Contributor II
A couple shots from in and around Alberta. I love finding old abandoned buildings
Old mines, ghost towns, etc......
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Influencer II
These are incredible photos! There are a ton of abandoned towns and mines here in SD and this thread is making me plan future excursions already lol
Advocate III
that's a beautiful area. The trails seem to go on forever in the Sierras.
Influencer I
If you love ghost towns and mine sites, be sure to check out the Utah Ghost Town Project hosted by ExpeditionUtah: http://www.expeditionutah.com/ghosttowns/
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1STL3798YqVIN4YLjPk2XuTBOK-w&ll=39.261505669346384,-113.92851000000002&z=6
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1STL3798YqVIN4YLjPk2XuTBOK-w&ll=39.261505669346384,-113.92851000000002&z=6
I just found expedition Utah the earlier this week. Signed up and I love the map! I told my wife we will never be bored again! haha
Just a word of warning, dead air in the mines can be really dangerous.. I you are going in these dead spaces I would invest in an air sniffer . I would hate to hear something to one of people here .....
Traveler III
This would make for some great designations for overlanding/road trips. Do you have any that you'd recommend? Maybe some that are in the Colorado or Utah area?
Advocate II
Pathfinder I
Off-Road Ranger I
I was planning a trip to The Stanislaus National Forest a couple of weeks ago and on the Forest Service map I saw "Fahey Cabin". My Route was going right passed it so I stopped by. It was built in the 1870's by a failed gold miner that started raising cattle.
Pathfinder III
I'm going to be hitting up some ghost towns in az the first week of August can't wait!
Please be careful in old mine shafts. I have pulled more then a couple bodies out of mines in the Superstition Mountains. Bad air will kill you before you even realize that you are in any danger. We are not allowed to step an inch into a cave or mine with out SCBAs running.
Have fun but please be safe.
Have fun but please be safe.
Bad air is just slang.
Old Mines have a tendency of harboring toxic gas that leaks into the mine and collects over time. Sometimes you can smell it, but most of the time you can not. Pretty much all land will have some gas seepage. This is normally of no concern since even the smallest breeze will send it on its merry way. Mines do not generally have air flow. No airflow means that the gas is not blown away. And with many of these gasses being heavier then O2 they push fresh air out.
The same thing happens to cave divers. There is a video (Go Pro style) of a diver coming up into a air pocket and spitting out his regulator. He takes one breath, passes out and dies from drowning. It all takes less then three seconds.
Old Mines have a tendency of harboring toxic gas that leaks into the mine and collects over time. Sometimes you can smell it, but most of the time you can not. Pretty much all land will have some gas seepage. This is normally of no concern since even the smallest breeze will send it on its merry way. Mines do not generally have air flow. No airflow means that the gas is not blown away. And with many of these gasses being heavier then O2 they push fresh air out.
The same thing happens to cave divers. There is a video (Go Pro style) of a diver coming up into a air pocket and spitting out his regulator. He takes one breath, passes out and dies from drowning. It all takes less then three seconds.
