Exploring the War Eagle Mine and the Noonday Mine

We returned to the War Eagle Mine and Noonday Mine for further exploration. This video highlights the trip. In it, you will see explorers crossing a chasm on collapsed ore cart tracks that hang in mid-air, dark mine tunnels, exploreres descending an inclined shaft, a Mosin Nagan rifle being shot, explorers finding unexploded dynamite, an extensive cave system, and other things.

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• War Eagle Mine
• Noonday Mine
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• abandoned mines
• gold mine
• shaft
• dynamite
• trestle
• Mosin Nagant
• rifle
• underground
• exploration
• adventure
• mineshaft
• Tecopa
• desert
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• chasm
• abandoned mine
• mine shaft
• Shoshone
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• silver mine
• hiking
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• prospect
• prospecting
• mining for gold

[dueltruckman]

How would a chasm get there?

[fhood]

@dueltruckman The chasm is actually the bottom of a very long inclined shaft. The ore cart rails were originally on a wooden bridge that went over the shaft. The wooden bridge burned a long time ago leaving just the rails hanging wildly in mid-air over the shaft.

[dueltruckman]

@fhood How did it burn down? Was it dumb tresspasers?

[fhood]

@dueltruckman Actually, the mine itself suffered a major fire inside when it was still in operation from what I've read and heard.

[hunter69denys]

What's the most interesting thing you have ever found in an old abandoned mine ?

besides some dynamite.

[fhood]

@hunter69denys We've found old shovels and pick axes. Also found a late-2000 model pick-up truck wedged nose down in a vertical shaft at the Western Talc Mine near Tecopa. Truck is still there (it's non-retrieveable), and we found out later from the police that it had been reported stolen about seven months earlier from the Las Vegas area. You'll never know what you'll find in an abandoned mine, that's for sure!

[welcometoorefuge]

At 5:45, those crystals on the outside of the dynamite (giant powder) are nitro crystals. They could be set off by breathing on them hard. You guys have some big "cajones"

[anonymous812]

I wouldn't get any closer to that old dynamite lol.

[adamtrizzle]

Sweet vid! thanks for getting me climbing those tracks :)

[davidsquall351]

Cool Video, I like the muzzle flash from your Mosin. Also the shots where you guys are crossing on the rails looks fun!