shelf episode l am putting it in my watch list to introduce the channel to my friends that mite end up being new subscriber to build the channel . This mine is just awesome and still preserved in pristine condition , so many interesting artifacts ,,,, architecture. looks like as if it was built yesterday . even some of the bolt look new with the galvanizing. Keep up the good work you all make a great team . Best wishes always from the land down under , God Bless a stay safe . .
“Gly”: Thank you very much, I’m really happy you enjoyed it!
Holy shit that is alot of lumber!
You guys make a good team 🙂
what an outstanding video awesome mines yall go into please be careful yall take care cant wait to see more mines
The GSR box probably at one time , held ABS plumbing fittings . That is what they were known for . I have used and sold thousands of boxes of them and got to go to there plant in the LA area many times . Probably late 60 to early 70
Totally awesome thank you
What a great video Gly. Can’t wait to see it continue
I remember Fed Mart in So Cal.
1966 for me .
95...exciting for sure. Cortland, NY watching...
Congratulations hope I get to that age 😳🤦♂️😝
This mine is pristine compared to most.
Pin-ups! Ooh-La-La!
Are those bones creaking or the ladder? 😆
Sure are a lot of smooth ribs in that mine
Gly likes to follow the wiggle 😊
And it didn't disappoint. Great explore both . Giving up my age , I was 2 months old when that paper was printed 😂 . No champers yet Laura, Gly you're losing points man lol. Stay safe as always ;-) xx
Ok, riddle me this Batman.... how did the miners know, with all the hundreds of feet of shafts and ladders, that after all that shaft/blasting there was actually any ore down there? Can't just be "hey, let's blast a shaft and see if there's anything down there; nothing after a hundred feet?, well keep blasting Ted!"
“Gly”: At this mine the vein of ore went completely up and out of the mountain to the surface. They tunneled into the vein from outside and then once they intersected with it, followed it straight down. They then drifted outwards at multiple levels to remove the ore.
Foot walls are so interesting to me as to how they remain as a formidibal barrier of where melted, hot stone mixtures moved through and were held back by their strength of stone type.....granite? That first adet to the left looked pretty "Jengha" and impossible to getting thru or around it. I'm still looking at the smooth walls. What is the mattrix makeup, Gly? I smirked at the comment by Gly, "I love the smell of mines" then cut off by a cough..ha. and snoufling at 18:18. (particles in the air?) I think that was a late 1968 to 1970's newspaper as the picture of the Tv was a larger screen, plus it said something about "color"....this at 21:37. At 23:34, where the rock peels as we see, that can be some dangerous surroundings as you explained of a past mine that you were at. I remember that episode. The wall slabs were like knife blades & long, just ready to let go. This is an interesting mine. Thanks for pointing out the artifacts. The newspaper pages & that magazine were really historical.
😂 when you were talking about your earlier videos I have a question what happened to your pet snake
The ear muffs date to the early 70's. The rockbolts with wooden washers from the 60's.
Gly, when were you guys in the mine? I was in there in Septemeber and October 2023. Such a beautiful mine full of artifacts. Ha thats my gatorlyte 😂 I dropped that too along with one of my head lamps.
“Gly”: The week before Christmas. Found your Gatorade but we didn’t see your headlamp.
Glad you got to get deeper into the mine. Yeah I think one of my friends went back and grabbed it in between mine and your visits. There's a big 900 ft shaft sw of the access point of this section of the mine. Did you get to see it? It's covered by a tin roof.
You guy's make awesome video's
“Gly”: Thank you!
Your welcome
Its cold here in NW Montana USA!!!! 37 below 0 now......🥶🥶
“Gly”: It was 27 where I’m at in Arizona this morning. Brrr! 🥶
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Hi love this channel ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Gly color TV 📺 67 said on the print hey it's push button no remote you had the kid's push it
Great show! Had one quick question. At 21:21 when Laura is looking at the newspaper you can sorta see something in writing on the right up that drift. Any idea what that is? Thanks for working so hard to make these videos for us slight sedimentary folks..
“Gly”: I looked but I wasn’t able to make it out.
Thanks for trying and thanks again for all your efforts to make your videos the best out there! Please stay safe..@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces
@Gly was that a modern Gatorade bottle laying on the landing when you opened the cover to access the sump?
“Gly”: I learned that a previous explorer dropped it when he was in there last Sep - Oct.
Lmao 🤣😂 filming this one old school !!! 🤔 so AFP did bring back the producer from the first album 😆👍
“Gly”: For a limited time only!
1968 that is the year I was born
The rock peeling off the wall like that might be the same dynamic as the yosemite half dome area. The rock is under a tremendous amount of pressure, and when it is exposed to the air, the rock 🪨 behind the "new" surface pushes the surface rock 🪨 outward. Causing fracturing and the scaling. But in Yosemite, it has a much larger surface, so much more falls, and from much higher up. Which can lead to injuries 🤔 😕...