Hi there everyone welcome back to Cody's Lab
So today I'm going to be doing the pickaxe challenge in the mine
I'm going to take an old fashion pickaxe and I'm going to pick at the walls and move as much material as I can
We're going to see how much I can get out in a couple of hours worth of picking
But before we do that I need to take care of this stump. I looked back in the older video, turns out yes I did kick that stump over
Somebody must've come and stood it up probably my dad, but you know what? Lets knock it over again
So there is the stump here's my rifle lets shoot it down
It looks like about 30 yards, should be no trouble to hit
Just like that
No more stump, he's dead
Alright so here we are at the mine let's open it up get my hat and pick and let's go to work
I thought that might happen
Little guys
Aw they're babies
Look at that
They are cute
I almost want catch one
Ok now that distraction is out of the way
Let's grab my hat
My pick
And I have also brought along weed sprayer this is to help knock down the dust
So here we are at the back of the mine I think I'm actually going to stay away from that orange area because that's where the lead is
I'm going to mostly try picking probably around like this thing here I want to get rid of
And this over here
Probably will make for a short video but it will be long for me
And here we go
I think I'm going to start
Back around here
So that when this falls it doesn't fall on me
Or have the potential to block my exit
Actually let's start over in here
Alright here goes
You know, it looks a lot more crumbly than it is
This stuff is actually rock if that surprises you
There we go
Let's se if we can take this little arch thing out of here
That will be easier on my head so I don't have to duck whenever I come into this area
I have to squat down in order to swing
Seems to be making alright progress
I'm going to need to spray that bottle around
It will help with the dust but...
This over here doesn't contain lead
I'm not going to mess with the lead today
I'm getting a little bismite over here
I think I have already knocked down about 3 tons of rock
And now I'm not even in where I wanted to be
This pickaxe challenge is going to be a bit more of a challenge than I thought
Especially on the clean up
I might not be able to do that this episode
It will just take too long
Sparky
Steel tools and you hit a hard rock
They spark
A whole bunch is going to come down there
I'm ready for it
That was fun
That one will come over there
Knock over my light
Well I'm glad that's down
Sounds like somebody is coming up to check on me
I did kind of like lost track of time
How you doing?
Dad: I was wondering what was taking you so long
Dad: Are you still digging?
Well, I think I'm just about finishing up for the day
You see I've knocked a bunch of stuff down
Basically everything that would come down
Dad: Did you blast any more?
Nah just with a pickaxe
Dad: You know you've got to dig it out of here
Yeah
I did knock a lot of stuff down
Oh this is going to take a long time to muck out
And I'm not really going to be able to use a shovel, I'm going to have to throw those onto the wheel barrow by hand
Speaking of hand
I've got some blisters from the pickaxe
You can see one there coming
Now I think to get much more to come down I'm going to have to use explosives
It's kind of weird how this rock here
I wish I could focus on
It looks all fractured and brittle I thought this would all come down
But
This is actually a pretty hard material it cemented together rather well
It's because this stuff let water come past it
Water dissolves limestone and then redeposites it
So you get this material
Which is on it which I think is very similar to the stuff stalagtites are made out of
And it just cements everything together
And it's as hard as concrete
And this over here which I have uncovered
This orange red type material
That almost looks like decomposed pyrite
There could be some ore right there
It certainly looks rather nice
And all of this was buried
All this the rock came out to about here
And I knocked all of this away with a pick
I might grab some samples of this
Just to see what's in it
My guess is it's not much better than anything else
It's worth a look
Little bit of a geode right there
See that
Yeah I think I'm about ready to call it a day
Oh I see it has gotten darker since I went in
The sun's gone down
I can see the moon
My camera won't focus on it
Yeah
The crickets are out
It's really time to head home
Let's grab my mice
And I think I want to take the blasting generator home as well
Alright
Hope you all enjoyed, I'll see you next time