Exploring High-Grade Hardrock Gold Veins in California

[@123Goldhunter11]

At 73 I'll just live vicariously thru you guys. Enjoy you're young back while you have them.

[@dwightvoeks9970]

Isn't that the truth. Weight training and forcing myself to squat and not bend over saved mine. I was out of commission and not able to work 13 years ago. I can work circles around the youngsters now at 58.

[@PunCraft]

"You don't tan, you rust up there" As a PNW prospector, that is a beautiful line! :)

[@RockyMtnGobblers]

Very nice to see an old gold mine come to life, these guys are fun to watch I wish them well.

[@RichMalyon]

Great Vid, Cheers, Loving the Gremlin hiding the mine at 3:37, it's the mean one with the stripe too!!

[@nopelindoputraperkasa5869]

The best video my friend ,, Very inspiring. Goodluck,,Greetings from a traditional Indonesian gold miner 🇮🇩⛏️🌸💪🌹

[@OregonAuExploration]

Great to see miners getting together! Jason hope you and Dan enjoyed your mining vacation, looks like fun.

[@tracychesnutt3660]

Nice to see you again Jason. I've missed your posts. It's great you are doing the collaborations with other miners. MO seems to be a great operation. The guys are nice as well.

[@williamscoggin1509]

Nice having all of you guys in one bit ago working together hearing all the different points of view and terminology. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@joshuajackson6442]

You guys are awesome! Thank you for reopening this mine and giving it another life! Love your passion for this project.

[@alfadoofus]

Nice to see the everyman getting an operation up .

[@EchoJulez]

3-1 video! Three channels filming at the same time!

[@shanedoyle3444]

Thanks for this video , a great example of how the miners worked , but back then no lights ,pitch black and the use of candle power and what about all that dust they inhaled , most would run a mile these days .. Cheers Jason , I just love your shows , Golden Triangle , Victoria , AU .

[@demolitiondavedrillandblast]

Looks like a well run operation and good to see the guys using appropriate respiratory protection when working in a dusty environment. Thanks for the video Jason.

[@donaldkasper8346]

That is why they normally drill with water jets.

[@Porty1119]

​@@donaldkasper8346 Yeah, horrible rates of silicosis in the Mogollon district spurred the development of wet drills. They have an internal nozzle (called a water needle) that injects water into the hole via a channel in the steel. Works great.

[@donaldkasper8346]

@@Porty1119 Even with masks, dust covers all their clothes.

[@rockman531]

Incredible Jason! I wish I was with you! Thrilled to see old mines coming back to life! Stay safe! Jim

[@andrewgildersleve4298]

If you made the flanges wider or put a second set of wheels on the rear of your skip then put rails out side of the tipping area that would bring the rear of the skip up and tip it without having to scrape it out

[@kindnuguz]

Dang it, I'm all excited to see what comes from that ton. Hopefully Jason can be of assistance to this team. Seems like they want to be mining and Jason has the skills in the mill.

[@UncleBildo]

Very cool, Jason! It's way more interesting to see little operations than big ones. Definitely some time, thinking, and hard work went in there. Love it!

[@dabonemarrow5337]

You guys are legend!! My hats off to you!! MINERS!! The real deal!! Godspeed fellas

[@beez1717]

I love how Dan Hurd has simpler and more sensational videos that are awesome for anybody to watch, and you have the more technical and in depth (no pun intended) videos that go into way more detail on things. It makes for an awesome combination because Dan gets me interested and learning about what is going on, and then you satisfy my itch to know even more! You to are a perfect combo, each doing the type of video that the other isn’t and it creates a perfect package every time!

[@That_Guy_Miggy]

Ask Jeff Willams mouth must’ve been watering over all that high grade material🤤😂 between all of you guys, I’ve gotten so much more into geology, since I was younger I’ve been fascinated by rocks, I also love the outdoors/going on hikes!

[@seldoon_nemar]

that PAPR setup has gotta be nice in a mine. never considered it for that application strangely (I'm a welder, so we have the clear shield version for grinding) Also, I love that hesitation when you hopped down and said you were going to start mucking for him and he clearly thought it was for the camera when he hesitated going back with the chipper. Nah dawg, Jason's here to WORK! I love it, too many mining shows make way more of mining than it is. there's something zen about just digging a hole that pays the bills . Keep up the amazing work! 20:48 I love their track setup. smart using a big pully on a steel band like that. that thing probably rolls like honey on that setup

[@nickfranklin1867]

Great to see you back Jason, I've missed watching your video's!

[@colinhugill9705]

So great to see you back "on air".

[@supersquirrel379]

seems like your video quality has improved glad to see it thanks for another good video Jason

[@XxelmokillerxX1]

good to see u brought Dan to experience that Cali gold

[@victorbryant2791]

It's good to see you Jason! I was beginning to fear you picked a little too much on a pillar! Love the videos stay safe!

[@gorillagoldhunters]

Absolutely awesome Jason!!!

[@John--qh9xl]

Looks like you're having a great time with other miners, Jason. Fun to work together like that. Thanks for the video. Kuddos to Dan as well.

[@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542]

Put some high intensity ultrasonic warblers around the entrances to the mine and that should keep out anything other than rattlesnakes [not sure if it bothers them or not], although it will also keep out bats, so people might not like that idea...

[@aaronsavage1234]

This was a lot of fun. Thanks for the video content! I was getting a little concerned about you, cause I hadn’t seen anything recently.

[@markbrown6236]

Great content, hope to see more small mines.

[@Porty1119]

There should be ten mines like this running in every county in the west!

[@julielortz670]

​@@Porty1119 but can you get the permits to reopen an old mine? ive been studying the mining sites near me that have been closed for many years and recently I came across a F.S. warning that it is illegal to prospect on an old mining site. It also warned that these old mines are historical sites that must be preserved as they are.

[@Porty1119]

@@julielortz670 We've reopened two past-producing mines in New Mexico in the last few years and run sampling programs on two others. Permitting for small mines isn't a very big deal. The only issue with prospecting old mines would be if the mine is on patented (private) ground or the claim is held by another party.

[@keithwood6459]

When are you going to process the helicopter ore?

[@linn1934]

Glad to see you back Jason. Hope you are well.

[@wrxs1781]

I am waiting with great anticipation for the next video. Good work Jason.

[@SMoore-js6fy]

Looking forward to the next report on this trip!!

[@peterwiley4383]

Gosh that is cool! Living vicariously through your adventures. Would love to get in there.

[@scipio8419]

Good to see you're back!

[@michaelgrisafi821]

Hallelujah! YOU'RE BACK!!!!

[@I.Live4oldcars.prospecting]

Awesome video Jason. Very interesting stuff

[@seanparchim9165]

As your outro was playing I was subscribing to there channel✌️ Napa California

[@kevinfrench4]

Welcome back brother!

[@hotrod2893]

Man Jason where have you been? Been missing the videos! Great to see you again.

[@butziporsche8646]

Thank you Jason and Dan!

[@brucevanderzanden9638]

Great video Jason! Looking forward to the results!

[@garyammerman2153]

Thanks Jason, very enjoyable video.

[@scruggsbuster9458]

Thank you for taking us down there to watch you dig for gold it was very. Interesting I liked it I hope that you find a lot of gold can't wait to see how much gold came out of there thank you I enjoyed the video😮❤❤❤😂😅😊😊😮

[@slackwaresupport]

the grimlin was great!

[@OGRocker1]

Awesome video as always Jason, Thanks

[@chakrazoo]

great bunch of guys!

[@mikehartman5326]

Excellent video. Love the collaboration and how supportive you guys are to each other.

[@trevordavidson8286]

Great work Jason and Dan gold fever is real!

[@jimwednt1229]

Thought that looked like my neck of the 🏜 👋 welcome Jason 🙏

[@chuckerickson6721]

Another great video Jason !

[@CabinOnTheWater]

It looks like hard and dangerous work but it must be so rewarding to have the instant gratification of panning a bucket or two of your work to verify the results of you labor. If I could dig a hole in my backyard and start pulling out gold I think I would do it everyday. lol

[@michaelwarden5349]

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH SIR. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND TEAM MEMBERS SIR.

[@ArkansasOff-Grid]

Awesome video man. very cool mine they have there and looks very lucrative too. getting that Shiny is always a pain in the Hiny but gold is always good.

[@alexkaring]

This is super awesome Jason!

[@madman__]

About time for another upload 😄

[@safeminingforum313]

There's no water in this shaft, water table is the main task to worry about in the mines in East Africa 😢

[@rastaralph7154]

Excellent video and what a great operation they have going on there! 👌❤️💛💚

[@silvaorgold]

Very very cool I just wand a bag of what they tossed on the waist pile lol

[@48thstateprospecting]

Well obviously they are hinting that they need better processing equipment (Jason) I’m sure you’ll work something out to get them what they need very interesting video looking forward to the next one and dans to see some color thanks mineoperator for sharing your mine with us see you on the next one👍🏼👊🏼

[@danonly7]

One of the timbers had a bunch of tally marks on it. Jason, any comment on what that was for? Around 7:30 time

[@Matt_the_Miner]

Each tally mark is a load of ore that was hauled out of the mine.

[@d.t.4523]

Keep working. Good luck!

[@donaldkasper8346]

When the vein got down to a half inch, the miners quit and volunteered to fight in WWII for the pay.

[@fhbbi]

Jason, Pioneer Pauly, from Vancouver, B.C., is missing! Hehe!

[@laurahaaima1436]

Great footage again!

[@danje748]

New video finally woho! =)

[@mhughes1160]

Good to see these guys wearing breathing protection Always great videos

[@dodgeit3014]

Man I looked yesterday to see if I missed some videos and it’s been over a month. I was wondering if you were ok and bam a video.

[@thisisbeyondajoke6748]

Deep Purple made some good ROCK music in the 70s

[@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542]

If they heap leach, all of the copper can become economically viable for them.

[@Porty1119]

Provided it's oxide (or chalcocite), leaching with sulfuric acid raffinate would work well. The vein looks weathered enough that oxide is a real possibility. They could then plate the PLS onto tin cans to make what's called cement copper, if any scrapyards nearby would buy it in that form.

[@rustybarbacles355]

Jason ready to muck for free like he’s makin 10 ounces a day. Mine operators actually payout money daily to mine. We are some crazy kooks aren’t we????

[@Mrcrowntown]

The content itself is gold:)

[@Mike_Greentea]

Paid daily because rocks might collapse on you so you better have lived good the day before!

[@SuperMortiki]

Awesome content 🎉

[@HParas-uf9pw]

Hi Jason, I want to ask what kind of tools you used for drilling / chirping rocks in that tunnel. I'm a small miner and just starting... from the Philippines.

[@jdshanahan4215]

Look like some good fun

[@Hermod_Hermit]

Goblin at 3:34

[@seldoon_nemar]

You should see if you can get in over with TVR Exploring before his mine is too big. they're already blasting and getting core samples

[@jasonbarron6164]

So what particles are needed to load a particle collider to create gold or other precious metals

[@WheelieShinyGold]

Cool video

[@wtjrtjtrh]

The gremlin was a highlight :D

[@crushaedelatorrel.6694]

so incredible.. great video..

[@jessewilson8676]

If the gold is in the deep purple area. A good name for the mine would be “smoke on the water”

[@markfryer9880]

Or Machine Head for the Album it came from.

[@sanfranciscobay]

Mining Gold on a small scale like this seems so labor intensive and so much dirt has to be moved to get so little Gold. Must feel good to hit a Gold Vein where it becomes extremely profitable.

[@paulcallicoat7597]

The old timers in the big mines would high grade close to the time of paying the investors in order to not have them divest the shares. Many of the small mines that high graded have left lots of gold in the tailings. When cyanide was discovered many mine dumps were put through the process to recover millions in gold and other metals.

[@Porty1119]

​@@paulcallicoat7597 I know some guys who made a *lot* of money reprocessing old dump material in New Mexico 30 years ago.

[@Matt_the_Miner]

Great video Jason! I’d love to get together and do collaboration with you sometime. It looks fun

[@Orbacron]

Guys, it looks like your at the Richat structure, Mauritania👀

[@wafflesacker]

Have you thought about a vacuum pump like they use on opal mines

[@goatmoag]

Good stuff. I don't remember subbing but wish I had been watching more.

[@eriknielsen1849]

Great video.. That was one impressive litle air hammer he had there. And I almost think it's the same price running it as a big electric if running on a diesel compressor. Becourse the electric will run on a generstor. and it will save the back

[@joshuahosang6690]

Awesome dude that is what's up

[@ranpederson5482]

The best thing about this video is your sweatshirt.

[@jeffbybee5207]

Isn't 2% about 40 pounds per ton? So you'd get about 130 per ton minus cost? Maybe good bonus pay

[@smallscaleminingsupplies9670]

Hi Jason, we have good grounds in Tanzania, ask the brothers to come to Tanzania for sight seeing will, there plenty of Gold in Africa it just needs some investments

[@theminejunkie]

Awesome vid!

[@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542]

22:06 Could just be my imagination but just a tiny but low and right of center looks like a really huge nugget... ~( 'w')/

[@deshb22]

I'm in Trinity county CA and would love to work for an Top Shelf operation such as this one

[@edwingemstone]

NICE

[@hillvalley6716]

These guys need a vacuum system like they have at some of the Opal mines here in Australia 🇦🇺. You just suck it all up to the surface.

[@mindseyeproductions8798]

in the desert; where there are rodents you will have snakes.

[@rogerdudra178]

Greetings from the BIG SKY. Thanks for showing the truth.

[@chucksweet7533]

Things in Washington State dont Get Wet, they Start Out that way!