I am old and disabled. I have been interested in Gold mining all of my life. Tried to major in Geology in college, but was dissuaded from pursuing gold because at that time gold was about $50 an ounce. I have also been an outdoorsman , hunting and fishing all of my life. Now that I can't get out anymore I appreciate you SO MUCH for taking us along on your adventures. Talk away my friend. Every word is interesting. THANK YOU
Gold being $50/ounce was the reason the mines closed in the 1940s and 50s. I believe both the USA and Canada (I’m Canadian) had the gold standard back then. The price of gold was fixed but the mines costs were rising. It was just a matter of time. But with gold at $2300/oz, those ore bodies might be very viable today.
@@rickschlosser6793 Chris @ Vogus has also talked about that for a couple or a few years now, that gold was creeping up in price and it was looking like a great time to get into the gold mining business - he mentioned today it's almost AU$4000/oz (!!!!!)
😂 it’s never “babbling.” It’s your continuous assessment of the project at hand. Or talking through questions, calculations, etc. Like your ongoing trials with flux recipes. It’s precisely why your videos are so compelling. The audience gets to learn/discover with you. Now *I’m* babbling…
Nick Zentner for more video lessons, has a huge following since he had to cancel classes due to Covid and present his classes via UA-cam. Share this, it deserves it.
There can NEVER be too much information from you, Jason. Keep up your educational ramblings ! I think you should be nominated for an Honorary Doctorate in Geology From some Higher Institution. Your popularizing of this subject deserves recognition. Greetings from Fife , Scotland !
Jason goes prospecting is the best! A whole series of these would be so cool, impressive how much knowledge you sit on. Time to find the next Mount Baker prospect
Great work as always Jason. You are a natural teacher buddy. You explain everything in an interesting way that is easy to understand. This long version of you in the field is awesome. Keep it coming Jason, we will be here waiting patiently for the next release
It's all fascinating Jason. keep it up. A gold miner story. For several years I lived up in Butte Creek Canyon, on Centerville Road, one of California's fabled gold rush era mining areas.I lived in this little shack down at the lower end of the 40 acre property, at the end of the driveway. I'm 18 years old. One day I'm standing on the porch of this very ramshackle building and into the parking area pulls this white Ford Fairlane, a '67 or so. The entire drivers side is red with blood. I had no idea who it was but it was clear whoever it was had just hit and probably dragged something or someone. I was in shock and was just turning to step inside and arm myself when I realized what I was looking at was chewing tobacco. The driver chewed and spit out the window and the side of the car was covered with the stuff. Turns out he was an acquaintance of my parents and like you he was a serious miner and geologist. He was a good old guy.
I am from Ohio. And I was ministering in Texas- small church out in the unpopulated area- and I had two dogs. I kept seeing dog poop in between the house and church. I didn’t do anything about, as far as I remember! But here is caveat! It wasn’t poop but tobacco?? Yes, never saw anyone chew and yes even some of the women chewed!! Lol never will forget that. It was in Huckabay Texas! 10 miles north of Stephenville and hour and half from Fort Worth- southwest of it! . Have good day
Good work Jason! My Dad loved to prospect in N. Calif and Nevada. Me and a group of friends worked all up and down most of the length of the Cascades and Coast Range in various logging venues - we climbed up and slid down many a slope. I'm 71 now and a bit worse for wear, but i too enjoy your dialogues and travels, and wish i could travel and prospect with you. I hope you hit the Big One!
I can attest to something about these massive cedars and blue spruce. I lived in unincorporated king county Redmond Washington & I had about 1 acre. The cedars and spruces on my property were huge. It cost me a lot of money to get an arborist to care for my trees. About 3 years after I spent all that $, we had this massive, terrifying wind storm around 2007. And some if my trees got snapped in half & a few came down. I used a home made jig, chainsaw and I turned the wood into useful boards and beams of lumber. Thousands of dollars of useful wood. And that is hours away from Jason’s filming location. You have to properly manage the forrest or it gets dry and will go up like a roman candle and burn it ALL down. You cut down trees but plant more. That’s just how it works or mother nature will burn the brush all down.
My neighbor cut down every single tree after he bought the house. He offered to cut down mine ( blocks his view). I still have redwoods and spruce. When I sell, I’m sure all of them will be gone right away.
@@LilyGazou that sucks. It might not even be legal in king or snohomish co. All the cedars & spruces I had got blown over in that massive 2007 wind storm. Some trees got split halfway up so it was like a 75’ tall tree stump. I used every scrap of wood for camp fire benches, support beams similar to the ones Jason makes for his mines. It took hours, weeks to mill by hand with my chainsaw & a jig.
As a hiker, I am often looking at the stones in washes and wishing I knew more about geology in order to understand where to find gold. I learned a LOT just from this video. Thank you!
I've enjoyed all of your prospecting videos which seem to just get better and better. Love the babbling, the geology lessons, the logging lessons and the great scenic views. I could maybe handle the hiking, but never those mutant mosquitos. Thanks for doing this for us.
Love these videos with you out in the woods, "babbling" in such an interesting and informative way about the geology and environment- please keep them coming !
Tremendous adventure and geology lesson, Jason. Others have said this, but you pack together several lectures-worth of geology, and do so in a clear, amazingly-well-demonstrated fashion. Thank you ++!
While I was watching this from the comfort of my recliner, I was thinking it is amazing to click on a video and be able to get an education in a field of study I didn’t even know I had an interest in learning. And I was thinking (before you started talking about your fitness level) that I couldn’t even get to the washed out road much less to the waterfall. No telling how many times I thought man I have to get into shape.
After watching this, I feel like I owe you a beer. This is the most I've learned in a UA-cam video, in ages! Thank you Jason, this is a wonderful video.
This is your best video, I like the indigenous history, the geology and the logging-mining history. My wish is that you continue the weave, it is good.
I very much appreciate you talking about all the rocks you see as you go exploring and everything else. Do you ever take along eager, ready to go, not too physically fit , but willing to help assist however needed people who would benefit from going with you. If not, I guess I'll just have to continue watching and hoping that one day I'll be able to go with someone as knowledgeable and entertaining as you
It's good to see old photos of logging . My family logged Eldorado county in Northern California for 4 generations starting with my great grandfather falling trees using an axe and a handsaw everything in the Camino side of the American river canyon was brought up to the rail head by steam donkey and everything on the George Town side was brought over by cable car . He would fall trees on the Georgetown side and ride his logs back across to the Camino side where he lived . All timber in the area was sent by rail to Michigan cal lumber mill in Camino . He also fell trees in Jenkinson lake as it was being filled and still under construction in a row boat in 4-6 feet of water . Manny years later I would be married at that same lake that my great grandfather helped build . He then taught my grandfather how to log and fall timber who eventually partnerd up with 4 other individuals and ran a logging company and later eventually would own his own logging company . Who taught my dad how to log and fall timber who in turn started teaching me . However because of what California politicians where doing to the logging industry I was told by my dad to look into working at other lines of work that governments where not trying to shut down . So ended 4 generations of loggers ending finally with my cousin who after grandpas retirement in 2000 continued to run skidder for another company up untill 2013 when it became obvious he was being replaced by illegals illegally working in the logging industry thanks to Californias illegal sanctuary laws for allowing illegals to remain in the country . I now reside in Missouri where we have a lot more freedom And better laws and am now working in retail again . However I will always miss the mountains and timber I was raised in but I'll never miss the unjust unlawful and unconstitutional oppressive laws and politics of California .
Thank you Jason for the geology and history lesson from a Whidbey Island resident and 5th generation Washingtonian. Not to mention that Mt. Baker is still an active volcano!
Wonderful vid. History of logging, Salish native history, gold history. And here is the answer to how the old timers got it done. They had no other choice. Work or starve for them and their family. Only 1 in ten thousand ever made enough to survive one season. Your extremely blessed to have a working mine that you rehabbed.
I have loved geology and mining my whole life, and while several people have attempted to explain the process by which gold and other precious ores are deposited in the overlaying rock, no one has ever explained it so clearly and with such great examples as you have done in this video! This is geology 101 at its greatest! Please continue to explain, expound and explore, taking us along!
@mbmllc as a 57 yr old non working disabled vet I would love to be there with you. Here, Ohio doesn’t have much in the gold/geology you have our there. So I watch you, @jeffwilliams , @danheard and @pioneerpauly often. Its my adventurous side living vicariously through you all. Appreciate the views, ramblings and valuable information you all provide. I get to see places my broken body will never be able to get to, lucky to get to the mailbox regularly. Keep up the great job guys I'm not alone with the outdoor life we need.
Probably your best video, that and the one you started drilling for the mine for the first time, and the one where you go find the listwanite. Probably one of the best videos i've seen online, and i watch a LOT of stuff on youtube. Thank you for those videos. This is amazing, and i see people agree. Keep it up, proud of you!
>babbling to myself in the woods. Hehe. Should we tell him? Bruh, that's literally why a sizeable chunk of us are here. Personally, I have a bunk hip. I'm finally getting old enough where scaling any grade I set my eyes on is no longer an option. Point is, I can't do this myself. You're one of my avatars out there. And who doesn't love gold? I'm here for it. Never stop.
I love all the "babbling" because it's all stuff a lot of us have never heard before. You're sharing a lot of good information, teaching us about all sorts of things in an environment where you're seeing it and able to point it out. I know it's a lot of work to get out there and find this stuff, but it truly is appreciated. Sharing the incredible views as you venture out make it all the better. As for the drone, I think it's a great idea. How about you hold off and set yourself a goal for how many ounces of gold you want to pull out of your mine this season and if you hit that goal, you buy yourself a drone. That way you create a goal that has something other than money as the reward. Anyway, keep up the awesome work and thank you for bringing us all along!
Thanks Jason, appreciate the geology lessons, beautiful country I am jealous. Between you and Jeff Williams this is more info Im going to have trouble remembering.
Thanks for sharing and teaching us about the immense riches that abound. Hopefully nature can recover from the madness that ran rampant mid century and likely earlier too.
I'd be willing to bet that there are tons of your viewers, self included, that would love nothing more than hiking those mountains with you for a day or two! Keep putting out awesome footage, luv it! Dykes and fingers, what more can you ask for....(tell em not to and...)
This was so fun to tag along. Love the exploration lessons. I am in the Columbia valley in Canada. Ft. Steele an old mining town that still has some gold in the river! Makes me want to figure it all out here! So fun. At the edge of the Canadian Rockies to the east. Purcell to the west. Major boundary. Found some nice clean quartz, And some sort of rock with some really nice chalcopyrite in it just in the creek bed.
Just wanted to leave a comment to say thank you for this video. I feel like I’ve learned more in the first 20 minutes than I have in watching hours of other channels. Keep doing what you’re doing man.
I love your detective work and explaining everything, helps me learn what's going on. I did a ton of hiking up your way when I lived in the Seattle area, loved every mile, always wondered about what I was seeing and wishing I could read the rock types like you do. Been a rockhound for most of my life, thanks for the adventure. Well done
Thanks for your videos you are always so informative and look at the places you go even when I was your age I wouldn't do that but what beautiful country in incredible things you see thanks for sharing
Jason thanks for the hard work you put in to making these videos( including the editing)! The are very informative and the way you break it down and explain it helps a lot of people get a better understanding of the incredible forces at play in nature. Also how we are just a fly speck in the grand scheme of time!!!!
Absolutely love the views and discussion of the woodlands and geology. I was wondering if you were going to point out the notches cut by the timber men in the cedar stumps, not too many folks would recognize those. Keep up the good work, looking forward to season 2 of your gold mine!
You’re a pleasure to watch and I really enjoyed this episode! Being somewhat of a science nerd I wanted to complement you on being such a wonderful teacher! The way you present your knowledge coupled with your enthusiasm is captivating.
Hi Jason. I have been watching you for a few years, and I loved this video (I just love the forests in PNW). This is my favourite other than your smelting vids 👍
That's a crazy place Jason, i have to see it for myself one day. Its like a cross between the forest moon of Endor and Japan's famous volcanic forests. Thankyou for another great video, i always learn something new from your work. Stay safe out there 👍
I am old and disabled. I have been interested in Gold mining all of my life. Tried to major in Geology in college, but was dissuaded from pursuing gold because at that time gold was about $50 an ounce. I have also been an outdoorsman , hunting and fishing all of my life. Now that I can't get out anymore I appreciate you SO MUCH for taking us along on your adventures. Talk away my friend. Every word is interesting. THANK YOU
Buy some paydirt and have fun my friend 😊
Buy some paydirt and have some fun 😊
Gold being $50/ounce was the reason the mines closed in the 1940s and 50s. I believe both the USA and Canada (I’m Canadian) had the gold standard back then. The price of gold was fixed but the mines costs were rising. It was just a matter of time.
But with gold at $2300/oz, those ore bodies might be very viable today.
@@rickschlosser6793 Chris @ Vogus has also talked about that for a couple or a few years now, that gold was creeping up in price and it was looking like a great time to get into the gold mining business - he mentioned today it's almost AU$4000/oz (!!!!!)
I was thinking drone well before you said that.
Can’t hit it with a hammer or carry it out but yer, do it.
Then I’ll know if it’s worth it too
😂 it’s never “babbling.” It’s your continuous assessment of the project at hand. Or talking through questions, calculations, etc. Like your ongoing trials with flux recipes. It’s precisely why your videos are so compelling. The audience gets to learn/discover with you. Now *I’m* babbling…
and he does it all without acting like your typical loud UA-camr !
I finger you would say that.
@@mattbrown5418 so true, Matt. Jason doesn’t act at all. Smart, curious and inspired and it always comes through.
Would there be any gold around Mt. ST. Helen’s after the explosion?
Mark on your map
Never stop teaching , its your talent
Facts mate
Taught me the percentage I'd not known
An lol I'm just climbing upon second rung of this very tall ladder 😂❤
I live within a stones throw of Mount Baker. I could eat up these local geology rants all day every day. Thank you for posting.
Which kind of stone? Phyllite or granite?
I used to. Went to high school at Mt Baker high in Demming. Lived in CA since 1999. I really miss it up there.
We love it all, Jason. Geology nerds of the world UNITE!!!
Geology should be and should have always been taught in grade school.
Thank you my friend. Just got back from surgery and I get another chance at life. Seeing this long form vid brought a smile to my face. Thank you
What an amazing video. From the geology lessons, native American lore, to 19th century lumbering, just wow.
Nick Zentner for more video lessons, has a huge following since he had to cancel classes due to Covid and present his classes via UA-cam. Share this, it deserves it.
i love any type of videos that mix history/geography and geology/science keep these going
They say you learn something new every day, today I learned about a years worth. Thanks, Jason, for your babbling. I enjoyed every minute of it.
Keep rambling Jason! I love it 👍
Classic arm waving geology professor field trip lecture. I love it.
There can NEVER be too much information from you, Jason.
Keep up your educational ramblings !
I think you should be nominated for an
Honorary Doctorate in Geology
From some Higher Institution.
Your popularizing of this subject deserves recognition.
Greetings from Fife , Scotland !
The history is as appealing as the present and all makes up the bigger picture.
I've watched almost all your videos but this one was one of the best. Explaning everything like you did was very educational.
Man I love these geological adventures you’re taking us on
Thank you. That was the most informative geology video I have watched regarding mountain formation.
Jason goes prospecting is the best! A whole series of these would be so cool, impressive how much knowledge you sit on. Time to find the next Mount Baker prospect
Only tell us though
i concur
Babble away Jason! We love our great state and the geology where the shiny comes from!!!!
Great work as always Jason. You are a natural teacher buddy. You explain everything in an interesting way that is easy to understand. This long version of you in the field is awesome. Keep it coming Jason, we will be here waiting patiently for the next release
We love these outdoor vids and if everyone’s babble was as informative as yours the world would be a better place! Keep it coming man!
I know that was tiring, but damnit I want more videos of just walking around prospecting and explaining geology
It's all fascinating Jason. keep it up.
A gold miner story. For several years I lived up in Butte Creek Canyon, on Centerville Road, one of California's fabled gold rush era mining areas.I lived in this little shack down at the lower end of the 40 acre property, at the end of the driveway. I'm 18 years old. One day I'm standing on the porch of this very ramshackle building and into the parking area pulls this white Ford Fairlane, a '67 or so. The entire drivers side is red with blood. I had no idea who it was but it was clear whoever it was had just hit and probably dragged something or someone. I was in shock and was just turning to step inside and arm myself when I realized what I was looking at was chewing tobacco. The driver chewed and spit out the window and the side of the car was covered with the stuff. Turns out he was an acquaintance of my parents and like you he was a serious miner and geologist. He was a good old guy.
I am from Ohio. And I was ministering in Texas- small church out in the unpopulated area- and I had two dogs. I kept seeing dog poop in between the house and church. I didn’t do anything about, as far as I remember! But here is caveat! It wasn’t poop but tobacco?? Yes, never saw anyone chew and yes even some of the women chewed!! Lol never will forget that. It was in Huckabay Texas! 10 miles north of Stephenville and hour and half from Fort Worth- southwest of it! . Have good day
Sorry but it's hilarious 😅
Good work Jason! My Dad loved to prospect in N. Calif and Nevada.
Me and a group of friends worked all up and down most of the length of the Cascades and Coast Range in various logging venues - we climbed up and slid down many a slope.
I'm 71 now and a bit worse for wear, but i too enjoy your dialogues and travels, and wish i could travel and prospect with you.
I hope you hit the Big One!
I can attest to something about these massive cedars and blue spruce. I lived in unincorporated king county Redmond Washington & I had about 1 acre. The cedars and spruces on my property were huge. It cost me a lot of money to get an arborist to care for my trees. About 3 years after I spent all that $, we had this massive, terrifying wind storm around 2007. And some if my trees got snapped in half & a few came down.
I used a home made jig, chainsaw and I turned the wood into useful boards and beams of lumber. Thousands of dollars of useful wood. And that is hours away from Jason’s filming location.
You have to properly manage the forrest or it gets dry and will go up like a roman candle and burn it ALL down.
You cut down trees but plant more. That’s just how it works or mother nature will burn the brush all down.
My neighbor cut down every single tree after he bought the house. He offered to cut down mine ( blocks his view). I still have redwoods and spruce. When I sell, I’m sure all of them will be gone right away.
@@LilyGazou that sucks. It might not even be legal in king or snohomish co. All the cedars & spruces I had got blown over in that massive 2007 wind storm. Some trees got split halfway up so it was like a 75’ tall tree stump. I used every scrap of wood for camp fire benches, support beams similar to the ones Jason makes for his mines. It took hours, weeks to mill by hand with my chainsaw & a jig.
@@dn2817 I might look into getting the redwoods protected as historic trees.
You sir are a great teacher. I learned so much and you kept my attention which is super rare. Keep up the great work.
As a hiker, I am often looking at the stones in washes and wishing I knew more about geology in order to understand where to find gold. I learned a LOT just from this video. Thank you!
Jason! When are you going to make a collab video with Nick Zentner? Two geological legends from Washington State!
I've enjoyed all of your prospecting videos which seem to just get better and better. Love the babbling, the geology lessons, the logging lessons and the great scenic views. I could maybe handle the hiking, but never those mutant mosquitos. Thanks for doing this for us.
I love so much about this video. Forest, streams, geology, your best video in my opinion!!!
Love these videos with you out in the woods, "babbling" in such an interesting and informative way about the geology and environment- please keep them coming !
Great content Jason, your dialog (babble) is spot-on and useful. Keep up the digging!
My Dad went to Colorado School of Mines - he could out "babble" you any day - I just love hearing ya talk, never stop!
Tremendous adventure and geology lesson, Jason. Others have said this, but you pack together several lectures-worth of geology, and do so in a clear, amazingly-well-demonstrated fashion. Thank you ++!
Just wanted to say a huge Thank You to Jason for my ebay purchase. Crazy fast shipping and it is amazing. Also thanks for another great video.
While I was watching this from the comfort of my recliner, I was thinking it is amazing to click on a video and be able to get an education in a field of study I didn’t even know I had an interest in learning. And I was thinking (before you started talking about your fitness level) that I couldn’t even get to the washed out road much less to the waterfall. No telling how many times I thought man I have to get into shape.
Camped and fished mount Baker many times .Never knew the history you presented .great vid.
Core Sample DRILL will be SMART investment for Jason.
Thanks Jason this is all really interesting stuff and your commentary is very much worth listening to
Please do more like this. This and the actual gold mining. This is great content.
After watching this, I feel like I owe you a beer. This is the most I've learned in a UA-cam video, in ages! Thank you Jason, this is a wonderful video.
Jason's Geology School! Fracking Love It!
This is your best video, I like the indigenous history, the geology and the logging-mining history. My wish is that you continue the weave, it is good.
I very much appreciate you talking about all the rocks you see as you go exploring and everything else. Do you ever take along eager, ready to go, not too physically fit , but willing to help assist however needed people who would benefit from going with you.
If not, I guess I'll just have to continue watching and hoping that one day I'll be able to go with someone as knowledgeable and entertaining as you
Probably best video on prospecting i have ever seen with great views thank you
It's good to see old photos of logging . My family logged Eldorado county in Northern California for 4 generations starting with my great grandfather falling trees using an axe and a handsaw everything in the Camino side of the American river canyon was brought up to the rail head by steam donkey and everything on the George Town side was brought over by cable car . He would fall trees on the Georgetown side and ride his logs back across to the Camino side where he lived . All timber in the area was sent by rail to Michigan cal lumber mill in Camino . He also fell trees in Jenkinson lake as it was being filled and still under construction in a row boat in 4-6 feet of water . Manny years later I would be married at that same lake that my great grandfather helped build . He then taught my grandfather how to log and fall timber who eventually partnerd up with 4 other individuals and ran a logging company and later eventually would own his own logging company . Who taught my dad how to log and fall timber who in turn started teaching me . However because of what California politicians where doing to the logging industry I was told by my dad to look into working at other lines of work that governments where not trying to shut down . So ended 4 generations of loggers ending finally with my cousin who after grandpas retirement in 2000 continued to run skidder for another company up untill 2013 when it became obvious he was being replaced by illegals illegally working in the logging industry thanks to Californias illegal sanctuary laws for allowing illegals to remain in the country . I now reside in Missouri where we have a lot more freedom
And better laws and am now working in retail again . However I will always miss the mountains and timber I was raised in but I'll never miss the unjust unlawful and unconstitutional oppressive laws and politics of California .
I love your videos, this was my favourite so far. The geology thoughts were amazing. Don't be shy to get nerdy it was amazing.
Thank you Jason for the geology and history lesson from a Whidbey Island resident and 5th generation Washingtonian. Not to mention that Mt. Baker is still an active volcano!
So Mt Baker could erupt at any time
I'm giving you one finger up on this video. 👍
More please 🙏
Don't give up yet Jason!, you have a good 30-40years to find that motherlode! Godspeed! Wish you the best of luck!
You should show that old bus by the mouth of Swamp. Tell the story of Jerry!
Love hearing all the history you share, thanks for the videos 👍🏻
Jason fantastic info of the rock history
Wonderful vid. History of logging, Salish native history, gold history.
And here is the answer to how the old timers got it done. They had no other choice. Work or starve for them and their family. Only 1 in ten thousand ever made enough to survive one season.
Your extremely blessed to have a working mine that you rehabbed.
I have loved geology and mining my whole life, and while several people have attempted to explain the process by which gold and other precious ores are deposited in the overlaying rock, no one has ever explained it so clearly and with such great examples as you have done in this video! This is geology 101 at its greatest! Please continue to explain, expound and explore, taking us along!
This is excellent Jason! ❤ hands down one of the best geology vids Ive ever seen!!
Boy, that was intense. Thank you for sharing, and educating us, all things on geology, flaura, and local indigenous history.
@mbmllc as a 57 yr old non working disabled vet I would love to be there with you. Here, Ohio doesn’t have much in the gold/geology you have our there. So I watch you, @jeffwilliams , @danheard and @pioneerpauly often. Its my adventurous side living vicariously through you all.
Appreciate the views, ramblings and valuable information you all provide. I get to see places my broken body will never be able to get to, lucky to get to the mailbox regularly.
Keep up the great job guys I'm not alone with the outdoor life we need.
Probably your best video, that and the one you started drilling for the mine for the first time, and the one where you go find the listwanite. Probably one of the best videos i've seen online, and i watch a LOT of stuff on youtube. Thank you for those videos. This is amazing, and i see people agree. Keep it up, proud of you!
>babbling to myself in the woods.
Hehe. Should we tell him?
Bruh, that's literally why a sizeable chunk of us are here. Personally, I have a bunk hip. I'm finally getting old enough where scaling any grade I set my eyes on is no longer an option. Point is, I can't do this myself. You're one of my avatars out there. And who doesn't love gold? I'm here for it. Never stop.
This was very enjoyable and beautiful country thank you for sharing this six stars brother
Absolutely fascinating day out - many thanks for bringing us all along and the geology lessons!!
Jason you make geology fun!!
Thanks Jason! being a WA native, lifelong rock hound, and geology buff. Really appreciate your sharing of geology knowledge!!!!!
Heck of a hike
I love all the "babbling" because it's all stuff a lot of us have never heard before. You're sharing a lot of good information, teaching us about all sorts of things in an environment where you're seeing it and able to point it out. I know it's a lot of work to get out there and find this stuff, but it truly is appreciated. Sharing the incredible views as you venture out make it all the better. As for the drone, I think it's a great idea. How about you hold off and set yourself a goal for how many ounces of gold you want to pull out of your mine this season and if you hit that goal, you buy yourself a drone. That way you create a goal that has something other than money as the reward. Anyway, keep up the awesome work and thank you for bringing us all along!
Thanks for taking us along. Super!
A very cool adventure and lesson. Thanks Jason! Love the channel. Keep it up.
Love the babbling brook and the babbling Jason. Great video. Well done and thank you.
Thanks Jason, appreciate the geology lessons, beautiful country I am jealous. Between you and Jeff Williams this is more info Im going to have trouble remembering.
Thanks for sharing and teaching us about the immense riches that abound. Hopefully nature can recover from the madness that ran rampant mid century and likely earlier too.
I'd be willing to bet that there are tons of your viewers, self included, that would love nothing more than hiking those mountains with you for a day or two! Keep putting out awesome footage, luv it! Dykes and fingers, what more can you ask for....(tell em not to and...)
Disabled veteran in the city, rock hammer, rock tumblers, and these videos. This stuff is just too interesting to not consume.
This was so fun to tag along. Love the exploration lessons. I am in the Columbia valley in Canada. Ft. Steele an old mining town that still has some gold in the river! Makes me want to figure it all out here! So fun. At the edge of the Canadian Rockies to the east. Purcell to the west. Major boundary.
Found some nice clean quartz, And some sort of rock with some really nice chalcopyrite in it just in the creek bed.
I think this is your best video. Perspective
This is one of your best videos Jason. I enjoy your work.
I'm on Van Isle. All these things seem particularly relevant.
Just wanted to leave a comment to say thank you for this video. I feel like I’ve learned more in the first 20 minutes than I have in watching hours of other channels. Keep doing what you’re doing man.
I love your detective work and explaining everything, helps me learn what's going on. I did a ton of hiking up your way when I lived in the Seattle area, loved every mile, always wondered about what I was seeing and wishing I could read the rock types like you do. Been a rockhound for most of my life, thanks for the adventure.
Well done
What a hike. I'm tired just watching. And I enjoying you talking and explaining what you're seeing as you go.
Good stuff Maynard
Yes, Jason, you are up the creek! LMAOFF! we all wish we were there soaking it up. Great trek dude!
Thanks for your videos you are always so informative and look at the places you go even when I was your age I wouldn't do that but what beautiful country in incredible things you see thanks for sharing
That was the clearest description of geology that I have ever heard! Thankyou!
Outstanding video! Fascinating!
Love these longer videos Jason, thank you for sharing your knowledge!
The knowledge...the views ..
Adventure ...intrigue....love it all. Excellent work mate
your "babbling" as you put it is information and knowledge mate 😀👍
XRF Scanning PDA will be a Smart Investment for Jason.
Cherish the ability to prospect. One day a unforeseen illness or accident can take it all away. Thanks for sparking old memories.
Love the commentary and your hiking adventures.
Jason thanks for the hard work you put in to making these videos( including the editing)! The are very informative and the way you break it down and explain it helps a lot of people get a better understanding of the incredible forces at play in nature. Also how we are just a fly speck in the grand scheme of time!!!!
Smart video Jason. Keep em coming. Always learning something from your videos.
Absolutely love the views and discussion of the woodlands and geology. I was wondering if you were going to point out the notches cut by the timber men in the cedar stumps, not too many folks would recognize those. Keep up the good work, looking forward to season 2 of your gold mine!
🌟THANKS A MILLION FOR TAKING US ALONG WITH YOU ON THIS EXCITING OUTING!🌟 YOU ARE SO VERY KIND TO SHARE THIS SPECTACULAR VIDEO WITH US! 🌟
You’re a pleasure to watch and I really enjoyed this episode!
Being somewhat of a science nerd I wanted to complement you on being such a wonderful teacher! The way you present your knowledge coupled with your enthusiasm is captivating.
Hi Jason. I have been watching you for a few years, and I loved this video (I just love the forests in PNW). This is my favourite other than your smelting vids 👍
GET READY for a TV series offer cause BRO you got the content.
This is the best gold prospecting video I’ve ever watched. Thank you
Have watched you and Dan Hurd for years. Loved this informational video, even your babbling and historic context. thanks!
That's a crazy place Jason, i have to see it for myself one day. Its like a cross between the forest moon of Endor and Japan's famous volcanic forests. Thankyou for another great video, i always learn something new from your work. Stay safe out there 👍
I'm from South Dakota, we've found garnets in schist in tailings piles outside old gold mines along with quartz as well.