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Santa Margarita Mine: Sliding Down Stopes

The first time I visited this abandoned mine, I was left with the impression that it was inaccessible as it appeared that the shaft had partially caved and eroded shut. The second time I visited this mine (with a lot more mine exploring experience), I was still somewhat skeptical about being able to gain access, but with ropes and determination, I was able to gain entry to the mine with a little crawling. Once past the initial blockage, however, I was immediately confronted by a completely caved shaft. This put me off for a moment, but one must examine all possibilities when mine exploring. So, I soon discovered that it was possible to crawl through the fractured side of the mine shaft into a stope. And, by sliding down through the timbers of the stope, I was excited to discover that it was possible to reach the first drift level running off from the mine shaft. So, I made my way over to the shaft station to confirm that the mine shaft was intact beyond the caved section at the collar and then hiked back out to get my friends. You’ll see some of that in the video though… The mine shaft in question is an inclined shaft (inclined at 40 degrees) and drops down for more than four hundred feet. As such, this will be another multi-part series of videos… I’ll give some of the game away now by saying that, of all of the levels, the second level was the most impressive. So, don’t miss the second video of this series. That also happens to be the longest video since that was the largest level in this mine, but if you’re into this kind of content, you’ll enjoy seeing it. You, my dear viewers, will not need to use your high IQs to determine that this abandoned mine shaft is definitely not in our wet California mountains as it is bone dry all of the way to the bottom. In fact, the dust at the bottom was terrible… Yet again, this is a fine example of how spoiled our mine exploring friends based in the deserts are. The wood is not rotten, the artifacts are preserved well, we don’t need the heavy waders, we’re not slopping through mud and unsure of what is below us and, of most relevance, the mine shaft is not flooded to the top… The mine was a silver and lead mine and was mostly active in the 1920s. As you’ll see in the lower levels, the vein the miners were following is cut off by a mineralized fault. Undoubtedly, haters will comment on my buddy in his shorts. That’s certainly not how I would choose to explore mines, but, hey, he’s a big boy and, despite his youthful appearance, he has been in a lot of abandoned mines. He’s keenly aware of the dangers and discomforts and chooses to proceed in spite of them. So, like they say, don’t tell Babe Ruth how to hold his bat. ***** All of these videos are uploaded in HD, so I’d encourage you to adjust your settings to the highest quality if it is not done automatically. You can see the gear that I use for mine exploring here: https://bit.ly/2wqcBDD As well as a small gear update here: https://bit.ly/2p6Jip6 You can see the full TVR Exploring playlist of abandoned mines here: https://goo.gl/TEKq9L Several kind viewers have asked about donating to help cover some of the many expenses associated with exploring these abandoned mines. Inspired by their generosity, I set up a Patreon account. So, if anyone would care to chip in, I’m under TVR Exploring on Patreon. Thanks for watching! ***** Growing up in California’s “Gold Rush Country” made it easy to take all of the history around us for granted. However, abandoned mine sites have a lot working against them – nature, vandals, scrappers and various government agencies… The old prospectors and miners that used to roam our lonely mountains and toil away deep underground are disappearing quickly as well. These losses finally caught our attention and we felt compelled to make an effort to document as many of the ghost towns and abandoned mines that we could before that colorful niche of our history is gone forever. But, you know what? We enjoy doing it! This is exploring history firsthand – bushwhacking down steep canyons and over rough mountains, figuring out the techniques the miners used and the equipment they worked with, seeing the innovations they came up with, discovering lost mines that no one has been in for a century, wandering through ghost towns where the only sound is the wind... These journeys allow a feeling of connection to a time when the world was a very different place. And I’d love to think that in some small way we are paying tribute to those hardy miners that worked these mines before we were even born. So, yes, in short, we are adit addicts… I hope you’ll join us on these adventures! #ExploringAbandonedMines #MineExploring #AbandonedMines #UndergroundMineExploring