The Batlord

I wouldn't be so sure. The modern trend is that you think they're gonna die first, but then they end up being one of the only ones to survive. Better take a slutty cheerleader instead. For multiple reasons.

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grindy

Damn PC policing liberals, ruining our time-tested tropes.
Slutty cheerleader it is then. Just hope she doesn't get beheaded while riding me.

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A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.

EPOCH6

I'll take two thank you

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The Batlord

Bitch, please, Epoch's already dead. You're just a demon in Epoch's form that came out of the mine and is now trying to lead others back to its lair to be replaced in a similar fashion.

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Plankton

Reminds me of S. King's Desperation.

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See location...

EPOCH6

Found somebody online with much better pictures than mine, he actually managed to get enough light in there to reveal the full size of the largest cavern. The first time we walked into this cavern we had no idea the mine was anything more than vehicle sized tunnels, we just looked up and saw endless darkness, jaws dropped, speechless. Even with my headlamp and two additional flashlights I couldn't see this much. Just ****ing terrifying. Makes me want to go back... like right now.

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EPOCH6

Bump, covered a lot of ground over the last few weeks.
This will be the first of a three part bump to avoid image limits.

Emancipation Mine

This is a smaller and older gold mine on the opposite side of the mountain from the much larger Carolin Mine. It operated intermittently between 1913 and 1993, making it 103 years old now, it's much more primitive than Carolin Mine, no machinery left over inside, only rotting wooden supports and scrap metal. Emancipation Mine has 4 levels but I’ve only discovered one entry portal at Level 2, the only way to access the other levels from this point is by climbing up or down the unstable stopes inside of the mine, which is probably the most dangerous thing you could do in an old mine next to kicking out support beams. A large section of the mine collapsed sometime between August 2015 and May 2016, which I learned only after entering the mine myself (pictured below).




These are the two portals leading into the Emancipation Mine. The right portal is a very short and incomplete tunnel. The left entrance is flooded with water about a foot deep for ~30 or ~40 ft into the mine. I had planned on picking up a pair of second hand gum boots on the way to the mine this morning but I left too early and none of the stores were open. I ended up hauling a long 2x12 into the mine, floating it down the tunnel, propping it up on rocks, walking the length of the plank, balancing on any large rocks nearby, floating the 2x6 further down the tunnel, and so on until the tunnel banked upward out of the water.




This is where I found the collapse. Curious about the collapse I went back and re-watched British Columbia Ghost Mine's video of Emancipation Mine which revealed that this section of the mine collapsed some time between August 2015 and now.

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kibbeh

i like going to syria especially damascus and latakia to discuss the NWO with president bashar the lion

EPOCH6

Bump Pt II.

Abandoned Steelhead Home

Saturday morning I drove north to a small mountain community called Steelhead to check out a 114 year old abandoned home on the edge of a 20 acre lot. I didn't believe the age at first but I found the actual real estate listing for the house and acreage this morning. It's in remarkably good shape for being in such a wet and humid environment for over a century. None of the floor boards felt soft or creaky, all of the staircases are still sturdy, and it doesn't even look like the roof has any major leaks. Built in 1902, the property sold for $900,000 in 2011.

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EPOCH6

Bump Pt III.

Abandoned Tree House - "Tree Weaver"

I briefly mentioned this place in the OP last year. I've never had any good pictures of the inside because I only had the balls to climb it once, at midnight, while hammered, so I ended up leaving without any decent shots. I've been periodically checking up on the place every few months since then. When I found Tree Weaver in the summer of 2015 the lowest floor was a bedroom w/ a mattress, candles, and many books shelved along the wall. The second floor was a sort of living area with a bench seat, table, cleaning supplies, and more books. The upper floor was empty with an arched ceiling painted like the sky. It was also much harder to enter back then, the only way to the door was by climbing a free hanging rope suspended ~30 ft above the ground. In March 2016 Tree Weaver was discovered and vandalized by a group of teenagers, most of the books/supplies were stolen or trashed, the walls have been tagged and signed by the vandals, and a body sized hole has been cut into the lower floor for easier access. I went back Sunday morning to climb inside the new hole and finally take some decent pictures of the inside.

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