Adventure Mining Company Guides, Training, & Safety

Adventure Mining Company

Guides, Training, & Safety

We take great pride in our friendly and knowledgeable guides. All guides receive training in every aspect of the operation to provide a fun and safe environment.

Basically, our guides get treated like family. They work hard, have a lot of responsibilities, but seem to love their jobs, even to the point of visiting and helping out on their days off! If something ever doesn't seem right, it gets immediate attention to remedy the situation. Proper training and strict safety procedures within a friendly work environment keeps everyone safe and the tours fun!

Is visiting a 150 year old mine really safe?!?

Gabbie, enjoying rappelling training at Firesteel River Trestles. (Note the two people below! 120+ feet.)

SAFETY

Adventure Mining Company strives to provide a safe environment. So, is it safe? We think so! We work there every day. Statistically, you are probably more likely to get injured driving to the mine site than during your visit.

The following highlights a few of our safety precautions:

Mine is inspected annually by the county mine inspector.

Underground areas are regularly inspected and maintained.

Strict emergency procedures are in place and reviewed regularly.

All training is done in-house to ensure it meets our unique requirements. - Mine personnel carry 2-way radios for emergency and logistic use.

First Aid kits, spare lights, emergency blankets, etc. are placed at strategic locations throughout underground areas of the mine.

Our mine is also inherently very safe. The rock is extremely stable with almost no extra support needed. There are absolutely no noxious or flammable gases. There are multiple entrances and exits throughout the mine.

TRAINING EXERCISES

We conduct various training programs to ensure knowledgeable and safe guides. We have highlighted one of the more exciting training days here.

Derek and the Ladies

Rappelling Training

The Firesteel River Trestles provide us with a 120' free hanging rappell to use for training. These remnants of the copper boom supported railways that transported copper ore from the Adventure and other mines in the area. They are now part of the vast U.P. trail system.

Besides training, visiting these bridges is always fun and they are located only a couple miles from the Adventure Mine.

Mike Matt Chuck

Alli Derek Vicky

EXPLORATION

Our guides have spent many hours crawling, climbing and wading through many areas of the Adventure Mine. Many of these pictures are taken of a newly discovered area that we excavated an opening into last season. The amount of old workings are quite extensive and don't exist on any of our old Adventure Mining Company maps.

Mike watching a bat fly by in a partially flooded lower level.

Going back up is always harder than going down! Matt, Gabbie, Chuck & Mike. Climbing out with the aid of a caving style cable ladder and safety rope.

Training and Tour Route Development

The Adventure Mine provides access to miles of historic tunnels. We are continually exploring and mapping these old workings to learn more of the history of the Adventure and those that worked there. Exploration of these non-tour areas provides our guides the opportunity to expand and test their knowledge and skills. Visiting 100+ year old abandoned, unmapped and unknown workings can be inherently dangerous. Our guides learn how to safely evaluate these dangers and resolve or avoid them. These trips become fun, but demanding and challenging learning experiences! These areas may become the tour routes of tomorrow!

Jessie & Mitch

Gabbie. Rappelling.
Rob, who has spent many hours with us, moving rocks and gravel to make our current tours possible. Thanks!

MAINTENANCE

Routine maintenance and improvement projects involve our guides in all aspects of the Adventure Mining Company Operations. These projects teach skills and teamwork that is invaluable as an effective, knowledgeable and friendly guide.

Jessie welding some
sign posts. Chuck cutting some
sign posts. Matt welding to repair
a mine gate. More welding.

Moving a 1200 lb. piece
of float copper. Cutting lumber from a pine
log harvested on site. Trying to dig out from an
early snow storm. 28"
in 24 hours. November 16th.

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Adventure Mining Company

Greenland, Michigan