Lost Treasure In A Gold Mine

[@express375]

It's the most effective lecture anyone could ever attend.

[@wendyspicer8588]

I agree. I was thinking the same thing.

[@charleslatora5750]

Truth. This has been fun.

[@dondavis5633]

Jason: One of your best ever videos, taking us up the hill, into a portal, deep into a mine and back out again, and finally back down the hill. And at NO point did it ever get boring or even slow! Nicely done!

[@warpony4202]

I think it's a good thing to preserve history and not let it rot away.

[@markae0]

but not the trees?

[@clayp5129]

Why it is a better idea to let people discover history where it lays, you probably complain everything is to busy and people are lazy, leave it out there let those who want to explore go explore and find it, no need for a museum.

[@krockpotbroccoli65]

​@clayp5129 thing is, a couple decades from now it'll be covered over by forest debris and nobody will find it unless they happen to randomly swing over with a metal detector...

[@trevorwhat]

This exploration video is just too good. Kind of a gold standard of interesting stuff: Avalanche chutes, surprise ledge sites, switchbacks, butt log measurements, listwanite, pileated woodpecker (probably), repeated nods to miners who came before, and much more. Personally, it’s the type of content I think about again and again. Big thanks for putting it together.

[@mbmmllc]

Awesome Trevor! Thanks so much for watching and your support!

[@semoneg2826]

Agree❤❤❤you learn so much

[@corkkyle]

Player, player. Well done.

[@joseph.d5187]

Thanks! Please more of these. I wish I would have had interesting teachers like you!

[@mbmmllc]

Wow, thanks!

[@laughingachilles]

21:00 - To answer your question. I absolutely love videos like this! I know in todays age a lot of people don't have the attention span for this sort of thing, but there are some of us who still appreciate both the information and your style of presentation. We don't all need jump cuts, loud music and other such gimmicks to keep us engaged. Just provide good information and we're happy :)

[@clayp5129]

Actually people prefer this over a 10 minute influencers video. Those jump cuts and bouncing all over the place are for entertainment videos. This one is educational and entertaining. I say keep it up.

[@bowenwalker2087]

I agree, I like this format and style of video, be it trees gold or both. you showing me a part of the world i will never be able to get to ( Aussie here ) keep em coming Jason

[@andyweberg2928]

If for nothing else you are at least RECORDING yourself walking alone in the wood talking to yourself about trees, rusty metal and gold - the rest of us are doing that for just ourselves :)

[@waynelacroix8870]

I was a log scaler back in the 80s in the northeast and I am in awe at the trees in the northwest!! I lived in western Washington back in the 90s working in the sawmills and I appreciate seeing those beautiful spruce and cedar trees!

[@Mrjoshuasjourneyzzz10420]

Thankzzz!!! FROM TomcatJosh!!!!

[@Mrjoshuasjourneyzzz10420]

Super sweet, dude!!!!

[@jamisondonald384]

I really enjoy this series. Thank you for talking to yourself all day for our benefit

[@EddieCarpenter-mu5bm]

Jason, Please continue your most informative explanation of the lost art of gold mining and prospecting. You make me want to strike out and find some shiney ! However, my age tells me every day to just watch and dream. And you are a breath of fresh air. With all the miners on KZbin, only a handful have your knowledge and zeal to take time to be the catalyst telling the story of the "shiney." Stay true to your profession!🙏

[@EddieCarpenter-mu5bm]

Oh! And one more thing...There is not a miner, avid outdoorsman, or anyone who has spent time in the wilds, who has not seen, heard, or smelled sasquatch. So, be careful. If you've never seen one, that doesn't mean they are not real.😱

[@EddieCarpenter-mu5bm]

Leave the artifacts where they lay. Photos show the proof of your story. That's just my thoughts on the subject. Thanks for asking our thoughts.

[@wessattelberg2087]

Love the content. The views alone are worth it. The best part for me (a retired Earth Science teacher with a geology background) are the geologic explanations and old mining history.

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

This is a great ride along! Thanks Jason!

[@mbmmllc]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!

[@MoePoe777]

I really like these exploratory trek videos. Jason has a lot of knowledge of the PNW geography and his mine scene analysis is interesting and fun to watch. Jason's forestry skills are quite impressive, I really enjoyed his logging for the cedar planks for the recording studio at Cerro Gordo. I live in Western Washington and have backpacked old growth forested areas. The size and spectacle of old growth trees is an impressively awesome experience. I have about a dozen old growth cedar stumps on my property. I have an acquaintance that has backpacked most of the peaks of the Granite Falls/Darrington mountain loop road. He's witness many very remote placer gold miners with portable bank boxes.

[@mikep9032]

Jason, yes definitely do continue with your outdoor exploration. I really appreciate your take on the history of mining.

[@dwightvoeks9970]

The amount of hard rock mining that took place in Washington is stunning. There used to be a rail line from Everett to Monte Cristo and like you discussed avalanches, rock slides and raging winter rivers and flooding put a damper on things. There's still a lot of ore in them thar hills. You can only access it 4 months out of the year. That cabin pad was an awesome find. I probably would have taken that door door and ornamental piece. You're probably the first to see it in 50 to 70 years. Imagine how it would have looked 130 years ago with none of those trees there.

[@Indiana_James]

Thanks! Really cool! Still love all the smelting. This type of video was a great change of pace.

[@mbmmllc]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@banana989]

This is super cool. Thanks for increasing awareness of an industry that we seem to be losing sight of. Motivating for me to explore more when I am in Colorado.

[@Silligoose501]

Incredible video!! Very, very enjoyable. You've outdone yourself. Thank you so much for all your time, effort and work putting this one together. OUTSTANDING!!

[@lorenwilson8128]

The understatement of the year, "Not too bad of a view." Great scenery and geology.

[@JoeyJoJoJr0]

Honestly, I don't think anyone should care if you take what most consider "junk" or 'trash' to put on a display. My dad would take me to many abandoned mines in Eastern Oregon, and he always took a souvenir. As you said, most of these mines aren't even documented or on a map, and their history will literally be lost forever if nobody preserved it. Love the videos, got my dad hooked on your channel as well!

[@ARGONUAT]

Worth every minute!

[@donleger2671]

Great video, Jason! Definitely preserve history, especially if no one may never see these things again!

[@anthonysei]

Way back in 1966 in the olden days.What are you talking about?You're making me feel old

[@markp.9707]

Same thing I thought!

[@markpashia7067]

I know that feeling. I was thirteen and working hard on a farm in that year. I have a lot of good memories though including a few young ladies I met at dances back then. Also my first Alice Cooper concert before he had a record out.

[@clayp5129]

You are old all you boomers are old, time to realize that.

[@outdoorloser4340]

2003 was way back in the olden days for me.

[@jchrizzy6995]

@@clayp5129 all you commenter cant type, time to realize that 😂

[@davidrowe9168]

I really enjoyed the long, relaxed video. I know how much work you put into this. Your love of the woods and mines shines right through

[@shineyrocks390]

Jeff Williams was just explaining the same geology lesson and you are too this morning. I love learning about geology.

[@semoneg2826]

Same here

[@jamesirby4999]

Yes sir I love it hang on evert thought, I am 71 yrs and a retired ex coal drill operator mostly in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, exploration looking for coal drilling depth typically 200 to 300 feet deep the deepest hole was 1,200.00 ft deep to find the red shale, no coal beneath red shale, west Virginia is mostly black shale & sand stone there is chrystalized sand (very hard) a type of quartz , iron pyrite flecks in the quartz but I found not gold confirmed by the mineralogy people from the coal mine but I doubt that they would disclose anything to me (there were non disclosure agreements byr nothing that looked like ryolite volcanic origin . They always told me if in wva the best place to find gold was a jewelry store.

[@charlesreynolds2798]

Thanks for reminding me I was born in olden days.

[@benjaminforman8901]

Yeah, I felt that, even if I was born slightly later😅

[@freddking4389]

Definitely interesting. Those trees are just straight as arrows. Amazing stuff Jason. Thanks.

[@SilverDaze420]

❤❤This is Awesome Jason!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥When you walk around the mountains exploring and describe how the earth was made is so EPIC!!!

[@psilver063]

This is awesome!!!!! 👏 👏 ……..👏 👏 👏

[@matthewdavis698]

I love this type of video, your very good at explain things your instrested in. Keep it up

[@ericspnw8385]

These are some of my favorite kind of videos. It's like hiking it with you. I appreciate you taking the time to explain it. As far as the knocking goes. I have been deep in the Selkirk, Cascade, and parcels. There's definitely no end of strange things. Just don't let it rob you of what you love. Just keep filming and sharing all your adventures.

[@garyammerman2153]

Can't wait for you to take us back into your mine for another round of drilling, blasting, mucking and packing out. Must be closer to opening after last winters snowpack. I for one, would prefer you bring the relics back to a museum for other less fortunate to see. Another century and those artifacts will be well under the duff. Great video Jason!

[@clayp5129]

Or leave it in place for people to find and wonder about. Only the old people who don’t want to walk that high would care about it. Those of us young enough to make that hike would love to find it in place

[@LouD-bm4ji]

I'm getting a little bit to old to climb mountains myself, so yes I like that you are kind enough to share your adventures with us. Thank you very much.

[@rebeccahall2430]

Love the hike! So beautiful and educational. More please

[@atlixtv]

That type of your videos is probably my favorite. Mix of a beautiful scenery, geology and history. Thank you very much for sharing this with us, Jason!

[@larrybobbitt8452]

Awesome brother. I hey it after my grandfather. He loved rocks everything about them. I picked it up after him. From eastern Tennessee.

[@terrminatoragain461]

Definitely need more of these videos Jason,very well done

[@markbrown6236]

You are quite a hiker, thanks for the entertaining video. More please.

[@stewartpalmer2456]

Thank you for bringing the past to life.

[@brentevje5939]

Always enjoy your trips to the bush thanks for bringing us along.

[@bobbeckman3735]

Fun episode. Thanks Jason

[@1312Mork2]

Such good video its awesome you let us join you in your adventures! Stunning scenery and cool rocks

[@johnnywadd9918]

You know what that knocking was. You just didn't want to let the big guy scare you away.

[@BuckshotGeorge755]

Lol, wasn't Shaquille O'Neal!

[@privateprivate8256]

Has he ever discussed Bigfoot on his channel? I've only been watching his channel for about a year.

[@BubuH-cq6km]

show me the body or skeleton

[@BubuH-cq6km]

@@privateprivate8256 because he knows they don't exist

[@walkers]

Definitely loved it. Trees and rocks and gold. My favorite adventures. You're not the only one :). Sometimes i see massive massive spruce trees in Oregon and my mind explodes trying to imagine how the old timers milled those giants

[@jamessutherland1911]

I live in your area Jason I love watching this stuff please do more videos like this thanks man.

[@grasshoppercrews1296]

It's amazing how quickly nature reclaims her self , finding any thing left of history is amazing, job well done sir 😁

[@kahnfu-zhin8627]

Thanx, Jason. Love to see a long video from you. You have some of the best content on this platform.

[@marilynsimpson4640]

Your best show ever.Big woods,lots of unanswerable questions,just exploring.that one I will watch again. I mined and worked in the black hills of South Dakota in the early 60s. Thank you very much,

[@Twokeeshonds]

Thanks for taking us along, my friend. Be fun to see Nick Zentner join you on one of your journeys. Your knowledge matched with Nick's Geologic background would be amazing.

[@-r-495]

yes please!

[@brentsowers]

I second this!

[@crohkorthreetoes3821]

Nick has never shown any interest in the mining geology of western washington. Even when asked.

[@matthewroberts6334]

@@crohkorthreetoes3821I agree. Nick is more interested in how the northwest was formed and how landscapes have changed vs. the mining aspect of minerals

[@atreyufrost]

Thank you professor. I appreciate the field lecture in geology/history

[@pathoodjoy]

Wow! Loved this video. Scenery, mining, history, your knowledge: best long video. Stay safe from falling rock and bears!

[@brilog69]

Thanks Jason! You got your steps in today!!

[@whiteyU92]

Love these exploration videos of old mines and workings. Looking forward to seeing you back in your mine again as well 🤘🤘

[@danielschomburg2140]

absolutely loved this video Jason!!

[@jamesprentice5503]

A great history,forestry, mining,cryptid lesson! Thanks and bet mosquitos like it too!lol!

[@MayorNan]

Love learning from the lessons you pass on as you hike the mountains! It feels like I’m accompanying you on the climb while learning about what I’m seeing. I’ll keep watching if you keep making the videos!

[@larrysnyder9779]

Thanks for sharing. Great scenery. A lot different than our area southern Wyoming! Love the trees!!!

[@Froglady420]

Loved it so beautiful ❤️. The mountains and the trees we'll always put an ahhh in my voice because God gave us the most beautiful place to live

[@ethanwilson1001]

Thank you, Jason, for the walkumentary and please share more of these!

[@W1gglePuppy]

Its always interesting seeing this beautiful landscape, reminds me of Scotland but on a different scale. For me this sort of personal discussion video's are prime youtube, educational and interesting. Whilst also being long enough to enjoy with a meal and a beer, and not have 3 minute advert breaks every 10-15 minutes. The video where you found that mine under the waterfall was also great.

[@W1gglePuppy]

Also I'm going to add this well awear I sound like an Internet nanny. But saftey glasses or saftey sunglasses (I have some cycling ones that can resist gravel ect that can get fired at you) are really worth it for these treks. I've broken bones, burnt self welding, been stabbed by glass metal and wood. But the worst by far was getting my eye scratched by a twig scrabling through brush in Scotland. Months of gel and constant itchy pain, watering in the wind, intense pain if you got any sort of soap or chlorinated water in it. Now I always have them on and to hell with the odd looks!

[@briangreen9677]

I've watched your channel now for over a year, having found it because I used to live in Edmonds and work for WSF. I love seeing the videos where you take us out into nature and show us the different trees and rocks. You answered a question I always had about why there aren't more gold mines in the region. I always thought it was because western Washington got the short end of the stick when it comes to precious metals, then you pointed out that prospecting is extremely difficult. It's still unfortunate that there really aren't many precious metals mines in the region. Anyway, I appreciate videos like this where you show us around and point out the various rocks, trees, and provide the history of the place. It's something I hope you do more of!

[@NWUEmines]

That's a classic location to go to. The ST mine. Well done!

[@kerzwhile]

Absolutely awesome video Jason!! 😊

[@brentsowers]

I love this content Jason! I love learning about the geology of Washington. I just joined the Washington Prospectors Mining Association!

[@marlindykman2898]

How do u join that I'm in ellensburg and I would love to go mining

[@sfbfriend]

That is an old Flat Head 6, stopped making those by the mid 60's. Although I grew up in the 60's I never saw a flathead in a 60 manufactured car. That old motor housing you picked up is a Delco Remy, a devision of General Motors. I looks like a housing from either an Alternator or Generator. Jason I love these types of videos, thanks really enjoyed it. My guess is besides using mules those machines were taken in piece meal. Cannot imagine the work involved. Bang Bang bang....bigfoot warning you....I live at the southern end of the Sierra Mts. I feel your love of trees. Im ready to buy more muck...

[@danielsasboot4466]

Love it. Keep it coming. More mine exploring!

[@wz8729]

I love watching and love the videos. Went to High School in Issaquah and lived up near Beaver Lake.

[@ChadLee1973]

I think you should keep your findings. Save the history of the mining process! Thanks for these videos, Jason

[@jeepin4on4]

Thanks for sharing this adventure, I always leave the past treasures where they lay for someone else to find and enjoy the wonder of times past. I do photo them however because of the awe inspiring places they are found and the mystery of who left them behind.

[@ARGONUAT]

Aiiigghh! Jason I’ve got a huge honey-do list I need to get done and now you’ve posted a great video. Around this house all day I will be saying “Jason made me not do it!”

[@debskidz]

You are amazing! I really enjoy watching you walk around and show us what we will never be able to see. I wish you and your family the best this mining season. It is really nice to see someone with the passion you have for the forest and mining. Keep up the good work.

[@dm5363b]

That was a Bigfoot knock you heard, so cool

[@no2thenwo737]

I agree. The "Finding Bigfoot" investigators would be salivating hearing that.

[@BuckshotGeorge755]

Lol, I would have ended the video at 32 seconds... I'm out of there!

[@BubuH-cq6km]

🙄show me the body or a skeleton

[@BubuH-cq6km]

@@no2thenwo737 no they wouldn't because they are the ones running around in suits and giant foot boots making people believe in the fairytale

[@nickthelick]

There has *_supposedly_* been some odd tufts of red, black and brown hair found near where they have apparently been spotted, with large clumps of it on branches and fences that have gotten caught up, but yeah, I'm with you on this one. Where's the remnants?! Surely? 🤷🏻‍♂️🤔​@@BubuH-cq6km

[@walterknight1731]

An educational walk through the woods is very enjoyable and informative! Thanks for taking the time

[@AvalonDreamz]

45:46 That is absolute beauty right there. That view is everything😍 I gotta tell you, some of those tight spots you get into are absolutely terrifying, makes me cringe, and I always find myself saying a quick little prayer for ya even though I know you make it out ok.

[@jaylippold3752]

Thank~You br0ther Jason, your Best Video Yet, keep Up the Exploring with Safety. jAy fr0m the Olympic Peninsula WA.😊

[@huntinquincy4238]

Yup love it Jason! Keep them coming and stock up on more deet 😂 I miss hiking up there, how amazing it is to feel like you’re somewhere no one has ever been to and yet find evidence everywhere

[@lazyjackass77]

This is your best type of video. LOVE the exploration videos! So much fascinating information! Keep up the good work!

[@steffensen907]

Maybe that knocking was a sasquatch 😅

[@curious736]

Bearsquatch........

[@no2thenwo737]

@@curious736 Cocaine bear swinging a hikers femur?

[@BubuH-cq6km]

or the Easter Bunny everyone knows he's real because very year there's a basket with candy and eggs

[@rickstewart9716]

These are my favorite videos you make taking us with you and teaching us along the way. Thanks for sharing this with us!

[@cheycasters]

Probably DELCO_REMY-? Chevy Parts...... HOW did they get that stuff up that mountain??? There may have been a road at one time maybe? It kinda reminds me of Panamint City, you would never guess that there was ever a road up to there but we drove it in 1969 when you could but now you would never ever believe there ever could have been a road then as it is steep as heck but we drove right up there and I seen Manson at the very end of the road behind a locked gate.......Fascinating like you said about the tenacity those old timers went through!!!!! Unreal.... GREAT Video BTY!......🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@tickertock23]

I really love this kind of content, Jason! Thank-you so much for taking us along on this adventure.

[@gordon985]

That knocking noise would be a Sasquatch. It's a warning.

[@UmmmmmmmWhat]

Sasquatch protecting its gold. They're the Leprechauns of the Pacific Northwest.

[@scottwolf1238]

Dito! You can hear that down here in Southern Oregon and Northern California too. It's called wood knocking.

[@NrthrnKnght]

it was...heard it before here in Idaho

[@markp.9707]

Ditto!!! Stay out is what he was saying

[@SasquatchBioacoustic]

Not a warning to Jason, but a warning to other squatch in the area that there's a human near by.

[@K4nines]

Yes, yes, more content like this, please. This is fantastic on many levels.

[@laskyland8526]

that banging is a Squatch warning, next come the flying boulders. common in my neck of the woods.

[@johnpancap844]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@clayp5129]

@@johnpancap844 my thoughts exactly what some people believe bewilders me

[@BubuH-cq6km]

so is meth cookers

[@kevinholley3550]

I really enjoy your field geology trips. Very informative. Would love to see more of these for sure!

[@megalotherium]

I think the old growth trees are worth a lot more as living trees. Money can't buy a healthy ecosystem.

[@BubblewrapHighway]

💯

[@BubblewrapHighway]

Those habitats are vital for endangered species of medicinal compounds. We can get wood from tree farms, we CANNOT destroy the few old growth forests we have left.

[@sdelling1]

Yes, all of your content is great!

[@brianthayer9784]

You found bigfoot or should I say he found you

[@z0mb13h0rd3]

Came here to say the same thing.

[@me5768]

Hey, soon as he started talking about cutting down the trees, the Bigfoot responded

[@jettyeddie_m9130]

😂 thanks I needed that laugh

[@jamisondonald384]

It's Dan Hurd. That guy is everywhere

[@clayp5129]

Bigfoot is like God neither exist.

[@chalkandsalt5543]

This is great stuff, educational and entertaining. I'll watch this any day of the week.

[@scruggsbuster9458]

Remember you're in Bigfoot territory 😂The knocking that you were hearing was Bigfoot hitting a tree with a rock trying to warn you I'm surprised you didn't hear him holler that would have made you run back down to your truck😂😂 the way that they holler there is no other sound like it it makes a hair on your body stand up while you're running back to your truck

[@somsackvongsa7077]

Real or just a joke.

[@leonardboyette7549]

He's serious! Old growth Forrest is where they prefer to live. Next time you go there they .might ramp up the warnings a bit.

[@Spudz76]

Yep that was what I figured it was.

[@clayp5129]

Bigfoot is not real spent years in central and northern idaho old growth and some of the most remote land in the northwest there is zero proof of a squatch.

[@somsackvongsa7077]

@@leonardboyette7549 are you local people of that area.for long time.i was thinking it is wasn't real.

[@kevinsmith1558]

He’ll yes we like walking around in the woods talking to ourselves bygid! Please do more videos like this. Most interesting.

[@michaelpass2176]

Big Foot knocking, warning!

[@estruble]

I vote for more videos like this. With your and Nick Zentner’s presentations on the geology of Washington, I’m learning more and more how convoluted the local geology is. I feel where I live down in Black Diamond is boring except for the coal mining.

[@SugarSandProspecting]

Sasquatch!!

[@shawnfurness]

Correction: Samsquanch.

[@gregchristensen5478]

Great video. 30 years ago I visited that mine, the mill, and cabin site. It has certainly grown up since then and the mine has deteriorated greatly. It didn't have the water on the floor and much more rockfall has occurred inside. We were able climb up to the 2nd adit fairly easily, where there were more interesting veins. The compressor at the entrance is an old Budda. The trail (?) was pretty much gone then also. It was a struggle getting through the vine maples. At that time I found most of the mines in Mt Baker Mining District in 'Moen'. The Excelsior was the most interesting, but also the most scary. Most of the others were either caved or very small. I do like your videos. Thanks. Greg

[@woonsockettruthseeker9009]

Sasquatch. Its a big joke till your life is changed forever from seeing one yourself

[@gordon985]

I like the facts on how to hunt too.

[@eerchant]

thank you Jason! great video

[@charlestosi5199]

Fascinating. Thoroughly enjoyable and immensely informative. Thanks, Jason.

[@snoozin99]

Most excellent video you've ever made, just loved every minute of it ty. Love more videos like this one. :)

[@scotturquhart4311]

I love your geology lessons!