Just thought I'd share these because I enjoyed watching them. It's like listening to your grandpa - or maybe more like a senile, delusional old man who is always at your bus stop - telling stories each day.
>The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine (also known by similar names) is, according to legend, a rich gold mine hidden in the southwestern United States. The location is generally believed to be in the Superstition Mountains, near Apache Junction, east of Phoenix, Arizona. There have been many stories about how to find the mine, and each year people search for the mine. Some have died on the search.
>The mine is named after German immigrant Jakob Waltz (c. 1810–1891), who purportedly discovered it in the 19th century and kept its location a secret. "Dutchman" was a common American term for a German ("Dutch" being the English cognate to the German demonym "Deutsch", and not a reference to the Dutch people).
>The Lost Dutchman's is perhaps the most famous lost mine in American history. Arizona place-name expert Byrd Granger wrote, as of 1977, the Lost Dutchman's story had been printed or cited at least six times more often than two other fairly well-known tales, the story of Captain Kidd's lost treasure, and the story of the Lost Pegleg mine in California. People have been seeking the Lost Dutchman's mine since at least 1892, while according to one estimate, 9,000 people annually made some effort to locate the Lost Dutchman's mine. Former Arizona Attorney General Robert K. Corbin is among those who have looked for the mine.
The Lost Eldorado of Jacob Waltz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NifScsZbgzo
The Original Lost Dutchman Story by PC Bicknell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vjAE6QjzKc
The First Dutch Hunters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Za37DRHZb0
Woodbury Mining of the Superstitions another clue to Lost Gold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fpPsWV8hCg
I hate the United States, but they have some cool history! If you have some time to waste or just want to listen to a cool story about old mining and early American folklore, you can even just put it on in the background while you fap to your loli VNs or grind mining skills in an MMO.
There have been a number of mysterious disappearances in the Superstition Mountains. One missing prospector’s decapitated remains turned up months after he disappeared looking for the Dutchman mine. Could he have been a victim of the mysterious Mr X? Was Umbrella involved? As recently as 2010, 3 people went missing looking for the mine only to be found dead.
> put it on in the background while you fap to your loli VNs
Thanks! Nothing like murder mystery to go with my daily loli fap session ヽ(・∀・)ﾉ
If we find the Dutchman mine we can save 4ch and live as NEETs forever!
This is not related to OP, but it has to do with mines nonetheless! Here's a cool video from some guys that explore old abandoned mines in the United Kingdom. They're very interesting because of the way they were built. Obviously, they have a lot more water to deal with! Second, trees were scarce, so most tunnels were built out of bricks they made from the rock they mined.
So, you have these mines that can be as old as 1700s or 1970s that are made out of old intricate brick work, but filled with water and look spooky. It's hard to imagine working down in those by candle light in the 1700s...or even with electrical light much later. Scary stuff.
Anyway, here you go: https://youtu.be/hoDGI4KGJnY
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Pretty interesting how some of these mines go back to the Roman period and so you have these near ancient parts of a mine that was still being used till the modern era. Even if those ancient areas were dead and no miner went down there, it’s amazing just how long these things lasted. Mines had the first steam engines too.
Yeah. They have this video where they go into a lead mine they estimate dates back 600 years which would roughly be the Plantagenet or Tudor periods of the Late Middle Ages (well after the Roman period, but still old nonetheless. I guess the minimal seismic activity in this part of the world - compared to say Western USA - means a lot of these old mines haven't entirely collapsed, but when you see all the water it's surprising they haven't come down regardless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBHH37-UqEw
Makes me want to explore some but I think I'd end up panicking after a while. I don't think I'm claustrophobic or anything, but it'd be a nerve wracking environment to be in.