Anybody here have any experience with mines? I have found the

Stay out unless you want to die.
If you do not stay out, treat it like spelunking. Three lights, homing chain, rescue beacon, partners, etc.

Ive done some mine engineering. These aren't a shaft straight to a big room full of Sinbad's treasure.
Think of a gravel pit. Oil stains, piles of toxic byproducts, scrap metal and cables as thick as your wrist, rotting corrugated metal pipe.,
The ones I've been in are just big enough to drive an off road dump truck though, and arranged like urban grid streets, spreading over a hundred square miles.

Not worth the risk. Nothing romantic about it.

>>940087
>I have found the entrance to an old mine
In your parents basement ? Cool, go for it.

>>940087
Stay out unless you want to die
Don't even tell anyone about it or they will die.

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It's probably awesome to explore mines until something gets fucked up, at which point you die. Remember, no cell service underground. Trained safety professionals deal with this shit so a couple of 4channers are probably not qualified.

That said I was in Death Valley and almost went into a mine last week. one of the biggest risks is actually snakes...apparently they like old mines. I don't like snakes, so I just looked in from outside.

If you do start exploring, 940831 is right...bring a partner, ropes, extra lights, stick to check for holes, and don't climb any old wood. Dry rot can be hard to see.

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>>940087
I know a lot about mines
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