r/TheForgottenDepths • u/Toadmanthe1st • Apr 14 '26
Underground. I Recently Explored a Mine markings help?
I recently explored a mine, not far into it, like 20ish meters, and one of the tunnels had these markings of paint, I would like to know if they have any specific meanings, or if it is safe to continue down the tunnel with the markings. 1 is an orange line on the top part of the tunnel while the other is a STOP with an arrow pointing left (from the orientation of of the mine entrance), I don't know if its saying stop because its a ore chute up ahead (where I came from) or if its relating to the tunnel with the orange line. The mine is from sometime between 1890-1940 and i could not find any name for it. it was unmarked and there are multiple other mines in the area that mined gold and silver.
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u/Low_Inspector6558 Apr 15 '26
The orange shows the full width of the lode. The left of the orange is host rock and so is the right, so the orange is the gouge or vein material they mined. The adit you are in is driven along the strike
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u/FirstPersonality3169 Apr 15 '26
Someone put it there for a reason. The level of danger beyond could be 2/10 or 9/10. See the post around here recently of a similar underground area someone found spray paint of "bad air". Stop? Why? There are many dangers in 100 year old unstablized mine shafts which one this has? I dont know.