Jason let me just say I am appreciative of the fact you aren't like dave from goldbay who literally tries to sell the underground video of him finding any gold in rocks as a NFT collectible, you're about learning and teaching and definitely always entertaining because you like to explain what's going on and how things work, Keep it up dude.
@@chubbydinosaur9148 just imagine the guy that made a few mil from a tiny digital cartoon put in his applications for Walmart lol. Whether you think it's stupid or not that guy made more out of that silly nft than Walmart would have made him.
That is some very nice ore! $16k per ton of ore is great. Hope those values hold up as you start digging and processing tons of ore at one time. Still, sounds like scale of operation will have huge impact on profitability. Can't wait to see how this evolves!
Slabbin rock, slabbin wood, you'll have no problems reinforcing your mine this season. America needs more people who know how to do things. You're the man
If your crucible’s are sticking down in the furnace, place a bit of cardboard under your crucible prior to firing to prevent it from sticking (edit: thanks to bigstackD for the awesome knowledge”
Jason, That sample was very rich but even if the average amount is half or a quarter of that, you may be the first You Tuber to show us the Gold in them thar' hills o' the Cascades! This is going to be an awesome adventure. Cheers, Rik Spector
I couldn't care less about gold and it's value, but there's something addicting to mining and panning for it. I love how you explain the geology and the chemistry behind mining and refining the material.
I can't wait for more from that mine, especially if we can do a ton in one go! It'll be cool to see how many ounces come of said ton cause it'll probably be a mixture of very high to mediocre grade. Brilliant video tho dude, the whole process is fascinating and you're an amazing host, could listen to you for days on end
I went and looked through a couple pieces of serpentine I collected from my local river with a 90X loop and was amazed to see a few little pieces of gold, some bright yellow gem, some black gem (likely obsidian or onyx) in certain little areas, and bright silvery flashes all over the rock. One little piece of gold is standing right next to a tiny little piece of what appears to be quartz in it. I guess they do run together.. really makes me wish I had my own truck and could take a few hours to go explore the mountains around where my grandparents are buried and find a big deposit of serpentine and see what I can find in it, I have found asbestos crystals on pieces up there before but never thought their might be metals in it. I still am not 100% on what that bright silver/white metal is, I'd think exposed silver would be grey by now... maybe zinc or titanium? The only things I can find to alloy bismuth with would be tin or antimony. After cutting all those slabs you'll eventually need to clean out all the muck from your saw and smelt it down.. I can promise you there's gold in there.
i really like learning about the prospecting and processing. Thank you for sharing! i just learned there is a hazard to crushed quartz. How concerned are you about silicosis?
Jason, I don't see any collapsing roof debris in that area but the room seems a little large to have no roof supports. Please don't let your excitement for that rich vein cloud your judgment. Love your discussions as you go.
I would think the rag works well but I think if you heated it up with the sulfides on it to dry it out it may work better. You could probably burn the rag in a melting dish while you are at it.
Your videos are always super interesting, thanks for the great content! I'd understand if it's sensitive information, but I would be interested in seeing more of the financial side. Did you buy that mining claim or are you leasing it from someone or the state? And how much does hauling the ore out cost vs the gold you get?
Looks like there are tellurides in there besides the gold. Handy tip for sampling Jason: Get yourself an empty milk jug (because they are square and fit against the face). Leave the top on it and cut the bottom off with a box cutter. Now you have a jug with a handle that you can hold against the face under your rock hammer to catch the sample. Easy peasy to pour it into a sample bag and you don't have to get your sweatshirt filthy using it as a drop cloth. If you need a chisel, then you'll need a helper to hold the jug unless you have three hands.
Saw you this evening with Dan Hurd and the Blue Chip ore test. So I came over to this vid. Very interesting! I sent this vid to relatives near Lynden. Loved the close ups of the cut quartz slabs.
Bismuth be your lucky day! Lol! Jason if I wasn't such a old beat up antique, I'd GLADLY😅 come over and muck that mess up for ya! Lol! Keep the materials coming! Keep that prospectors beard on, I seen Dan trying to hide this enormous crystal in his! lol! Love it all! 😂💰👍🤠
Jason have u ever tried using those electric blasting caps they use to break rock? I was wondering if they could be used in a gold vein to aide in mucking out ore,from what ive seen they are low impact meaning they dont produce a huge blast,i watched Dustin from gold rush white water use them to break rocks in the bottom of his hole that he was dredging,seems like an economical way to muck ore.
Slabs for cabbing depend on how much of a dome you want! Either 1/4 or 3/8 will work. It up to the person doing the cab. I personally like a thicker slab. The slabs you are cutting has the visible gold near the edges, so you are going to want to do very slight trimming which will make doming not likely in ny opinion. Better to leave it flat so a thinner slab would be better in this case and you can sell more slabs.
Pretty good stuff! As long as the ores come down in the mine and you don't have to haul them up its all good. :) So, are you going to process the ore all the same way? That powder maker looks a bit small if you want to do tonnages through it. How many kilos are you expecting to get this year? If I guess that ore is about a square meter you are going to get out with the eye-drift and about 8 meters long. You should get about 8x1.5x.25=3kg of gold, which is about $190k worth of gold, presuming the value found in the ore is the same and a cubic meter of ore weighs 1.5 ton. So it actually is worth it to spend all time this year to get it done while it is a big payoff. As long as you stay healthy and safe it should be worth it. Greetings, Jeff
Good stuff Jason it will be interesting to see what your oz per ton drops to when your not high grading but taking the whole vein. Love that disc crusher that thing always amazes me do they still make those??? Thanks for sharing see you on the next one 👍🏼👊🏼
Hi Jason, Fantastic results! Really looking forward to seeing the results from the muck on the ground! Should be some exciting videos coming out soon! Thumbs up! STAY SAFE!! Jim
I'm new to all this so don't trash me for silly questions. But when taking ore off the walls. Heavier, small chunks and fine traces of gold can fall to the floor. Is it common to pan that stuff off? or just leave it. Also would it be like this in all mines. fines full of flakes on the floor??
I’m excited for you! I hope you get a late winter there. I’m in the BC Cariboo, about 4 hrs north of Dan. We’ve had it we’re we can work to Halloween and we’ve also had snow 2nd week of September. Makes it hard to plan. If you’re comfortable sharing, is this a different section of that mine with the sketchy collapsing pillars that you were sampling from in an earlier video?
I'm super excited to take this journey with you on this. I've Watched Jeff Williams for years and still in his mine. I've watch you for years mainly for smelting purposes but I enjoy all you post🤙🏻. I wish you would experiment with Acids. I taught myself with melting silver and For gold with AquaRigia. Both are Very easy to make and much cheaper and fun than smelting. Your end result with smelting after acid is pure powder. Smelting is so very easy. Anyway. Good luck and happy hunting.
Cool stuff Jason thanks for sharing 1/4" is perfect for cabachons. Maybe just a little lead to soften up the bismuth? Keep the copper. I think you're headed in the right direction with the bismuth mix.
Wow, Jason! That's an incredible amount of gold in that ore. To be able to mine ore like that is so worthwhile! I can't hardly wait to see your next videos to show your hard work paying off! Go get'em! Blessings from Alabama ❤️
I cut stones. For cabs a 6mm slab thickness is Ideal. For doublets 2-4mm is suitable. I buy Ocean Picture Stone from Dan and slab 3-4mm and make doublets with lab grown quartz crystal caps. They are very popular.
Nice to watch, keep up....🤠🇩🇰🇬🇭 Rgds Danish Viking living in GHANA 🍻 I've been following you for some time, and as always it's education and nice content....!!
Instead of pouring all the water in the cloth with the sulphides I would of got rid of the dirty water and just used the spray bottle to get the material out the pan. That way it might not get as wet and stick to the cloth as much.🤔❤️💛💚
I look forward to the day you decide to clean out your rock saw and pan the dust! All these rocks you have been cutting have gold so I hope you make a vid of that please 🥺😂😊
Gee thats about a rich as it gets! Is that a mesothemal vein? Any wall rock alteration with gold in the sulfides? Looking forward to seeing you mine it!
Hey Jason. Crazy idea. Take it or leave it. One episode I saw you used a helicopter to transfer your rocks to a location from the mine. The other day I watched a video where this guy bought a affordable drone that could carry his body weight with ease. Approximately ( 230 lbs ) why not look into getting one for transporting your rocks? It would make your job way easier, and save costs in the long run. Sometimes I'm sweating just watching you. Lol lol. Your video's never disappoint. Keep up the good work. 👍😎🇨🇦
Question; if there is that much gold still left to be found in that mine, why was it originally abandoned. Sorry if you had already answered this question in an earlier video, but I just caught wind of your channel at this point in the series and it peaked my curiosity and interest. I'm still undecided whether I will subscribe and follow along on your journey.
Hey Jayson, I've thought about your problem about the buyoy/ bottle neck section. I have figured out a very fast way for you to get through that section. Let me know if you are interested in my theory.
Jason let me just say I am appreciative of the fact you aren't like dave from goldbay who literally tries to sell the underground video of him finding any gold in rocks as a NFT collectible, you're about learning and teaching and definitely always entertaining because you like to explain what's going on and how things work, Keep it up dude.
You
ha ha, seriously?
NFT is still going? This new generation of men would do anything but write applications.
@@chubbydinosaur9148 just imagine the guy that made a few mil from a tiny digital cartoon put in his applications for Walmart lol. Whether you think it's stupid or not that guy made more out of that silly nft than Walmart would have made him.
That is some very nice ore! $16k per ton of ore is great. Hope those values hold up as you start digging and processing tons of ore at one time. Still, sounds like scale of operation will have huge impact on profitability.
Can't wait to see how this evolves!
Slabbin rock, slabbin wood, you'll have no problems reinforcing your mine this season. America needs more people who know how to do things. You're the man
If your crucible’s are sticking down in the furnace, place a bit of cardboard under your crucible prior to firing to prevent it from sticking (edit: thanks to bigstackD for the awesome knowledge”
just seen that from bigStack
@@kakaerikoI was going to say someone has been watching BigStackD
Hahaha me too. Seems where all traveling thru youtube and meet again on some random Videos✌️
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bigstackd is great
I always liked how you really show its all trial and error and learning how to do this. You da best Jason
Been watching you for over a year. Great stuff. And, I've learned a lot! Big thanks!!
Jason,
That sample was very rich but even if the average amount is half or a quarter of that,
you may be the first You Tuber to show us the Gold in them thar' hills o' the Cascades!
This is going to be an awesome adventure.
Cheers,
Rik Spector
I look forward to your mining season. Be safe!
Pouring the stuff into a rag isn't a bad method, but for as often as you're doing this you should really get yourself a Buchner funnel or two.
I couldn't care less about gold and it's value, but there's something addicting to mining and panning for it. I love how you explain the geology and the chemistry behind mining and refining the material.
the patterns on the cooling materials is always mesmerizing.
I can't wait for more from that mine, especially if we can do a ton in one go! It'll be cool to see how many ounces come of said ton cause it'll probably be a mixture of very high to mediocre grade. Brilliant video tho dude, the whole process is fascinating and you're an amazing host, could listen to you for days on end
1/4" is plenty unless your making a cab over 2" and putting a high dome.
I went and looked through a couple pieces of serpentine I collected from my local river with a 90X loop and was amazed to see a few little pieces of gold, some bright yellow gem, some black gem (likely obsidian or onyx) in certain little areas, and bright silvery flashes all over the rock. One little piece of gold is standing right next to a tiny little piece of what appears to be quartz in it. I guess they do run together.. really makes me wish I had my own truck and could take a few hours to go explore the mountains around where my grandparents are buried and find a big deposit of serpentine and see what I can find in it, I have found asbestos crystals on pieces up there before but never thought their might be metals in it. I still am not 100% on what that bright silver/white metal is, I'd think exposed silver would be grey by now... maybe zinc or titanium?
The only things I can find to alloy bismuth with would be tin or antimony. After cutting all those slabs you'll eventually need to clean out all the muck from your saw and smelt it down.. I can promise you there's gold in there.
i really like learning about the prospecting and processing. Thank you for sharing! i just learned there is a hazard to crushed quartz. How concerned are you about silicosis?
I love your combination of real science and mining common sense. Keep it up Jason.
I am curious as to how well an old coffee maker basket with coffee filters would work instead of a shop rag. I know. they burn well.
Buchner funnel
Pretty cool watching your videos because i wouldnt be able to go down there i get to see how the process works which i would otherwise never see thnx
Jason, I don't see any collapsing roof debris in that area but the room seems a little large to have no roof supports. Please don't let your excitement for that rich vein cloud your judgment. Love your discussions as you go.
I would think the rag works well but I think if you heated it up with the sulfides on it to dry it out it may work better. You could probably burn the rag in a melting dish while you are at it.
I enjoy the way you are teaching us to do the same . Much love to you for the share. Can't wait for this season.
Dan Hurd is stalking his claims. Watch out for surprise clowning
I want a countertop made out of that gold ore quartz!! 🤔
Woo hoo! Nice. Look forward to seeing all your machines in action getting the good stuff out!
Can't wait to see the blasting in the mine 😊
Your videos are always super interesting, thanks for the great content!
I'd understand if it's sensitive information, but I would be interested in seeing more of the financial side. Did you buy that mining claim or are you leasing it from someone or the state? And how much does hauling the ore out cost vs the gold you get?
Looks like there are tellurides in there besides the gold.
Handy tip for sampling Jason: Get yourself an empty milk jug (because they are square and fit against the face). Leave the top on it and cut the bottom off with a box cutter. Now you have a jug with a handle that you can hold against the face under your rock hammer to catch the sample. Easy peasy to pour it into a sample bag and you don't have to get your sweatshirt filthy using it as a drop cloth. If you need a chisel, then you'll need a helper to hold the jug unless you have three hands.
17:40 always my favorite part, molten ore cooling in the mold.
Love it Jase! Can't wait to see you start mining it 💪
Hell ya Jason! I'm eagerly waiting for these upcoming videos.
I can't wait to get back mining. Pretty soon I'll be working my mines.
Goood stuff Jason ,))
اشكرك لقد عرفتنا على خام الذهب شكرا
Looking forward to a great season for you Jason, .... Much Gold and many blessing on the year ahead. ⛏⚒⛏
Saw you this evening with Dan Hurd and the Blue Chip ore test. So I came over to this vid. Very interesting! I sent this vid to relatives near Lynden. Loved the close ups of the cut quartz slabs.
Bismuth be your lucky day! Lol! Jason if I wasn't such a old beat up antique, I'd GLADLY😅 come over and muck that mess up for ya! Lol! Keep the materials coming! Keep that prospectors beard on, I seen Dan trying to hide this enormous crystal in his! lol! Love it all! 😂💰👍🤠
Gold! I love Washington! Stay blessed bro! Maybe ill see you out in the fields one day!
Jason have u ever tried using those electric blasting caps they use to break rock? I was wondering if they could be used in a gold vein to aide in mucking out ore,from what ive seen they are low impact meaning they dont produce a huge blast,i watched Dustin from gold rush white water use them to break rocks in the bottom of his hole that he was dredging,seems like an economical way to muck ore.
Thanks for sharing. More gold please. I appreciate it.
Hi Jason. Fantastic vid. Use silver as collector! The pros in Mauritania swore that the Ag works best :)
I love that little thing you attach to your camera phone. That's awesome
Slabs for cabbing depend on how much of a dome you want! Either 1/4 or 3/8 will work. It up to the person doing the cab. I personally like a thicker slab. The slabs you are cutting has the visible gold near the edges, so you are going to want to do very slight trimming which will make doming not likely in ny opinion. Better to leave it flat so a thinner slab would be better in this case and you can sell more slabs.
I would be curious if there are platinum group metals in that vein also.
Can't wait to see more of the mining videos
Pretty good stuff!
As long as the ores come down in the mine and you don't have to haul them up its all good. :)
So, are you going to process the ore all the same way? That powder maker looks a bit small if you want to do tonnages through it.
How many kilos are you expecting to get this year? If I guess that ore is about a square meter you are going to get out with the eye-drift and about 8 meters long. You should get about 8x1.5x.25=3kg of gold, which is about $190k worth of gold, presuming the value found in the ore is the same and a cubic meter of ore weighs 1.5 ton. So it actually is worth it to spend all time this year to get it done while it is a big payoff. As long as you stay healthy and safe it should be worth it.
Greetings,
Jeff
Thanks!
Thanks so much!
That is amazing! Good for you. Love your videos.
Good stuff Jason it will be interesting to see what your oz per ton drops to when your not high grading but taking the whole vein. Love that disc crusher that thing always amazes me do they still make those??? Thanks for sharing see you on the next one 👍🏼👊🏼
Hi Jason, Fantastic results! Really looking forward to seeing the results from the muck on the ground! Should be some exciting videos coming out soon! Thumbs up! STAY SAFE!! Jim
Wow thats going to be a money making mine. Congratulations Jason
Jason, you were kind of cherry-picking that ore, lol, still, beautiful!
Excellent videos Jason, You have a very interesting channel here and I always look forward to your content
I'm new to all this so don't trash me for silly questions. But when taking ore off the walls. Heavier, small chunks and fine traces of gold can fall to the floor. Is it common to pan that stuff off? or just leave it. Also would it be like this in all mines. fines full of flakes on the floor??
Great job guys 👍 👍
I’m excited for you! I hope you get a late winter there. I’m in the BC Cariboo, about 4 hrs north of Dan. We’ve had it we’re we can work to Halloween and we’ve also had snow 2nd week of September. Makes it hard to plan. If you’re comfortable sharing, is this a different section of that mine with the sketchy collapsing pillars that you were sampling from in an earlier video?
I'm super excited to take this journey with you on this. I've Watched Jeff Williams for years and still in his mine.
I've watch you for years mainly for smelting purposes but I enjoy all you post🤙🏻. I wish you would experiment with Acids. I taught myself with melting silver and For gold with AquaRigia. Both are Very easy to make and much cheaper and fun than smelting. Your end result with smelting after acid is pure powder. Smelting is so very easy.
Anyway. Good luck and happy hunting.
Congratulations on the new hammer! UPGRADE🎉
Man I love your videos keep it up enjoy every video man good luck on the mining.
Cool stuff Jason thanks for sharing 1/4" is perfect for cabachons. Maybe just a little lead to soften up the bismuth? Keep the copper. I think you're headed in the right direction with the bismuth mix.
Super exciting 🎉👏👏👏
That texture on the gold bead indicates high purity, if I'm not mistaken. What you are seeing is gold in a crystalline form.
Awesome can't wait to see what you can get done once the snow melts!!
Wow, Jason! That's an incredible amount of gold in that ore. To be able to mine ore like that is so worthwhile! I can't hardly wait to see your next videos to show your hard work paying off! Go get'em! Blessings from Alabama ❤️
Really stoked here...wish you all the best.
Most interesting and informative. Thanks Jason!
Looks like you’re going to have a great season!
Lead work very well instead of bismuth I always use lead if I am cupelling usually around 10gram of lead for every gram of gold alloy
Hello from the🇷🇺 Russia,, and big gold and big happy day💪💪💪
Man I believe your going to do really good in your mine
That's going to be an awesome mine can't wait to see more of it thank you for sharing this six stars brother
Wow good mine, waiting for good gold bars to be made from your mine.
I cut stones. For cabs a 6mm slab thickness is Ideal. For doublets 2-4mm is suitable. I buy Ocean Picture Stone from Dan and slab 3-4mm and make doublets with lab grown quartz crystal caps. They are very popular.
Looking forward too seeing some big gold.
21:07 Are you sucking up all those crumbs from the slabbing operation?
Nice to watch, keep up....🤠🇩🇰🇬🇭 Rgds Danish Viking living in GHANA 🍻
I've been following you for some time, and as always it's education and nice content....!!
I want to apprentice under you Jason!
Instead of pouring all the water in the cloth with the sulphides I would of got rid of the dirty water and just used the spray bottle to get the material out the pan. That way it might not get as wet and stick to the cloth as much.🤔❤️💛💚
props for not using any toxic metals! i've never seen it done with bismuth before, pretty sweet
Jason hard work. Like. It seemts on ground also to much more ore gold
I look forward to the day you decide to clean out your rock saw and pan the dust! All these rocks you have been cutting have gold so I hope you make a vid of that please 🥺😂😊
Look forward to the mining videos
Mined in the homestake mine in South Dakota in the sixths and sevevtys. Thank you.
Gee thats about a rich as it gets! Is that a mesothemal vein? Any wall rock alteration with gold in the sulfides? Looking forward to seeing you mine it!
man im super excited for the videos of the mining season coming up!
I'm excited to see what you get! That vein material is saturated!
Love your content!
I trick I use for end pieces or small pieces is using JB Weld to attach it to a wood block. You can then use the block in the saw vice.
Hey Jason. Crazy idea. Take it or leave it. One episode I saw you used a helicopter to transfer your rocks to a location from the mine. The other day I watched a video where this guy bought a affordable drone that could carry his body weight with ease. Approximately ( 230 lbs ) why not look into getting one for transporting your rocks? It would make your job way easier, and save costs in the long run. Sometimes I'm sweating just watching you. Lol lol. Your video's never disappoint. Keep up the good work. 👍😎🇨🇦
What was the name of the video?
Can you include the safety measures you’re taking? PPE, hearing protection, etc.
Fun videos, Jason, thanks.
Thanks from Australia
Question; if there is that much gold still left to be found in that mine, why was it originally abandoned. Sorry if you had already answered this question in an earlier video, but I just caught wind of your channel at this point in the series and it peaked my curiosity and interest. I'm still undecided whether I will subscribe and follow along on your journey.
Hey Jayson, I've thought about your problem about the buyoy/ bottle neck section. I have figured out a very fast way for you to get through that section. Let me know if you are interested in my theory.
Awesome video Jason. I found it very interesting. Good job 👏
I'm so excited. Great stuff!
Brother, I watched you on Dan Herd's vids. I have subscribed. Really enjoyed this one. Plan on watching from here on out.
Good Luck JasoN!!
I live in central Oregon and we just got some snow in them thar hills…Good Luck Jason
Waiting to see how your gold mine tonnage turns out !!!
شكرا جزيلا لك
awesome good luck!