#268 Meteor Abandoned Mine...Sketchy explore!
1,516GPS Location 49.759795-117.357547 We entered the mine at the 5th level, went down to the 6th level and explored the sketchy #1 level at the top of the mountain. Here is the history of the mine...
The Meteor claim was staked in 1895 and was crown granted in
June of 1899. The Ottawa was crown granted the same year while the
Cultus received that status at the same time. Of most importance i s the Meteor
c l a i m as i t c a r r i e s the Meteor v e i n . A b r i e f chronological h i s t o r y
of t h i s c l a i m , obtained from B.C. Department of Mines Reports, i s : 1897 Shipped 2 carloads running from 160 to 257 ounces per ton s i l v e r
and .7 to .33 ounces per ton g o l d . 1899 Received Crown grant s t a t u s . 1902 Vein being worked. 1905 Under lease - car ready f o r shipment. 1909 Shipped 14 tons. 1910 New lessees - car ready f o r shipment. 1911 Same lessees shipped 40 tons at $250 per ton. 1912 Same lessees shipped 50 tons of development rock worth $200 per ton. 1913 New owners shipped 25 tons grossing $7,000. 1914 New lessees did development work. 1915 Above lessees did extensive development work and shipped 1 car
averaging 350 ounces s i l v e r per t o n . 1916 Above lessees continued development work and shipped 29 tons
averaging 500 ounces s i l v e r per t o n . 1917 Above lessees continued development work but d i d not ship any ore. 1919 A new owner began the lowest (6th l e v e l ) d r i v e and shipped 92 tons
of s i l v e r ore. 1922 Work was continued by the above owner. 1923 Development work continued with the v e i n being d r i f t e d on f o r 18.3
meters (60 f e e t ) . 1928 A new owner i s reported to have shipped some high grade to T r a i l .
1932 A new lessee continued to extend the vein d r i f t on the 6th l e v e l .
1935 Shipped 17 tons of ore to T r a i l
This is a fast paced and exciting Mine Exploration Channel. We have been in hundreds of abandoned mines in Canada, United States and Mexico. Join us underground and we will show you things no human has seen for decades! A fast paced no bs exciting channel that will not bore you...A New video is produced every Friday, check us out. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLroaFZTp9i-UEcjL8Zm9YFBvDbM-APC0n
We do this for two main reasons:
1) Documenting the mines for future generations.
2) Collecting artifacts for our museum.
Mines are being filled in, demolished, and/or collapsing at an alarming rate, so it is crucial to document them and save these artifacts while it is still possible.
This is all about mining and mining exploration. Join us for our weekly adventures as we go deep underground into historic abandoned hard rock Gold, Silver and Copper mines. We relive the Prospecting, Gold Rush days, going back in history with every expedition. Visiting abandoned and forgotten places, climbing down mine shafts into dangerous mines, finding treasures, seeing antique heavy equipment such as ore carts, crushers, milling machines, ball mills, explosives and other mining equipment.
This isn't like Minecraft or Ghost Town Living but if you want to visit some real historic Abandoned Mines...
Come visit our Exploring Abandoned Mines Museum in Grand Forks, B.C. Canada.The museum is open to the public, free of charge, donations gratefully accepted. We have a huge assortment of mining artifacts accumulated from abandoned mines, donations, and other collections. We also have operating mining equipment on display.
Museum is located at 5615 Kenmore Rd Grand Forks BC Canada V0H-1H4. Best to phone first 250-444-0183. Come for a visit! https://www.google.com/maps/place/Exploring+Abandoned+Mines+Museum/@49.0112021,-118.4203015,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xe6442ed6471acf4!8m2!3d49.0112021!4d-118.4203015
We have a merch site where you can purchase stickers, hats, hoodies, t shirts and mugs. New items being added. https://www.eammerch.com/shop
Check out our Facebook page "Exploring Abandoned Mines"
Patreon account:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2Q6EFYXDDH6FG&source=url
Thank you for those that support our work by liking videos, subscribing and purchasing merchandise!
Exploring Abandoned Mine Links
email frankmcranch@gmail.com
Home page You Tube channel http://bit.ly/BCMINES
EAM Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/1925046341068974/
Support the channel https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2Q6EFYXDDH6FG&source=url
#abandonedmines
#mineexploration
#goldmines
Other Videos By Exploring Abandoned Mines
Other Statistics
Abandoned Statistics For Exploring Abandoned Mines
At present, Exploring Abandoned Mines has 235,261 views spread across 9 videos for Abandoned, with the game making up 4 hours of published video on his channel. This makes up 1.79% of Abandoned content that Exploring Abandoned Mines has uploaded to YouTube.