2 rappellers rescued from 250-foot mine shaft in San Bernardino County

2 rappellers rescued from 250-foot mine shaft in San Bernardino County

The some 3,000 mines in San Bernardino County attract adventurers. YouTube videos and Facebook pages are devoted to rappelling in and exploring their shafts. Website authors wax nostalgic about the hunt for gold and silver deposits in the 1800s. But these same mines, mostly now abandoned, pose a high risk for thrill seekers. Two such men were pulled uninjured from an abandoned, 250-foot vertical mineshaft near Twentynine Palms on Saturday, April…

Two rescued from mine shaft: Firefighters pull explorers from 200-foot drop

TWENTYNINE PALMS — A remote location, difficult terrain and a 200-foot drop were not enough to stop county firefighters from rescuing a pair of novice spelunkers from the bottom of a 200-foot mine shaft Saturday.

Two Marines rescued from bottom of gold mine in Twentynine Palms after they couldn't climb back out

Two marines were rescued from the bottom of a non-operational gold mine shaft in Twentynine Palms.  At around 1:00 p.m. on Saturday (April 19), San Bernardino County Fire received a call regarding a rescue at a mine shaft near Crown Road in Twentynine Palms. Officials with County Fire say that three people climbed to the mine at the top of a mountain. Two males identified as Marines in their 20s repelled 80 ft down the bottom of the mine, at whi…

Dog rescued from mine shaft

A much-loved dog is back home safe and sound after falling down a mine shaft in the Chewton Bushlands last Tuesday afternoon. Castlemaine SES were first on the scene after reports came through that a dog had fallen into a deep shaft. After an initial assessment, the crew called in the CFA’s Oscar 1 Emergency Response Mine Rescue Brigade to take the lead on the technical rescue. Oscar 1 members tested the air in the shaft and confirmed that breat…