Andrew, where are we now?
We are now inside of Beshtau mountain
in abandoned mine where
was mined uranium containing mineral schrekingerite was found
Are you for the first time here?
No I am here for the second time
First time I was here in July of 2017
Now it`s November
I came again to this
unforgettable places
Hi everyone it is Msh with you
and 3 comrades
Unknown face who became even more unknown
in scarf and so on.
representative of Belarusian cast iron
Our first visit of this Uranium mine
came out to be very informative
we had only 12hours
We didn't manage on physical level
to check most interesting places in here and
took a walk at 10th shaft
and went down to 750 horizon
as it came out we went down in a wrong place
we needed vent shaft and it was located in the different place
and so
even then we understood that to capture something more interesting
we will have to come here once more
Done as I told
after 5 months I with the comrade came here again
and now will try to tell you, what kind of place it is
1943
Foreign intelligence of USSR
informed - in USA project Manhattan is launched
It meant that work on nuclear weapon in states
went from theoretical part to practical
Government of weakened by war USSR
Understood that creation of nuclear weapon by USA is meaning of time
And monopoly towards control of such weapon
May lead to sad outcomes
And began work towards creation of soviet nuke
From all the questions about
creation of soviet nuke - we are interested in one
is supply of ore towards factories
As power of known for that moment mines in Tadzhikistan and Kirgizia
for the needed goal were not enough
8th of April 1944
Government comity of defence
gave order for all geological departments to begin search of radioactive ores
were created special groups
In 1945 amount of work needed to be done is increased
Council of People's Commissars on 13 of October 1945 adopts a resolution
About concentration and specialization of searching work of uranium containing ores
In comity of geology is created
first geological research department
Created to
get rid away of problem with supply of nuclear industry with raw materials
Work on search for Uranium ore is started throughout the Soviet Union.
Such a scale, of course, bears fruits
By 1946-47 Uranium ore was found in Ukraine, Central Asia,
Siberia and the Caucasus.
Because this video is about the Caucasus, then we will stop here
And as usual - during the preparation of this video, I came across a huge number of terms
in a completely foreign subject, so if something
remains incomprehensible to you or if you are working in the mining industry
if you see mistakes in my story
kindly let me know in the comments
They are always open
I will be glad to have a constructive dialogue in this very interesting subject. Okay, let's go
Geologists from the exploration party #1 discovered in Mount Beshtau
located in the North Caucasus several species of uranium-rich minerals
from the group of uranium sluids
The main ones were Zippeite and Uraninite
Later in the future here they also extracted shrekingerite
Yes. It was present here, but not in the quantities to make the extraction profitable
Thus, the main purification work was going on Zippeite and Uraninite
and all other minerals, including Shrekingerit went together with the main two minerals
Clearly the mountain is not entirely of made of useful minerals
The valuable ore is located somewhere deep inside.
In order to find out exactly where mineral is, on the north-western, southern and south-eastern slopes of the mountain
geologists began to dig tunnels into the mountain in several dozen places
Such horizontal tunnels that have access to the surface are called shafts
Later it turned out that the north of the mountain is empty
but the ore was found in the south and south-east
The result of this geological exploration was the decision of the Council of Ministers of the USSR
on July 29, 1950
on the organization of the enterprise with the romantic name
"P.O. Box #1"
Its task was to extract and process Uranium ore
Its task was to extract and process Uranium ore
Geologists have determined the location of the ore
and now it needs to be picked up. In November 1950
the first high-speed brigade is organized
which at 850 meters starts to go
through shaft #31
Its purpose is to open the deposit, i.e. allows for open access
to the ore from the surface
Naturally there are by-products from digging a shaft.
All together this shafts are called horizon
To name it is used level above sea level
At this point the following phrase should become more clear to you
in November of 1950 the first high-speed brigade began
the tunneling of the shaft 31, which opens the
deposit on the 850th horizon.
The workers, like all the pioneers at that time, were not even provided with
normal housing and other living conditions.
They lived either
in the temporary settlement number 1, located at the foot of the mountain
or in Pyatigorsk. In the following year of 1951
the situation begins to improve
The construction of the Lermontovsky settlement begins
new technologies are introduced, new equipment is supplied
new workshops are opened - drilling, construction, chemical laboratory
mine rescue station.
A new enterprise is being built
With regards to the mining work - the trenching of the shaft of the Vostochnaya mine begins
on the 1003th horizon the field drift of 33rd shaft was knocked down
the tunneling of the 32nd shaft began
In the future, it will become the main shaft for the extraction of all mined ore
I'll tell you later why
At this time the Central Western mine is also being developed
In 1952, the West and East mines are merged into one mine called Mine No. 1
In subsequent years various methods of extraction are being tested
the mine is being expanded, the power plant and the water supply plant are being introduced
Most importantly, in November 1954
a hydrometallurgical plant was commissioned to process uranium ores and obtain chemically pure uranium oxide
Two years later, mine No. 2 was discovered in the neighbouring "Byk" Mountain
The settlement Lermontovsky becomes the city of Lermontov
In 1958 - mine #1 achieved design capacity
Then they began to deal with people
All the workers with lung diseases and women were withdrawn
A complete reconstruction of the ventilation system was made
As a result, by 1961 the mine had become exemplary in terms of management
and in terms of production it exceeded the projected level by 1.6 times
In such a stable mode, the mine worked until 1975
Since 1972
the production started to decline
and on August 31, 1975 the last trolley with ore was lifted to the surface from mine #1
In the next two months, the dismantling and decommissioning of the main equipment was carried out
At the end of 1975
the mine was closed
The main version was the exhaustion of ore reserves
The following 11 years the mine was recultivated
as a result of which the main entrances were blown up
the empty ore was recycled and some work was done to decontaminate the area
In 1991, the mine #2 was also closed
after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the impoverishment of the population
the crowds of marauders stole the remains of metal from the mine.
In the period of 2012-2015
RosAtom conducted a repeated reclamation of both mines,
closed the remaining entrances
eliminated some of the scrap, dredged up, some of the workings were eliminated
And finally in 2017
somebody named MSH came to Pyatigorsk in order to personally see
what was left of such an interesting place
Before going under the ground
I want to tell you what they managed to dig up before the closure of the mine
Were digged around half of a hundred shafts located on 13 horizons
Of course distance between horizons on a height scale
around 30m were made main 2 shafts
Central and Eastern on them were located cage elevators
it reminds passenger elevator but for mine works
Shaft Eastern began itself on the surface and went to the deepest horizon
Slightly above 30 horizon
it was closed and upper part of it was used as ventilation shaft
and from horizon 31 to the bottom "cage" was working
Central shaft was "Blind" - it means with no exit to the surface
Parallel to eastern shaft was made ore elevator
It was made so that ore would be brought to surface from all horizons
they were bringing there ore to this shaft and dropped it down
and on the bottom at 720 horizon via 32 shaft they were bringing it to the surface
between horizons were connections
for ventilating uprising
ventilating uprising in our case is not gov. revolution but
but vertical shaft that
is made from bottom upwards
Yes, like that - from bottom to the surface
in the end it has a dead end shaft that is used for ventilation needs
ventilating uprising or for different material needs
Material uprising
total length of shaft is around 240Km
more accurate data is top secret. From that length are possible to access
around 40-50Km
We will visit more important locations of this mine
and will begin our trip from the 10th shaft
And after 5 months we appeared at exactly same place
Except that this time it is two of us
We get in to chem protection suit
and go down via well known path
What you managed to see at second visit of this mine
Its... Its...
5 nights of heavy exploration
now it is almost the end
I am now sitting emotionless and
all I want is to finish capturing video and get out of here
and go to sleep, but there is still way out ahead of us
We visited not everything - not even close. Here is a huge amount of tunnels
But we saw 10th shaft
13th shaft, shaft number 31
and system of 16th and 32nd shafts
got down to 750 horizon
we captured more interesting places
in this mine. That`s why
most interesting is in this video
Shaft number10
after getting down
to shaft number 10
We try to find exit to 750 horizon
scheme that we have is not very accurate
And because of that we have to explore all the corners
where we can get.
Where are we rushing
What kind of place is 750 horizon
on it self 10th shaft is boring
A lot of interesting is located two levels below
In system of 16th and 32nd shafts, but entrances
are closed very heavy. As an example this is and entrance to the 16th shaft
behind this door on the locks
is located a gate and a concrete cap
They prepared properly to meet diggers
And so to not waste energy and time I want to use
another plan of entering it. Via ventilation uprisings
that are connecting horizons between each other
For that we need
to find place where ventilation shaft begins
go down by it to 750 horizon
and after walking by it get to another ventilation shaft
After climbing it down we will get to the necessary tunnel system
Horizon 750 doesn't have access to surface on its own
and because of that we have to use such complex path
Will we succeed you will see next
We are going in 10th shaft and as I already told you
at the moment of visiting mine, we had not very correct plan
and because of that we had to visit every path
to find needed ventilation shaft because in the summer we went down in the wrong place
We are walking by the side paths
lack of ventilation and a lot of humidity does its work
Abandoned mine carts are sticking to the rails
On the floor... well its hard to call it a floor, is a lot of dirt
that got wet and is trying constantly to suck in the foot wear
and makes unpleasant nasty sounds
permanent wooden joints are falling apart
while you are in here you cant tell what will fall on your head - will it be a rock or rotten peace of wood
and of course it is interesting to know radiation levels in here
Radiation levels are better than few months ago
When we were here for the first time
here was around 600-1000 micro roentgens
now only around 85
but it is still above norm
by 3 times
Such difference in radiation levels can be explained like this
Size of mine is huge
and with surface they are connected with a very small amount of not blown up ventilation shafts
at summer mountain warms up
Mine heats up as well, air expands and
and escaping from all the cracks in mine it brings
radioactive dust with it self
That is why in summer air was rushing from 10th shaft and was very radioactive
at winter situation is different
mountain is cooling as well as shafts
air is compressing and is sucked in to the mountain
and all the dust get clogged in the cracks and because of this, situation on the radiation levels is getting better
You may tell that mountain is breathing
breathing in at winter and breathing out at summer
In place where we got ourselves - are only dead ends
after getting in to all side ways and didn't find anything, we had to go back
to the main hall of 10th shaft and go deeper
After getting out of the mud, we found one more
passage, we followed it and saw
the way down that we will need in the future
But before going down to 750 horizon
we want to explore what we have in here
in system of 10th shaft
and after walking deeper in to the mountain - we can see such door
tunnel goes further and I will tell in advance
this door leads to a battery room
because of it - this tunnel is trapezoidal shape
and after walking by it, we will end up in the main tunnel again
So lets dive in and see what is inside
And here is
almost nothing, but something is left
I will show you it right now. Battery charging room represents from itself
a tunnel in length of 50m
first half is completely empty but second one is more interesting
here we can see left overs of the rails
exactly here were standing electric trolleys that had to be charged
In difference with metro construction where carts
are powered from contact rail. In this ore deposit
Trolleys were run on batteries
And so this batteries had to be charged
leftovers of the rails - everything is simple over here. here had to stand trolleys
on the right side was located equipment (most likely)
On the right wall we can see
cable stands
and this cable stands are painted in several
colours - red, green, yellow
After working in electric supply network
this colouring is obvious for me
as we had a rule of ABC or YEW
Faze A - Yellow, Faze B - Green
Faze C - Red. 3 Fazes
and they are marked
by colour system
It means that here was 3 Faze power supply
and then each Faze was "directed"
and then direct current was sent to batteries
here had to be separate ventilation as
as when batteries are charged they emit hydrogen. and it is very flammable
and so it has to be removed
separately from ventilation system of mine
above we can see bonds
where cables were hung
so most likely cables
were going from above
and were put on cable ladders on the left
and here some how were connected to the trolleys
here as well is located
small pit. But for what it was used I can't tell
first I thought that here were going
cables but
then I understood for what mortgages were used
nothing from the equipment is left apart
from this box that probably was related
to charging trolleys. that is it nothing more is left in here
but nevertheless it was important
place for whole system
after passing charging room
we again get to the hall of 10th shaft
we reached
blocked passage
in 10th shaft we could get further
but further there will be more such places
we can say its a dead end
so there is no logic in going there
in here was gathered Shrekingerit
mineral containing uranium that is illuminating
in UV light specially for this I took
UV light, it is a weak one but
it very nicely shows us what is happening in here
Such Florescence of this mineral
As I understand it is located somewhere there
deep in the mountain, but with water particles of it are washed up
in to the surface
so we can such beautiful marks
I will be honest
The way you see it on the screen
is way different than it is in real life. like day and night
As it is slight violet illumination and beautiful
green light of mineral
sadly camera cant show all of it
So come to the ore mines
in Beshtau mountain
and look at it in real life. You may ask
what radiation level is here
radiation level is 194 micro roentgens
and I already run a test
maybe it may be a higher level
on the ore
but it is the level of mine itself
and this mineral doesn't change it
because it is everywhere around
and you can't see it with an open eye
Radiation levels in here are more or less the same
and to find here something special in here is
almost impossible
we are going back
and now will go to the 750 horizon
I had with myself two chunks of ropes
one 40m and second 50m
after attaching 40m I began my way on
blind tunnel that is ventilating two horizons
main problem here that after connection points
rope was not going down immediately but was bending on a cliff of a shaft
We had to protect rope from a damage
Gladly we had it, after moving down
I saw that the rock via which rope is thrown
is cracked and is holding on the word of honor
Parents and those that love to pay attention to safety details
already got their hair white from the fact that I am not wearing a helmet
But I will tell you one thing
It wont help very much in here
but it wont be a bad think if be honest to the end
rock weights definitely above 100kg
and to put rope on another rope is not an option as it will get damaged on other edges
that is why we have to take a risk
I don't like this place
can you lower me a protector
Going down when you know that above you is a rock
is not very comfortable and you have move with caution
so you wont jump in parts and something wouldn't fall
gladly I already have experience and rocks are only flying from below my feet
just listen how it sometimes sound
Its me
rope got wet
Decent is going very well
I appear at the bottom at the beginning of blind shaft
that combines this and horizon that goes slightly higher
After getting out of ropes I move to the side and wait when my partner
will lower all the belongings and will get down
He haven't went down because of the fear of height
and I faced a problem, should I go further alone or climb up
I chose a second option as to stay alone is a very high risk
and if something will happen with me
hell will come in a half a day at least and at that moment it may be useless
I had to pull all the equipment up and go up myself
at the moment of pulling bags Jonny had a fail
And from the height of 35m his
phone fell down
and because of that phone is now in a bad condition
sound was very echoing
phone is now slightly sad
We are packing and going home
We wont get on a trap as
until we will pack up
What left the most of the memories
It was first ore mine
the first abandoned mine
that I visited in my life
and many more things
but most of all of course was machine room
in shaft # 31
and main ore dropping point
it is a huge shaft with a depth of
few hundred meters
it has a lot of names for this depth
sometimes 200 sometimes 300 meters and when
you drop something down and it is flying
for 15 seconds it becomes impressive
Shaft 31
Next night we spend studying 850 horizon
To which main entrance goes via 31 shaft
we got there via fire exit
after passing technical passages connecting
main and reserve entrance we entered long (many hundred meters long tunnel)
that went in to the depths of the mountain like in the 10th shaft
at first it was kind of dry
only later we entered protective suits and continued our way further
and after a kilometer
we reached so called turn-out it is
two way excavation that served to cross two trolleys going in different ways
BY the way it is one of two shafts
where trolleys were using contact rail
after passing turn-out on the right side I saw a
passage way that led to parallel to the main tunnel block
most interesting in this block
is huge pool of concrete - long, about 50m
but it was needed definitely not for exercise
of workers of Lermontov ore department
block in the end connects with the main tunnel and
above entrance it has sign "Battery room"
Locals think that in here was electrolyte
Put it can be easily denied by the fact that
to the pool are connected pipes from ordinary metal that will corrode by electrolyte
to collect distillated water for electrolyte is not a good idea
as
to preserve its purity in such amounts will be kind of hard
most likely it was a storage place for technological water
as example for fire extinguishing
after leaving battery room we went deeper in to the mountain
in all directions went mine tunnels,
Closed by concrete slabs, but local diggers made holes in them
through them we could see that there was nothing interesting
It is interesting that joints holding walls were constantly changing
we saw concrete and wooden ones as well as metal ones
solid, with gaps, monolith
and many other types
it tells us that mountain
is changing its density in different places
Because of this risk of ceiling falling down everywhere is different
and miners knew about this and carefully
worked on this topic
In securing path of ore from horizon to the surface
after going deeper for few hundred meters more
we reached cross section of many tunnels
by which we reached a place that for me - a person
theory and practice of mining of ore, was very interesting
we came from standard tunnel to a large hall
seems like nothing much
but when you think that it all was digged in the mountain and above ceiling is over 200m of rock
Immediately you look with the respect
so what is this place
It is a machine hall of cage elevator
in other words place thanks to which local elevator was moving
All the levels or more accurately horizons where excavation was going on
permeate through the shaft
connected to "Vostochnaya" shaft,
which had an exit to the surface
The development was initially situated higher, than we are now
And the engine room building was on the surface
When the miners had gone below the level of 31 shaft
they had built an engine room on this level
And the upper remains of the shaft turned into the ventilation shaft
In the engine room were electric engines, reduction gears,
on the output shafts of which were spools with cables,
a brake system and a control panel
OMG, how big this is!
The cables run a little higher in the inclined passage,
they went to the place, where the pulleys were located
I definitely want to see them
When I climbed the rusty staircase I haven't realized that there was nothing beneath me
On what I was standing is very unstable and could collapse at any minute
The remains of the pulley platform and collapsed rock only gives you an illusion of safety
It's better to be careful here
because it's a long way falling down
We went down the staircase and left the engine room behind
We decided to take a look at the branched tunnel system
In a couple of minutes we saw a big pile of junk
we came a little closer and recognized the mine cage shaft
Up there we can see the pulleys
and if we look down, we can see the shaft going down
I'm shocked a little...
when I stood under the mine cage
and looked up, that's one case,
but when I looked down
I had some kind of a jitter, because it is a through shaft
Then I realized, that I was standing on a pile of rocks
which, at worst will collapse, with me standing on it
yeah, of course there are centners of rock,
but anyway I felt uncomfortable
Now we are exploring what do we have here
and here we have a big number of workings
And we need to be careful not to get lost in here
There we have a blockage
Oh, here is a gap
Let's check it out
Just imagine: you a riding on the railroad
and the train, that couldn't manage to cross
And as we see, one really didn't manage
If we head a little further we see a collapse
a dead-end
But pay attention to the narrow-gauge railway
It has a slight rise
reinforced rails
they are concreted
The trolley went up
the railroad
Here we have, hm...
I'll take a guess, here people watched the level of congestion of the trolley
The local guys corrected me, it turns out that here people were in charge of overturning the trolleys
I hope you know, that trolleys weren't unloaded by bare hands
They were flipped over by a special mechanism
something similar to what you see on the photo
Then the ore was poured by gravity
and an empty trolley was sent back for loading
Oh, I'd say it's risky
Wow
What's in there?
There is absolutely nothing
This place is the most famous in this mine
In local jargon this place is called "Megarudosbros"
Talking more scientifically, this is the main ore dropping point
It is a large section vertical shaft, which passes through a horizontal operational horizon of the workings,
to the lowest downhill horizon
The ore, which was mined in the horizon, was carried by the trolleys to the place, where I'm standing now
The trolleys were brought to the tilter, which poured the ore into the unloading chamber
The chamber was connected to the main ore discharge by a tilted connector
When the ore falls down in the 16/32 adit system, it was again loaded into trolleys
and was carried out to the surface through the 32 adit
where it was transported to the hydrometallurgical plant for primary processing
Overall height of this ore elevator is about 200 meters
from the place, where I'm standing it goes up for 70 meters and down for 130 meters
It is a little weird to stand on rails and rotten wood planks, when you know,
that you can repeat the ores way down at any minute
But the rails were in pretty decent condition, and this calmed me down
Going forward, I'll say, that today I'll visit the highest and the lowest parts of this ore elevator
Standing here I didn't what was ahead and decided to take this moment and drop something down
rock
napkin
wrapping up
Only now it has hit the ground
Beautiful and dangerous
especially, where we are standing
Don't repeat this
There are 2 most epic and interesting things in this adit: engine room and the main ore elevator
After you've seen them, you can feel yourself free and go out
But how can you miss a chance of riding a trolley,
especially when you've found a serviceable one
The surface met us with a frost and a beautiful dawn, with elements of St. Petersburg trolling
Where the sun was about to show behind the clouds, but they rose higher and higher in the sky
After waiting about 40 minutes and getting very cold, we descended from the mountain towards the warm home
On the next day, we met with the local guys and headed for the 13th adit, to the top of the mountain
What difficulties did you have at the site?
When visiting the site
the main difficulty was finding entrance
Here they have several tunnels
some are closed
poured with concrete, barricaded, blown off
We had to search for information or talk to locals
With regards to filming
first thing is
fluttering of the lenses
due to difference in temperatures
At the entrance is cooler
Then it gets warmer, when camera is moved
from colder to warmer, moisture in air condenses
then it deposits on the lens
and interferes with filming big time
Some horizons are only accessible
with climbing equipment, and of course physical effort
since we had to walk several kilometers
in difficult conditions, as you can see
there is slurry, mud, water...
you get tired very easily
Also this is the first video in such a format
We decided to try a different approach
We tried to shoot on SLR
We tried to move away from previous format
I hope that whatever I say and shoot will
produce meaningful results that people will appreciate
One more difficulty is that some tunnels
are flooded, not too deep however
you can't walk through it in regular shoes
Good thing I have L-1
I can submerge up to waist
It helps greatly
really helps
Tunnel 13
It's night again and we try to go
deeper into the mountain Beshtau
Trying to squeeze through with the huge bag
I'm going to see Tunnel 13
It's interesting because it's the topmost tunnel with ore elevator
And of course you want to come to a place where
under you there is empty space for hundreds of meters
This time around we are not alone
In our team we have several locals
who have been here several times and are big fans of this place
Lately they try not to come here often
so that not to inhale radioactive air
Meanwhile we are slowly progressing deeper into underground
While getting inside of the mountain I noticed
consecutive constructions, where there was a door before
I searched for information on their purpose
I came across the 119th paragraph of the
General Safety Rules for the Development of Ore and Non-ore Deposits of Minerals Using Underground Method
This is what I have to read to make this video interesting
I won't read this aloud, you can see text on your screen
In short, this door is used for sealing
to achieve required level of ventilation
This door works as follows
Above it is supported by hinges
Steel cables are connected to the lower part
These cables are rolled onto the roller, which lifts the gate
At the side there is a small door for human passage
It also must be kept closed at all times
Meanwhile we are progressing inside of Tunnel 13
towards the ore-drop, paying attention along the way
to various artifacts left from mine operations
The distance from the tunnel to ore-drop didn't seem big
Probably because we got used to walking
and also because
Tunnel 13 is closer to the top of the mountain
and therefore the area of the horizon is smaller compared to lower levels
And here we have familiar unloading station with characteristic
inclined narrow-gauge railway and a place for the operator
And here it is. Nice!
More than 200 meters of pure pleasure
Starting from 13th tunnel, this ore-drop goes
all horizons to the lowest one, so-called rappelling level
Entrance to which is through 16th or 32nd tunnels
Obviously, we took the opportunity
and were throwing things down like little kids
One, two, three
Mind-blowing!
Twisted like a professional
Yeah!! Three, Two, Listen...
Drop when I count to 3
One, Two, Three.
Approximately 12 seconds to fall
So what does it mean?
After we had enough in the ore-drop we headed to the exit
On our way we came into the so-called "warm drift"
I suppose that here inside the mountain there is a source of warm geothermal waters
since the temperature in this drift is around 15C
which is twice as warm as other areas
The drift unfortunately collapsed, so we couldn't go far
We tried to crawl a little further
due to difference in temperatures
the camera lens began to flutter
so instead of video I made a couple of pictures of salt
as you can see them now
Why is it dangerous to be here?
well, you need to understand that these mines have been abandoned for a couple of decades
so everything is becoming worthless, some adits and tunnels collapse, may collapse on your head
not everywhere, but still...
Of course, here is radiation. The radioactive dust is flying everywhere, so you'd better walk around in a gas mask
That's what I was talking about
About 1.3 millirentgen per hour.
And other minor dangers such as wood breaking under you or bumping your head against something
as visiting any other place below the surface
you need to be very careful and attentive
We've spent our last night before leaving in a place, which I aimed for
It is a system of 16/32 adits
It has exits on 2 sides of the mountain range
From the side of Lermontov city, adits #32 and 32BIS, which are located close to each other
And adit #16 from the side of Pyatigorsk city
We are aiming for #16
It was freezing cold outside and it snowed
so the mountains are very slippery to walk
I hope me can make it in the warm adit as soon as possible
By the way, portal #16 is one of the few, that was preserved in its original form
which adds some historicity
Adit #16
the entrance is closed
Somehow we need to get in there, without breaking the door
the portal looks very epic
and is radioactive
50 microroentgen from the outside
well, we'll see what's inside
No sooner said than done
We are inside, walking deeper inside the adit
We leave the steel door and a concrete slab behind my back
Behind the wall was a valve of a radon pipe
From here towards Pyatigorsk specialized clinics go mineral pipes, which contain water with radon gas
In specialized clinics people pay money to swim in this water
And we can drown here for free, if we would like to
The system of 16/32 adits is located at an altitude of 712 meters above the sea level
so it is horizon 712
Earlier in the video I said that the horizon is 720
The fact is that the beginning of adit 16 is at the height of 712 meters
And the main part of the horizon is at the height of 720
In this way the adit slightly rises to 8 meters
what is unnoticeable, due to its length
There weren't any developments below this horizon, so it is the lowest one
It was the main field development of the horizon
The ore, that was gathered on upper levels was dropped down here
and through adit 32 was transported to hydrometallurgical plant in Lermontov city
for enrichment
As the horizon is the lowest, the mountain area is bigger than in upper horizons
so the length of the excavation is longer
We have to pass a few kilometers to see what we want
What do we want to see?
Tell now and then repeat the same thing? You'll see everything yourself, let's go
Here is the end of one of the pipes, that go to Pyatigorsk specialized clinics
The background radiation here is 475 microroentgen
At the end of an open part of the pipe is a small valve
Let's try to open it a little
Will something happen?
wow, a radon fountain
A radon fountain has to begin from somewhere and of course we are curious to see it
we start to walk along the pipes
The pipes turn from adit #16 to gallery #2, which goes down to the lowest part of the main ore elevator
Unfortunately, the radon pipes turn to a closed gallery and we won't be able to see the beginning
We are going down to the lowest part of the East mine
Where was a cage and the lowest part of the main ore elevator
As you remember, in the 31 adit system they were located close to each other
Pay attention to the plates
An estuary is an exit
If the 1-st plate is rather simple, the 2-nd shows the length of the exit from the 31-st adit
But it is 120 meters above
Likely, it is the distance to the exit, including the difference between the vertical horizons
And here is a connector to the main ore discharge and the cage
We pass through the remains of the ventilation door
and, at first, we see a door to perforator room
That's what was written on the door
The room is empty, so we continue to go further
Later we noticed a man passage
according to the map, it goes a few horizons upwards
Next we see the lowest part of the Eastern shaft,
which goes all the way down from the top of the mountain, passing through all horizons
I had no outline, which you can see in the video
And firstly thought, that I had seen the Eastern shaft and the main ore drop
because it was filled with junk, that was dropped from above
Later, the guys sent me a photo of the main ore drop in adit #16
only then I realized, that I must have missed it, because I can't remember this anywhere
However, we were very tired of many-kilometer hiking and shooting every night, that it's not surprising after all
anyway, let's move on
After we'd passed the shafts, we decided to walk through a loop tunnel,
which surrounds the main ore elevator
here passes a double-track railroad and on both tracks stand trolleys
On one I noticed an interesting welded inscription, which said 1960
maybe the production year of the trolley
I was also happy to see a working switchboard
When we've reached the 16th adit, we saw smudges on the wall,
presumably containing the mineral, that was mined here
When I turned on my ultraviolet torch, I removed my doubts
Very beautiful, of course
thumbs up, if you agree with me
And here are 2 photos to compare, they were shot from one angle,
one with a normal and the other with an ultraviolet one
we moved further and further from the estuary of the 16th adit
There lots of artifacts around us
mostly, I liked a very big stock of trolleys
There are about 4 dozens of them here
The fact is that the main and the most important shaft is very close to this point, which is called Central
It is a blind shaft, which connects the 940 horizon with the lowest ones
that means us
It's developing began in 1951
In our days, its impossible to get in there, because after the closure of the mines,
all passages to the central shaft were blown up
Some passages survived, but the time has done its work by blocking the passages with rock collapses
So, without losing any minute finding the central shaft we head to the estuary of 32nd shaft
Now something interesting
this is a mobile toilet on wheels
people can make their own ore drop here
and a carriage for man
The workers were brought to there workplaces on these trolleys
including the cage, from where they were head to the needed horizon
c-care; c-convenience
Tightly, but better than walking on big distances
In one of the tunnels we saw a pile of packs with red content.
it is a gel anionite
As it seems to me, it was used on the for hydrometallurgical plant
for the fission of uranium from minerals
but it is very strange to keep them here, because the plant is 4 kilometers from the estuary of 32nd shaft
The 16th shaft after passing through the central shaft becomes the 32nd shaft
This means that we are close to the exit of from the mountain
We look to the left and see a red door, behind we see a few rooms, in which the explosives were held
I think it is clear why they needed explosives here
And who is confused try to remember that the man were passing through establishments of rock, not sand
which had to be blown up
And this was the central storage of explosives
Of course there is no explosives here, only some spare lamps
And I think I know why they are here. The blast wave might have broken some of the lamps,
and these were held here for replacement
some kind of a consumables storage
What is very interesting is the exit of this storage. The exit is built like an entrance to some pillboxes
Look, we exit like a snake
If something explodes in here, the blast wave will be weakened
It won't reach the shafts and prevent them from collapsing
at the exit we are met by a boring machine on the rail
It is like a puncher, but much more powerful, than you have in your closet
It drills a hole, where the explosives go
After the explosion, the ore splits into rocks, which are taken out,
then drilling a hole again, putting the explosives and so on
That's how they make the tunnels, where the shovel is useless and the jackhammer would take you years
Yeah, the rock pressure is mercilessly
somewhere the rock is very firm and the tunnels will stay for a long time
and somewhere, like here in 32nd adit, the tunnel is in bad condition despite the monolith
I'll explain everything rather simple. Monolith is when the walls and the ceiling is poured in concrete
without any blocks, angular frames, tubings and so on
this is the most expensive and most reliable type of tunnel coating
What can I say, a couple of years and
a few little earthquakes and this adit will collapse and nothing will remain
At the mine in the monolith was coated only part 32nd adit,
which was made in unstable Maikop clay for total length of 1300 meters
Threw this edit the ore was transported to the plant, so it was necessary to avoid any possible delays,
connected to the repair of the coating of the tunnel
The adit was made in 1951, while in some places
the technological process of coating the tunnel in monolith was broken
As a result cracks appeared in the monolith and it was later reinforced with metal frames with ribs of rigidity
At that time there was a fear that the whole problem area would have to be reinforced on the frames,
because various cracks appeared in many places
But everything was ok
However, before the closure of the mine, the remaining cracks may not interfere with its operation,
but, 40 years later, it is very obvious that the final destruction of the 32 adit
will most likely begin from these cracks
After passing a dangerous site, we saw an approach to the ventilation shaft of this adit #32 BIS
In front of us we have a fork in 2 adits: 32 and 32 BIS
They are not that big and reach the territory of the of the electromechanical plant
We squeeze through the passenger cars and get into the section of the tunnel with the a closed watertight door.
Fortunately, it has an open window
behind this door is a concrete slab, which unfortunately didn't get filmed
Returning back to the fork, we go to the nearby 32 BIS adit
But even there we get disappointed
The exit is closed with a concrete slab
Apparently, these are the results of reclamation, carried out several years ago
Well. Teleporting through the wall, as we did at the entrance to the 16th adit won't work
Anyways, for the first time in this system we've seen and shown you more than enough
Special thanks I want to express to Arktika company
I have a wonderful thermos in my hands, without it and without its hot contents
we would be pretty cold
so, a cup of tea for you
Bon Appetit, if you are watching my videos with tea and something delicious
2nd thanks I want to express to my subscriber Viktor, without which this trip would not have been
Thanks to him the tickets were bought and he contributed to the fact that I came here
And shoot a high quality video, as much as it was possible
On such subscribers my channel lives, thank you!
Thank you for everyone for watching my video
It was a really an interesting trip
I hope you liked the way we made the video in
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It was Msh with you and my team, see you in next videos, bye bye
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