>>2793423
Dangerous but interesting and fun.

t. state with 100-250k abandoned mines.

Be safe down there, dawg. Seems very fun tho, maybe you could find something that you could keep.

2 flashlights and extra batteries, like 24 hours worth of extra batteries. If one malfunctions, you'll have the other. Bring a can of spray paint with you. Leave arrows on the walls every time there is a junction to show yourself the way back out. Do it a little bit at a time until you familiarize yourself with the place. Don't walk 3 miles in the first time. Leave a note or tell somebody where you're going in case you get trapped. Don't go anywhere near anything flooded. Bring a pair of sharpened screwdrivers with you in case you slip down a sharp incline and can't climb back up. Stab them into the ground. Pull yourself up with them. Take somebody else with you if at all possible. Don't go anywhere near, or past, obvious cave-ins. Don't try to climb up or down anything steep or sketchy, that's where slides will most likely occur. And, you break your ankle in there, you may never get out.

Take absolutely 0 risks while you're in there. Experienced miners die in mines every day, so where does that leave you? Think about everything, don't rush anything.

Remember there IS treasure down there, those miners were just too big a pussy to go get it, not like you eh?

>>2793676
If this is the one you're talking about, full of water, don't go anywhere near it. You could walk off into a submerged stope with 1000 feet of water under your feet. You'll go right to the fucking bottom with all the shit in your pockets. That's a bad idea. Stay away from that mine.

i never understood the urge some people have to die underground, in the dark, alone.
and not even get payed to do it, seems like a "high risk - no reward" kind of deal.

>>2793699
My brother worked in the Hudson's Bay copper mine as a geologist in the 90's. He said he had a creepy, ominous feeling every time he had to go down there. Like people were never meant to be a mile in the ground, with a mile of rock over your head.

>>2793680
i doubt it, old bricks are a dime a dozen
>>2793694
i was going to bring extra batteries and some people to take with me. I have a geiger counter to bring and i ordered an air quality meter to tell me levels of O2, CO2, H2S and explosives in the air (in case i want to light up a cig).
>Don't walk 3 miles
I think a straight line from the entrance to the rear is about 0.7 miles according to the mine map but its probably at least 10 miles of maze and the map isnt completed, mine shafts are drawn as just not being mapped further, and i wouldnt mind getting to that point.
>>2793696
>treasure
they mined clay to make bricks idk what you expect

>>2793705
>He said he had a creepy, ominous feeling every time he had to go down there. Like people were never meant to be a mile in the ground, with a mile of rock over your head.
your brain is a liquid quantum computer that works on the lowest voltage feasibly possible and lots of rocks + solar wind powering them makes the computations get deterministic or non deterministic so crazy stuff happens
I mean I wouldn't worry about a typical mine or other spelunking, but these yt fags with spic cat bodies slithering into crevasses is something else

>>2793423
according to my time playing minecraft it's a great place to find cool stuff.

>>2793423
dont go wandering in mines unless you have a minimum understanding of what the dangers are. its not worth dieing deep underground.

>>2793676
pic related has stagnant water which can trap hydrogen sulfide and other gases in the bottom mud. walking through it can release the gas, displacing the air in the workings, killing you.

>>2793877
what are the dangers fren?? besides getting lost.

>>2793886
Drowning, asphyxiation, rotten timbers and soft dirt that causes cave ins and collapses, falling, getting some sort of respiratory illness from whatever's down there including copious amounts of mouse/rat shit, sharp objects everywhere, exposure to toxic materials or waste that idiots dumped down the shaft, mole people.

>>2793423
It's awesome if you have the SOVL of an adventurer. Like a combination of caving and urbex.
Just be careful and do your research. Bring all the standard safety gear that you would use for caving + a 4 gas detector. Bad air is probably the scariest thing down there, and it can be a big concern in old coal mines especially.

>>2793891
>drowning
in a dry cave?
>asphyxiation
oh you mean that dead air thing that goes against the second law of thermodynamics?
>getting a respiratory illness
from a few hours of exposure? no. stop fear mongering shill.
>sharp objects everywhere
i mean come on.. just watch where you step.
>toxic materials
wtf are you even talking about? people throwing some trash down there doesnt make it toxic.
>mole people
fair enough, i shall not enter.

>>2793423
What's the appeal? What do you imagine you'll come across in them, aside from an untimely death via poisonous air?

>>2793909
dead air is very much a real thing, its especially common in heavy metal rich mines that are very wet. The sulfide minerals decompose, stripping oxygen from the local atmosphere. The gases the rock then generate also take up space in the workings. If the mine is not naturally ventilated, you can easily succumb to asphyxiation in minutes. Dry mines are far safer then wet ones over all, wet means rot, and often less detectable buried or covered structures such as winces and stopes.

>>2793910
depending on the location, you can find entire intact mine sites. Places where the miners just up and walked away for the day and never returned. I ve found air drills, bags of old explosives, lots of tools, notes burned on walls left by previous crews. It can be very fun to see what guys were up to in some areas based on what they left in their workings.

>>2793829
Maybe you could find some diamonds down there so you can make yourself a diamond pick.

>>2793914
if you fart in a large room, the smell will eventually find everyone's nose in that room. this is a law of nature.

>>2793423
>I discovered an exposed entrance to a former clay mine
Clay mines are up there with gypsum mines for burying you alive, you should probably stay out since you don't seem to know anything.

>>2793926
too bad im going in
>>2794397
i got a headlamp im bringing extra batteries for, plus flashlights and an air quality meter

>>2794404
take a half face respirator, some gloves, and some rope as well

>>2794405
i already have gloves and rope packed
no half faced respirator but i planned to bring my m40 gas mask. I also have a can of oxygen

>>2794405
and a auto rope ascender and some chalk to mark areas so you can retrace your steps

Expect unexpected issues that come with total darkness. Having nothing but a spotlight on you can make it exceedingly difficult to see holes, steps, etc.
Use a rope, have backup lights.

>>2796220
is this serious or a mockery of the fear mongering shills on here?

Beware of the gas tho

>>2793697
>>2793914
>>2793926
Merry Christmas gents, how do I become knower of mine dangers? Are you guys pros in some capacity? I don't plan on going in any mines (my biggest concern is a breakdown in the desert or falling into an old outhouse hole) but I do go rock hounding in areas with plenty of them.

>>2794397
Not worth the price

>>2793423
Tell somebody you are going. Old mines tend to be in states of disrepair and prone to collapse.

Take more lights/batteries than you think you will need just in case something goes wrong.

OP here
It was blocked off at the end of a long tunnel. However, outside there is a rectangular concrete pit structure that goes down like, 50 feet and its hard to get a good look but it appreared to have tunnels branching off so perhaps the structure housed an elevator to go into the mine?
I'd need either a rope ladder or rappelling gear

I found another mine in a different town, but this one is flooded. I think i could just dig a drain and wait a few days and it would be enterable

>>2796358
Yeah sure who wouldn't want a bunch of mine runoff drained into their groundwater so some shitheel can look at an empty rock tunnel

>>2796358
nigger if it was going to drain it would have already drained in the years/decades since the last visitors

>>2796358
bro this isn't minecraft. seems like you've ignored all the advice in this thread. you need the anon who would post his mine exploration pics on here to talk you out of this

What are the chances of finding an abandoned gold mine that you can mine to become financially independent?
I read that sculpture/pottery clay is actually quite expensive. Would it be feasible for OP to gather clay from the abandoned mine and resell for it profit after refining it?

>>2793697
Do people cease to float in mines or are you just speaking from your lived experience as a black man?

>>2796443
Kek

>>2793825
schizo moment

>>2793423
Gasses and lack of air, when you find yourself lacking those, it is already to late. Next is hiting yourself by the walls or panic.

>>2793423
as someone who works in a mine, anyone who goes into an abandoned mine is the stupidest motherfucker on this planet

>>2796389
Without a mining claim you will be arrested for theft after the feds see you buying the quantities of cyanide you need to refine gold ore.

>>2793891
Funny you mention that, I went about 300 feet into an adit in the eastern Sierra and there was rat shit and oily urine everywhere. I was more worried about hantavirus than a cave in. Hantavirus has a 40% fatality rate three days after infection.

>>2796358
dont do that! that water is probably really toxic and there is reason they didn't want to drain it.

>>2793423
Extremely dangerous, nearly suicidal really.

>>2793423
I have some experience of exploring a similar mine.

Some stuff you must take with you:
Extra source of light (second torch)
Extra batteries for both sources of light.
A hard hat.
Can of neon bright coloured spray paint. (for marking your route)

Best light source is a head torch attached to your hard hat but that can be difficult, hand held is fine, a lantern style light works very well, since it lights up everything instead of just a cone of light.

Stuff to watch out for:
hanging rocks in the ceiling, wedged rock is usually nothing to worry about, you don't want to walk under anything that looks like it is peeling away from the roof like an 'onion layer'.

Exploring mines as a teenager is one of the coolest memories I have of my youth, worth doing it.

>>2796991
larp

>>2796358
the back of that portal looks VERY sketchy.

>>2796373
>>2796964
that looks like acid mine drainage by the color, which is not something you want on you or in the local eco system.

>>2793825
>your brain is a liquid quantum computer
haha, No.
Quantum-brain bullshit exists entirely to let pseudointellectuals hold the "super position", lol, of indulging in magical beliefs while still shitting on religious people.

All these actual govt bootlicking shills ITT disuading actual adventure, free treasure, precious memories, safe and fun outings

>>2793423
The BLM and varied state agencies hire inspectors for abandoned mines. It's not hard to find their training manuals online. I read one and it convinced me it isnt worth it. The hazards I remember are unstable ceilings, unstable floors, acid water, poison air, potentially unstable explosives and pathogens from bats and rodents. Obviously you are going to do whatever you qant but it's worth noting that people who regularly explore caves consider mines to be unacceptably dangerous.

>>2796443
zozzle

>>2797986
No they don't.

>>2793423
I dont go into them, BUT if i were to go into them, i would do the following
>Always go with a buddy
>always mark/ notify the location of the mine if you have access to the internet where you are post about it or something so people know where to look in worst case scenario
>Always go with a buddy inside.
>Bring a helmet it does not take much to konk you out.
>Keep your light on the ground when you are walking.
>Dont trust any structure in there
>Always leave a trail of markings to get you back out.
>I would personally havea dummy cord between 2 people and treat it like hiking on a glacier and stay a bit spread out.
>If you smell something off get the fuck out, could be either gas, some sort of animals den/kills and you might be next.
>NEVER fallow the wispers or singing.