History of gold exploration in Scotland part 2: 20th century and beyond

[@carltuckerson7718]

You do excellent work on these videos. Very informative- thank you.

[@AurProspector]

Nice video, thanks

[@williamarmstrong7199]

You need to do a couple on gold mining in Wales. There are Roman Gold mines to look at. .

[@ourmetallicearth]

I'm actually planning to do that this coming spring :)

[@RobIngram-e7h]

Hi there, as a professional geologist, I found both part1 and 2 of great interest. Well done! But please get to work on your audio, the constant changes of tone and level do distract from the appreciation of your work. More or the same please.

[@ourmetallicearth]

Thanks! These were some of my earliest videos, I've used a lapel mic in my later ones so the audio should be a lot better! I might republish these and some other older ones with reworked audio at some point. But glad you like them 😊

[@TotalFreedomTTT-pk9st]

KZbin doesn't usually allow links - but I 'll send this to you - your relaxed laid back delivery is very similar to Michael Charlton as you relate Geology to Economy - you are probably familiar with this documentary series - it's from 1985 - like yours you can go to sleep to them - there are 7 episodes and again yours are 'in the same vain' so to speak the way you include a more technical description of the minerals and chemistry Out of the Fiery Furnace - Episode 1 - From Stone to Bronze kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqendYCPrs1_eNk

[@ourmetallicearth]

Thanks for the tip, I wasn't aware of this series, looks interesting!

[@TotalFreedomTTT-pk9st]

​@@ourmetallicearth Episode #2 is very good - they are not as chemically or geologically as in depth as yours and have allot more resources to work with in their production - but it's the outdoor sounds and worldly places that is the same -- thanx so much for the reply

[@TotalFreedomTTT-pk9st]

I'm a bit lost - what about the enormous land or terrain that does not have 'out crops' to see anything or detect 'gold' - all that green grass covered stuff - couldn't there be gold under there ? it seems like a needle in a hay stack if there is cause you can't just rip up everything looking for it but it is fascinating to think that somewhere in there is tons of gold if you just knew where which I guess is where you guys come in to correlate data and be more logical about where to explore

[@andrewjohnston9115]

Drilling is the usual way to investigate the country rock for gold deposits, also geochemical surveys, soil surveys and panning can give good indications of mineral / gold occurence, however I think you're asking are there massive gold veins hidden under layers of country rock and the answer is probably yes, but if you can't find it, you can't ask an investor to give you money to mine it and no one especially the planners are going to start ripping off the topsoil and quarrying on nothing more than a desire to find the motherload - you need a convincing story supported by evidence to allow an investor to decide to put their money into your project rather than leaving it in the bank to earn interest.

[@davidedickjr]

I am enjoying your videos. Quite professional & educational in content. You are pleasantly articulate...rather uncommon in the science world. I look forward to watching more of your videos.

[@ourmetallicearth]

Thanks for watching!

[@mushinman1]

Thanks