The Unexplainable Fan Sound Deep Inside a Nevada Mine

This is the end of the road that I just came in on. Look up there, got an arch at the top. That's cool. So the mine, the road used to go all the way, but now it's a pack trail because they were in the 1960s. They blasted that out looking for ore. And I was lucky, found a nice camping spot. So yeah, like about half mile hike and I already have a camping area. That's, that's nice. It's about 5.20 right now. So it's not too late yet. Love hiking and all you hear is the helmet clank, clank. Now this is a copper mining district. They also pull down a significant amount of gold, silver, and lead. I think one estimate they were showing that they did about $3 million in gold back in the 1920s. This cloud cover is pretty nice. It's 98 degrees out right now. Nice little breeze, cloud cover. It's supposed to rain tomorrow. We'll see. There's the waste rock. It might have been used for storage. Yeah. It's a pretty big pile. They had some equipment there. I wonder if they were processing up here. Oh, check this out a little bit more. All right. So there's a Mylar balloon. Oh, that's blowing. Let's see. Okay. Looks like we got to stay to the left. All right. I was trying to get a strap for my wrist. You are coming with me. Yeah. I'm not leaving that in here. Check out the spider. Yeah, that's wet. See. Oh, you can see it dripping. There you go. What that is. Oh, look at that. Look how the strata has changed. That's cool. That is very pretty. Sorry about that. I just realized my helmet light was on. I was wondering why I was getting weird shadows. The rock was moving. Just turned up my camera light. Okay. That track. Now that's it. Let me get this cord off. It'll come in handy for some things, but the way that I maneuver a lot inside collapsed areas becomes a hindrance. It's just canvas. You can still kind of make out the light from the entrance. This thing is as straight as a gun. I really should get myself a Fitbit. It would be neat to record how many steps I do when I'm exploring mines. Yeah, the dust is just interesting. It's just weird how it played. Oh, we got ourselves a bat. They had something there. Well, of course they had something there. I wonder what it was. It actually looked like drill steel, but I'm wondering if this was a tapping stick. So when they got the dynamite in the hole, what they would do is tap it in. It's kind of wondering because there's no bark on it. It's about the right size if it's nice and straight. It looks like lubrication oil. You got some pipe coupler. See the torts inside? Look at all that hydrophobic bacteria in this. Hydrophobic. They're pretty. They're pretty when they glow. I think... Oh, there goes the bat again. I think that we don't have much key information yet. I think this was last work in the 70s. But there isn't much key information for me yet. But it's starting to seep down. Maybe in about another 100 years they will check some formations for me. I'm watching the way in the graffiti, but it might be some further up. Well, there you go. Cave pearls, that's what I'm starting to form. A couple of them were a pretty good size. Humidity in this tunnel is not very pleasant. A couple of them were a pretty good size. Wow. I knew there was a lot of waste rock, but this thing is long. Huh. I don't know what they made that for. Oops. Well, that's it. I've got to admit, if you got lost in this, you should not be leaving the house. Oh, I've got to switch hands. I'm walking, even though you guys are pointing forward. I'm looking at the ground to see if I can find little artifacts or something to show you. A lot of wood. Some rusted metal, but nothing to really go, wow. And, of course, the bat that pops up every now and then. Yeah, having the fit bits of this tunnel would have been really nice to know. I'm going to head to track here. Probably like a little spur or something. Smells like air. Hear it? It's coming from here. That is weird. That coming from the tunnel. Man, that's wild. Must be the ventilation system for an underground army base or military base. Ha, ha, ha. I've got some tool marks in the mud. Somebody went around in MP 2019. I think that's just all mud. Okay. Now let's make it a good plunk, plunk, plunk. Plunk, plunk, plunk. Oh, water dropped down the back of the neck. Oh, so uncomfortable. Plunk, plunk, plunk. I've got some track there. It's starting to rust away. And there's the face. The bat's back there. Oh, there he goes. We'll let him be. I'm trying to avoid stepping on those. Because it is formations trying to form. I don't miss that coming in. And again, this is weird. There's a fan on the other side. Plunk, plunk, plunk. Plunk. Well, look at that. Made it to the end. Wow. That is a long tunnel. I'm starting to make my way out. It was kind of a boring tunnel until you get where that air is coming down. The only thing I can think of is that there has to be a natural cave up there somewhere. And they just busted right into it. That's just so weird. But with the humidity that's in there, it was nice. It was nice. So right now it's 630. The sun's not as far down as I was hoping. I'm going to go ahead and call it the end of today's video. If this gets you excited to do some exploring on your own, do it. Have fun, be safe, and I'll catch you on the next one.