That big vein of quartz is what you are looking for. The gold is in tiny amounts inside the quarts it has to be crushed and processed to get the gold out. You can't always see the gold with your eyes. You can also find gold in deposits near basalt granite and Laterite. When you find quartz and iron (pyrite) in a gold producing area it is a good sign.
I am amazed that you still have old style mines. In Australia the large modern gold mining companies have brought up almost all the old mines. Back 100 years ago where they used pick and shovel and were looking for large physical gold nuggets, the mines became unviable. But with todays technology where the companies open cut and work on grams per tonne of earth processed, they have found the old mining areas to be profitable.
If this is your property have you considered getting some core samples and then having them analyzed. And if they find anything significant you can either leverage that into a loan or financial backing with investors and start mining it yourself. Or use your core sample results to sell the property to a major mining company ?
Would love to do an EM pulse survey, then drilling, unfortunately both are screaming expensive. In BC the permitting fees alone to do either are a minimum $5000. Then a good drilling program or em survey would easily be another 50 grand.
One place i worked , a small rural town had a history of gold mining 100 years previously. But when the price of gold hit around the $800 an ounce mark it became viable for the larger companies to move in and start to open cut everything. Anglo Gold from South Africa brought up most the rights to the old sites. But just out of town there was a little operator, a 1 man show. But he used to mine and refine and every 3or 4 or 5 months he was able to produce 1 standard 12.4 kg or 438.9 ounce gold ingot. After taking out all of his expenses he was making a nice comfortable living.
I have been involved in some Ground Penetrating Radar research but not to do with the gold field, more to do with oil and gas. But as far as i can tell you would be better off doing core samples because with todays gold mining companies and the amount of gold per ton to make an operation profitable wont really be picked up by your EM Pulse. The operation i was at in The Northern Territory i think their rate of recovery was 14 grams of gold per tonne. I have worked in places where is is as low as 3 grams per tonne, that mine was actually digging 6 grams per tonne but to keep the expenses down and as profitable as possible their processing was kept to a minimum and they lost half their gold but their costs were a lot lower. Where as if you get core samples done and analyzed you will be able to know exactly how many grams per tonne your claim has on average. I wish you good luck and hope you can find your way to getting some samples done. Just a wild thought, why not try and crowd funding page to get your samples done, and sell people a small share in the company if it strikes anything. Or maybe just offer to refund peoples money with a bonus if your strike anything ?
It's rare to find videos such as yours where you explain all your thought process and what you're looking for exactly. Really insightful video and great to learn off. It's almost like you're with someone to the trade and are explaining everything to them in basic terms so they're able to understand.
Man, if that stone can be cut and remains together, you could make some BEAUTIFUL high end countertop out of it (About 10:39 and next few seconds). Good vid, thx.
Not a geologist so I had to look up "Vuggy Quartz". For those like me, here is a definition: "quartz-rich rocks are predominately vuggy silica that formed by intense hypogene acidic leaching of the original volcanic rocks" Vuggy seems to be an intrusive material into a host rock then leached out to form porosity. My guess; need to study it a bit.
Vuggy are basically voids vuggy quartz can form various ways but what I'm referencing is unstable minerals like pyrite which oxidized out leaving voids or vugs in the quartz.
Wow, I love hearing any American's (like myself) refer to measurements in metric!! Thank god, it is a breath of fresh air. I'm a hospital pharmacist (Pharm.D) and all usable measurements are in metric (eg. weight based dosing). I'm not sure why anyone would use any archaic systems, I may as well weigh everyone in stone (sarcasm)! I love learning about geology. Good work, keep up the videos!
Metric a breath of fresh air? Wow must be exillerating. Maybe move to Canada ah and push your legal poison there. Riddle me this how much research did you do on the meds you sold to other Americans??? My wife got a prescription for ivermectin during pandemic the pharmacist in a loud voice obviously upset, asked what were they prescribed for. Very professional! Being a hospital pharmacist did u sell lots of remdesiver the only approved anti viral med with draconian results in the trials??? Weigh all that in stone!
Ancient sacred sites are mostly built on fault line ''pyramid= fire, pyra '', they have tunnels running from hill to hill or mountains, quartz vein is often within the pyramid (insulation).
With all the pospecting u do . You narrow the possibilities down. I hope you find a really deposit. A pot of gold so to speak. I would bring me joy too. As a (treasure) hunter i know that feeling. Treasue can be anything . Glad to hear its not just about the dream of striking it rich. Persistence and knowledge will pay off. Happy hunting to u all.
I was wondering how you paid for all the samples. Now i read you have sold some of those deposits. You are really working hard. I hope its not all work but adventure too. It be hazardous but i know you are aware of that. I go detecting at the river and have been in precarious possitions. I look at it as part of the adventure. Its the thrill of the chase and victory over the wildness of nature for me.
Yes we have sold a few properties and have done some optioning. Although it's been a while. We have budgets set aside for each of our properties if we dont find anything we won't waist anymore money on it. Some of the properties we prospect were hired for and usually the property owner will pay for 50% of the work upfront or at least a portion. And yes all prospecting is adventure to us!
I hope you the best in your efforts to extract the gold from quartz - it is very costly; I worked with a group that spent 5 million then had to walk away. That was about 20 years ago above Bakersfield, Ca. - the mill was in Weldon and the mine at around 9,000 ft elevation.
What part of Bakersfield? I just moved here and I have been doing research for exploration. Miracle mine and little sparkler mine Kergon mine …no exact location needed if you rather not share. I’m still in the the process of researching before heading out to find these mines if can ofc like I said still doing research to see how I can still. :)
Not seen it mentioned but adit, costeen, pitch, skip, stope, take, tut, wheal, whim, winze and vug were introduced to the local lexicon by Cornish miners right around the mining frontier. During the period 1830 to 1880 Cornish miners were considered the best hard rock miners in the world.
Thank you for this..it's good to learn about different rocks and menerals ..I'm always looking down when I walk around in my hills and looking at rocks
10:33 try processing some of that brown rock there could be Laterite. And process some of the quartz from the mine. Looks like a lot of minerals in the addit.
Keeping in mind that the old timers practiced high grading. What we consider high grade ore with gold valued at neay $2k per oz. Is much different than what they considered high grade when gold was $18-$20per oz. In many mines you will find where the old timers skipped 1 or 2 oz per ton because they were after 10+ oz per ton ore.
There is no such thing as a mine in this world with 1 ounce per ton or more gold. They are mining at around 200 ppm gold now. Promising old tailing have long been reprocessed for gold.
@@johnsimpson3240 Standard grades for exploration reported around the world is about 200 ppm currently. High grade ores, to have been missed would be in places like Mongolia, Arctic circle islands, Antarctica, places very remote and ore bodies very small.
I think a lot of the reason for today's gold recovery being measured in ppm is that today we have chemical processes to leach gold from sulfide deposits. These deposits were left alone in the old days because of the difficulty, expense, and danger involved in recovering them.
Not one mine you are just going to walk in to have over 200ppm gold. You haul it all out and cyanide leach it on large piles over plastic tarps. Unless other minerals leach out also and foul your pipes. Of course, cyanide is so dangerous, your permits are going to cost you millions.
Based on your second sample, I calculated a conservative gross value of $1100 a ton. If it costs you around $600 a ton to mine, you have yourself a nice, profitable mine.
I like the way that every time you delve into an adit and the bats are doing acrobatics at 50 k/hr all around you, they're totally ignored. I can remember caving with my dad as a boy, flinching as they did their thing. He said " Just pretend they're not even there and go about your business".
went into m first gold mine a couple weeks bak and this on bat woudn't leave me alone. kept swatting it away untill i accidently bitch slapped it and killed the poor thing. felt horrible afterwards
Check out those old mines and the heaps and slopes around them. I have found hundreds of ounces of gold from new leads to rich discards with ounces in the stone that the old timers couldn't see. Don't think, just do. Sometimes they got so much gold they could afford to be slovenly and even leave beautiful specimens with visible gold hanging out all over. The rest they couildn't see like you can with a goldmaster 2 speciman detector. This is all before you go into a shaft.
Nice video. Looks like some steep wooded terrain. I'm in New England and we have much of what looks the same for ground cover. Makes you wonder how they every found anything. I was just today talking with the Wife about it. Wth that I like when you started looking at the geology. Got me thinking and figuring what I would be looking for in the area you were in. A good mental exercise in looking at what I'm at. Someone was asking if you are a geologist. I like that you are some self taught. There is a lot of good information out there. Also being out in the field and seeing things for yourself is a great self learn tool.
Yes it all starts with the geology. Once you figure out the geology of an area it gives you a good idea of were to look. I went to school and did two years of geology and have taken prospecting courses, but really nothing compares to the field work. You learn way more by actually being on the ground then being in a textbook. There's way more to learn than what can be taught in university.
I confess that I'm rather jealous. I live in southern California, so I'm very far from any location with a real chance of worthwhile mineral prospecting. I've been a middling rockhound since my youth, when my grandpa got me interested, as he made silver jewelry & prospected his own raw materials (except for the silver - that he purchased). He lived near Phoenix, Arizona, which has immense mineral abundances within easy distances. Anyway, those chunks of quartz with the terminations and vugs intrigued me, as they might actually sell rather well at rock & mineral shows. Just a thought.
I live in south central pa and am a asphalt worker. In cuts on Pa turnpike ive found huge quartz veins that looks exactly like rocks shown on this vid he described as pyrite n quartz. Curious if any gold near them veins of quartz? Waiting on asphalt trucks ive grabbed a bunch of samples. No luck. Youd think if any gold there they would of found when cutting through when they built turnpike.
Paul Condie hi yes there is gold in veins of quartz. But not all. Iron pyrite looks shiny like gold it’s called fools gold. It’s not heavy though. Gold is heavy. To be sure if you are not send it in to be tested by a lab.
The trick is to love doing it. I have always loved this industry, geology, exploration, mining, metals...ect and it's made it easier to learn. Also an early start helps 👍
911 Mining & Prospecting. Thanks for the reply 👍🏼 I feel it’s a shame that this wasn’t talked about in geography lessons back in school, we can learn so much about what we live on....
Thanks once more for dragging us along. I am surprised at or why you look for pyrites all the time. I must admit that I found a small vein of copper pyrites one day in the south island of NZ and discarded it then found out they had found good gold in the copper pyrites.Im still kicking myself as it was about a thumb size diameter vein right through a large rock, which looked like it weighed a ton or more. I had the equipment to crack the rock but never bothered. But I still remember where abouts it was, so one day I will take my metal detector and go find it.
I love these videos !!!! Some elements in those walls look like possible radioactive decay maybe high ionization just a guess ??? i see some stuff that looks like possible Green Thorite on that back wall? and some other stuff of course by now you guys know whats up with it ...great video again !!!!
I live in South Western Virginia, Appalachian mountains, whats the chances of finding gold in my area? Or any other gems & jewels for that matter. Been wanting to get into this but I'm not sure where and how to start. Have a bunch of questions for any one with experience and don't mind to take the time !
Great video Bill, I am glad to see that you are still at it, I have not been out for about 2 years but will make a trip out in 2019, I will let you know so maybe we can hook up some where, yes I`m still good at it Ha ha
"but it's a dry heat" they always say... except lately we've been seeing 40-50% humidity during the day and upwards of 70% at night but a fair bit cooler. I'm not saying it's nice, it's not, but it actually gets even worse than that a couple hours north of me up in Red Bluff I think converted it's like 45C? 130-135F is way too common up there.. typically about 105-120 here. More normal humidity is typically 5-15% your sweat is gone so quickly that it doesn't have a chance to cool you down.. Prefer humidity about 20-30%, but then I lived on Guam and in MIssissippi (was born in MS hence the flag) and I've dealt with 95F-100% humidity numerous times.. Regular temps on Guam weren't THAT bad (80-85F-85%), it was pretty comfortable at least as a kid (5-7 on Guam 8&9 in MS) MS temps are typically closer to 80F and 80-100% humidity. The big difference back there is it maybe drops 10 degrees F for night time temps if you are lucky. Here most times we have the delta breeze and it'll drop down to lower to mid 60'sF at night, even if it's only for a few hours it definitely makes a difference, though when it's really hot if it drops to 75F you are doing good. First year we moved into this house our a/c went out and it was a heat wave with it being 85-90F AT NIGHT! That was hell. I'd definitely move to Oregon if I had my pick, though the last few years with the climate shift it's gotten a lot warmer up there too. I think it was 107 in Portland the other day, which is right on the ocean.. THAT'S INSANE for up there. But then we also have lows during winter of typically 35-40F during the day and 15-25F at night with the lowest I've ever seen being 9F at 630am, and we are only at 50ft of elevation.
well here on okla ALWAYS high humidity and temps 100+ 109f 2days ago with 95% humidity. absolutely miserable. then winters are as cold as 0f and windy as all hell 15-20+mph regularly but no wind in the heat. really no spring or fall wearher like its only 2 seasons here. temp can change as much as 50 degrees F in 24hrs. shorts no shirt 1 day and bundled up next day. READY 2 MOVE LMAO
I'd be callin the loggin company before they get started and let them know where the adits and everything is at that you don't want covered up, cause they won't care or contact you about them. Be safe out there and another great video
It's actually the responsibility of the whomever engineers the block to make sure these are flagged up. Active Mineral claim owners should always be notified. It is simply an oversight , lack of research and poor engineering that your claims are being logged without your notification. Many loggers will not even see these depressions/adits from their machines. Maybe contact the licensee / actual land owners and update them with your claim locations. Mineral titles trumps logging/tree farm licences! You can press charges if they cause damage or loss of revenue!
Best thing to use as claim markers is a 4' PVC pipe sticking out of the ground about 4 feet--You can leave info on the marker..so if a logging company came in your area- Most loggers will contact you first before cutting...Happy hunting...Dig,Dig,DIg
Lee Hilton, the reality is, the logging company would likely file a trespass and you not be able to keep anything you've found. It's like finding $100 on the ground in a parking lot, everyone who knows you found it "lost it this morning".
The trouble is no communication and lack of knowledge. If I were to be clearing trees to gain access to minerals I'd make sure to include the property owner or logging company who has the tenure. It's just a respect thing. Not only that I'd be sure to check who has interest the property. As far as I know theres no resources to tell when logging is happening either till it does.
Thank you for sharing videos. We are always interested in learning more tips and tricks into finding the potential for more gold. We own a placer gold claim in Western Montana and there is an active lode mine on part of our claim
It would be a good idea to take some structural readings such as dip/strikes and lineation plunge/trends. As well unit thicknesses and lithological descriptions would be welcome. In high relief and heavily vegetated terranes such as Vancouver Island, a 3D sketch map presented to the viewers with the assays would go a long way to orienting them. Would also be an idea to discuss the geodynamic settings and mineralisation models of the paragneses, for instance Island Arc VMS, convergent margin porphyry or orogenic as the cases may be, that the subscribers can get a feeling for the metal associations. Otherwise very enjoyable videos. All the best fossiking.
GrooberNedJardine sample from pit was 4g/ton, sample from adit was over 24g/ton..while there may or may not be that left in the adit. It's a quick cleanout for a little gold. There may be an extension of the ore body which is what we are looking for. As there are similar multiple deposits in the area.
Did nobody else see the adit entrance he completely missed? You can see the tops of the some 2x4s at 6:13 and 6:15 on the hillside. When he swings the camera you can see the top portion of the entrance.
There's other adits on this mountain but not within 500m of this and there not timbered. There's a shaft way below but the timberings at the midway point down. They also didn't use 2x4s 120 years ago, unless someone is doing work on our claims 😉
I live in MN. I was trying to figure out where this area is? I'm guessing judging by geology, plants, terrain, accent (or to me, lack of, lol!), and that theres gold, you are just shortly over the border?......
Hello, I live in a city where there are old, closed mines from which iron was extracted. If I prospect, can I get gold and what is the right place for prospecting?
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That big vein of quartz is what you are looking for. The gold is in tiny amounts inside the quarts it has to be crushed and processed to get the gold out. You can't always see the gold with your eyes. You can also find gold in deposits near basalt granite and Laterite. When you find quartz and iron (pyrite) in a gold producing area it is a good sign.
You can never see the gold with your eyes. I have never been in an abandoned gold mine and saw gold.
I am amazed that you still have old style mines. In Australia the large modern gold mining companies have brought up almost all the old mines. Back 100 years ago where they used pick and shovel and were looking for large physical gold nuggets, the mines became unviable. But with todays technology where the companies open cut and work on grams per tonne of earth processed, they have found the old mining areas to be profitable.
Yes the can be here too. Even mine dumps if there large enough.
If this is your property have you considered getting some core samples and then having them analyzed. And if they find anything significant you can either leverage that into a loan or financial backing with investors and start mining it yourself. Or use your core sample results to sell the property to a major mining company ?
Would love to do an EM pulse survey, then drilling, unfortunately both are screaming expensive. In BC the permitting fees alone to do either are a minimum $5000. Then a good drilling program or em survey would easily be another 50 grand.
One place i worked , a small rural town had a history of gold mining 100 years previously. But when the price of gold hit around the $800 an ounce mark it became viable for the larger companies to move in and start to open cut everything. Anglo Gold from South Africa brought up most the rights to the old sites.
But just out of town there was a little operator, a 1 man show. But he used to mine and refine and every 3or 4 or 5 months he was able to produce 1 standard 12.4 kg or 438.9 ounce gold ingot. After taking out all of his expenses he was making a nice comfortable living.
I have been involved in some Ground Penetrating Radar research but not to do with the gold field, more to do with oil and gas.
But as far as i can tell you would be better off doing core samples because with todays gold mining companies and the amount of gold per ton to make an operation profitable wont really be picked up by your EM Pulse. The operation i was at in The Northern Territory i think their rate of recovery was 14 grams of gold per tonne. I have worked in places where is is as low as 3 grams per tonne, that mine was actually digging 6 grams per tonne but to keep the expenses down and as profitable as possible their processing was kept to a minimum and they lost half their gold but their costs were a lot lower.
Where as if you get core samples done and analyzed you will be able to know exactly how many grams per tonne your claim has on average.
I wish you good luck and hope you can find your way to getting some samples done.
Just a wild thought, why not try and crowd funding page to get your samples done, and sell people a small share in the company if it strikes anything. Or maybe just offer to refund peoples money with a bonus if your strike anything ?
It's rare to find videos such as yours where you explain all your thought process and what you're looking for exactly. Really insightful video and great to learn off. It's almost like you're with someone to the trade and are explaining everything to them in basic terms so they're able to understand.
Sure did enjoy the video! Thanks for taking us along with you!
Man, if that stone can be cut and remains together, you could make some BEAUTIFUL high end countertop out of it (About 10:39 and next few seconds). Good vid, thx.
Not a geologist so I had to look up "Vuggy Quartz".
For those like me, here is a definition:
"quartz-rich rocks are predominately vuggy silica that formed by intense hypogene acidic leaching of the original volcanic rocks"
Vuggy seems to be an intrusive material into a host rock then leached out to form porosity. My guess; need to study it a bit.
Vuggy are basically voids vuggy quartz can form various ways but what I'm referencing is unstable minerals like pyrite which oxidized out leaving voids or vugs in the quartz.
Wow,
I love hearing any American's (like myself) refer to measurements in metric!! Thank god, it is a breath of fresh air. I'm a hospital pharmacist (Pharm.D) and all usable measurements are in metric (eg. weight based dosing).
I'm not sure why anyone would use any archaic systems, I may as well weigh everyone in stone (sarcasm)!
I love learning about geology. Good work, keep up the videos!
Were Canadian. So we learn metric from birth😉
Metric a breath of fresh air? Wow must be exillerating. Maybe move to Canada ah and push your legal poison there. Riddle me this how much research did you do on the meds you sold to other Americans??? My wife got a prescription for ivermectin during pandemic the pharmacist in a loud voice obviously upset, asked what were they prescribed for. Very professional! Being a hospital pharmacist did u sell lots of remdesiver the only approved anti viral med with draconian results in the trials??? Weigh all that in stone!
Ancient sacred sites are mostly built on fault line ''pyramid= fire, pyra '', they have tunnels running from hill to hill or mountains, quartz vein is often within the pyramid (insulation).
With all the pospecting u do . You narrow the possibilities down. I hope you find a really deposit. A pot of gold so to speak. I would bring me joy too. As a (treasure) hunter i know that feeling. Treasue can be anything . Glad to hear its not just about the dream of striking it rich. Persistence and knowledge will pay off. Happy hunting to u all.
I was wondering how you paid for all the samples. Now i read you have sold some of those deposits. You are really working hard. I hope its not all work but adventure too. It be hazardous but i know you are aware of that. I go detecting at the river and have been in precarious possitions. I look at it as part of the adventure. Its the thrill of the chase and victory over the wildness of nature for me.
Yes we have sold a few properties and have done some optioning. Although it's been a while. We have budgets set aside for each of our properties if we dont find anything we won't waist anymore money on it. Some of the properties we prospect were hired for and usually the property owner will pay for 50% of the work upfront or at least a portion. And yes all prospecting is adventure to us!
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I hope you the best in your efforts to extract the gold from quartz - it is very costly; I worked with a group that spent 5 million then had to walk away. That was about 20 years ago above Bakersfield, Ca. - the mill was in Weldon and the mine at around 9,000 ft elevation.
What part of Bakersfield? I just moved here and I have been doing research for exploration. Miracle mine and little sparkler mine Kergon mine …no exact location needed if you rather not share. I’m still in the the process of researching before heading out to find these mines if can ofc like I said still doing research to see how I can still. :)
24 grams per ton. Thats a pretty good yield. Macassa gold operations, Ontario, Canada, one of the richest in Canada only has 22 grams per ton.
Not seen it mentioned but adit, costeen, pitch, skip, stope,
take, tut, wheal, whim, winze and vug were introduced to the local lexicon by Cornish miners right around the mining frontier. During the period 1830 to 1880 Cornish miners were considered the best hard rock miners in the world.
If you're looking for cave or mine entrances look early morning when steam or fog comes out of them , mark them and go to it!!
Hey mate, I want to start a mining company, is geology a good degree?
Hell, yes .@@victornyamu2547
@@benatchison6600 thanks for the reply. Have a good one.
Thank you for this..it's good to learn about different rocks and menerals ..I'm always looking down when I walk around in my hills and looking at rocks
10:33 try processing some of that brown rock there could be Laterite. And process some of the quartz from the mine. Looks like a lot of minerals in the addit.
I respect ur hard work and dedication hope u find many golds soon..good luck bro👍🏻👍🏻💪🏿💪🏿 never give up
Hard Rock Miners were tough as nails.
Thank you 😊 always learning
Keeping in mind that the old timers practiced high grading. What we consider high grade ore with gold valued at neay $2k per oz. Is much different than what they considered high grade when gold was $18-$20per oz.
In many mines you will find where the old timers skipped 1 or 2 oz per ton because they were after 10+ oz per ton ore.
There is no such thing as a mine in this world with 1 ounce per ton or more gold. They are mining at around 200 ppm gold now. Promising old tailing have long been reprocessed for gold.
@@donaldkasper8346 vo gus in Australia is currently working a reef with values of $8000 a ton
@@johnsimpson3240 Standard grades for exploration reported around the world is about 200 ppm currently. High grade ores, to have been missed would be in places like Mongolia, Arctic circle islands, Antarctica, places very remote and ore bodies very small.
I think a lot of the reason for today's gold recovery being measured in ppm is that today we have chemical processes to leach gold from sulfide deposits. These deposits were left alone in the old days because of the difficulty, expense, and danger involved in recovering them.
Vastly different looking rock than we have in our mines. Great video.
It doesn't take many of those rocks to make a ton. I'm not a miner but 16g & 24g of gold per ton of ore sounds pretty good to me. Nice hobby mines!
Not one mine you are just going to walk in to have over 200ppm gold. You haul it all out and cyanide leach it on large piles over plastic tarps. Unless other minerals leach out also and foul your pipes. Of course, cyanide is so dangerous, your permits are going to cost you millions.
Pulverized that(the stone) and take a sample, you can see a gold like a dust... use sample pan.. i'm a local miner...
Based on your second sample, I calculated a conservative gross value of $1100 a ton. If it costs you around $600 a ton to mine, you have yourself a nice, profitable mine.
Smart dude...respect!
I like the way that every time you delve into an adit and the bats are doing acrobatics at 50 k/hr all around you, they're totally ignored.
I can remember caving with my dad as a boy, flinching as they did their thing.
He said " Just pretend they're not even there and go about your business".
Any faster on the camera movement and I'm gonna throw up.
This was a complete waste of time as in yours and ours
Your free to not watch, no ones forcing you! Some times when your prospecting you don't have time to slow down.
A flashlite and a tennis racquet
went into m first gold mine a couple weeks bak and this on bat woudn't leave me alone. kept swatting it away untill i accidently bitch slapped it and killed the poor thing. felt horrible afterwards
Check out those old mines and the heaps and slopes around them. I have found hundreds of ounces of gold from new leads to rich discards with ounces in the stone that the old timers couldn't see. Don't think, just do. Sometimes they got so much gold they could afford to be slovenly and even leave beautiful specimens with visible gold hanging out all over. The rest they couildn't see like you can with a goldmaster 2 speciman detector. This is all before you go into a shaft.
Just watch out for Poison ivy and Poison Oak ;) saw a few leaves
Nice video. Looks like some steep wooded terrain. I'm in New England and we have much of what looks the same for ground cover. Makes you wonder how they every found anything. I was just today talking with the Wife about it. Wth that I like when you started looking at the geology. Got me thinking and figuring what I would be looking for in the area you were in. A good mental exercise in looking at what I'm at.
Someone was asking if you are a geologist. I like that you are some self taught. There is a lot of good information out there. Also being out in the field and seeing things for yourself is a great self learn tool.
Yes it all starts with the geology. Once you figure out the geology of an area it gives you a good idea of were to look.
I went to school and did two years of geology and have taken prospecting courses, but really nothing compares to the field work. You learn way more by actually being on the ground then being in a textbook. There's way more to learn than what can be taught in university.
Yes there is gold in New England
It's funny how some people think 97°F is hot. Where I live in Mexico, it's always above 40°C and then you add the humidity factor. This place is hell.
Not a heat person. People are different and climates are different. You probably think minus 10 celcius would be cold lol
@@911mining I love cold weather, -10°C would be lovely.
What are you doing in Mexico then! 😉
@@911mining well, I was born here and my life is here. If God, allows it, one day I will go somewhere with a climate that I like.
Very informative. Am still learning!
Very similar geology to the area I frequent on the West coast of Scotland. We have a significant amount of rare earth minerals with the gold.
I love malichite beautiful stuff
You have to be in California or southern Oregon. You are very fortunate to find this. Good luck and get rich soon.
British Columbia
I confess that I'm rather jealous. I live in southern California, so I'm very far from any location with a real chance of worthwhile mineral prospecting. I've been a middling rockhound since my youth, when my grandpa got me interested, as he made silver jewelry & prospected his own raw materials (except for the silver - that he purchased). He lived near Phoenix, Arizona, which has immense mineral abundances within easy distances. Anyway, those chunks of quartz with the terminations and vugs intrigued me, as they might actually sell rather well at rock & mineral shows. Just a thought.
What do you mean drive out to the desert
Thanks for showing nonsense things
I live in south central pa and am a asphalt worker. In cuts on Pa turnpike ive found huge quartz veins that looks exactly like rocks shown on this vid he described as pyrite n quartz. Curious if any gold near them veins of quartz? Waiting on asphalt trucks ive grabbed a bunch of samples. No luck. Youd think if any gold there they would of found when cutting through when they built turnpike.
U do t know nothing
Paul Condie hi yes there is gold in veins of quartz. But not all. Iron pyrite looks shiny like gold it’s called fools gold. It’s not heavy though. Gold is heavy. To be sure if you are not send it in to be tested by a lab.
I feel so breathless watching this 😂
There's gold in them there hills! Subscribing from Florida. 🌴🌴🏴☠️🌴🌴🎧🔊🔊✔
You amaze me with your knowledge, I wish I could be 30 years younger and learn...also fit enough to go walking lol
The trick is to love doing it. I have always loved this industry, geology, exploration, mining, metals...ect and it's made it easier to learn. Also an early start helps 👍
911 Mining & Prospecting. Thanks for the reply 👍🏼 I feel it’s a shame that this wasn’t talked about in geography lessons back in school, we can learn so much about what we live on....
Exactly!
Thanks once more for dragging us along. I am surprised at or why you look for pyrites all the time. I must admit that I found a small vein of copper pyrites one day in the south island of NZ and discarded it then found out they had found good gold in the copper pyrites.Im still kicking myself as it was about a thumb size diameter vein right through a large rock, which looked like it weighed a ton or more. I had the equipment to crack the rock but never bothered. But I still remember where abouts it was, so one day I will take my metal detector and go find it.
Most minerals are found with sulphides around here. Most deposits are volcanic here.
Thanks for all your efforts!
Decent figures there. Will be interesting to see what you get from nearby areas too.
That is pyrite
I dont know anything about gold mining but would like to luren how and. And some day have my own mine to work
I love these videos !!!! Some elements in those walls look like possible radioactive decay maybe high ionization just a guess ??? i see some stuff that looks like possible Green Thorite on that back wall? and some other stuff of course by now you guys know whats up with it ...great video again !!!!
Wow the comment section are full positive bro congratulation bro
Usually can't tell someone is Canadian until they say the words about, out, or metrics numbers. LoL 😆👍
Lol
I live in South Western Virginia, Appalachian mountains, whats the chances of finding gold in my area? Or any other gems & jewels for that matter. Been wanting to get into this but I'm not sure where and how to start. Have a bunch of questions for any one with experience and don't mind to take the time !
Try doing research on the Appalachian gold Belt it goes from Virginia to Georgia
Great job
Did you feel like you where being watched on way there? Because I believe you was not alone you had sasquatch watching and following you.
I like how he said it was really hot when that's everyday temperature for Florida lol
Must be awful 30+ and humidity stinks., I prefer cold.
I prefer the cold to its rediculous here it's over 36 right now
Pretty sure at 4:35 there’s a lil gold nug just sitting there
Eric Acosta I saw that too! Kinda by some leaves right?
I didn't see shit lol
Great video Bill, I am glad to see that you are still at it, I have not been out for about 2 years but will make a trip out in 2019, I will let you know so maybe we can hook up some where, yes I`m still good at it Ha ha
God bless you
Sampleing?? I would do some sampleing.... I call it dynamite... Opens a whole new world up...
Wish it were that easy:)
Amei muito bom esse vídeo
it's 42C here in Northern California today... it ranges 40-43.5 here most times in the summer
Too Hot. We rarely see temps in the 40s however with humidity it feels like 100C sometimes.
"but it's a dry heat" they always say... except lately we've been seeing 40-50% humidity during the day and upwards of 70% at night but a fair bit cooler. I'm not saying it's nice, it's not, but it actually gets even worse than that a couple hours north of me up in Red Bluff I think converted it's like 45C? 130-135F is way too common up there.. typically about 105-120 here. More normal humidity is typically 5-15% your sweat is gone so quickly that it doesn't have a chance to cool you down.. Prefer humidity about 20-30%, but then I lived on Guam and in MIssissippi (was born in MS hence the flag) and I've dealt with 95F-100% humidity numerous times.. Regular temps on Guam weren't THAT bad (80-85F-85%), it was pretty comfortable at least as a kid (5-7 on Guam 8&9 in MS) MS temps are typically closer to 80F and 80-100% humidity. The big difference back there is it maybe drops 10 degrees F for night time temps if you are lucky. Here most times we have the delta breeze and it'll drop down to lower to mid 60'sF at night, even if it's only for a few hours it definitely makes a difference, though when it's really hot if it drops to 75F you are doing good. First year we moved into this house our a/c went out and it was a heat wave with it being 85-90F AT NIGHT! That was hell. I'd definitely move to Oregon if I had my pick, though the last few years with the climate shift it's gotten a lot warmer up there too. I think it was 107 in Portland the other day, which is right on the ocean.. THAT'S INSANE for up there. But then we also have lows during winter of typically 35-40F during the day and 15-25F at night with the lowest I've ever seen being 9F at 630am, and we are only at 50ft of elevation.
well here on okla ALWAYS high humidity and temps 100+ 109f 2days ago with 95% humidity. absolutely miserable. then winters are as cold as 0f and windy as all hell 15-20+mph regularly but no wind in the heat. really no spring or fall wearher like its only 2 seasons here. temp can change as much as 50 degrees F in 24hrs. shorts no shirt 1 day and bundled up next day. READY 2 MOVE LMAO
Sounds awful. I prefer winter over summer temps.
i watched this video,at some country a big vein of gold was found thousands of ppl flocked there.
Thankyou for sharing.
10.48 so that's where that Minecraft sample comes from
I'd be callin the loggin company before they get started and let them know where the adits and everything is at that you don't want covered up, cause they won't care or contact you about them. Be safe out there and another great video
We usually do, however sometimes we can get the prime contractors number so we have to catch them while there logging.
It's actually the responsibility of the whomever engineers the block to make sure these are flagged up. Active Mineral claim owners should always be notified. It is simply an oversight , lack of research and poor engineering that your claims are being logged without your notification. Many loggers will not even see these depressions/adits from their machines. Maybe contact the licensee / actual land owners and update them with your claim locations. Mineral titles trumps logging/tree farm licences! You can press charges if they cause damage or loss of revenue!
Best thing to use as claim markers is a 4' PVC pipe sticking out of the ground about 4 feet--You can leave info on the marker..so if a logging company came in your area- Most loggers will contact you first before cutting...Happy hunting...Dig,Dig,DIg
Lee Hilton, the reality is, the logging company would likely file a trespass and you not be able to keep anything you've found. It's like finding $100 on the ground in a parking lot, everyone who knows you found it "lost it this morning".
@@umdsupreme not if the claim is already there and yours. For the most part the loggin company doesn't own the land their there just to log it.
The purple rock is a good sign that there is gold nearby.
Lugar muito cabuloso.gostei do vídeo
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Sweet video sounds like I have a lot of grief from logging out fits to bad no respect any where any more
The trouble is no communication and lack of knowledge. If I were to be clearing trees to gain access to minerals I'd make sure to include the property owner or logging company who has the tenure. It's just a respect thing. Not only that I'd be sure to check who has interest the property. As far as I know theres no resources to tell when logging is happening either till it does.
So does the pyrite give metal signals to a detector??.
You guys should talk to Earle Nestmann in Ymir...Owns the old Ymir mine and rights.
Thank you for sharing videos. We are always interested in learning more tips and tricks into finding the potential for more gold. We own a placer gold claim in Western Montana and there is an active lode mine on part of our claim
Quartz sounded a bit soft when you struck it with hammer. Possibly calcite mixed in?
A little calcite in some areas.
It would be a good idea to take some structural readings such as dip/strikes and lineation plunge/trends. As well unit thicknesses and lithological descriptions would be welcome.
In high relief and heavily vegetated terranes such as Vancouver Island, a 3D sketch map presented to the viewers with the assays would go a long way to orienting them.
Would also be an idea to discuss the geodynamic settings and mineralisation models of the paragneses, for instance Island Arc VMS, convergent margin porphyry or orogenic as the cases may be, that the subscribers can get a feeling for the metal associations.
Otherwise very enjoyable videos. All the best fossiking.
Nice
How did it all turn out?
Interesting , keep an eye out for rattle snakes.
We don't have them in this part of BC. Luckily!
Nice carbon leader there at 4:40
immediately subscribes because geology
wow looks good!
Nice rocks ❤
Thanks. I learned stuff!
I found gold bar in mindanao Philippines, gold bar from Japanese during World war 2. I have found 10 pcs of gold bar 2 pcs platinum.
Interesting ,but that adit was spent , you may have a sample with 4 g /ton au but that doesn't mean you could even get a ton from that adit .
GrooberNedJardine sample from pit was 4g/ton, sample from adit was over 24g/ton..while there may or may not be that left in the adit. It's a quick cleanout for a little gold. There may be an extension of the ore body which is what we are looking for. As there are similar multiple deposits in the area.
When they worked those adits up on the mountain side, did they carry the ore to a mill site somewhere?
Did nobody else see the adit entrance he completely missed? You can see the tops of the some 2x4s at 6:13 and 6:15 on the hillside. When he swings the camera you can see the top portion of the entrance.
There's other adits on this mountain but not within 500m of this and there not timbered. There's a shaft way below but the timberings at the midway point down. They also didn't use 2x4s 120 years ago, unless someone is doing work on our claims 😉
westerner: 35c its hot!
people living in equator: ????
HI, I am really enjoying your videos. I am moving to the Boise area soon and I look forward to doing some prospecting.
have you explored much around golden BC..
Nice job. You sound like you know your stuff.
Canada, right?? Beautiful surroundings.
Yes, British Columbia!
In canada have gold
Cool beans
At 4:45 there is a blue sharpie on the ground now who dropped it
Would of been my prospecting partner labeling sample bags most likely.
Go beyond looking for gold and diamond with Titan GER 1000 ?
Nice looking quartz.I got similar looking stuff at my place.
I live in MN. I was trying to figure out where this area is? I'm guessing judging by geology, plants, terrain, accent (or to me, lack of, lol!), and that theres gold, you are just shortly over the border?......
Hello, I live in a city where there are old, closed mines from which iron was extracted. If I prospect, can I get gold and what is the right place for prospecting?
cause it is sulphuric Mineralization. it will be difficult to dump leaching.
Looks like Gold Stream Victoria B.C.
Close Cowichan area!
A bear and a rabbit are shitting in the woods. The bear turns to the rabbit and asks, " do you have a problem with shit sticking to your fur?" The rabbit replies , " no!" So the bear picks up the rabbit and wipes his ass with the rabbit.
Are you saying Pyrate or Pyrite? hard to for an Aussie by listening to your accent.
Pyrite, Canadians don't have accents lol 😉
Interesting
Great videos love the subject matter thank you
Wow...oxida ores gold..... Awesome
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