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Be very careful poking around in these areas. They are dangerous in the extreme. Growing up as the son of a geologist in northwestern Nevada, and hearing about one or two kids dying in abandoned mines every year, I do not recommend entering any of these mines. Each of these abandoned mines was abandoned for a reason. When they were dug, they were generally dug by untrained personnel in an unregulated environment. As a result, the ceilings are often unstable, and after decades, perhaps as many as fifteen, the timber supports on the ceilings may be rotted and can give way if touched, or from simple vibrations. Collapse is only one danger. Most of the people who have died have fallen down shafts to their death from the fall, from being buried at the bottom by falling rock, or from simply not being able to climb back out. In some locations they are the perfect den for venomous snakes, venomous spiders, and may be used by predatory mammals. I've only been in a couple. The first exploring on my own, the second with my father, who took me to one that was a rattlesnake den to impress upon me that I should stay out of any others I found. To this day the scene at the end of True Grit where the gal falls down the shaft gives me serious creeps.