Cool Underground Tunnel and Nanaimo's Old Mine Shafts

[hogdogz]

To bring this thread slightly back on track...today I explored my first mine! Went and found the #8 workings off Spruston Rd. Pretty amazing! Can't wait to check it out in the summer when its less wet. The water level is about 10 meters below the old pump. Looked into the ones across the rd but the entrance looked a little sketchy so we decided to stay out.

So what would be the next one that you would recommend to explore? I think I'm hooked

[Nostradama]

The DeLorean DMC-12 is a sports car that was originally manufactured in Northern Ireland by John DeLorean's DeLorean Motor Company for the American market in 1981–1982 Wiki is your friend.
I think you were thinking of the Bricklin.

Yep, you're right! Thanks, and apologies to all for the off-trackin'.

[GR74]

I'm not too familiar with the DeLorean manufacturing so I'll obviously have to read a little more into the topic of 'where' the factories were.

Although the 1980's version has it's charm, the 2005 model sure turns heads!

[dpill]

I'm not too familiar with the DeLorean manufacturing so I'll obviously have to read a little more into the topic of 'where' the factories were.

Although the 1980's version has it's charm, the 2005 model sure turns heads!

Thats horrendous! My girlfriends boss owns an original! Ill have to get some pictures of it! Id trade the jeep over in a flash!

[GR74]

In the Nanaimo area the bedrock consists of about 6,700 feet of sedimentary rock overlying volcanic rock. This upper sedimentary series consists of alternating conglomerates, sandstones and shales, and includes the coal seams of the Nanaimo coal district. The Nanaimo series is tilted or dipped about 10 or 12 degrees to the northeast and the general strike or fault line is northwest to southeast. In the Departure Bay area the strike veers rather abruptly to the northeast and east. The tilt of the rock and coal layers is evident in the visible surface slopes and the lines of rock bluffs in the area.

The coal occurs chiefly between the lower layers of the Nanaimo series but, because of the tilting and rupturing of the area millions of years ago, the broken west edges of the series show the coal seams as surface outcrops, islands, reefs and the waterfront are roughly parallel one to another. There were three main seams of coal: the Douglas, the Newcastle, and the Wellington. There were also one or two minor seams.

[dpill]

To bring this thread slightly back on track...today I explored my first mine! Went and found the #8 workings off Spruston Rd. Pretty amazing! Can't wait to check it out in the summer when its less wet. The water level is about 10 meters below the old pump. Looked into the ones across the rd but the entrance looked a little sketchy so we decided to stay out.

So what would be the next one that you would recommend to explore? I think I'm hooked

If you have followed this thread at all you would know "we" dont recommend anyone to any mines. No one has answered your questions about locations and you continue posting un answered. I recommend you stay out of abandoned coal mines. It would also be wise not to show all your buddies. My best advice to you if your going to ingore warning is to let your wife or momma know approx. where your going, and use your own resources as not many members are willing to blab their hard earned finds. Lucky for you some of us know where most entrances are so if you let the old lady know where you went hiking we may help point the recovery team in the right direction

[BigMac]

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If you have followed this thread at all you would know "we" dont recommend anyone to any mines. No one has answered your questions about locations and you continue posting un answered. I recommend you stay out of abandoned coal mines. It would also be wise not to show all your buddies. My best advice to you if your going to ingore warning is to let your wife or momma know approx. where your going, and use your own resources as not many members are willing to blab their hard earned finds. Lucky for you some of us know where most entrances are so if you let the old lady know where you went hiking we may help point the recovery team in the right direction

Trouble is, when YOU need help, no one will know where you are!

[hogdogz]

If you have followed this thread at all you would know "we" dont recommend anyone to any mines. No one has answered your questions about locations and you continue posting un answered. I recommend you stay out of abandoned coal mines. It would also be wise not to show all your buddies. My best advice to you if your going to ingore warning is to let your wife or momma know approx. where your going, and use your own resources as not many members are willing to blab their hard earned finds. Lucky for you some of us know where most entrances are so if you let the old lady know where you went hiking we may help point the recovery team in the right direction

Thanks dpill, I appreciate the response. I didn't know what the boards approach to new explorers was but now I do . I have no problem putting my nose into maps and going from there. I also understand the dangers which coal mines present. I know they are all dangerous. There is no way around that. Sometimes though there is risk required for reward.

Oh and original Deloreans > newer mock-ups by far.

[dpill]

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Trouble is, when YOU need help, no one will know where you are!

Whenever I roam the mines alone it helps me to think about this incident...Hogdogz look into a product called SPOT GPS tracker. You pay for a service like a cellular and hopefully you wont require using the service however the insurance of being located faster is comforting

On 5 August 2010, a cave-in occurred at the San José copper-gold mine in the Atacama Desert near Copiapó, Chile. The accident left 33 men trapped 700 metres (2,300 ft) below ground.[1] The miners survived underground for a record 69 days.[2] All 33 were rescued and brought to the surface on 13 October 2010; the first miner emerged from the Fénix 2 rescue capsule at 00:10 CLDT and the last at 21:55 CLDT. After the last trapped miner was winched to the surface, the rescue workers held up a sign stating "Misión cumplida Chile" (English: "Mission accomplished Chile") to the estimated more than 1 billion people watching the rescue on live television around the world.[3]
The San José Mine is about 45 kilometres (28 mi) north of Copiapó, in northern Chile.[4] The miners were trapped approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) from the mine entrance. The mine had a history of instability that had led to previous accidents, including one death.[5][6][7]
The retrieval of the first miner, Florencio Ávalos, began on Tuesday, 12 October at 23:55 CLDT, with the rescue capsule reaching the surface 16 minutes later.[8][9] Less than twenty-four hours later, at 21:55 CLDT on 13 October, all 33 miners had been rescued, almost all in good medical condition, and expected to recover fully. Two miners were suffering from silicosis, one of whom also had pneumonia, and others were suffering from dental infections and corneal problems.[10] Three of the rescued miners had immediate surgery under general anesthesia for dental problems.[11]
The total cost of the rescue operation was estimated at US$20 million, a third covered by private donations with the rest coming from state-owned mining corporation Codelco and the government itself.[12]

[dpill]

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Trouble is, when YOU need help, no one will know where you are!

Mac i always tell my momma AND the gf where im going hiking Plus GR74 can just time travel back and save me. Id be grateful for the ride in a delorean ANY DAY