Tasmania's Largest Gold Nuggets, James Mcginty and the Rocky River!!
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2022
- Long before land exploration of Tasmania's west coast the early mariners while passing along the rugged coastline between Corinna and Sandy Cape noted how the erratic behaviour of there compasses suggested a large mineral field may have existed not to far inland.
In 19872 a young 22 year old Charles Sprent was appointed surveyor of the Wynyard and north west region of Tasmania. His timing was precise as James Philosopher Smith had just discovered the rich tin deposits of Mt Bischoff.
One of Sprents first assignments was to officially survey Smiths lease which then ultimately led to Sprents keen interest in the geology and mineral potential of Tasmania's west coast. In February 1877 Sprent and his four man team were exploring the thickly forested banks of the Savage River. He says,
"We began noticing pebbles of iron or, we traced the gullies up and soon came across an immense quantity, thousands of tons strewing the ground"
Soon after Sprent discovered gold in the Whyte river which led to the small gold rush that began in the Corinna area. The goldrush was short lived and only a few selected by chance ever uncovered the areas of rich potential. In this video I head back to these forgotten places and bring back to life the storys of old.
In February of 1883 James Mcginty while working alongside his two mining partners D Neil amd T Richards unearthed a whopping huge gold nugget of 243 ounces 7 kilograms. The party buried the nugget nearby and continued working for another week when they struck another nugget weighing 39 ounce or 1 kilogram.
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Awesome video Levi. Best gold prospecting channel on UA-cam. Great history lesson. Your videos always bring me up when I’m feeling down. Keep up the awesome work and cheers from California. Hope all is well with you and your family!
100% agree with you there Tony👍🏻 Amazing channel⛏🏴
Agreed!
Thanks Tony appreciate all doing well over here cheers mate
@@officialtassieboysprospecting hey no gols for the queen i gues..
how could you feel down in california with eternal summer?
Fascinating to retrace the steps and retell the stories of the early gold miners in Tasmania. Definite thumbs up! Great video!
Cheers Alan
Thanks Levi
Very interesting , and Wow what conditions those prospectors had to work ! - tough enough to walk and find let alone too work .
That was a great video. I always enjoy knowing more about the history of prospecting. My back aches after just a day on the river, can't imagine living on the river and doing it every day. Let alone digging water races and river diverting tunnels!
Thanks for your efforts mate, much appreciated.
It’s crazy hey hard to comprehend the work thanks mate
Thank you Levi. A very interesting video as always. Both of us at a combined age of 171 years are beyond the type of trekking you do but are able to sit in our recliners and see new parts of our beautiful state and enjoy what you do. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the tour and history of that area Levi. There's nothing like prospecting in an area where you know big gold has been found 👍🏾 Stay safe and happy hunting ⛏
Hello Levi, there is hardly anything more exciting than watching you on such a "boring" walk. Once again one of the best videos I've seen. So much history and heart and soul in one man is contagious. Pretty environment. Maybe I'll come to New Zealand, then I'll rock the Rocky river (joke) that's really a mammoth task to move through the beautiful nature there. Thank you. Greetings Tom
Pure Adventure!
Next level Levi !! Been watching a fair while now but this one adds even more gold than what you have been pulling out for our entertainment over time...the history is absolutely captivating...thankyou, love it 👍👍
I enjoyed the history lesson Levi! Great stuff as usual!
You do an excellent job explaining a variety of interesting topics of Tasmania... Great job Levi... you Rock!!!
Very interesting trip. Thanks for taking us along!
I love the history videos, it’s amazing how the old timers used to do things. They really worked hard for minimal reward
Great video Levi, thanks for taking us along!
Lots of history there. Interesting seeing the differences and similarities in mining techniques around the world. I grew up in the gold mining town of Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada.
Great change of video, love hearing Tassie's gold mining history and ypu are a great host. Would be great to see some more!
I love these walk in the past videos!!
Many thanks Levi for the history in such a very beautiful area, your standards of production and filing are getting high and higher, thanks for sharing
It’s amazing trying to spot where the old timers had their base. It’s a beautiful setting Levi its like nothing else ive ever seen, not even in NZ, probably get my head chewed off for that.
Just finished watching your last video re Rocky River. Fantastic balance between adventure and history. Photography up to the usual standard of excellence.
Fun stuff, thanks for taking the time to share your stories and life. Love the content.
I like your episodes, I look forward to watching them every week
Love the history videos. Really helps give us all a better idea of the areas your working.
Like? What's not to love? That was so refreshing! All you hear over here is; How many buckets I've run, or about this pay dirt or that one. Gets boring after awhile. Now history? Oh yea! something you can sink your teeth into? That my friend i love, and always will. Thanks Levi, as always; great stuff.
Love these guided tours!
Great video Levi, very beautiful but also very rugged country. Thanks for taking the time & showing
us the old trails & beautiful rivers. Be careful, be safe & have fun.
Love you vids Levi😀 Always entertaining and learn so much⛏🏴
Fantastic video thanks Levi, love the history of our country. You’re right very tough men to be out there doing all that hard work.
Thanks mate. Always solid content, well balanced and well filmed. Keep it up!
Thanks for taking us along on an awesome adventure with a great history lesson. God Bless
That was a great hike and history visit,I always enjoy seeing your rivers and woods,and wow the old timers were tuff men
Awesome, can't help thinking of my ancestors who followed the minerals trail, Avoca, Mathinna, Lefroy, Zeehan, Savage and more. We know so little of their exploits other than my great grandfather came back from
the West coast and purchased property at Latrobe, opened a business and went on to raise a family. A brother stayed on the West and yet another ended up at Bangor. Tough is the word. Thanks Levi, enjoy you bringing this to life.
That was next level stuff Levi, awesome vid! 👍
Awesome watching you go out and trek where the old timers went. Love all your vids Levi and fam!
Great video Levi. Just can't stop watching and learning..
I love the history, it's awesome 👌 thanks for sharing those old story's
Great vid! Love hearing about our Tasmanian gold history.
I love the history of Tassie. It’s such a beautiful place
Great vid mate, always good seeing parts of our history here!
Love love love the history... awesome video Levi 😁 thanks!
What a fabulous fragment of history. I would love to explore the old Tassie gold mines. It looks fascinating.
Absolutely love the history trecks man. Keep up the good work
I could not take my eyes off the screen. Your videos just keep getting better and better.
Great video great content as always Levi! 👍
Really enjoyed the video so glad you are making them.
Love the content Levi. keep up the great vids mate. Cheers.
Thanks Levi, it's amazing what they did in the 30's. I think it's hard trekking around the golden triangle. Then I watch your videos and remind myself I have it easy! 😄
Beautiful spot. I love the history of Tasmanian old timers you talk about in your videos. Keep em coming.
great show as always levi cheers
What a fantastic trip in your stunning country, truly some of the most beautiful I’ve seen. I also appreciate the time and effort you put into filming and editing! Great show and I am excited for the next trip! Thank you Levi.
I’m blown away at the places you take us to Levi. I love the information and history too. Keep safe on your adventures, from this old lady in England x
Appreciate the time and efforts on your videos. Interesting look back at gold history. Just amazing how these old timers worked so hard to find the gold. I love watching gold videos but yours I look forward to the most. Keep on keeping on Levi 👍
Thanks so much Richard
Always enjoy viewing his shows 😊
Great to see your enthusiasm for the exploration of au in Tasmania
Love the content and the history. I'm keen for more
Love everything on you channel Levi . I really like when your sniping but you definitely still had my attention taking us back in history and explaining how the ol timers went after it back then . Very interesting. Thanks for the journey!
Really super interesting stuff mate just love your work . Thank you ✊🏻
Thanks for the history lesson Levi, really enjoy your work. Cheers 🍻
The real gold here is your videos mate, i'm a tasmanian as well and I never knew it was possible here
Great video Levi. These places you go look so remote.
I really liked it buddy cheers 🎉 keep the videos rolling 😊
A really informative video mate, keep up the good work buddy👍👍👍
great video as always mate,i find them very relaxing,and the picture quality is top notch🙂
it always amazes me how they got those water races to work and that they were dug by hand
Love a good history vid about the old timers!
Love listening to the history of your country
Always a good day when you post a new video.
Love ya work Levi keep up the awesome content
Brilliant video, as always.
Love your channel keep up the good work my friend.
Always great to follow you on your journeys thank you for the effort.
Great stuff Levi.
Thank you.
Andy
It's a living museum, thanks for showing this excellent video. I love learning about our history, looking forward to seeing you next time. It's the Kings gold now. Stay safe and well form Queensland 👍💖
Epic adventure Mate Thanks for sharing. please stay safe and God bless you and yours always
Thank you very much Levi. Loved the history of your area. I live now in NSW but my mother came from Burnie. I am soon I hope going to explore a very old set of mines myself. Just waiting on the original landowners approval. I have a meet up organised by the landowners due in a months time. Keep hunting for shiny stuff and a shout out to your family.
Great content mate! Love it
It's totally incredible Levi looking at how the early prospectors actually worked in the Tasmanian environment 👌 Great visualisation of the history 👍
Great video. Can’t wait to see what you find😀
Thanks Levi, fantastic history mate.
Hey Levi, that was fantastic .... Awesome trace of the oldtimers work .... honestly, those guys were amazing for the work thre did with the tools they had, just unbelievable!! ....... I love following your videos ....you have a wonderful life!! ..... Best regards to you and your family
Great video. Enjoyed the history. Thanks for sharing.2 thumbs 👍 up.
Thanks levi, looking forward to the next vid.
Great stuff mate! Can’t believe people were out there back then, it’s remote now, so back then it would have been the end of earth. Crazy to think about the effort digging that tunnel too, Unfathomable!
Thanks for the guided tour, I have often wondered what the rivers looked like in that area.
Very nice video! I loved the bit of history. The way you narrate your videos is just perfect. The text and the pace is refined or just naturally very very good and enjoyable. The quality of your videos on all aspects is *gold*. Thanks for taking the time to make these vids! Have a good one! I wish you to stay safe and healthy!
Thankyou appreciated
Thanks. Levi
Good video and great narration. Thanks.
Very cool. Love seeing what the old boys did.
Im the same always keep going back to explore the area. I want to trek thru Paradise when time permits. What a place.
This is an extremely interesting video! The tremendous amount of work you went through to show everyone the landscape and history of the old timers prospecting. Love it!
Great video man keep up the amazing work 👍👍👍
Awesome trip man, they were really tough old dudes. My grandfather was a gold assayer in the 1930s and a keen prospector. Had many interesting stories from my mum,never met him. Mainly prospected around the Shoalhaven and Jenolan areas I believe.
That’s cool there’s some great stories in all that mining of old
Thank you for showing a little bit history of our little state they were tough ppl back then
thank you, looks absolutely stunning
I absolutely love mining history, I am sure you put quite a bit of time into this. I am currently researching the mining activities of southwest Montana, and it's not easy to find the information. Keep up the hard work. You're an inspiration to many. Thanks, Leonard Lyman.
Always a like brother
Awesome vid as usual Leroy👍
This was bloody awesome to watch mate well done! Really makes me want to come for a walk around Tasi! 👌🏼👌🏼
As always top notch stuff bloke!
Great video Levi! The vague , secretive nature of prospecting really gets you thinking and wanting to know more.
Loved the lesson.....way better than school
Those water races remind me of the Levadas canals on Madeira Island.
Your documentary & production skills are pure gold, Levi!
Cheers!!