Exploring Two Old Gold Mines in the Desert
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- Опубліковано 31 січ 2025
- This is one from the archives. I took this footage over three years ago in April of 2020 and never ended up posting it. There were some issues with my camera's microphone, and I guess at the time I thought the footage was unusable. Well, I happened to take a look again and realized the issues weren’t that bad and that this footage is worth showing. I hope those watching can get something out of the video, although it may be lacking in many aspects compared to my newer ones.
The first mine we explored, The Emperor, was discovered in 1897. A decent amount of high grade gold ore, which averaged about 100 ounces per ton, was shipped off in the early days of the mine. Somewhere around 1902 to 1903 the mine’s production declined as the vein was apparently faulted off. In the preceding decades the mine was worked in a small way by various individuals, who leased out portions of the mine. Production from the start of operations to the 1940s totaled around $100,000. The second mine we explored, the Golden Crown, was a much smaller operation that was worked around the same time as the Emperor. Production figures are not available.
This is an older video I filmed three years ago and never posted until now. Hope you guys enjoy it!
another fun explore out in Randsburg ..... you should sample some of those areas as they still contain Gold .....be safe out there
There's definitely a lot of gold still left in Randsburg. Thanks Jeff!
The background noise beginning at 6:15 is rather interesting. And as I am typing, I noticed it was already addressed in the description. lol
Instead, I will say this. Life went a bit sideways for a while in early 2022. When things were finally straightened out, I headed straight to youtube. Only to realize I never subscribed to your channel, and had forgotten the channel's name.
For an entire year and a half I feared the worst. I couldn't find videos from this channel I had watched before the madness, and all searches I could think to make returned with any other channel but this one.
Perhaps I am far too empathetic, but I thought the channel had been removed due to something bad which had occurred.
Your content is perfect in my opinion. To think we would never see anything else hurt in a real way. I am SO GLAD it was all me.
I can live with me being an idiot and not subscribing when I should have. A mistake that I just corrected by the way.
Happy New Year guys! Best wishes on future explorations! Now to catch up on the uploads since everything went south on my end.
Happy New Year to you as well! I really appreciate your comment and I'm glad you were able to find my channel again. I hope it's not disappointing that I haven't uploaded many videos in the past couple years, but I'm working on getting some out very soon. Thanks for being a fan of my channel and I hope everything stays well for you!
This is a great way to start my sunday! yet another amazing video! THANK YOU!
Appreciate the comment. Thanks man!
Great video!..enjoyed it very much..loved the quartz..
Thanks for the comment!
Nice exploring guys!
It was a fun one. Thanks for the comment!
Nice job, Nick
Thanks!
Love it!! Thanks for the Video!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very interesting. Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Just imagining back when these were operating mines with the humans working like ants. Tough way to make a living. Thanks for the exploration.
Thanks for watching, Frank!
An oldie but a goodie. That Chinese harness was super comfortable, too bad it has no certifications.
I can tell you miss it lol.
Hello there, about 3 years ago you did a two part video on the Bonanza Mine. I am particularly interested in the Kennecott Alaska Bonanza mine. I understand there a many "Bonanza" mines, can you confirm that this not the Alaska one?
It is not the alaska one. Bonanza was just a fake name I gave to the mine
I think you guys do amazing videos. I do have to say that you guys crack me up that you leave museum artifacts in these mines. This stuff won’t last for many to see. It belongs in museums or people who appreciate this to collect. You have no clue when a mine will collapse and not many people will ever go into these mines because of the danger. Leaving it behind is ridiculous. Take it and sell it and give the money to a mining museum. No need to leave as is for others to see because it won’t be there one day. If I’m in there, I’m taking as much as I can. Will give it to local mining museums, sell it to collectors, or keep for my own collection. I do have questions. 1.) Are you guys professionals to be doing this? 2.) Do you have equipment to know the air is safe to breathe? 3.) How do know your even safe to be doing this?
where did you go man? no more vids?
I've still been out exploring mines. Planning on making a comeback here soon!