DEVILS GORGE LOST GOLD MINE.

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@BD-sq6bs 2 ай бұрын

Hey Mark from Nevada here, no doubt the old timers were hard core there shit ass deep in the bush with super monster snakes and such. ALL THE BEST!

@qldabandonedmines 2 ай бұрын

G'day Mark! Indeed those old miners were unlike current generations. We were up there for a day and only hiked in. Mining that rock in the summer months would be close to torture. No doubt they had a cool off in the gorge afterwards if it held water. Thanks for tuning in ledge. Eb.

@keirbrown7734 2 ай бұрын

you can always zip your tent up from snakes and Spiders down under Mark. You cant do that with Bears and Wolves. Happy Hunting. :)

@BD-sq6bs 2 ай бұрын

@@keirbrown7734 Always cool hearing from you guys im hunting dark red garnet clusters/plates now that the wiggle tails went home for the winter lol Happy Hunting to you and yours as well

@glengrant3884 2 ай бұрын

GREAT WORK EB!!💥💪 SHINE BRIGHT!!🤍💙❤️🙌👊

@Kevin-mw9yl 2 ай бұрын

I think it's fair to say, that you guys go to the extreme, to deliver great content. Stay safe out there lads🤠

@qldabandonedmines 2 ай бұрын

@@Kevin-mw9yl Thanks Kev! Yes this one was a bit of a push. It reminded me of the German Gully hike with Sam. A lot hotter but thankfully significantly shorter. Sad I did not get the mega snake on video. Thanks for tuning in mate! Eb. QAM.

@justsomebloke460 2 ай бұрын

hell of a mission!! was a pleasure having yous as always.. who needs a 10 stamp crusher when you've fot Captain Morgan & a dolly pot 😆🍻

@qldabandonedmines 2 ай бұрын

Hahaha! Thanks, Ledge! If you did have a stamp mill and enough of that ore, you could definitely retire.

@Mark_The_Magnificent 2 ай бұрын

Great video as always mate! You guys REALLY do put in the effort to do what you do - nobody could be better! Believe me I know what that heat is like, as it regularly gets over 40 C where I live here in North America. Keep up the great entertainment!

@qldabandonedmines 2 ай бұрын

@@Mark_The_Magnificent Thanks Mark. The day itself was not too bad. High 20°C. But as we hit that gorge, oh boy. Some of the little puddles had some alien fungi growing in them as those little pools were probably 45°C! Thanks for watching, commenting and supporting the channel as you always do ♥️ I know you're going to love the episode we drop on December 16th. It's pretty wild! Some good stuff on the way up until then too bud. Eb.

@Blue_Night- 2 ай бұрын

Great job mate😅

@markkilley2683 22 күн бұрын

Great scenery and vid.

@qldabandonedmines 22 күн бұрын

@@markkilley2683 Thanks mate. Beautiful part of QLD!

@baronblahblah2396 2 ай бұрын

Awesome! I also love to check out old timer mines. It’s beautiful out there in the bush

@qldabandonedmines 2 ай бұрын

Hell yeah mate. Other than with our families, these are our favourite places on earth. We've now clocked over 10,000km hunting them over the last 4+ years. Thanks for tuning in and commenting bud. Stay safe if you ever punch into any of them. Some are legitimately dangerous. Eb. QAM.

@baronblahblah2396 2 ай бұрын

@ I also watch Jeff Williams channel on geology and gold mining, I highly recommend to at least check it out brother. God bless & Stay Safe out here Mate & keep going with your journey! Good things will happen with persistence and determination ✌️

@brentonpaterson7047 2 ай бұрын

Such a great channel. Still want to see Buck find Rambo's mine!!

@qldabandonedmines 2 ай бұрын

@@brentonpaterson7047 Thanks ledge. Buck is right near Canada now so anything is possible with him! Eb. QAM.

@OGRocker1 2 ай бұрын

I think that Bat was trying to tell buck; Get the phuck out, this is my Mossie supply !!! Hope Buck and Mrs H are enjoying their time here in the States..... If they make it here I know who to send first into the un-explored mine.... love the new look brother... the mustashe looks awesome mate... .... even if you don't have a license to sport it .... Way cool explore Y'all... Take care and stay safe! ⛏⚒⛏ ~Jekyll the Hyde 🎩@OGRocker1 Cheers Eb .... till the next ! 🦘🦇🕷🕸🍻 🤙

@qldabandonedmines 2 ай бұрын

Hahaha. License revoked for the Stashe' after the comments on this episode I think! I've lost track of what and where Buck & H's current plans are. They are waaay up north in Wyoming now. He just sent me a video of him in an enormous collapsed adit in Silver Valley, Idaho. It wall bulldozed and very flooded. Looked ultra cool though. If he finds anything else I'm sure he will add you into the album though. Hope you are well bud and thanks for being such an awesome supporter of our adventures ♥️🦘⛏️ Eb. QAM.

@OGRocker1 2 ай бұрын

@@qldabandonedmines Yes, sadly the rainy season has come here, mines are flooding, exploring is ending for the year. I enjoy your explores , so it is my pleasure. ⛏⚒⛏

@den_t5661 2 ай бұрын

The green colouration in the hand-sample at 26:36 likely attributed to argillic alteration of chlorite and epidote commonly observed in low-sulphidation epithermal deposits such as Cracow. Furthermore, Olivine is a mafic mineral that is not associated with granitoid melts; it is also highly susceptible to weathering and remobilisation due to the solubility of Mg and Fe at surface.

@qldabandonedmines 2 ай бұрын

@@den_t5661 Nice. Cheers bud. We were not exploring in the Cracow beds, quite a way South East. Not sure on the low sulphudation though. The ore was very much bonded with sulphur. We had to roast it at over 600°C to burn off the sulphides. I had to wait for my neighbours to go out so the smoke didn't gass them 😂 Not much AU recovered. It was less than 2gpt from a small sample of 1.2kg of ore from the dump site. I can't imagine processing this ore was easy for any of the generations that had a shot at it. Thanks for tuning in mate Eb.

@mudcowp7132 2 ай бұрын

Great video. I've been there many times over the years so was great to see it on your channel. Whenever I've been there the mines are full of water so would love to know what's down there.

@qldabandonedmines 2 ай бұрын

Cheers mate. The older workings would be the late 1800s, and I think the more recent workings were the 1930s. We can see in the research we did that in the 1930s they built a treatment plant up there. I think all they did in that era was mined a halo around that shaft to create that void now resembling the open stope. We found the mill site in the 30s by following the trail of battery sands. Not much volume of that, so possibly it wasn't very successful. That stope would have had a network of platforms and ladders that sadly all got burnt in the 1980s. It would have been an amazing site to still see that. I plan to go back and hike to the Southern workings next winter. It will be an overnighter with ample snake safety gear! Thanks for watching mate Eb.

@mudcowp7132 2 ай бұрын

@qldabandonedmines thanks for the info. Absolutely love your channel! Be great to see the return trip!

@DoingItTheHardWayAgain 2 ай бұрын

There are some diggings on our property, 2 of which are on the app with recorded gold findings. I have walked a fair bit of the property and there are quartz veins that go well into the hill/rock. There were gold mines in this region, but I don't have the equipment or money for the equipment, nor the healthiest of backs to try and get into it. Would be nice to actually get together with someone who is knowledgeable in this field and not just looking to find a million dollar nugget!

@jasonthompson5324 2 ай бұрын

Great video I take it you boys are geologists or definitely have knowledge in that area?

@qldabandonedmines 2 ай бұрын

@@jasonthompson5324 Cheers mate. Definitely not geologists. Just a bit has been absorbed after years of exploring mines and researching the associated reports on them. I learn a lot from John, as he is a scientist. Buck has been exploring mines and minerals showings for well over 10 years. I will be pursuing a Geoscience course part-time soon though, as it fascinates me. Thanks for tuning in mate! 🦘🦘⛏️⛏️ Ebenezer. QAM.

@detecting_Nathanael 2 ай бұрын

There'd have to be alternative access somewhere, Eb. All of the mines I know of up in that area have vehicular access somewhere.

@qldabandonedmines 2 ай бұрын

I'm going back next winter Nathaniel. There's 6 more mines to hit but it will be a sleepover treck. I think heavy vehicle access would come in from the south. Hope you are well ledge! Eb.

@detecting_Nathanael 2 ай бұрын

Mate, I’m feeling fantastic and got out yesterday to wave the wailing wand. Great vid, too mate. Thanks for posting it, Eb.