The abandoned Gold Strike Mine was a complete death trap! Nearly every support timber holding up the ceiling was severely cracked, smashed, or bending. However, that didn’t discourage Jeff of @otgexploring and me from heading inside and checking it out.

Gold and silver were mined at the Gold Strike Mine from the late 1800s until about 1950. It was a pretty big producer in its day. This mine features large, underground stopes (caverns) from which all the valuable ore was removed. As a result, the miners installed many vertical timbers of varying lengths into the stopes to hold up the unsupported ceilings. These support timbers are sometimes called “stulls.” Much of the Gold Strike Mine’s workings are just too dangerous to enter, and several areas are already caved-in.

Jeff explored some areas in the Gold Strike Mine that I did not venture into. Check out his awesome footage by clicking this link:    • THE GOLD STRIKE MINE  

I’d appreciate it if you would visit and subscribe to Jeff’s YouTube channel @otgexploring
Tell him I sent you! Jeff and his wife Barbara have many diverse videos of abandoned mine exploration throughout the southwestern United States on their channel. Off the top of my head I can think of at least 10 videos on their channel that feature abandoned mines I haven’t been to during these last 16 years that I’ve been exploring mines myself. Check their channel out!

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