I Finally Found the Gold Mine! | Hard Rock Ore Crushed From the Quartz Vein!

I Finally Found the Gold Mine! | Hard Rock Ore Crushed From the Quartz Vein!
Hard rock gold mining is an expensive and difficult thing to do. Its difficult because finding a lode deposit in quartz, even in a gold mine, is extremely rare. Finding a quartz vein that's paying out enough to commit to a proper rock crushing operation is even harder.
However, I may have found such a deposit in an abandoned gold mine known as the Queen Elizabeth!
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[@jonothanlaurie7844]

You don't have any grey hairs.......they are "Light Black".......

[@TimCasey-p5c]

I have plenty of grey hairs. Some even white.

[@MadMarlin1964]

I really enjoy the hard rock prospecting. Great episode, here’s a little petrol money for the next trip.

[@VoGusProspecting]

Right on! Thanks for this mate

[@minerjohnny41]

Way to go, Chris... all your hard work has paid off ... you and Gadzee both deserve good rewards for the effort you put into all avenues of your prospecting career

[@VoGusProspecting]

Thanks 👍 happy to have norrowwd this one down

[@minerjohnny41]

@VoGusProspecting thanks for the reply, You are 1 of 3 who replies to comments .... best of luck with everything, and I'll be watching every video ... 👍👍👍

[@dubblewrap]

I will happily fly to australia and chip rock all day for 30 days. For free. Just a sandwich. Water. Send me home with a gram of au

[@VoGusProspecting]

@@dubblewrap f3d on bread and water hey

[@VFTC678]

It might not be measurable on a scale, but you bring me countless grams of happiness per ton. Thanks so much!

[@VoGusProspecting]

This was 0.08g from 3/4 of a pan. Roughly 1.5oz per ton

[@VFTC678]

@@VoGusProspecting I think the spot price for happiness is pretty high right now.

[@hasmeadali7316]

Truly appreciate the adventure, it's really hard work, bonanza City is around the corner. Gold bless

[@VoGusProspecting]

Bonanza Town here we come!

[@mabeSc]

looking forward to more vids exploring this vein

[@VoGusProspecting]

It's happening, just takes a bit of time woth hard rock

[@davidhandyman7571]

OH, look, instant success. It only took ten years of blood, sweat and learning.

[@Fluffylives]

Thanks for your upload today sir. Needed some prospecting today.

[@VoGusProspecting]

Glad to help

[@IBRAKEFORBEDROCK]

Look at that pretty new shovel ! But you should have more water for drinking

[@VoGusProspecting]

I generally ave about 3lt on me

[@whgordon6109]

I can't wait for the follow up!

[@MrJayrodge]

That's great to see. I'm so jealous!!

[@VoGusProspecting]

Lots of work went into that. Hard to find gold veins

[@scotthultin7769]

11 👍's up VGP thank you for sharing 🤗

[@VoGusProspecting]

Thanks for the visit

[@JimmyCronos.]

At 6 mins 29 seconds that vein reveals a scull 😂jokes Love ya work

[@Ironsja11]

Textbook safety squint right @ 8:04. Good man Chris!! 😆

[@jenskoppka1870]

It looks promising, thanks that you went out under such hot conditions, well, here were I live its still cool, first day of spring :) Look close at the remains of the vain, where the oldtimers dug. Seems they bypassed the vein on its right flank as you pointed out. Could be easier to break the hard quartz when mining or there is also gold next to the vein as you said. Keep in mind that rotted bedrock and crumbled quarz above the solid quartz should have the same gold content but is already fine to be panned :) The area around the vein appears to be more reddish compared to the yellowish bedrock. Would make sense to pan some of the reddish soil. Anyway, many thanks for the upload, fingers crossed for more gold there.

[@VoGusProspecting]

Absolutely agree, thanks for the insight

[@leighanncronin6905]

I like it! Yes, go back there. There could be a huge pocket in that hardrock😯🧐

[@stephenpublicover8818]

Hey Chris , great find, your hard work is paying off!! I know of an old hard -rock gold mine about 10km away in Waverly, Nova Scotia were the side of the hill is ore dump from the old mine!😀👌👍👍 Has to get a little warmer, only 1c here today! Great video, keep following that vein👏✌Cheers mate!

[@Uncle-Digger-Prospecting]

I am absolutely loving this channel, and it's been super informative for me being a newbie to detecting, fossicking, and prospecting in far north QLD. I'm now a monthly subscriber. Lovin it

[@susanturcotte3176]

That's a nice result for you, Chris. I was just as surprised as you were to see more gold than expected. Although you didn't show us if you have met your goal of 0.15 grams, I agree that you need to look at this site some more. The reason I agree is not because of the end finding. I'm basing this on common sense on how far down you had to dig just to get to the small quartz vein. Since gold erodes out of the rock, getting down lower is the key to finding potentially more than 0.15. That would make a significant profit for your toil and sweat. Sending cool winds and blessings from Alabama ❤️

[@stevenpackman4570]

This a is a great channel, I don't comment anywhere near enough. Thanks for the educational kick ass gold journey your taking us all on 👏👏

[@mocaman99]

0:22 Luckily for me, most of my hair fell out before it had a chance to go grey. Cheers for the vid :)

[@TheBlokeOutback]

Good on ya mate fascinating stuff, on a side note the wife is more happy to let me go out and prospect with the bigger golds I’ve been finding thanks to your vids 🍻

[@VoGusProspecting]

That's fantastic, super happy to hear the videos have helped.

[@TonyWalker-e9m]

I am happy that you uploaded this video, an glad for you that you found a possible really good vain. Good hunting!

[@VoGusProspecting]

Cheers man

[@TonyWalker-e9m]

And thank you for answering my text. I am 58 just an old hillbilly from Idaho and you have given me the incentive to go back out and do some more prospecting.

[@ainschuntayleuhn1147]

Thanks for helping to make up my mind on which Gold Detector to get.

[@dirkfrazier9779]

True pick n shovel mining, placer is different, but when producing, you forget the differences!

[@tranquilvortex]

Awesomeness!! So glad to see! I hope you strike it rich! I really like your videos. Can't wait to see more from this mine. PS: A portable Gus-bro (gazebo lol!) over your outside work area would make life more comfortable. Stay safe in the heat matey. God Bless fellow ranga, from Qld, you got humidity you say? Been brutal up here.

[@chrislilly1463]

Awesome! I love your Hard rock adventures. I hope you do some more there.

[@TheCoffeeBushKid]

Well done on the crush Chris. Good hint of promise. Motorized wheelbarrow might be the order of the day to get the ore back to the vehicle. Good luck 😁👍

[@GUIA1776]

love the content man i am in the USA and would love to one day try out the Australian gold panning

[@VoGusProspecting]

Get on a plane brother

[@hatcherhollerhoodlum4418]

Yall better tare that hillside up and cover it good when you leave ....thieves are a plenty after you've done all the work!!!

[@VoGusProspecting]

Absolutely know it mate. Bloody shovel doggers

[@MickH60]

Cooler weather on the way, that should make things more bearable !!

[@rodneymiddleton1044]

Great stuff Chris I hope there is plenty more of that in that vein for you 😁

[@garrettmillsap]

This is awesome chris. Happy for you. You and Gadzee are my favorite people ive never met lol

[@VoGusProspecting]

Cheers mate, I truly appreciate that

[@garrettmillsap]

@@VoGusProspecting I'm glad. Thank you for responding.

[@TalRohan]

I'm back very nice discovery Chris , pleased for you. and hoping the pay just gets better as you go deeper

[@debhester8665]

Awesome find!

[@VoGusProspecting]

Thanks Debbie 😊

[@Mr.ZooKeeper]

Love your videos! I’m color blind too! But to be specific, we are color-deficient. I think it helps to find certain minerals and rocks when searching. Cheers!

[@trevdyer173]

Great vid. Not sure about the Oak though

[@VoGusProspecting]

Hey. It's milk

[@trevdyer173]

@@VoGusProspecting so is colostrum

[@audigga4396]

I bet it taste just like a hot coffee!

[@LisaHayes-yj4tp]

Oh this looks like the start of something really good! Looking forward to the next videos 🎉

[@Peacekeeper1966]

That same day (well, give or take 24 hrs), I was out around Sofala. After three days of digging and panning and sweating my box off and the fourth day predicted to be 42 deg. C, I got up early, packed up and was on the road by 7.00 am. And, the RC valve on my AC compressor decided it was an appropriate time to go on the fritz. After two hours of more sweating my arse off, just as I crossed the Nepean madly punching buttons and twisting the controls like a 1960's father twisting a naughty kids ear, it frickin' worked again! Blasting delicious gales of arctic vortex wind into my sub-Saharan Landrovers' harsh interior! It kept blowing all the way home to the point I was actually getting cold but, I dared not touch the thing lest I risk imminent heat stroke and being plunged straight back into Sanai again. It's fixed now and when I paid the man for his good works, I just reminded myself of the drive home....bill really wasn't so painful then.

[@Barbzy]

omg such a good idea. im trying it!! i have hundreds of these holes around town

[@AG-6969]

Chris, The 1 gram paydirt I got from you arrived a few days ago, and I have been having a blast! I've very little experience in panning with any success so I pulled out my 6" pan and only paned a teaspoon full each time and then saved the sand and black sand for my second, then third, then fourth go at it, Yes, and I'm not done yet. Could use a Miller table to be honest for the last run. So much black sand! Have roughly .850 gr of gold so far. The rest, still locked in black sand is so tiny, it will take awhile to get it all. It has been so fun from the first pan and on. I'll leave a review on the Old moldy when I'm done. Thanks Chris for the experience. Highly recommend this to anyone!!!

[@VoGusProspecting]

It's usually pretty easy to get about 70 to 80% of the gold out. It's the last little bit that's a right pain in the ass.

[@AG-6969]

@@VoGusProspecting Yes, yes it is, but it's been fun to feel like Reedy Creek is running through my living room. loL

[@jeffholmes1362]

Dig it, dig it all…. Nice job, hope it just gets better

[@norbertcsosza3113]

Nice find dude I feel there something in that hard rock mining It's almost like calling you in

[@AlanNewton-t9k]

Thanks for another awesome video Chris, your wealth of knowledge and sharing of your experience is greatly appreciated.

[@OpenSpaceWellness]

Oooo... very exciting! 🙏❤️🌲

[@Yuckster]

Hope you keep finding more gold there 🎉 great work

[@ferdburphel2076]

Very nice chris! I wonder how much smelting the sulfides would show...MBMMLLC collaboration?

[@ScotlandsGold]

Best channel on KZbin,if you know you know.

[@VoGusProspecting]

Cheers mate

[@Matts_Crevice_tools]

Great work mate. Dig it deeper. I want to see what’s in the good bits.

[@AdamS-n3i]

Good OL aus weather,good content mate 😁👍.

[@joke4301]

Love a good medicated video, good lil spot ya onto I reckon 👍

[@richardworrell8622]

Nice find, currently chasing down an untapped vein, in green schist. Hopefully turns into some decent ore to put through my "vogus" inspired home built highbanker!

[@tommynoel9929]

Thanks Chris!

[@andypandyAU.6669]

On ya Chris, that could definitely do with more investigation. Remember the world wars 1&2, pulled a lot of miners off the feilds and they never came back to finish the job. Could have better parts of that vien. Go get it bro!! ❤it 😊

[@VoGusProspecting]

This mine pre dates the war, but we have worked a few like that

[@andypandyAU.6669]

Don't forget about pre- , the Bore war drew a lot of Aussies away from our shores. How's the Coral?

[@damiencannon5]

So glad you can get out there and not let PTSD control you 👍👍👍👍

[@VoGusProspecting]

It's been a while since it had control

[@lsdleighssilverdesigns8809]

That's awesome!¡! Would love to come down you're way and have a go at it.

[@benwoodbridge4967]

Hey Chris, I've only just subbed but I've watched your vids here and there for a few years now. I love your passion for it, and you've come a long way with your content. It's a pleasure to watch your journey with prospecting bro, and there's so much to learn from your channel. I'm up in FNQ. Cairns specifically. I'm just starting out with prospecting - I have a couple of VLF machines and I'm learning to pan. I'm seriously considering getting a sluice too. Most of my hunting has been done on the beaches so far with the Minelab Vanquish 600. I also have a Goldmonster and I'm itching to put that more to use. I'm after a bit of advice hopefully from yourself or your viewers. I've asked this on Reddit but got no responses. There's a couple of areas I'm interested in exploring but it would be nice to have some feedback on the area. Alongside Cairns we have mountain ranges. I think it's still a part of the Great Dividing Range. Up the top of the ranges is the Atherton Tablelands, from which you head out west to the gold fields. Throughout the ranges here you have freshwater (rain/spring-fed) creeks that are carved out of the mountains every year. Most of the creeks aren't connected to any rivers and run dry for a lot of the year. What I'm wondering is - would there be gold in enough concentrations to make it worthwhile to put a lot of effort into prospecting in this area? Would gold still travel through these systems with the rain, the same as off a river? I haven't found anything, but I'm a beginner and I also haven't put a lot of effort in out there yet. I'm also not confident enough with my panning to reliably do a test-panning yet. I might be losing everything. It would just be nice to know there might be something there. The other spot is called Walsh's Pyramid. It's a huge granite core in the shape of a pyramid that goes straight up to 1000 metres. I walk there a bit with my dog, and I've always noticed the area is loaded with different kinds of quartz and the ground in general looks highly mineralized. Could there be gold there? As the crow flies it's only about 5km from Goldsborough. Similarly to the bottom of the range, I figured I'd mainly work along the creeks where water has made its way down the pyramid after rain. Would this be worth my time, or would I be better off just heading out to the actual goldfields? I'd love to make something (a bit different) work and to film it all as I go. Thanks for any replies and excuse the novel!

[@Clarence_13x]

Good find! I’m happy for you.

[@VoGusProspecting]

Me too! Thanks man

[@RossRadford]

Woah woah woah! There's a sticker on that shovel. We can't be having that!

[@VoGusProspecting]

Don't worry, I rubbed it off

[@dennisflemming826]

Looks like a Drop bear deposit buddy. Happy to drive down from QLD be a body guard. Cheers

[@ominous9139]

Vogus, you are awesome. Your music also sounds like Sims music which makes this video a bit more entertaining.

[@robertwhite268]

Looks good Chris like the video digging up the vain and tested it for gold check it out more thanks for sharing

[@jonkirk1309]

You need a spade to dig that top crust of soil... Believe me, did grave digging for years and the sharp spade is a must. Makes short work of compressed soil & clay.. Shovels are meant to move soil not dig through it so much.

[@geradkavanagh8240]

Your lucky, last b vein quartz leader I chased needed a crowbar and pick before the shiny new shovel was used.

[@VoGusProspecting]

I'm getting to that poijt

[@DadofScience]

If you're worried about clearing contamination, run through some quartz pebbles or gravel as it will both scour the machine as well as flush it with baren material.

[@jdl.1234]

Id say chase that vein, Chris......Drag Gadzee uo there with you.....

[@VoGusProspecting]

I will, once he's got over the gold fever on the creek

[@smoothmove7566]

What's up Chris, Keep up the good work.

[@VoGusProspecting]

Thanks, will do!

[@brodrick3164]

Wow I am extremely jealous but but the bull ants, venomous snakes, and spiders. Yea worth it. Very enjoyable to watch your discovery from the safety/comfort of my home. Thank you and please continue to share. Be careful of the potential bush fires.

[@desharvey7197]

lmao .... you look like a prisoner on the chain gang Chris .... great vid though ... keep it up bud

[@jeffsalcedo8334]

Ever think about using a couple of sandbag sacks for your ore samples? I find it is easier to sling them over my backpack.

[@VoGusProspecting]

That could work, perhaps I should try that

[@jeffsalcedo8334]

@VoGusProspecting It depends on your setup but it's a LOT easier than hauling a Buddings bucket in your hands

[@scruggsbuster9458]

Looking good I like how you found the vein on top of the ground didn't have to go underground so it looks like you need more skulls💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️💀💀💀💀💀💀🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️😂

[@frasercrone3838]

That was a stinker of a day alright. I did not stay out in the shed very long and came back into the airconditioned house. I think you need to invest in a battery powered rotary hammer drill that can also chisel.

[@EMFMiner]

Tainted crusher and a virgin shovel, The suspense of digging mounts. Maybe Chris will strike it rich at $2200 USD per oz.

[@VoGusProspecting]

The holy duo

[@williammoody1716]

Looks promising spot now dig and dig lol 😂

[@donhoughton271]

Nice find 😊

[@mickhood4831]

Nice one brother 🤙😎

[@avzamani.Turkey]

Good job bro 👏

[@WHAMaTRON]

How come you started using the hose pipe in the rock crusher now. I said that a few videos ago.

[@karenjones7111]

Awesome ✌❤

[@TRyan3]

Economic geologist: The color of that rusty crush water is "hematitic"

[@VoGusProspecting]

I'll remember that

[@baneverything5580]

I`m rooting for you. I hope you find the biggest motherload on earth.

[@jereclements9373]

You should test the vein at the very surface of the ground because the vein material including sulfides will be oxidized more than underground. This oxidized condition (and erosion of the vein) will tend to concentrate the gold. When you "roast" sulfides you are oxidizing them so you might as well look at the vein where mother nature has done it for you.

[@redmist6131]

Congrats from america might not be a bad idea to invest in a full size pick and matock if the vein is profitable

[@terrystickradt4206]

Hi Chris I tried to get to find out how I could purchase one of your long handle pics.

[@onekindgamer]

😎👍 Get it good

[@олегдемидов-з4р]

ОТЛИЧНЫЕ МЕСТА!!!

[@billbucktube]

Hard work + hard rock gold = 😀

[@VoGusProspecting]

That's the one!

[@MarkOfArgyll]

Awesome!

[@VoGusProspecting]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@ChloeBurns-c7u]

Love oak chockie milk 🥛 😋

[@levimichael1136]

4:10 GM1k is better than the Gold Bug 2? With the GB2, you 100% know the sound of metal and mineralization. I couldn't do that with my Gold Monster

[@VoGusProspecting]

I think it's just the machine you prefer, I can do it on the GM1k but not the GB2 so 🙃

[@slinger6966]

You should use Jet dry on that muddy water. Gold floats on that stuff. Just saying....

[@VoGusProspecting]

There is jet dry in it

[@datsmad]

How long did that Choc OAK, sit in that bucket, before you drank it?.. lol

[@123Goldhunter11]

I'd be happy to share all the Seattle rain you want.

[@d.lagumbi9230]

There's two types of people, people with guns and people with shovels, click of hammer on revolver now dig.

[@jamespeden1089]

Wishing you 20oz a ton. 🎉🎉🎉

[@VoGusProspecting]

I wish ahahah

[@ashgamble1168]

It's so hot, Milk was a bad choice R. Burgundy

[@scottdilley356]

Ok now i want you to put a few days on it bring back the rock crusher lets really find out how much is there

[@Maxim_P777]

Its really killing me - there is so much rain in one part and so much drought in other - and government aint doing nothing to divert that water by building reservoirs and canals...

[@carroll-w7wxv]

wait! McDonald's WATER? Never saw such a thing. Our McDonald's sell Dasani bottled water.

[@VoGusProspecting]

Huh, there you go, I didn't know that

[@darrelladams4188]

Chris there are people with awesome photoshop skills., the lies they tell. Does Australia get any major snow…. your experience and thoughts 🤔🤔🤔🤔