A buried mine gives Pole Barn Garage a different resurrection
Dalton's New Mexico land reveals old timberwork, a wooden skid cart and a soup advertisement preserved underground.
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Opening & Exploring A 100+ Year Old ABANDONED MINE!
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- 0:09Dalton revisits the birthday camping trip when the group first found and hand-dug the mine opening.
- 3:52Buff crawls through the narrow entrance on a rope and discovers timber supports and a wooden skid cart.
- 10:55A return visit reveals that part of the cliff face has collapsed over the group's tools.
- 12:16Sean arrives with a mini-excavator to clear the buried entrance and remove overhanging material.
- 14:41Dalton finds part of an old Campbell's soup advertisement attached to an exposed board.
- 18:06Dalton and Buff enter again to inspect the newly exposed wooden framework.
Pole Barn Garage usually brings neglected machines back into daylight. Its only new upload this week reversed the journey, taking Dalton and a group of automotive creator friends into an abandoned mine on land he bought in New Mexico.
"Opening & Exploring A 100+ Year Old ABANDONED MINE!" has reached roughly 321,000 views. The outing begins with flashbacks to a birthday camping trip: Buff, from Buff's Garage, squeezes through a hand-dug opening and brings out an old wooden skid cart. Steve from Build Season and Jesse from Atomic Era Motors join the exploration, though Jesse backs out beneath the loose overhead rocks.
Returning a month later, Dalton finds part of the cliff face has collapsed over their tools. Sean from Revival Ranch arrives with a mini-excavator to clear the entrance. Among the exposed roof timbers, Dalton spots a scrap of a Campbell's soup advertisement. "Trying to preserve as much of the history as we can," he says. "That's what we're in this for."
Viewers are inventing mining-themed names for the assembled car channels, asking for more underground outings and, inevitably, wondering why there isn't a DeLorean down there. Others discuss the unstable roof and underground air hazards. The change of subject has given the comment section plenty beyond engines to consider.
The mine is also the channel's busiest video right now, followed by the desert F-250 revival and the Ranchero project for Danni's first classic car. Across the channel, weekly viewing reached roughly three-quarters of a million, and subscribers increased modestly, although today's viewing is well below its usual daily level.
Nearby in motoring, Tom Coolen had a particularly substantial viewing week. Pole Barn Garage's own strongest draw, meanwhile, was a restoration project with no wheels at all.
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What viewers say
The automotive YouTubers yearn for the mines…
@thecrustycornbinderSee it on YouTubePole Barn Mines? Dig Season? Buff's Misadventures? Atomic Era Mine Tours?
@dutchlimited2169See it on YouTubeI can't believe you didn't find a delorean down there, I was lead to believe that's what's in abandoned mines like that
@CourageTheCowardlyDog266See it on YouTube
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Would DEFINITELY love to see more mine content every now and again!
@christopheransell2179See it on YouTubeI did not want this video to end! I love all the car content but this really had my attention!
@brandona1370See it on YouTubeYeah ima need about 20 more of these vids boss. Kinda content that can inspire a whole Pole Barn Ranch channel.
@mrunknown693See it on YouTubeThis is actually really cool, keep the series coming!
@philipbarlow9013See it on YouTubeI'll bet Dalton will end up using those pieces of electrical wire for spark plug wires on a future build.
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The videos drawing views on Pole Barn Garage right now
- Channel
- Pole Barn Garage
- Subscribers
- 343,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 757,436
- Videos published this week
- 1
- Video published
- November 1, 2026
- Video views so far
- 321,035
The numbers
Here is how Pole Barn Garage's audience and uploads moved over the week.
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What old piece of mining equipment does Buff bring out?
Buff retrieves the antique wooden skid cart during the group's initial exploration.



