Share This: Share This: This article was originally published on Steve Smith has explored old caves ever since he was a kid — usually illegally.Now he just does it legally.“Listen to the water dripping, and bats, and you can smell the timbers and almost visualize what the miners were going through. I have a passion for this.”In 1992, when Steve was 37, he stood above the abandoned Millie Mine in Iron Mountain.It was rumored to be “bottomless,” so he took that as a challenge.Armed with 200 feet of rope and a couple of old flashlights strapped to motorcycle helmets, he and a friend made...…Share This: Share This: This article was originally published on Steve Smith has explored old caves ever since he was a kid — usually illegally.Now he just does it legally.“Listen to the water dripping, and bats, and you can smell the timbers and almost visualize what the miners were going through. I have a passion for this.”In 1992, when Steve was 37, he stood above the abandoned Millie Mine in Iron Mountain.It was rumored to be “bottomless,” so he took that as a challenge.Armed with 200 feet of rope and a couple of old flashlights strapped to motorcycle helmets, he and a friend made...WW…