Gold Rush - Long Version - Working Gold Mine - Western Montana, MT

[@NomadicTendencies77]

This right here was one of the first videos I watched when I starting looking into prospecting in Montana. Amazing set up.

[@davidegg22]

Welcome back! This was my friends' claim and he let me film his operation years ago. The area has all been reclaimed and you wouldn't know it was a gold mining operation driving past. Thanks for checking in. Dave.

[@toddpickens2994]

Thats my dream right there. A small operation for me and my 2 sons to work. Moving to western Montana in May. Thanks for the video

[@davidegg22]

Best of luck! Thanks for watching and commenting. Dave.

[@SueTay.]

Such a cool video, thanks for sharing with us all.

[@davidegg22]

Glad you enjoyed it! Dave.

[@jonathanwillard663]

I love this video. I watch it over and over. It'd be so cool to build your own washplant and set it up on some ground. There's good ground left, you just have to explore and find it. The airlift a small dozer and excavator in. It'd be so fucking cool. It's a shame folks with money get to have the fun adventures. We poor folk just get to sit back and watch the fun. I like this video because it's obvious this guy built everything and fixes his own equipment.

[@jipjob1]

Thanks and I enjoyed your presentation so much. I have been watching the Discovery Channel gold mineing shows and your presentation is just about as good as it gets. Thanks and may god bring you good fortune in your ventures! Jon

[@АндрейКазанов-г4к]

Приятно смотреть на хорошую работу. Размеренно, без суеты. Очень хорошо!

[@donrussell1606]

I find that amazing, you guye do in an hour what took us a week to do by hand. Far out!

[@johnsomerset1510]

Most intersting video I've seen all month!

[@Sammy1973ist]

Pretty cool vid...showing all the steps...the machinery involved...I really enjoyed it.

[@davidegg22]

Sammy, thanks for watching my video and taking time to comment. It was a fun shoot and it took a lot of time editing the video. I had to put all the pieces together in a logical sequence in order to tell a story without narration! I am pleased you enjoyed the video. Comments like yours make it worthwhile! Dave.

[@skeets6060]

Thats a hell of a one man set up for sure

[@davemoore7488]

A lot of color coming from there!!

[@TrevsOutbackandGoldAdventures]

Thanks for the really interesting video of your ops.

[@jimwagner6260]

Best soundtrack ever. Just The rocks on metal.

[@davidegg22]

And the sound of heavy equipment! Thanks for the comment! Dave.

[@blinko656]

Wow, appreciate you showing us your work. :) Nice little excavater.

[@cowboygeologist7772]

That's quite a setup there. Wish I had that at my gold mine for a couple of weeks. Everyting has pretty much just been setting there since 1939. I bought a super hog 13' highbanker and worked the tailings for a week by recirculating the water. My friend and I hardly processes enough to tell we had even been there - lol. He moved so I sold the high banker last week. Metal detecting is much easier for a single person.

[@davidegg22]

An operation like this certainly takes a lot of dedication. A lot of moving parts that need constant maintenance. Like your operation, this is not a one-man show. You are right, metal detecting is much easier. Besides, it allows you to move between sites a lot easier!

[@jayphillips4058]

Great operation, must've taken a lot of time and work to put together this video! This is the way small mining should look, and having worked around an old Cedar Rapids crushing operation years ago I enjoyed seeing the little homemade touches that really work. Great job!

[@jonryan5339]

WoW Great setup. Happy Hunting

[@davidegg22]

Thanks for viewing and commenting. Dave.

[@gangesexcavating]

That's a lot of hard work you have done there. Well done!

[@TheEndwrench]

Wow! Cool for two reasons. I live in western MT and do a little prospecting myself plus your editing is awesome! Never got bored once!

[@davidegg22]

Todd, thanks for the kind words. I used two cameras and needed to be a little creative with the edits! Since I shot this video of my friend, the site has been totally reclaimed as per contract. You wouldn't know it was a gold mining operation close to Trout Creek if you did not see this video. Thanks again for commenting. Dave in Missoula.

[@davidegg22]

The Montana Metal Mine Reclamation Act requires mining companies to return mine impacted lands to a stable and usable landform. All materials (except gold) is returned back to the pits. Thanks for watching and asking! Dave.

[@jimhornstein7741]

Great video David, keep them coming.

[@renaldolama9517]

Very cool camera work.

[@centeroftheearthmining4095]

Great video!

[@moselomika9423]

You are a had working man for sure, I do that work too but your seems to be interesting , nice work

[@keysthinking]

I like your set-up

[@janjaodno]

Very good!!

[@travelvideos]

It was entertaining to watch. Tiny gold pays for all that heavy machinery to operate.

[@davidegg22]

Thanks for watching. It helps if you own all the machinery and can build the specialty equipment required to extract the gold.

[@numismaticchalk]

thats one solid operation - good vid

[@1BlueStarRising]

Another awesome Video here :-) Cool separator & Sluice Box Thats awesome how they pond the water & hard minerals . Awesome Filming 5 thumbs up Video

[@davidegg22]

+1BlueStarRising Many thanks! This video is of my friends claim. Since then, the area has been reclaimed and you can not see where the original claim is. They did a terrific job turning the area back to Mother Nature. Remarkable! Dave.

[@entztrix]

So Awesome! I live in Missoula and prospect at least 3 times weekly.... it is my dream to do this!

[@thatguyonabicycleofconsurv3908]

It's a great video to watch....

[@nwhuckin7761]

that looks addicting! i like it.

[@videolabguy]

That was very gratifying. Thanks!

[@abdelkrimlaagad]

very good

[@piealb1]

Beautiful vid!

[@bayoubilly6971]

Just watched agin. Man I sure miss that place. My uncle is getting really old I might go see him soon and check out the old swimming hoke

[@MikeMikeSkiBoardBike]

Very cool setup, and looks like a lot of custom equipment work. Love the wheels on the end. Why spend 20K on a shaker gold table when three wheels in order can seperate without barely having to watch it? lol great idea!

[@zamanbaba9992]

. I wish you very beautiful, abundant gold

[@jaywillow9927]

This dude is SMART. He has a small operation, old equipment without electronics (so he can fix it), and has the absolute smartest cleanup system available to mankind. He doesn't even have to cleanup his gold. The Hoffmans need to take lessons from this dude. The Hoffmans (Gold Rush TV show) spend a million dollars just to profit a few hundred thousand. See, the old miners got the good ground, so all these claims which already have roads built to them have been picked clean of all the good ground. The old miners left the ounce per hundred yard ground alone because they got the 5 ounce per hundred ground and mined the hell out of it. The only claims worth mining are small untouched pockets on benches and such which have no roads going to them. To get a good claim, you're going to have to build a road. The way to go is seek out a SMALL claim which would require a small operation running 50 yards/hour. Trust me, this dude doesn't have to worry about going in the hole. The way to go is find a little claim that's a few acres and TEST TEST TEST. You have to get water permits, land use permits, mining permits, etc.. The way to do it is spend a season testing. Don't be in a hurry. Don't take on investor dollars. If you don't have a retirement with a million dollars in it, leave the mining alone. It's going to take 200 thousand at least just to get everything you need. Then you need fuel money until you sell some gold. Taking on investor money is dumb as fuck unless it's family or friends who have the money to blow.

[@arcticminer32]

Well said and right on the money!

[@joemc111]

Great video guys. Gold today January 07,2020 $1570 per OZ.

[@davidegg22]

Thanks for watching!

[@davidegg22]

Thanks for noticing and informing me. I will follow through. Dave.

[@davidegg22]

James, thanks for your comment and your question. The gold at the end of the video was probably from 4-6 dumps in the hopper. I shot video for an hour that morning while the two mine owners worked the front-end loaders. They say that some days are better than others, depending on the trench they are working on. I do not know what the average daily take is. Thanks again for watching and commenting. Dave.

[@ProspectorTripp]

Nice Operation! PT

[@bigfootGeorgia]

Real neat and efficient setup. If you can, explain how the pay dirt is getting to the wheels? from the sluice box?

[@AdrianoPedrasPreciosas]

com estas ferramentas vao pegar muito ouro

[@bb3431ify]

Excellent. ..that is my dream someday

[@rogern4138]

Great Video!! One of THEE BEST!! Dave may I stop by? I am in Montana right now heading north...

[@davidegg22]

Roger, many thanks for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it. This was a friends claim before he reclaimed the land and sold the claim to a Canadian company. Sorry. I trust you will have great travels through Montana and points up north. Thanks again for commenting. Dave.

[@Lycoming320]

The dirty water in the sluice boxes at 6:50 will wash a lot of fine gold right through. Clean up the water and the gold recovery will be better. The gold in the pans is coarse with not much fine gold.

[@thedifferent9575]

اروع جهاز لتنقية الذهب رأيتة حتى هذه اللحظة 😍😘

[@grengd]

Very good. But is it worth all the hassle ?

[@djpitr]

Very nice vid thanks

[@wolfofrhodeislandx7462]

Lol that gold wheel is flying but its getting gold too awsome

[@davidegg22]

Yes, my friend had quite the setup, ingenious implementation.

[@wolfofrhodeislandx7462]

Absolutely.the trommel and Hopper was great.just a nice low cost set up.are you guys still getting back at it this spring id love to see more videos.thats some of the nicest gold ive seen at that level of mining

[@AdrianoPedrasPreciosas]

Meu super like amigo 💎🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒😁🍀🍀

[@federicomenardi2947]

no alcanzo a ver como es el proceso desde el lavado de arena hasta que ya sale listo para los espirales ??? no se si me explico

[@sgt.pedrocezar]

Parabéns..muito bom..👍

[@davidegg22]

Obrigado. Eu aprecio você assistindo e comentando. Thank you. I appreciate you watching and commenting. Dave.

[@sanfranciscobay]

Interesting. You folks are panning for gold Big Time. I just came from a video where a man was using a pick ax, shovel and pan, while sitting in a river stream. Major difference.

[@AdrianoPedrasPreciosas]

aqui no Brasil tem que trabalhar armados por causa dos ladrões vai aue aparece um político derrepente 👍👍🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🍀♥️

[@pensarparacrescer]

Da pra fazer umas mudanças nessa operação com custo próximo de zero e dobra o resultado poupando mão de obra

[@josemariacardoso9344]

Kkk

[@stephensmith3184]

Hardest working attics you'll ever meet, good men work hard for what they earn and that's a fact!!!

[@stephensmith3184]

Stupid smart phone auto spell...lol... much respect fellas!!!

[@bayoubilly6971]

Wow that is awsome I used to live on blue slide rd by Thompson falls. I would take my 4 wheeler to the vermillion bridge to go swimming after school.

[@davidegg22]

What a small world! We have a cabin on Blue Slide Road out of Trout Creek and have been shuttling there since 1981. Beautiful country for sure! I am still capturing the Huckleberry Festival parade and posting on KZbin each year. I love small towns, USA! Thanks for sharing your memories! Dave.

[@indyme2]

Nice wash plant, Dave. Is this operation still running? Don't know how I missed this video!

[@davidegg22]

Jerry, the plant is still there but the area has been reclaimed since I captured this video 12 years ago, you wouldn't know it by driving past. He used the plant last year to run some material through from another spot on his claim but nothing like this video. It looks like I had 4 to 5 cameras running, but I only had two. I captured different scenes and stitched them together to make this video. His claim is only about six miles from Camp David.

[@indyme2]

@@davidegg22 Interesting. Just getting a jump start on Sunday morning David E videos.

[@JDKvideos]

Great Operation you have.... Do you fill in all the holes you dug up eventually? Thanks for the video!

[@thatmaineguysv-log7655]

Ty

[@patrickjobling8676]

What a great life style ...just the ducks nutts ..😁

[@brizzx32]

That guy was a one man team, loading scouping, classifying and off to the Big Banker.

[@Bobbycat115]

Looks like a dream and that is all it is ? I will buy a ticket first

[@federicomenardi2947]

hola queria saber como hacen que desde el mismo lavado llegue automaticamente a los 3 spirales que terminan de lavar el oro? gracias

[@sadiqaghaa6071]

very good resalt

[@davidegg22]

Thanks! I used some techniques that were new to me. Having more than one camera rolling sure helps during the edit process. I think I shot for 45 minutes to edit down to this 10 minute vid. Thanks for viewing and commenting! Dave.

[@allenray3764]

Dave do you need any help I'm off for the winter I can run a loader I'll work for damn near free just for the experience.

[@s258298]

I wish I had your job Dave.

[@blinko656]

Curious about all the 1 and 2 inch pipe I saw laying in there..

[@fmh2066]

I have a large green gold wheel and love it. I never saw anyone using 2 of them. Are you getting gold the first one lost? I use mine at the river I feed it liker a coal stove. Scoop and wait,red and black sand with gold fall into a small bucket on the back. I scoop 20 or times a min.

[@cleankiller9]

YES.GO THERE.GOLD.LOTS OF GOLD.

[@hueyh9773]

Has to be the best gold mine I've seen yet you go from digging it separating it getting the loose Rock putting in the tumbler in the sluice get it back and then driving it all the way out of gold only that's so fucking awesome there's no I'll get back to you and I slipped a little you know that's great good job

[@slipsonic]

By the way nice setup, this is how those idiots on gold rush alaska should have set things up haha. Its nice to have a little glimpse of summer in this video too, its been damn cold lately.

[@cahayatharim6614]

Like gold

[@danielwaguespack4301]

I like there setup

[@welshwizard86]

how come u cant scoop up and ur loading up with a mini digger?

[@sanfranciscobay]

It may look like a small amount, but if you add it up over a full day, it might be worth thousands of dollars. The Bureaucrats in Washington wasting our hard earned tax dollars could learn a valuable lesson on what it's like to work for a living.

[@dindaayuagustn8489]

Ikut dong big bos,salam dari Indonesia,sukses selalu bos ,semogga dapat mas super gede naget

[@daviddurflinger3104]

that has to be one of the best operations I have seen, what is your normal TPD.

[@cuddles6938]

Should do that in Alaska, there's nothing but big pits everywhere.

[@Rockhounding-with-Bigfoot]

The Treasure State - I like that

[@samuel19641]

Man, I would so love to be there helping. Imagine mining in the day and Squatchin' in the night...Pure delight. Hey, I can run and fix heavy equipment and even weld......What'da say???

[@davidegg22]

Too funny! This site has been totally reclaimed by my friend and it now looks like no one was there at all! Thanks for watching. Dave.

[@tomkelly8827]

It looks to me like you could have made a shorter trip with your loader. Couldn't you bring the processor closer to the ore deposits. save some time on each trip?

[@risaias]

Great video, thx! Could you explain your yuba wheel setup at the end? I'm trying to figure it out.

[@davidegg22]

Sorry, but my friend is the actual gold miner, I just shot the video. I do know that the three wheels really separates the gold flakes efficiently. The gold nuggets are captured in the vibrating tray upstream. Thanks for asking. Dave.

[@gnomespace]

How many yard you move to get that poke?

[@commanderofthenorth3348]

how many month do you get to mine ,I'm in Alaska and mine also .

[@jdean1851]

wheres all the flour gold?

[@patman0250]

is that it?

[@ut000bs]

No fines? Do fines go somewhere else he didn't show?

[@haynerbass]

I have a dessert fox wheel, but I've only seen one other video with a double wheel like yours. What's it called and where can I get one?

[@wesolint]

Cool I'd like to make my living that way too.

[@slipsonic]

I live in missoula, I have an awesome spot down the bitterroot where I do some very small scale placer mining. Just out of curiosity, where is this site? I dont want to claim jump or anything just kinda curious :)

[@rajeshpatel826]

they should be washing those big rocks too.

[@AbandonedNorthJersey]

Very interesting video . Do you know how long it took for that amount of gold to be found at the videos end ?

[@juansel35]

Donde debe haber mucho oro es en lo montes urales

[@DriverDean]

Hi Dave Prospector Dean here from MN. Thanks for the great video....Where is this operation? I am planning on prospecting the Lincoln MT area on my summer vacation this year. Just curious where this is....

[@davidegg22]

Dean, thanks for watching and asking. This operation is in the Vermillion Drainage out of Trout Creek in Western Montana. It has since been reclaimed. Good luck prospecting on your vacation!

[@DriverDean]

Thanks for responding David - appreciate the info !

[@rtn.sanjaywadhwaindia2991]

I want to visit a dry gold processing plant. Any leads please. ...which one can I see.

[@Iliketoweldandbraze]

It is really good video but it probably cost you that much to run that machinery probably more but let me add this I'd gladly give you a day's work just to go try it

[@cementplant]

Haw Much to run that machinery? www.bestjawcrusher.com/products/ball_mill/?WUY

[@MariaSanchez-pm3ed]

Did you sell it