Just showed my coworker this pic and he’s an ex coal miner from West Virginia and that’s the first thing he said haha. “Damn if those are real they’re worth a fuck ton”
Can you imagine if someone went back and told this guy who owned those jeans that in the future they would be worth probably far more than the fortune he was after? The irony
Isn't that the guy who posts like once every few months talking about trying to turn an old ghost town into some kind of resort even though it's in the middle of nowhere and it's kind of questionable whether he's done remotely any of the actual work necessary?
Except for that crotch rivet. They removed that after complaints when people would burn their junk when they stood up after it was heated on the campfire they were tending.
Denim is remarkably consistent in appearance, but flip those puppies over and you'll see they've only got one back pocket, they have suspender buttons, they have a waist adjusting cinch, etc. The front happens to disguise a lot of the functional differences between the original 1873 version and the modern 5-pocket jean. Source:
There is one notable difference. Legend has it that the one significant design change was that after sitting around a campfire one night, the founder of Levi's decided to remove the mid crotch rivet.
Depending on the size and depth of the mine, the miners would sometimes make small camps inside the mine with food, clothes, a couple cots or sleeping bags, etc. It's also possible they were found still on the owner but the skeletal remains are elsewhere.
Back in the days from what I read they actually went over a person's clothing and they were borrowed from the mining company. When they were done with their shift they would leave them down there for the next worker that could use them. They weren't the primary article of clothing but protective clothing that went over their own layers so if they took them off they weren't necessarily in their skivvies.
If I recall this story correctly they were communal work jeans that were basically left at the actual worksite for the people who were on shift. Once your shift was over, you put on your clothes
Jeans were typically owned by the mines. The miners would go to the mines, get the jeans for the day, and then change into them and use them as an outerwear. Once they are done with their shift, they change back to their normal close and then leave the mine. Keep in mind that these mines are typically in the middle of nowhere even today (100+ miles from any town), and very often thousands of feet up in the mountains. If a mine goes bust, the owners take what they can to recoup cost but a lot of the stuff stays.
I like to think he had an epic shart, changed his pants when no one was watching and stuffed these shit riddled jeans in a corner hoping no one would find them .
They’re archival nylon gloves meant to absorb oils from your hand so as to preserve the item being handled (photos, sensitive minerals, antique miner’s jeans)
Cotton gloves don't stretch and get their shape back like rubber or nitrile gloves do. They can fall off pretty easily (I would have pulled up the one a bit for the photo though).
I was thinking the other day about the first person to wear their jeans outside the context of working in a mine. “Jethro! But those be your work dungarees!”
Jeans were expensive, they probably leave them there for the next shift. What's strange is how did mine shutdown and left them all there - It probably was a secluded area and the Mining Company didn't collect those.
Iirc, there was a fire in a Levi building that burned all the designs, drawings, and inventory of all their pants. They had to rebuild their info from scratch, pants from before that fire are worth a lot, as there may be little to no evidence on how to remake them. This is why Levis buys old pants. Old pants can be worth a LOT.
Seems like a stretch. Unless all the factory workers also all died (multiple shifts I imagine), seems like they could have easily sourced designs from them if they wanted (or reverse engineered from jeans they were probably wearing themselves). Assuming it's the 1906 fire, I'm sure any previous originals are ridiculously valuable to collectors, but I can't find anything that says Levi's will purchase old jeans for more than $35 (to resell at a nice profit @ $100+ via levi.com). (except for a pair they bought in '97 for $25k)
Lol I know you’re joking, but I honestly did kind of have a moment where I thought “Gee, I never considered that people wore jeans that long ago”. And you’re right, it’s probably because the images I’ve seen from back then aren’t in color so it never clicked in my head that those were blue jeans!
It was 100% cotton, no stretch and initially "raw" ie. it wasn't prewashed. Google raw denim for more info. There still are a lot of modern brands making denim the old school way.
God I hate that stretchy shit jeans are made out of now. Even the Levi’s I bought a few years ago weren’t real denim. Sucks super hard bc I have thunder thighs and I constantly wear down the material until there’s holes in them.
Trivia: The first jeans weren't actually blue. Levi Strauss chose to start dying them and chose blue simply because it was cheapest color to find at the time. Strauss' first jeans were canvas rather than denim, he started making them out of denim and dyed them blue only a few years before this pair were made, and started putting horse rein rivets on the corners of the pockets because the weight of the gold nuggets/dust they were carrying on them at all times.Also, the old Levi's factory in San Francisco is now an incredibly expensive pre-school (I live a block from it)
One thing I heard is that rivet at the bottom of the crotch was removed in later versions, because people would kneel over a campfire to get it lit and then stand up and get burned by that hot rivet.
If Brent from Ghost Town Living on youtube can be believed, this pair of jeans is probably worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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I came across a ~1920 pair of Levis a few years ago.
Everytime I see Levi’s I think of cerro gordo now, thanks Brent
Brent is awesome.
Glad I checked before making my 'Brent Underwood wants to know your location' comment.
The only way I knew you yanks had any interest in mine jeans..!
Rofl I IMMEDIATELY thought of ghost town living when I saw this post l.
Was looking for this comment. Couldn’t remember his name tho but I’ve been following his journey on and off since day 1.
Pawn Star’s best offer is 40 bucks
Exactly where my mind went haha. My family lives below cerro gordo
Just showed my coworker this pic and he’s an ex coal miner from West Virginia and that’s the first thing he said haha. “Damn if those are real they’re worth a fuck ton”
BACK TO THE MINES WE GO!
Can you imagine if someone went back and told this guy who owned those jeans that in the future they would be worth probably far more than the fortune he was after? The irony
Isn't that the guy who posts like once every few months talking about trying to turn an old ghost town into some kind of resort even though it's in the middle of nowhere and it's kind of questionable whether he's done remotely any of the actual work necessary?
Almost broken in.
Just working on his fades.
And they look the same as every other pair of Levis.
I wonder if people alive 136 years ago would be surprised to see completely unaltered fasion from their time, being worn today.
Except for that crotch rivet. They removed that after complaints when people would burn their junk when they stood up after it was heated on the campfire they were tending.
Denim is remarkably consistent in appearance, but flip those puppies over and you'll see they've only got one back pocket, they have suspender buttons, they have a waist adjusting cinch, etc. The front happens to disguise a lot of the functional differences between the original 1873 version and the modern 5-pocket jean. Source:
....without belt loops.
The small pocket is for the pocket watch, for people who didn't know. It is still there
There is one notable difference. Legend has it that the one significant design change was that after sitting around a campfire one night, the founder of Levi's decided to remove the mid crotch rivet.
What was the person exactly doing that he left his jeans in a gold mine
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Coincidence?!
They still have the crotch rivet.
Why is there a pair of jeans in a gold mine ?
Those are what you call “vintage”
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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Except instead of belt loops there are buttons for suspenders! I was so delighted when I noticed that!
Yes, that's the interesting part, no?
The biggest difference is now we put the wear and tear on before we sell it
Still got tags on. Return for general store credit.
Five and Dime store
Imagine getting $2 in store credit, because they don't adjust for inflation.
And stay out of the Woolworth’s
I bet TJ maxx would have this on the rack for about 7.50
.20c has been credited to your account
What I want to know is....Why did he take his pants off in the mine?!
Depending on the size and depth of the mine, the miners would sometimes make small camps inside the mine with food, clothes, a couple cots or sleeping bags, etc. It's also possible they were found still on the owner but the skeletal remains are elsewhere.
Back in the days from what I read they actually went over a person's clothing and they were borrowed from the mining company. When they were done with their shift they would leave them down there for the next worker that could use them. They weren't the primary article of clothing but protective clothing that went over their own layers so if they took them off they weren't necessarily in their skivvies.
Struck gold and threw his pants away. "Welp, I won't be needing these."
If I recall this story correctly they were communal work jeans that were basically left at the actual worksite for the people who were on shift. Once your shift was over, you put on your clothes
In the UK coal mine conditions were so inhumane men women & children would have to work in the nude to endure the hot cramped tunnels.
Jeans were typically owned by the mines. The miners would go to the mines, get the jeans for the day, and then change into them and use them as an outerwear. Once they are done with their shift, they change back to their normal close and then leave the mine. Keep in mind that these mines are typically in the middle of nowhere even today (100+ miles from any town), and very often thousands of feet up in the mountains. If a mine goes bust, the owners take what they can to recoup cost but a lot of the stuff stays.
To have sex with a miner
Maybe dude just got stoned af
Gets fucking hot, they mined naked sometimes.
I thought you were about to sing are you gonna go my way by Lenny Kravitz but that’s also a valid point
Mines can get very hot. Miners were known to strip down if the temperature got unbearable.
This should be the only question here..
Sexy time
Why does my mind scream…how do we know they’re HIS jeans? Mile high for some, mile lo for others I can imagine. WTH is wrong with me?
Maybe they were found on a skeleton
I like to think he had an epic shart, changed his pants when no one was watching and stuffed these shit riddled jeans in a corner hoping no one would find them .
Probably from a dead body
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Something about that persons gloves bothers me
Low rise gloves lol
Rocking that hand coinslot.
It looks like they only had a an XL and a crop-top XL left for their medium sized hands.
I'm glad someone said it.
if it don't fit you must acquit
Oj type beat
He stole Mickey's hands and is wearing them
Low rider. He cool
When I worked in a museum those were the kinds of gloves they used to handle the artifacts
They’re archival nylon gloves meant to absorb oils from your hand so as to preserve the item being handled (photos, sensitive minerals, antique miner’s jeans)
Cotton gloves don't stretch and get their shape back like rubber or nitrile gloves do. They can fall off pretty easily (I would have pulled up the one a bit for the photo though).
its the glove equivalent of "dick-nose" with masks.
Still don’t need washing yet
The stench adds character.
Chuck em in the freezer if there's any smell on em
I boil all my denim
I was thinking the other day about the first person to wear their jeans outside the context of working in a mine. “Jethro! But those be your work dungarees!”
Cowboys probably wore them all the time
There's a story as to why those pants were left in a mine 136 years ago, and it probably involves piss.
He had a hairy ass and you ever wear jeans in 100°+ heat with no breeze? Man went “fuck levi’s”
36 x 30’s? If so I’ll take ‘em.
Bro! Same size! Hard to find at times.
Spongebob over here
36 x 28 reporting in.
I will buy
Denim collectors pay up to $100,000 for old jeans found in mines. If this is the oldest pair to date it won't be cheap.
luckily they put the price tag back, only +1000% compared to original price.
That copper piece on the crotch had to be removed because it would heat up while sitting next to a fire. Many burnt penises.
Honey - where do u wanna go tonight - "5 Guys" or "Many burnt penises" ?
If they were left there after intercourse this may be evidence of a crime. Sex with a miner is illegal.
Maybe she was a gold digger?
Miner? I hardly know her.
I bet you’re quite proud of yourself for this one. As you should be, because this was clever af.
Not necessarily, in some states it’s perfectly legal as long as the miner is at least 16’ below ground
Listen here you little shit...
Emergency pants have been important for a while apparently. Or there was some freaky miner sex going on back in the day.
Jeans were expensive, they probably leave them there for the next shift. What's strange is how did mine shutdown and left them all there - It probably was a secluded area and the Mining Company didn't collect those.
Iirc, there was a fire in a Levi building that burned all the designs, drawings, and inventory of all their pants. They had to rebuild their info from scratch, pants from before that fire are worth a lot, as there may be little to no evidence on how to remake them. This is why Levis buys old pants. Old pants can be worth a LOT.
Liar liar pants on fire
Seems like a stretch. Unless all the factory workers also all died (multiple shifts I imagine), seems like they could have easily sourced designs from them if they wanted (or reverse engineered from jeans they were probably wearing themselves). Assuming it's the 1906 fire, I'm sure any previous originals are ridiculously valuable to collectors, but I can't find anything that says Levi's will purchase old jeans for more than $35 (to resell at a nice profit @ $100+ via levi.com). (except for a pair they bought in '97 for $25k)
Hopefully Levis learned about offsite backups that day
Levi 511 slims are my fav Jeans of all time. Not too tight, not too frumpy. Just right.
Wait till you try the slim stretch! It's a game changer.
Wow, I didn't know they had BLUE back then. I expected sepia tone.
Lol I know you’re joking, but I honestly did kind of have a moment where I thought “Gee, I never considered that people wore jeans that long ago”. And you’re right, it’s probably because the images I’ve seen from back then aren’t in color so it never clicked in my head that those were blue jeans!
Some guy was donald-ducking in a mine a century ago, that's a story we'll never get resolved
It gets hot down there and they use to take their clothes off in the mine so they wouldnt get them soaked in sweat while they worked.
Porky-Piggin’ it.
Send em to to Cerro Gordo
Right? Mans has been looking for the Levis for forever. He found pieces but that's it.
They still have the tag on them.
I’m not sure how old this post is but as of now those jeans are 143 years old. But who am I to correct math, just another douche bag on the Internet.
Just another douche who can use numbers
Unfortunately that 136 is stating when they were found, not their current age
Waiting for Ghost Town Living to get his pair!!!
Looking for this comment, dude would be STOKED to find these
They just don't make them like they used to.
Turns out the make them almost exactly like they used to.
Very few things are made to last these days. Gotta let it break so you can buy another
And it probably wasn’t that stretchy material crap they use now!
It was 100% cotton, no stretch and initially "raw" ie. it wasn't prewashed. Google raw denim for more info. There still are a lot of modern brands making denim the old school way.
Aww, I like the stretchiness, it's comfy!
God I hate that stretchy shit jeans are made out of now. Even the Levi’s I bought a few years ago weren’t real denim. Sucks super hard bc I have thunder thighs and I constantly wear down the material until there’s holes in them.
did they find it on a body or skeleton or was some miner in the late 1800s just taking off his pants and getting to work?
Minors worked naked all the time - it can get super hot in the mines
“I shit my pants at work, let me hide them in the corner right here”
*Shakes bones out of jeans
Now why did the miner take off his pants
They still have the AirPods pocket intact
Jerry likely shit himself, which led to him to taking off and then disposing his pants in the mine.
Those actually look pretty damn comfy still.
“Where’s your pants brother?” “I shit them and left them back in that abandoned offshoot” 136 years later…
No belt loops. Buttons for suspenders?
Mf leaves a tag on for 150 years and I get my balls busted if I miss one the day after Christmas
I can guarantee that this pair can still be worn a few more days before it needs to be thrown into the laundry.
why did someone take their pants off in a goldmine?
"Also found was the oldest pair of shit-filled Fruit of the Looms".
Imagine time traveling back to the 1800s and you see a dude rocking these and a t-shirt.
Meanwhile my jeans turn to dust after 6 months.
I'll give you $5 for them final offer.
Best I can do is 3.50. These really aren’t as rare as everyone thinks they are. They literally made tens of thousands of these things
Loved the denim episode of The World According to Jeff Goldblum
Vintage
looks better than my jeans after a couple weeks of work
Thats some nice ass Denim too, miss those shorts.
They even still have their price tag on them.
Someone pooped 💩 their Levis and abandoned them in the mine.
Now them’s tough jeans.
Which miner took his pants off at work, and did he do "the walk of shame" on the way home?
Ew, button fly, gross.
Who the hell took their pants off in the mine and why
No way they make them to last that long now. One year and done.
Why the hell did he take his pants off in a mine?
He left them in the cave because he had shit his pants.
Who doesn’t take off their pants at work?
Still got the tag too
“Miner? I hardly know her!”
I bet they found a $20 bill in one of the pockets, because $20 bills are always found in jeans that were lost for a while.
Levis jeans in 1879? But attack on titan manga started 2009😕
The oldest thing ‘Murican historians can excavate lol
If this is an ad for Levi’s, it’s working
So what you’re Saying is Marty McFly didn’t need to change his pants when going back to 1895.
salvaged jeans
Jeans? Left behind in a Mine? Usually filled with men? HMMMMMMMMMM
I read that in the narrator of Oak Island's voice.
Trivia: The first jeans weren't actually blue. Levi Strauss chose to start dying them and chose blue simply because it was cheapest color to find at the time. Strauss' first jeans were canvas rather than denim, he started making them out of denim and dyed them blue only a few years before this pair were made, and started putting horse rein rivets on the corners of the pockets because the weight of the gold nuggets/dust they were carrying on them at all times.Also, the old Levi's factory in San Francisco is now an incredibly expensive pre-school (I live a block from it)
I remember when they were made in the U.S.A......textiles went with the FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, as well as quality made furniture.
Imagine jeans were used only for minings and factories in the 1900’a
No one is asking why there's a pair of jeans found in a goldmine? Did one of the miners get drunk and strip down naked, running out?
Were they taken off a skeleton. If not why did someone take off their pants in a mine. Gives a whole new perspective on humping for the gold.
Levi's has to use this as advertising. Those are in tact.
Meanwhile my £50 shoes fall apart after 6 months.
Must be worth its weight in gold
raises hand who takes their pants off in a gold mine?
wait, jeans have been around since late 1800s?
One thing I heard is that rivet at the bottom of the crotch was removed in later versions, because people would kneel over a campfire to get it lit and then stand up and get burned by that hot rivet.
That button fly tho..
Lemme guess. 34 x 32?
Now that's a selling point: jeans that outlive you
At Cerro Gordo? Brent! Brent!!!
Wonder what happened to the poor guy lol
Found in a mine…on a dead body? Why else would a pair of random jeans be there?
Then they were sold by the Salvation Army for 2 bucks.
Barely worn as well it seems. the price tag is still on
Wonder how the material feels?
But why did he take his pants off in the mine?🤔
Worth their weight in gold eh?
A good pair of jeans should last you generations.
Left behind because he didn't make it to the outhouse in time.
Wranglers can’t even handle lol
At that point are the white gloves really necessary? Those jeans look brand new, they can clearly handle the elements
They don’t make ‘em like they used to!
Cocaine pockets existed back in 1879?
I see no difference between it and a modern Levi. That motherfucker created a timeless durable pair of pantaloons.