Blue Chip Gold Mine - Smelting the GOLD results!

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  • Опубліковано 3 чер 2023
  • Part 2 of Jason's and my adventure tot he blue chip mine, in part one we collect 300+ lbs of gold bearing quartz ore, from both inside and outside the mine. In this video we take it back to Jason's Crushers, and shaker table to concentrate the ore, and then smelt down the concentrate. Today's test is trying to see how much of the gold is tied up in the sulfides and how much is free milled.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 657

  • @bradleyslightom6313
    @bradleyslightom6313 10 місяців тому +92

    Awesome that you have a friend like Jason, willing to help educate and inform!
    Also great that you two have so much in common, and the enthusiasm to learn anything new is contagious with both of you!
    I love watching both of you together! Where one is not sure, the other has some insight, and vice-versa! When neither has a clue, it heads first into finding an answer!!!
    Awesome video collaboration!

    • @Danhurd
      @Danhurd  10 місяців тому +24

      I love working with Jason

    • @baTonkaTruck
      @baTonkaTruck 10 місяців тому +2

      Yeah I agree it’s super fun to watch you two work. You both complement each other’s skills really well, and the positive vibe is infectious.

    • @DrMJJr
      @DrMJJr 10 місяців тому

      Is Jason of Native American descent? He looks it!!

    • @sagarbarman97
      @sagarbarman97 2 місяці тому

      😊999😊99😊99999999999?😊😊😊9😊

  • @Sr.DudeGuy
    @Sr.DudeGuy 11 місяців тому +275

    Hello to those who care, and have a good day! 👋❤️

  • @sixfour2202
    @sixfour2202 10 місяців тому +32

    I’ve been binge watching your episodes for the last few days. I’ve never prospected or panned for gold but I’m already planning my first trip. Thanks for all the awesome, informative videos Dan!

    • @frozenpann
      @frozenpann 10 місяців тому +1

      I came to BC to do some panning. Water levels to high right now unfortunately. Coming back mid July!

    • @denp54z
      @denp54z 10 місяців тому +1

      Dan can be addicting

    • @denp54z
      @denp54z 10 місяців тому +1

      Jason too, didn't mean to not mention him

  • @chuckster6513
    @chuckster6513 10 місяців тому +13

    Hey Dan & Jason,
    Any day with Dan, Jason and Gold is a great day !
    I really enjoy being able to tag along via these videos.
    I am fascinated with the heavy equipment as well as the process of smelting.
    Thanks guys
    Stay Safe, Be Well
    Enjoy Life

  • @johnizitchiforalongtime
    @johnizitchiforalongtime 10 місяців тому +5

    Thanks to the both of you. It is good to know that not all mines are productive, all ore taken is unique to each specimen with sulfides. Usually, the deeper the vein yields are higher in concentrates because of thermal intrusions. What a learning experience!

  • @fit_pharmd4830
    @fit_pharmd4830 10 місяців тому +13

    Some of the best collabing on the net! You 2 are so entertaining!!

    • @Danhurd
      @Danhurd  10 місяців тому +2

      Thanks

  • @FrednDeeDee
    @FrednDeeDee 10 місяців тому +12

    I found yours's and Jason's videos very interesting and a joy to watch. Thanks for bringing us along on your action-packed adventures.

  • @evrail4449
    @evrail4449 10 місяців тому +11

    Always enjoy seeing you two colab.

    • @Danhurd
      @Danhurd  10 місяців тому +4

      Thanks, always fun to work with Jason

  • @Gilgwathir
    @Gilgwathir 10 місяців тому +2

    18:36 That vacuum in the back is another good candidate for googly eyes.

  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra178 10 місяців тому +15

    I truly enjoy seeing our 2 countries working together to make gold.

    • @JuliusUnique
      @JuliusUnique 10 місяців тому +1

      stop nationalism pls

    • @RmRoyalflush
      @RmRoyalflush 10 місяців тому +2

      Your country did nothing, it's 2 private people

  • @beez1717
    @beez1717 10 місяців тому +5

    I'm loving the slow mo portions of the video and I'd love to see more. It's so cool seeing how things happen in that kind of detail!

  • @CartersTrail
    @CartersTrail 10 місяців тому +3

    Loved all of the processing equipment used in this video; very nice! Appreciate you going through the whole process in one video so we could see bucket to beads.

  • @danielday3940
    @danielday3940 Місяць тому +1

    Dan stumbled across this video very interesting and informative. I have to say I really like you're attitude! " Yes the gold the did not pay for the gas , time, and the process, but we get to hang out with a friend and learn" ( paraphrasing ) You just earned a new subscriber!

  • @s2kmedia.
    @s2kmedia. 10 місяців тому +5

    My favorite vids are always with Jason! Love the smelting

  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra178 10 місяців тому +1

    Greetings from the BIG SKY. Nice to see both a Canukian and gringos mining together. I haven't seen a lick of 'work' out of the Canukian yet. They keep their word well.

  • @davidrosinsky9912
    @davidrosinsky9912 10 місяців тому +1

    Thanks guys. Also thanks for being real about finding hard rock hold. We wander the NW Arizona desert mountains sampling and smelting

  • @D.I.sgusted
    @D.I.sgusted 10 місяців тому +6

    Whenever I see a Dan Hurd video it always leaves me feeling happy!

  • @rockscope
    @rockscope 11 місяців тому +8

    Thanks for the future video, Dan! Always a wonderful addition to my day! :)

  • @user-bd2tw6yy7s
    @user-bd2tw6yy7s 5 місяців тому

    Love your guy's flow. I remember when you were teaching the kids about prospecting on your channel. It's great that you still give us the time to show us how to get that gold! Be safe out there brothers. Keep on keepin on friends.

  • @tobypullen4668
    @tobypullen4668 10 місяців тому +3

    Let's go people, ANOTHER banger with Dan "THE MAN" Hurd and "the machine" Jason

  • @maunlimited9090
    @maunlimited9090 4 місяці тому

    So excited to have found both your channels. Thank you SO MUCH

  • @michaelchavez7159
    @michaelchavez7159 День тому

    Now that was hella cool bob! And you filmed it on my birthday!!!
    I happened upon this 1 year and 1 week later. Nice!

  • @ant-1382
    @ant-1382 10 місяців тому +1

    Always look forward to my Sunday Dan Hurd video, and they are even better with Jason involved.

  • @thomashammett6851
    @thomashammett6851 10 місяців тому +6

    Awesome team, great team work I appreciate you both. Thanks.

  • @judithbogner3222
    @judithbogner3222 10 місяців тому +6

    I saw Dan bring the side of the mine down on Jason in that video! 🤣🤣

  • @andrewhirons398
    @andrewhirons398 12 днів тому

    Great too see you two hanging out. Really enjoying seeing your contents on utube

  • @sameulljacson9807
    @sameulljacson9807 10 місяців тому +3

    "I hope to earn your subscription today" You got mine. Great line as so many people on UA-cam demand your subs. I've been subbing for about a year now and this is Great Fun content!

    • @Danhurd
      @Danhurd  10 місяців тому +4

      Thank you!

    • @CothranMike
      @CothranMike 10 місяців тому +1

      Same reason I subscribed my first video 3 years ago

  • @joesutherland225
    @joesutherland225 10 місяців тому +4

    Guys every smelter I've worked at they blood test for heavy metals every 6 months for good reason .Jason if your doing this you really should get tested regularly .

    • @Danhurd
      @Danhurd  10 місяців тому +1

      He does

  • @johnbozzelli3756
    @johnbozzelli3756 10 місяців тому +2

    Another great and informative video from an absolute legend in prospecting world!! Keep making great content Dan!!

  • @connifilteau2678
    @connifilteau2678 10 місяців тому +1

    Awesome collaborations.
    So much to learn.....and that ore looked so very promising 🤔. Thanks for sharing the great videos.

  • @jimbird963
    @jimbird963 10 місяців тому +1

    The work involved that’s what makes gold precious

  • @PAINTSKATESNOW312
    @PAINTSKATESNOW312 10 місяців тому +1

    Woohoo, been waiting to see the results. Thanks, Dan!

  • @kevinmccausland8685
    @kevinmccausland8685 10 місяців тому +1

    Dan, This was a fantastic educational video!!!
    Keep up the good work and I hope you find a great mine.

  • @d.andysprospecting
    @d.andysprospecting 10 місяців тому +8

    There is so much one can learn from you and Jason! Thanks for sharing guys

  • @livy1962
    @livy1962 10 місяців тому +2

    ~$15 worth in that bead. . . . . . a lot less than minimum wage - the miner's curse hahaha. Love the videos man. Keep em coming.

  • @Jason-fe9hk
    @Jason-fe9hk 10 місяців тому +4

    Always love watching your videos Dan.

  • @DonAshcraft
    @DonAshcraft 10 місяців тому +2

    Two smart guys having fun! And I learned a lot, which is also fun!

  • @harryzero1566
    @harryzero1566 8 місяців тому

    Ive never been impressed with all these exalted finds.
    I sit around, doing my thing, i assess what spare cash i can use to increase my gold weight, then the pure finished product finds its way through my letter box.
    Very little energy is required, no noise, and no biting insects.

  • @mrMirzam
    @mrMirzam 10 місяців тому +1

    What an awesome video. Just guys having fun in a smelting laboratory. Living the dream for the rest of us.

  • @Percussionist123
    @Percussionist123 10 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for another great video. Love seeing joint videos with Jason.

  • @jamiemoneta3632
    @jamiemoneta3632 10 місяців тому +1

    Really a great video Dan!! Keep up the awesome work! Thank you for doing what you do sir!

    • @Danhurd
      @Danhurd  10 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for saying so!

  • @jeffsteele1295
    @jeffsteele1295 10 місяців тому +2

    I enjoyed watching you two working together I have learned so much thank you. Question if you Don't mind ? First I'm 67 years old and retired. I'm visiting my wife's people here in Washington State. I will be here until winter and it get cold. I'm wanting to go panning for gold here in the Washington State Area. I have gotten a permit to check out in all state parks in Washington. Can you advise me on what panning dishes or filters that I would need ? I have been watching your video's for sometime now.
    I will be in this area for 3 months or so. Just don't want to spend 3 months and find nothing. Its like a little beats nothing lol.
    I will be checking out Jason's video's as well thanks for letting me enjoy your video's . Jeff Steele

  • @mathewtimer9921
    @mathewtimer9921 6 місяців тому

    Lets go Dan im super glad to see you're making it doing what you love i remember when you only had 3.2k subs! KEEP IT UP DAN!

  • @fnafplayer6447
    @fnafplayer6447 Місяць тому

    Glad you didn't have any miner problems

  • @Tomshifter002
    @Tomshifter002 10 місяців тому +2

    You two and the quality time you guys spend worth the gold you looking for!

  • @johnstuart8511
    @johnstuart8511 2 місяці тому

    EXCELLENT: Always a joy watching your videos. Always entertaining and fun. Keep up the great footage and the Yum, yum yum Gold 😋 😊. Regards South Africa 🇿🇦.

  • @paulhoffman6371
    @paulhoffman6371 10 місяців тому

    Enjoyed your comment about crossing the border. An old military friend worked the border between WA and BC after retiring from the military. Might very well have been one the points you use.

  • @EquitySolutionRayRaz
    @EquitySolutionRayRaz 10 місяців тому +1

    We owned an old mill property in Pa and they used to have a giant smelt going in the late 1800s and what they used to do as just keep throwing the rock into the smelt and this Babbitt material would overflow and in the end they would have all the gold and precious metals in the bottom of the smelt is what the old lady told us when I was just a kid … the more I watch the less I believe that lol but we would find all this Babbitt material that looked just like placer nuggets but they were mostly led and aluminum etc . The rock has 19% gold when my old man sent it out to be tested .

  • @richardraby6266
    @richardraby6266 8 місяців тому +2

    Great video you guys and I agree it's all about having a good time, learning and expanding!

  • @integralintervention6323
    @integralintervention6323 8 місяців тому

    I love how you put the date when you filmed in the video. It's a nice touch that nobody seems to do.

  • @mazzg1966
    @mazzg1966 10 місяців тому +1

    Great collaboration guys!! Keep them coming...the best of the best!

    • @Danhurd
      @Danhurd  10 місяців тому +4

      Thanks

  • @JosephBoxmeyer
    @JosephBoxmeyer 2 місяці тому

    Thanks Dan and Jason.

  • @dawndixon402
    @dawndixon402 10 місяців тому +1

    😁👋👍👍👏👏💕🙏🏻
    Thank you for sharing a great video. Hi Jason good to see the two of you working on a project together.

  • @Beepinsqueekin
    @Beepinsqueekin 2 місяці тому

    ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING!!

  • @ariedekker7350
    @ariedekker7350 10 місяців тому +12

    You two are a good team.

  • @connieeveritt5704
    @connieeveritt5704 6 місяців тому

    Ty for sharing and teaching us the process, all very interesting. Stay safe, and have fun. 😊

  • @AJShiningThreads
    @AJShiningThreads 10 місяців тому +1

    Ive been waiting for this follow-up!❤

    • @Danhurd
      @Danhurd  10 місяців тому +1

      Here it is!

  • @joesutherland225
    @joesutherland225 8 місяців тому

    Blue-chip being darn close to Bellingham is symbiotic for both

  • @jeremygavard8871
    @jeremygavard8871 10 місяців тому +1

    Great to see you having so much fun!

  • @dietermellaerts
    @dietermellaerts 10 місяців тому +1

    I really love to see your video's, when i was a kid i had a book with minerals and i also liked walking in the mountains with my parents on vacation, and looking for shiny stones in rivers. Now I'm just in some projects that have gold mines or trade in gold. I hope to have some gold one day with me to😂 keep up the good work💪

  • @schnarre4726
    @schnarre4726 10 місяців тому +1

    iI love your Videos with Jason! It`s always a lot of fun and very informative!
    Greatings from the land with poor gold resources...germany 😔

  • @dorafaulkner-ss1wl
    @dorafaulkner-ss1wl 10 місяців тому +2

    I love you videos i use to look for gold i cant do any more right now but im hoping to again i had a stroke in march it will take some time and hard work, but until then i watch your videos

    • @Danhurd
      @Danhurd  10 місяців тому +3

      good luck on your recovery

    • @dorafaulkner-ss1wl
      @dorafaulkner-ss1wl 10 місяців тому +1

      @@Danhurd thank you so much

  • @SandmanCnC75
    @SandmanCnC75 18 днів тому

    Love the content. Just Subbed, today. Don't know I'm just finding this. I'll be stuck on this for a bit back-watching some stuff.

  • @user-wy6dx4ox9h
    @user-wy6dx4ox9h Місяць тому

    The Jaw Crusher Reminds Me of a Wolf Spider!🕷️🕸️😊☺️😆✨💖

  • @doubleslit9513
    @doubleslit9513 8 місяців тому

    Never had so much fun watching someone else work. It’s funny listening to the explanation of why there wasn’t more than 1/4 gram out of the 330 lbs. kinda like listening to a football player explain why they lost a game.

  • @Ad3Collins
    @Ad3Collins 10 місяців тому

    Love the Colours and liquid metals when poured into the Cone mould

  • @lolawallace2186
    @lolawallace2186 10 місяців тому +3

    Smitty The Rock Crusher...... Yom Yom Yom Yom Yom 😎 ✌

    • @Danhurd
      @Danhurd  10 місяців тому +2

      Nom nom nom nom nom

  • @BusterB2398
    @BusterB2398 10 місяців тому +3

    Been anxiously waiting for this video !!!!!! ❤

    • @Danhurd
      @Danhurd  10 місяців тому +1

      He it is!

  • @cannabiscovepnw
    @cannabiscovepnw 10 місяців тому

    This was my first video and I'm hooked on you both! Yah both need to do this more, or i gotta catch up!!

  • @michaelpage7691
    @michaelpage7691 10 місяців тому

    Really edjamacational. Love both of you and your banter. 👏😁🇦🇺

  • @adztaylor2277
    @adztaylor2277 10 місяців тому +3

    Great to see you working together, makes for an extra special vlog. Good luck on your search for a more promising mine. Happy hunting and all the best to you both.

  • @Ridomay
    @Ridomay 2 місяці тому

    This is such fascinating stuff. I love Jason's channel!

  • @rca-in-glasgow6781
    @rca-in-glasgow6781 2 місяці тому

    You are the only two UA-camrs that I would love to have a few beers with. Cheers Mate!

  • @Preston_TheDragon
    @Preston_TheDragon 8 місяців тому

    It's crazy to learn that the stuff I played in as a kid had gold in it. I'm about to go hunting because it's just in the woods.

  • @amberandrews6842
    @amberandrews6842 4 місяці тому

    That was a lot of fun. I thoroughly enjoyed both videos on this!

  • @bieuw5304
    @bieuw5304 10 місяців тому

    Best coöp with Jason, I like the processing parts of your video's!

  • @TomasMisura
    @TomasMisura 10 місяців тому

    guys, thank you very much for sharing entire process.

  • @SubjectiveFunny
    @SubjectiveFunny 10 місяців тому

    Jason is such a cool bloke.
    I would enjoy having a few beers with him I reckon.
    Nice video Dan, thanks for sharing!

  • @LanaLaughsRealLoud
    @LanaLaughsRealLoud 6 місяців тому

    Wow that ore looked so good for such a small amount of gold. Great educational and all around great video guy's. ❤😊

  • @eve_squared
    @eve_squared 10 місяців тому

    I was really excited to see this pop up when I saw you chiseling all that ore out. I was really eager when there wasn't a followup.

  • @IllumTheMessage
    @IllumTheMessage 10 місяців тому

    Love all the chemistry.

  • @somerandomgamer5421
    @somerandomgamer5421 10 місяців тому

    this video is great i find it pretty funny that dan is saying "nom nom" to the sound of the rock crusher like a mad man its funny

  • @JoeInOrlandoFL
    @JoeInOrlandoFL 10 місяців тому +1

    Dan has been searching for so much gold his beard turned gold!🤣

  • @sheogoraththedaedricprince9675
    @sheogoraththedaedricprince9675 10 місяців тому

    I have watched many of your videos and decided to subscribe. I need to get out there! My daughter loves hunting for precious stones, metals and fossils. All stones are special to her even the most ordinary.

  • @ariavalencia-213ua
    @ariavalencia-213ua 10 місяців тому +4

    I gotta say, I found your and Jason's videos super interesting and an absolute joy to watch. Thanks a million for taking us along on your thrilling and action-packed adventures. You guys rock! 🙌🎥✨

  • @stevemull2002
    @stevemull2002 10 місяців тому

    Great vid, from Dan and Jason, always a bit of fun, but also informative, not that i can go gold prospecting in Sussex UK

  • @davemi00
    @davemi00 6 місяців тому

    Two of the best, together.

  • @sammythompson3694
    @sammythompson3694 10 місяців тому

    That's the way to do it old man Dan with the camera with a young man picking up and weighing the buckets.😂

  • @imdronedout
    @imdronedout 9 місяців тому

    Dan gets it out the mud! Amazing!

  • @miketheminer2023
    @miketheminer2023 10 місяців тому

    Very nice. I found about that much in 40lbs from my mine. Now i really want to go back

  • @mrbjengel
    @mrbjengel 10 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for the videos! I look forward to each one!
    I just had to say, that jaw crusher needs a set of googly eyes! 😂👀

  • @interestingtimes6439
    @interestingtimes6439 10 місяців тому

    That is quite the set up you have there... I was thinking about setting up something similar in my backyard... well that's not going to happen LOL

  • @cptnkaos5994
    @cptnkaos5994 10 місяців тому +3

    Another great video coming up

    • @Danhurd
      @Danhurd  10 місяців тому +1

      I hope so!

  • @rockbutcher
    @rockbutcher 10 місяців тому

    Another great video Dan. The next time somebody comments, "but but but...how much did it COST you?" just send them my way and I'll tell them how the Industry people will spend millions. My current budget is $9.2 and so far we've delineated 265,000 more ounces of gold in the deposit, but produced nothing. The company will make their investment in my team back in spades when they do mine it.

  • @skittles7001
    @skittles7001 10 місяців тому

    Enjoying the MBMM videos as well as the rest of the content you put out.

  • @coreykeele9781
    @coreykeele9781 8 місяців тому +1

    Two great guys! Love your videos!

  • @kriszeeck6011
    @kriszeeck6011 10 місяців тому +1

    Dan next time you visist you need to stick some googly eyes on the bolts inside the crusher..... because fun!

  • @AJShiningThreads
    @AJShiningThreads 10 місяців тому +3

    The "don't work" issue -- pretty sure lifting a bucket is alright as you are not getting paid to do it and you are not taking the place of a paid employee by "volunteering".
    They want to make sure you are not take someone's paid position.
    I had a Canadian work visa a few years back. It was very strick on what I could and could not do.

    • @Danhurd
      @Danhurd  10 місяців тому +6

      The guy at the border was very harsh. He was not going to let me in because I looked like I might work. He said I could film, but not lift a finger otherwise. Very harsh.

    • @nunyabisnass1141
      @nunyabisnass1141 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Danhurd our border patrol or law enforcement in general are not highly regarded as being the legal scholars they often presuppose they are.
      Op here is correct though, while visiting you are not allowed to perform any labour that might earn income from the United States. If some really wanted to split the atoms of the hairs, they could say that filming and taking the footage back has earned you income from the US, but then every tourist since personal photography had been widely used is subject to the same constraints, but no one in their right mind would read the laws that way, so it's widely interpreted as not being compensated by some form of domestic employment.
      You could help your nephew build a house if you wanted, as long as you aren't being paid to do so.

  • @cameronmccreary4758
    @cameronmccreary4758 10 місяців тому +1

    I just looked at Jason's Channel and he was crushing up Jade and other big rocks and so, I came over to this one to see if we could get some gold out of the rocks. My guess is you're going to have to go deeper into the ground to get the type of gold that came out back in the 1800s.

  • @Bert889
    @Bert889 5 місяців тому

    I haven’t seen a Hills Brothers coffee can brings since childhood!