Sketchy 1906 Copper Mine, Dangerous Broken Stulls, Beautiful Chrysocolla Vein, Portal Dig Out
Channel: Abandoned Mine Exploring with Tom and Julie
Date: 2022-05-13

While hiking in an old mining area we spotted a mostly eroded shut portal and decided to dig it out. Once inside we found a lot of broken timbers and a very colorful mineral vein at this copper mine. The mineral vein here was discovered in 1875 and was worked mostly between the years 1906 to 1929. The mines of this general area produced 8.9 million pounds of copper from approximately 110,000 tons of ore with an average grade of 5.5%.
We explored as much of the drift as was possible before coming to a caved in area which was not passable. This short video offers a lot of 'bang for your buck'.
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