Wild Descent In Magnificent 1800s Silver Mine

The rich silver ore at this magnificent abandoned mine was discovered by a group of prospectors back in the 1860s and mining began soon after. The ore was so rich here that mining took place uninterrupted for decades… And although this was a silver mine, there is a LOT of gold and gold mining still in this district. The gold mining is continuing to this day, and it wouldn’t surprise me to eventually see this entire historical mine consumed by a modern gold mining project chasing deposits below the old workings seen in this video. Something I wanted to expand on as I fear that I did not explain it well or that it was unclear in the video… What we saw at this abandoned mine were multiple generations of work. Do you recall near the very beginning of the video when I made the observation about the drill mark? As we learned, that work was from the 1920s and that short little loop was made during that time to bypass the caved portal dating back to the 1800s. Given the size/shape of the workings and t