Frenchman Mountain, where nearby an abandoned mine is located, in Las Vegas. — Las Vegas Review-Journal/TNS
THE US state of Nevada is home to more than 300,000 abandoned mines – mines that can kill you in an almost unimaginable number of ways.
But those mines from Nevada’s olden days are attracting a modern-day problem for state and federal officials in charge of taking care of those death traps: vloggers and YouTubers.
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Dangerous death traps
Mining danger: Nevada is home to more than 300,000 abandoned mines like the one near the Frenchman Mountain – mines that can kill you in an almost unimaginable number of ways. — Las Vegas Review-Journal/TNS
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To get the message across, a ‘Jimmy King, the king of bad ideas’ character was created in the same over-the-top style as the daredevil videos on social media, but instead showing all the ways one can die in an abandoned mine. — Photos: YouTube/TNS
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