Abandoned Mines Near French Gulch, CA
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- Опубліковано 10 бер 2024
- Ever climbed up an ore pass of an abandoned mine before? Not too many people have. An ore pass is a vertical or inclined passage for the downward transfer of ore connecting to a lower level of a mine connecting with an ore chute/ore shoot. We were expecting these mines to be gated or collapsed. Explored with Jeremy Tuggle.
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My grandfather, Harold Harris, had a mine in French Gulch in the 1960's. I remember visiting him. He had a cabin on what seemed like a river. (I was pretty little then). I remember going to the river to get a bucket of water.
Jeremy, from Exploring Shasta County History! Awesome to see you link up with a real historian of the area.
Quartz stringers and "yellow" denoting Lemonite. Apparently those miners were seeking gold. Neat that you found these two portals. Thanks for sharing.
That is spelled limonite. It is a sedimentary rock that is principally iron. It is usually a distinct off red/brown color (caused by the oxidation of iron), with a slight to modest yellow color hue. It can be gold bearing. I do see that in small deposits in your case. The yellows are probably sulfur related. And yes, sulfur can also be gold related; both having to do with thermochemical (very deep hot mineral laden water that is forced to the surface) delivery of gold carried by water as it makes it's way upwards. These metals also travel in the presence of feldspar (quartz is one type of many) type materials. In searching for these things, a metal detector specifically calibrated to find gold (like a Falcon) would be a good place to start. The problem is, many times the thermochemical gold is a sulfide variety, which makes it's recovery difficult and expensive. But, sometimes free gold (which is not a sulfide) can be found in these mixes, and that can be recovered fairly easily.
I love this video, baby. You are so talented 💖 I am so damn proud of you, honey for chasing your dreams and following your passion ❤️ ✨️ You are such an absolute light in my life! I love you more than anything 💛 😊
Thanks babe! I love you too! Something I love doing.
Those are promising looking mines! To me!
Wow! I am familiar with this area. I am not certain where we were at, but it was a dirt road hugging the side of the hill near French Gulch..... I sure miss my jeep.... anyways, the friend, who was with me, was standing at the edge of a cave and peering in. OMG! He fell in! He was about 6' 3" and over 200 lbs... I am 5' 7" and 120 lbs.... I was a toothpick..LOL I can laugh now. I had to pull him out. Great adventure, guys!
Really cool!
That vein looks promising
Jeeze, looks there are a lot of little mines around that place! That looks like its the Three Sisters if I'm not mistaken.
No but I have a video posted on the area for the Three Sisters mine. This is West of French Gulch turn off
@@RyanHammon Nice!
You need to invest in better lighting for mine exploring video.
Do you know of any good lighting I can use?
Camera Panel light from Amazon will do.@@RyanHammon
So they were mining gold and quartz you said? Definitely colorful I will give you that🫡😉