The mine still preserves the tracks of the wagons to transport the mineral

The interior of a remote abandoned mine with extensive tunnels and veins of galena

Esp 1·14·2025 · 23:29 0

There are many mines around the world that have been abandoned when the mineral they extracted was exhausted or no longer profitable.

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Yesterday, Western Mine Detective posted an interesting video exploring a remote abandoned mine in the United States, apparently in the state of California (I say this because the author of the video does not indicate where it was recorded, but inside the mine you can see an old copy of the Los Angeles Times newspaper).

This mine extracted galena, in fact you can still see blue veins of this mineral inside. I don't know what year the mine is from, although the author of the video says that the extraction of the mineral there began in the 19th century. The mine looks like it has been abandoned for many years, but it still preserves the tracks of its wagons and some tanks, as well as various utensils:

You can see some screenshots from this video here. Here we see one of the tunnels of this old mine, with the tracks for the wagons on which the extracted mineral was loaded. The shoring timbers seem to be in good condition.

An old tank inside the mine, made of riveted metal.

A fork in the tracks inside the mine. The place seems ideal for filming an adventure movie.

A vein of galena. This mineral was used to obtain lead, and its lighter veins could also be used to obtain silver (in fact, this mine seems to contain some traces of silver, according to the author of the video). One of the main deposits of this mineral in the world was in Linares (Jaén), Spain, and galena was extracted from there from Roman times until the 20th century.

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