The Incredible Story of Walhalla's Long Tunnel Gold Mines

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  • @ronjohnson1658
    @ronjohnson1658 9 місяців тому +7

    Excellent documentary , very well made. It is well worth the visit underground, which I made with my wife on 9th September 2023.

  • @craigedwards6016
    @craigedwards6016 4 місяці тому +4

    Outstanding young lady, hands down one of the most informative gold mining presentations iv seen on any platform..

  • @knowname7289
    @knowname7289 Рік тому +8

    Brilliant work , I work in audio , the amount of time invested into this Vid alone would be astronomical well done!

    • @goldfieldsguide
      @goldfieldsguide  Рік тому

      Thank you! It was a lot of work, and a lot of fun. Cheers :)

  • @Askjeffwilliams
    @Askjeffwilliams Рік тому +6

    This documentary on the Long Tunnel Extended is a fantastic piece of work , we really enjoyed your presentation on this historical mine and mill . You really have out done yourself on this one and we hope you make more like this in the future. We will definitely share your work and look forward to more videos like this . Keep them coming and thanks for all your hard work on keeping the past alive.

    • @goldfieldsguide
      @goldfieldsguide  Рік тому

      Thanks Jeff, I really appreciate that! Many more to come 🙂 I have enjoyed your videos for many years, I love your work 🙂⚒ Cheers

  • @thelarkmill2416
    @thelarkmill2416 Рік тому +5

    Wow! You have such great talent. This was a phenomenal video. The fact that you pulled this together yourself shows your passion for your subject and an authentic pursuit to share that with the world. I'm absolutely speechless. By far your best video. I can't wait to see what your next documentary covers. And the fact that you're not afraid to be transparent about less comfortable content shows truth and integrity. AMAZING!

  • @GeoffAnderson-jq6tg
    @GeoffAnderson-jq6tg Рік тому +4

    Excellent description and history of the LTEM Michelle, Geoff Anderson LTEM Mine Manager 2011-2021]

    • @goldfieldsguide
      @goldfieldsguide  Рік тому

      Thanks for everything Geoff, glad you enjoyed the video 🙂 cheers ⚒

  • @jenesisjones6706
    @jenesisjones6706 6 місяців тому +10

    In 1960 my father worked on the road up to Walhalla...he was the powder monkey. Because there were 5 of us kids, the school was able to be opened. My father wrote a school song ( I still remember it- mostly...I am 68). The saw mill was still there, and it had a bathroom- of sorts. The boiler was always lit, so we all went once a week to have a great overflowing hot bath and wash our hair. My father would open the fire door, and us girls would dry our hair. It was a very hard life for our mother...wood stove, irons that went on the stove ( Everything was ironed in those days) On non-hair washing days, we had to haul the water from the copper in the outside laundry into the bath room. We lived in Windsor house...I can remember sitting on the windowsill of the 2nd story ( sure couldn't do that these days lol). Of all the places I've lived, Walhalla has always been my favourite, though seeing how modern it is now, I doubt I would ever go see it- I'll keep my memories of how it was.
    Thank you for this story.

    • @goldfieldsguide
      @goldfieldsguide  6 місяців тому +2

      Very interesting, thanks for sharing! 🙂

  • @coreywoolcock7901
    @coreywoolcock7901 6 місяців тому +5

    One of the best local videos I have watched on UA-cam.
    Walhalla is an amazing town to spend a spring day and soak in the history and amazing engineering achievements in Victoria
    Thank you

    • @goldfieldsguide
      @goldfieldsguide  6 місяців тому

      An absolutely fascinating place 🙂🌿⚒ glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers

  • @WinstonAC
    @WinstonAC 17 днів тому +1

    Great video. Much appreciated.

  • @vsvnrg3263
    @vsvnrg3263 6 місяців тому +7

    this really is a well made video. i thoroughly enjoyed all of it.

  • @Promethazine_Angel
    @Promethazine_Angel Рік тому +4

    wowie this was amazingly presented!!!

  • @michaeloneill5961
    @michaeloneill5961 Рік тому +4

    Your best work yet well done that was fantastic😊😊❤

  • @juzzyboy429
    @juzzyboy429 Рік тому +3

    I heard from the tour guide at the mine that you were making a video and was recommended to look out for it! Incredible research into such fascinating history, I'm glad I've found your channel. Keep up the great content!!

    • @goldfieldsguide
      @goldfieldsguide  Рік тому +1

      That’s awesome to hear 🙂 thanks for checking it out! Cheers 🙂⚒

  • @derekbrydon2164
    @derekbrydon2164 Рік тому +2

    Walhalla's is amazing town full of history and you produced an excellent video on this amazing town and that's a lot of gold being stamped back in the day.

  • @FredPilcher
    @FredPilcher 6 місяців тому +4

    The mine was closed when I was there, so this is great. :-) Thanks! Lovely Aussie English narration! The narrator needs to be hired by all Aussie content producers!

  • @michaelkip3787
    @michaelkip3787 6 місяців тому +5

    This video and commentary is absolutely tremendous. The narrator is better than good . Very well done and more power to you.
    Great Job
    Michael

  • @Dave_Sisson
    @Dave_Sisson Рік тому +5

    Absolutely brilliant and fascinating. This is a real masterwork on the subject.

  • @Woody2Shoe
    @Woody2Shoe Рік тому +3

    Amazing job with this documentary!!

  • @DazGeary
    @DazGeary Рік тому +3

    Thank you Michelle. This is an epic piece of production. Amazing videography and narration.🤟 Keep them coming. kind regards Daz

  • @jakeyb6245
    @jakeyb6245 Рік тому +3

    What an absolute ripper video Michelle absolute credit to you. Watched twice now 😂 keep them coming

    • @goldfieldsguide
      @goldfieldsguide  Рік тому

      Thanks Jake, glad you enjoyed the video! 🙂 Many more videos to come ⚒

  • @johnnuske2878
    @johnnuske2878 Рік тому +4

    Splendid presentation. Love your work recording these details.

  • @dannywade1783
    @dannywade1783 Рік тому +4

    Fantastic video very informative and interesting week done

  • @GRead918
    @GRead918 4 місяці тому +2

    Over 8km of tunnels! My brain cannot comprehend that being achieved over 100 years ago. Absolutely amazing!! Thankyou so much for the video!

  • @grahamfrench9874
    @grahamfrench9874 Рік тому +3

    Excellent video. Quality of research and the voice over were both top notch.

  • @KHANAGE1311
    @KHANAGE1311 3 місяці тому +2

    Brilliantly made video about a fascinating period in Australia's history.
    Bravo!
    🏆

  • @michaelwilson8243
    @michaelwilson8243 Рік тому +3

    Omg, Michelle, you`ve excelled yourself with this episode, so much research has gone into this, it`s much appreciated by your viewers. I sorta knew that mine/s complex was large... but bloody hell.. it was larger than I thought, and the complexity of it.. WOW! Defs got to head back up there to do the train and mine tour, thanks again for the info, well done.

    • @goldfieldsguide
      @goldfieldsguide  Рік тому +1

      Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed the video 🙂 enjoy your return trip to walhalla! 🙂🌿📸⚒

  • @andrewcollins7490
    @andrewcollins7490 Рік тому +7

    What an amazing video, really enjoyed it, actually probably one of the best I've ever seen, well done 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @peterhelm6003
    @peterhelm6003 Рік тому +3

    An informative, well composed and nicely narrated video. Thanks.

  • @glennp9904
    @glennp9904 Рік тому +7

    What a fantastic story and detail. I have been to Walhalla and the mine tour but this information is incredible.
    Many thanks for doing this.

  • @chrismiddleton9088
    @chrismiddleton9088 6 місяців тому +4

    What a wonderful informative presentation.

  • @Brendan74WellAUS
    @Brendan74WellAUS Рік тому +4

    Excellent video
    There’s not much on UA-cam
    About the history of walhalla
    This town holds a lot of stories

  • @CM-qp9vi
    @CM-qp9vi Рік тому +2

    Beautifully done!
    Fascinating insight into the workings & history of Walhalla.
    Thank you for putting it all together, enjoyed every minute :)

  • @Earshoes777
    @Earshoes777 Рік тому +1

    Incredible, Well done!

  • @jeffbrooks8024
    @jeffbrooks8024 11 місяців тому +6

    The possibilities are highlighted at Fosterville and Navarre’s Stawell exploration and Geovic’s work to demonstrate the Victorian goldfields are much larger than previously thought. Estimates say that perhaps only forty percent of Victoria’s gold has been recovered. In addition to that is the possibilities of other valuable minerals that were previously considered unwanted by products. One of note is Navarre’s possible Andean style copper deposit which if brought to production could rival the largest copper mines in South America. The story of Victorian mining could be far from over. Lastly, congratulations on a very well produced video

    • @vsvnrg3263
      @vsvnrg3263 6 місяців тому

      40%? its a bit hard to calculate that sort of thing. i figure its going to be a lot less than that. but how do you get to it? remove a mountain? where do you put the dirt? i'll be doing some research on navarre's possible andean style copper mine that you mention.

  • @Detectaddict
    @Detectaddict Рік тому +1

    Love Walhalla definitely worth a visit but allow a weekend at least lol , stunning place and chock block of history , awesome video thanks for your hard work

    • @goldfieldsguide
      @goldfieldsguide  Рік тому

      Thanks, yes definitely a great place to spend a weekend 🤩🌿⚒📸

  • @reverseuniverse2559
    @reverseuniverse2559 Рік тому +3

    This is great recognition to and amazing part of history and old camping ground of mine back in the 80s and 90s the rivers are crystal clear with ancient rivers stones and frogs fish and surrounded by the fresh smell of eucalyptus and mountain ash soil and the sounds of nature is just amazing and the Cemetery holds a lot of history being on a hill-slope it’s a good visit.
    Thanks for sharing such an awesome detailed coverage 👍

  • @splintergg
    @splintergg Рік тому +2

    Thank you for producing such a great and informative video about Walhalla👍👍👍

  • @olspanner
    @olspanner 6 місяців тому +2

    Great video about Walhalla's mining history. Thanks for sharing.

  • @henvan8737
    @henvan8737 6 місяців тому +3

    We visited Walhalla recently, its an interesting town and the mine tour is very informative.

  • @yisitaadventure3266
    @yisitaadventure3266 Рік тому +3

    Great video very well researched and great footage keep up the great work

  • @ben7020
    @ben7020 5 місяців тому +2

    Thankyou for making this video :)

  • @davidholder3207
    @davidholder3207 6 місяців тому +3

    Very interesting with an excellent commentry..

  • @shanedoyle3444
    @shanedoyle3444 Рік тому +1

    Best video out now !!! A must watch video for all , thanks for the journey into Victoria's mining past . Cheers

  • @scottwarren2981
    @scottwarren2981 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for a great informative video. I have been on that tour, I encourage anyone interested in this remarkable piece of Australia's mining history to visit Walhalla.

  • @ohasis8331
    @ohasis8331 5 місяців тому +2

    Excellent history and commentary. The Walhalla Gold Company was active in the 1980's and continued on for some time before striking it, I can't remember when. I recall their modern shares hit about $2.80 thereabouts after rising and falling between 8 and 12 cents or years. How the hell people worked in that country I'll never know. Thankyou for the video and your time.

  • @robertfraser9551
    @robertfraser9551 Рік тому +3

    One of the very best videos you have done. Wish i had seen this before visiting walhalla ! Would have been even more interesting !

  • @qldabandonedmines
    @qldabandonedmines Рік тому +2

    Incredible work producing this! Loved the history on the big incline and how it came to be.

  • @martytearesales7567
    @martytearesales7567 Рік тому +3

    Absolutely awesome vid, with heaps of info, thanks.

  • @T.J-and-Soul
    @T.J-and-Soul 6 місяців тому +6

    My Great Great Grandfather was Richard Noble. He managed the long tunnel extended.

    • @goldfieldsguide
      @goldfieldsguide  6 місяців тому +2

      Ah cool, I was up there the other week and I’m pretty sure i recall his photo being up on display along with the other mine managers. What an interesting family history 🙂⚒

  • @dmystify1381
    @dmystify1381 Рік тому +3

    well you have me hooked,& i think the music you are using is on point.🍻

  • @wasslic
    @wasslic 6 місяців тому +3

    Excellent video in all aspects. Thanks

  • @rogerbrown1750
    @rogerbrown1750 5 місяців тому +2

    Spent a few weeks camping there in the early 60's,crawled around the long tunnel mine,no guided tours no tourism,no restrictions,camped at the old railway yards,just a bare plot of land then.

  • @demolitiondavedrillandblast
    @demolitiondavedrillandblast 6 місяців тому +4

    Hey! That was a really good video, thanks.

  • @barry7608
    @barry7608 6 місяців тому +2

    Thanks getting a bit old now 73, to go exploring, but I have had the gold bug most of my life. Ive been to many historic sites throughout Australia, always fascinating just love the history and innovation. You have made this a great sit at home experience but you can't beat the real thing. Take care.

  • @pjgold8018
    @pjgold8018 Рік тому +6

    What film maker you are - Beautiful work >> Perfect 👍

  • @norsehall309
    @norsehall309 Рік тому +3

    G'day, thanks so much for the long look at a wonderful part of Australia Gold mining industry and history, your efforts need too be rewarded by more views from others, cheers mate, Neil 🤠.

  • @davidwilson9988
    @davidwilson9988 Рік тому +1

    Brilliant video, thanks so much 👏👏

  • @michaelpage7691
    @michaelpage7691 Рік тому +1

    Went there in about 1965 with my cub group. We walked through the tunnel with a guide. Beautiful town and history. 👏😁🇦🇺

  • @daarkvaala2596
    @daarkvaala2596 6 місяців тому +2

    Awesome Video! I love the history of Walhalla, it was a a tough time taking carriage from Western Port. Would love to see a video on the Horse Shoe bend , that too for it's time as an amazing feet of engineering.

  • @mezame1626
    @mezame1626 11 місяців тому +5

    Thats amazing good job thankyou

  • @YodelWayneBannister
    @YodelWayneBannister Рік тому +4

    It’s just awesome what the old timers did. Blood sweat and tears.

  • @LouKodge
    @LouKodge Рік тому +1

    Absolutely well produced video, visuals, content, presentation/ Looking forward to more videos.

  • @My-Amazing-Life
    @My-Amazing-Life 3 місяці тому +1

    Enjoyed this. Thanks for the video.

  • @justdigitprospecting.3952
    @justdigitprospecting.3952 Рік тому +4

    wow what a good story thank you

  • @jonpark6241
    @jonpark6241 Рік тому +2

    Amazing presentation

  • @twobrothersprospectingaus
    @twobrothersprospectingaus Рік тому +1

    Absolutely awesome video Michelle,
    We used to camp and 4wd there long before we got into Gold Prospecting, its such an amazing Town.
    Thanks for another great video. 😀👊🤟

    • @goldfieldsguide
      @goldfieldsguide  Рік тому

      Thank you, much appreciated 🙂 ah awesome, it’s a very unique and beautiful place

  • @rogerbrown1750
    @rogerbrown1750 Рік тому +18

    I used to spend many hours in the Long Tunnel Mine back in the early 70's,was a Ghost Town then,no restrictions on the mines,no Tourist Venues,no Railway in use then,and about five People living there then,top place to get away from it all then,too crowded now for my liking.

    • @Straya501
      @Straya501 8 місяців тому

      How far could you get down in it , what about the other main mines entrys

    • @gadgetphilosophy8290
      @gadgetphilosophy8290 6 місяців тому

      How awesome that you could do that.

  • @erroneouscode
    @erroneouscode 6 місяців тому +1

    Well done. Walhalla is one of my favourite places.

  • @kayneF1251
    @kayneF1251 Рік тому +1

    Excellent you nailed it 👍

  • @lostjackets4006
    @lostjackets4006 11 місяців тому +4

    Brilliant! Thank you

  • @johnhunter1262
    @johnhunter1262 Рік тому +1

    What a great video. I will be in Gippsland next month so I will see if I can squeeze in a visit there. Thanks for such an informative video. Cheers John

  • @co1urzz
    @co1urzz Рік тому +1

    36:23 absolutely brilliant, amazing what human innovation can lead to, who knew you could mine for gold like this, wow!

  • @markfryer9880
    @markfryer9880 Рік тому +2

    Hi Michelle, you have really excelled yourself with this video! Like I said the other day in your trailer for this video, I visited Walhalla back in late 1975 or '76 as a primary school aged kid with my family. My father was a Civil Engineer with the SECV back when we had a State Electricity Commission! 😢 So I suspect that he had an interest in underground engineering and possibly digging for something other than brown coal. 😂 Dad is still going at 88 so I might ask him and my brother and sister what they remember of the trip to Walhalla?
    I described to you that it was in a steep valley and footage from your drone certainly proves that. It must have been a very cold place in winter with little opportunity to catch any Sun.
    As I said, great video and I think that Tourism Victoria needs to sponsor you in some way because these videos are of professional quality all over.
    Mark from Melbourne Australia

    • @goldfieldsguide
      @goldfieldsguide  Рік тому

      Thank you Mark, you’re very kind 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed the video 🙂 Walhalla is such an amazing place to visit, you’ll have to head back up there for another look some time, and be sure to take the tour through the Long Tunnel Extended Gold Mine 🙂⚒👌

  • @aberfeldy1944
    @aberfeldy1944 Рік тому +2

    excellent research, it was good that you acknowedged the Long Tunnel Co - by far the largest producer of gold in Walhalla, but very few traces of it can be seen now. In the 1980s attempt to reopen the mines, an attempt was made to reestablish the Long Tunnel Mine adit but the ground was too unstable, so they gave up. But the reopening of the Incline Shaft was a fantastic mining engineering achievement. It's a shame it's all filled in now.

    • @goldfieldsguide
      @goldfieldsguide  Рік тому +1

      Thanks Robert, much appreciated 🙂 the work done there in the 80s is such a fascinating chapter in the history of the mines - and what an incredible accomplishment! I’d love to make a video about that down the track 📸⚒

  • @patduggan74
    @patduggan74 Рік тому +4

    Really enjoyed watching this . Had a mild panic attack when jack used his bare hands to wash the Mercury onto the copper. Pretty common in Australia back in the day with any chemicals. I remember watching farmers mix fungicides with bare hands most of them died to cancers.

  • @theGoldWolf
    @theGoldWolf Рік тому +1

    Thanks for some amazing facts. Also a handy reminder to use a mask when breaking up quartz,

  • @pkgoldopalhunting
    @pkgoldopalhunting Рік тому +1

    great info as always great job explaning the history of gold mining love it keep it up girl

  • @maclova7933
    @maclova7933 Рік тому

    Great job, very informative and love the footage!

  • @bcbradley
    @bcbradley Рік тому +1

    Very good video. Glad I stopped by eh 😄

  • @byronleatham1183
    @byronleatham1183 6 місяців тому +2

    I thoroughly enjoyed this show and I learned a lot are Australia they're called and the Machinery that was used most excellent job

  • @gadgetphilosophy8290
    @gadgetphilosophy8290 6 місяців тому

    Great video. Thank you so much. Ive always been curious about Valhalla

  • @rogerbrown1750
    @rogerbrown1750 6 місяців тому +3

    Back in the late 60's I spent two weeks exploring the long tunnel and others there before they closed them down,went down an air shaft and found another tunnel deeper,and a long slanted air intake that came out on the other side of the hill,about ten people resided in Walhalla those days,sadly tourism took over,and locked all the mines up.

  • @nataliemay415
    @nataliemay415 6 місяців тому +1

    The video will never do justice to how loud they truly are. I knew the people who lived next door to the one in Maldon, and the noise they make is unbelievable.

  • @K1110.
    @K1110. Рік тому +2

    Excellent AAA+

  • @blackcreekorganicfarm296
    @blackcreekorganicfarm296 6 місяців тому +1

    Great video

  • @ronjohnson1658
    @ronjohnson1658 9 місяців тому +1

    At 27:47 a miner winks at the camera with his right eye - well done son!!

  • @keesrasyid8090
    @keesrasyid8090 7 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for this video, I don't have to go there anymore.

    • @goldfieldsguide
      @goldfieldsguide  7 місяців тому +3

      Thanks! But you should definitely still go there, it’s an unmissable place 😍⚒🌿

  • @kelvynbettridge
    @kelvynbettridge Рік тому +1

    Fascinating

  • @tripleexpansions
    @tripleexpansions 6 місяців тому +3

    well done.

  • @tedburycombo2178
    @tedburycombo2178 6 місяців тому +2

    I went there in the early eighties on a school camp for a week...we went on our own ghost walk at night looking for the cursed grave up in the old cemetary up the hill...
    We went to the pub at night acommpanied by teachers wher we met on old local man named Basil who told us ghost stories thats how we found out about the cursed grave...we found it during a day trip...
    What fun days as a young teenager 13-14...

    • @chrisbrent7487
      @chrisbrent7487 6 місяців тому +1

      We went to Sovereign Hill for a week. Had to wear 1950's clothes and go to school in the old school there. That would have been '88 I think.

  • @mrkus-nc7od
    @mrkus-nc7od 7 місяців тому +4

    😮 sunk into the Dark at 4 meters per second 😜 crazy 😧🤣

  • @jmzgang
    @jmzgang Рік тому

    Wow well done!!

  • @Bazz24697
    @Bazz24697 6 місяців тому +4

    Thanks for the documentary on Walhalla we used to camp at Walhalla back in the 70s and go down to the Thompson's river to Swim and one particular day we where at the Thompson River riding down the Rapids on car tyre tubes we all had Micah all over our legs and arms at first we thought GOLD 😅 lol but no Micah 👍

  • @styleeyo2446
    @styleeyo2446 Рік тому

    Very nice video!

  • @reverseuniverse2559
    @reverseuniverse2559 Рік тому +1

    @ 06:55 The looks in his eyes has 100% faith in the striker

  • @IanBrodie-bg1lu
    @IanBrodie-bg1lu Рік тому +5

    Myself and a mate,climbed up that flue,back in the sixties,no restrictions then,yippee,trouble was when we got up to the top,there was no way down,too steep,the trip back down was worse than going up,kept slipping,had to take it very slowly.

    • @goldfieldsguide
      @goldfieldsguide  Рік тому

      Sounds like a good adventure 😃 would have been very interesting to check it all out back then

    • @IanBrodie-bg1lu
      @IanBrodie-bg1lu Рік тому

      it was,did you know that the old miners bored a tunnel to divert the Thomson,further down on the river from the railway bridge,about 2k's I guess,incidentally we also walked across the railway bridge,back in the 60's,now that WAS hairy,the sleepers were rotten.@@goldfieldsguide

    • @trickster8635
      @trickster8635 11 місяців тому +2

      Myself and a mate also ventured down the inclined ventilation shaft, all the way down to the machinery chamber. This would have been around 1975 ish. We too, also walked the railway line all the way along stringers creek, over the river and along to where the river was diverted through the hill. There was no decking left on the rail bridges, so we had only the 12 inch wide steel girder to walk along. Poverty point bridge was also not capped back then and that was a scary prop as you were perched fifty odd feet above the river. This was long before Army Engineers rebuilt the decking to become a part of the Australian Alpine walking trail. The Black Diamond mine, near Mormon Town had a similar, but smaller machinery chamber at the end of a 200 foot adit. The angled drive disappeared at 45 degree's in the darkness beneath the hardwood decking under our feet.

  • @danielstewart3507
    @danielstewart3507 6 місяців тому

    Great video!

  • @samelmourad515
    @samelmourad515 Рік тому

    Great video! Would love to see one on Poverty reef Tarnagulla

  • @LouKodge
    @LouKodge Рік тому +1

    perhaps a visit to Wonthagi coal mine for your next video. Ive been to both Long tunnel and wonthagi and found the history fascinating.

  • @TS-1267
    @TS-1267 Рік тому +2

    .... The Aussies Haven't Done A Bad Job I Suppose... Tee! Hee! Hee!... Brilliant Documentary & The Narrator is Informative & Whimsical Indeed 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🖖🤓 3:33