Cobolt, Ontario - Largest Silver Strike in the World (Rocks and Minerals)
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- I take viewers to Cobalt, Ontario, site of the largest silver strike in the world. It was from the mines beneath this small Ontario ghost town that 420 million ounces of pure virgin silver was extracted. In the world of rocks and minerals this place is unparalleled for both it's history and its riches.
Mick: absolutely fascinating history and your narration added to it, hugely. Thank you! Please stay safe, and sound. Joe Russell
One of the coolest places I've seen in Ontario
Wabi Iron works is in New Liskeard. They are still open as well. Coniagas #4 shaft is the headframe downtown that is a bookstore/apartment building now. As for the hydroblasting, I believe it was only done on Nip hill. It's awesome you covered so much random historical artifacts and stories in your video. The spot with the water is the Beaver mine. They dug that up in the last 4 years or so, while they were looking for cobalt. I should say, most rocks you find with bright pink erythrite have very little silver. Most cobalt/silver mixed ore has a more red erythrite on them. If you come back and want a tour underground.. hit me up. I see only 1 spot underground in this video (Meteor adit #2), I can get you into quite a few more - all my videos on this channel are under Cobalt
My brother lives in Cobalt and while doing some wiring in the attic of his home we found some old silver claim and assaying paperwork from the early 1900's.
Pretty cool history in that town. People back then in New York knew where Cobalt was but had no idea where Toronto was, because it wasn't as important.🤔
The blue/green material is Annabergite, an oxidization of Nickeline/Nickel. Silver at times mingles with Nickeline as well. The mine you were at with the fenced shaft and large ditch is in fact the Beaver/Temiskaming. A large producer. Cobalt is my favourite place, was there for a week in May, before the bugs. LOL.
It's ironic that you made a video on cobalt, I was there last week during one of those big rainstorms. Our family cottage is in temagami. Most stores were closed down, but the little book shop was open and the lady was really nice. I got a big old map from the 60s, my uncle bought every single mineral map she had haha. With a small donation to the museum in cobalt my uncle got a piece of a silver ore vein. The lady in the book store gave my son some polished amazonite pebbles and he and I love them.
Love your videos. Very educational.
We visited for the first time and loved it so much we returned. Great video!
I visited here once while camping at a relatively nearby park. Very cool town, I liked their little museum. Bonus points for letting our dog come along when they took us for a mine tour.
Museum is great, but was closed on this visit.
2:30 in the video litte green and brown house was the smallest house in town was my great ×2 uncle Alberts house bought in 1905 miner his whole life passed 98 years old. Great place to visit for its beautiful scenery.
there is a real atmosphere in this place. It certainly takes you back to the rush.
This place is living history - so cool to hear that
Great video thank you!
The blue, I had a big piece of that, forgot it behind on a windowsill while moving.
Very interesting area and history. Would love to explore someday.
This is truly fascinating. Thanks
Fantastic video. Cobalt is now on my bucket list. Thank you so much for doing these excellent, informative, knowledge filled & great footage packed productions.
Are any of your lectures or classes available through Distant Learning, TED, or other formats? I always want to learn as much as possible and will likely start with your books.
Your videos have made it possible for me to find both wagon road in Spence, (excellent directions) & Fossmill for detecting a few coins just for fun.
I am very close to Lake Kaywamog (Round Lake) Algonquin Entrance and love seeing the local landscape for what it really is. Cheers.
Looking forward to that garnet video!!!
This video is my favorite awsome facts
what a werid story about the pore chinese people ... thats' a crazy story like unsolved mysterys ' or creppy canada' your awesome man' love how much you no about the town 's and area's your in i no i no so much around here its unreal' i love exploring i allso have lil boat to go to remote spots' quick just chuck it in and out truck and the 2 horse works' really good for a few guys prospecting' .
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My galena samples have a coating of green and blue oxidation that looks a lot like what you have at 4:35. Not sure if that's a possibility?
I wish I could explore mines like that, sadly everything’s barred off in California
I would guess the green is a nickel compound of some type. And the blue could be some type of copper compound.
I'm thinking that as well, but I'm not so familiar with the minerals of this area and so much can look similar
This is a very interesting channel but it's REALLY time for a better camera. I'm aware the video and youtube aren't your priority when going out to hunt and that's perfectly fine, but even any common second hand phone camera now with their ubiquitous optical image stabilization and full HD resolution will produce results that do so much more justice to the main subject of the channel.
I have alot of sleep problems so i feel that . im in insomnia mode rigjt now and havent gotten more than 10hours of sleep in the last 9 days. Id say i have 24 hours of sleep this month.(July-2020 ).
Very cool video as normal. For whatever reason , however it goes in ontario for minerals ,it is mimmicked in my area on a small scale. Does ontario have opal? Common or precious?
No opal that I know of
Wabi Iron and steel is just north of cobalt. They are still in operation today in the town of New Liskeard. www.wabicorp.com/
I must visit next time I'm there. Do they still make those little ore carts?
Caver461 They still make mining equipment, but mining has evolved like everything else. Now equipment is much larger.
Too bad you have already left town I could have pointed you in the direction of a few low grade diamond deposits.
I'd be interested in this. I live nearby. :)
@@aimeereilly126 the south side of most of the small round lakes south out cobalt would be a good place to start. Or for easier access any road cut along hwy 11 that looks like it's made of gravel and larger stones
it almost looks like they were looking for placer silver????
hey '' sir when you come down to thunderbay can i go hounding with you' i live in dryden' i can meet you somewere' along the road' or at mine' location .. allso i would love to buy some minerals of you' if possible i love ontario and candian rocks'
Hydraulic placer deposit mining method
Cobalt mines were hard rock mining. Hydroblasting was used for removing surface soil and glacial till to expose the bedrock and the veins.
at exactly 5:23 in this video you have captured on film something you should not have... angels don't usually show themselves like that.
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