21 Photos From the Depths of Abandoned Mines

Daniel Bonfiglio Published 08/27/2024 in wtf

Dark passageways, narrow corridors, and nobody to hear you scream; yeah, abandoned mineshafts are pretty dang scary.

But some weird people have an obsession with exploring places ready to kill them, and old mines are just as much a part of history as battlefields. Here are 21 shocking photos from people traversing the depths of human industry.

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“I couldn’t believe my eyes when we found this loaded flat car 900ft down an inclined shaft.”
2.
The dragon’s eye.
3.
4.
Inside an old fluoride mine.
5.
A silver mine from the 1700s that was continuously worked till into the 1920s.
6.
Continued.
7.
Tombstone, Arizona. 475 feet down.
8.
A roughly 170-year-old wooden ore cart still sitting in a drift next to a shaft station.
9.
“Long abandoned mine tunnel through a mountain. This coal mine tunnel originally ran around 6,000 feet entirely through a giant mountain ridge, but there is now a catastrophic collapse about 1,500 feet in. The decay and acid mine drainage brought out brilliant colors for some photographs however.”
10.
“Cleaning up the car cave. This old slate mine in wales was used as a dumping ground by the owner for locals who would found it cheaper to dispose of their old cars rather than paying the council.”
11.
Somewhere under Germany.
12.
“This timbering is 120+ years old.”
13.
“I found a locomotive while out exploring.”
14.
“Civil War bituminous coal mine.”
15.
Stairs deep under mountain.
16.
2,000 foot deep bore hole in Idaho.
17.
“Creepiest thing I ever saw underground; this mannequin that someone dragged into a mine in Scotland.”
18.
Old cars in an abandoned mine in Switzerland.
19.
A decayed Union Carbide can full of more than 70 sticks of old dynamite.
20.
Old limestone mine.
21.

1.
“I couldn’t believe my eyes when we found this loaded flat car 900ft down an inclined shaft.”
2.
The dragon’s eye.
3.
4.
Inside an old fluoride mine.
5.
A silver mine from the 1700s that was continuously worked till into the 1920s.
6.
Continued.
7.
Tombstone, Arizona. 475 feet down.
8.
A roughly 170-year-old wooden ore cart still sitting in a drift next to a shaft station.
9.
“Long abandoned mine tunnel through a mountain. This coal mine tunnel originally ran around 6,000 feet entirely through a giant mountain ridge, but there is now a catastrophic collapse about 1,500 feet in. The decay and acid mine drainage brought out brilliant colors for some photographs however.”
10.
“Cleaning up the car cave. This old slate mine in wales was used as a dumping ground by the owner for locals who would found it cheaper to dispose of their old cars rather than paying the council.”
11.
Somewhere under Germany.
12.
“This timbering is 120+ years old.”
13.
“I found a locomotive while out exploring.”
14.
“Civil War bituminous coal mine.”
15.
Stairs deep under mountain.
16.
2,000 foot deep bore hole in Idaho.
17.
“Creepiest thing I ever saw underground; this mannequin that someone dragged into a mine in Scotland.”
18.
Old cars in an abandoned mine in Switzerland.
19.
A decayed Union Carbide can full of more than 70 sticks of old dynamite.
20.
Old limestone mine.
21.