so we are up here exploring in north georgia
it's snowing
we are on the side of this mountain
and we found an adit
it's pumping a bunch of warm air
so we are going to go explore this
yeah so we actually did find one
check out this long shaft here
it looks
it looks like it keeps going
and there is a lot of wind coming out of it
yeah
it's very very warm air too
green talc
it looked like it was, it looked like it was that direction or that direction i don't know
(talking about another small entrance we saw)
so
we can go up the stope right here
or
the main direction goes that way
this mine is so hard to walk through
i know!
there is jagged rock everywhere
alright
stay right
look how tall this little canyon type area is
i know right
it's neat
this is another place that just ended
it just ends
yup
alright
alright so now we are headed this way
woah look at the ceiling
it slopes down
that's pretty cool
look at how slick that rock is
woah
perfectly smooth
i think that is slickenside
caused by faulting?
yeah
that's pretty cool
that's caused by the faulting action
it rubs it..just..
completely smooth
this has grooves on it too
gneiss ;)
so it goes down and it right so if we want to keep going right
yeah let's keep doing that
dang
it just stopped?
no it keeps wrapping around
oh it keeps going
oh wow
this is a weird shaped room
it's a giant stope
alright this area looks sketchy
yeah it does
like it is slabbing
and i see it just ends down there
(whispers) ok let's go back
it's just a stope
well go back
were not going over there
drill bits down on the ground
oh yeah
yup
nice
pretty cool
heres an old mason jar
look at that
what does it say on it?
somebody has been drinking moonshine?
woah
Chattanooga mason
that's awesome that's cool yeah
does it have a date?
i dont think it would but
nah
no
Chattanooga mason
that is cool
yeah wow
holy crap
another huge room
look at this
it branches off that way
and i guess we're staying to the right
(laughing)
yeah
dude
this thing is huge
this is a big mine yeah
whats up with this over here
woah
wires go down into this
woah
they are big wires too
dude we might have to hang onto the wires like a cable
somethings going on down there
your right
there has got to be a way down there
woah there's an ore cart
oh yeah
look at that
let me go check it out
woah
it's got a whole bucket
they would load up
oh that is awesome
and there's the little teeth the chain
that would go to the gear somewhere
woah!
yeah so that whole mechanism would just scoop that bucket up or something
i guess so
oh that is amazing
there is the cable right here
on this little flywheel or whatever..
the cam
the whole thing is still here
yeah
there is a wire
is that THE wire
that might be THE wire
let's trace it back over here
yeah that's the wire
what did you find
(????)
does it keep going
yeah
look at this
woah
this squiggle
yeah i see that
that is badass
that is superbad ass
it's got a squiggle of blue on it
it's the most foliated talc i have ever seen
i know
people are going to be like
that's foliated!
where to next?
there is a whole lake down here
a lake?
yeah its like some really blue..
let me see
water
oh dude yeah!
look at that
dude there is a coil floating in the water i think
that..
that's that same coil
same coil?
were in the earnest mine dude
oh the coil that was in the earnest mine
no you are right dude
look at this room it all intersects back together just like the earnest mine
you are right
and we walked down that slab at one point
yeah
that was an alternate entrance to the earnest mine
oh wow
it all connects
this thing is huge
yeah this is way bigger than i ever imagined
we thought we explored this whole mine
so were basically just exploring stuff we have already explored if we keep going further
yup
i think it was definitely new stuff that way
because we had never seen any of that like the ore
the ore bucket
the ore cart i should say
wow!
what a trip hold on
alright well
umm
(laughing)
i think we might have to backtrack our way out of here
i know
hey there's a bat right there
it's the old maintenance area
yup
i forgot how industrial it smells over here
yeah
cess pool over here
(laughing)
is what it is
fruit punch
10k
never heard of it
made with 100% kentwood spring water
alright
how about this brand right here
golden gallon
(laughing)
they have got fuel food and milk
(more laughing)
sounds like a gas station
yeah
man it smells like oil back here
yeah
it is
there is a lot of oil back here
a bunch of pipe fittings in there
were at the main haulage way
haha yeah
air duct
yup
neat-o
i'll take a picture of this
alright