Mining A Silver Mine For Gold! Cerro Gordo Exploration and Adventures!

[@mr.smileyken6364]

This content is better than anything on TV. I love how all three of these gentlemen collaborate, so much knowledge and experience!

[@ChrisRalph]

Interesting results. The spongy stuff was likely pyrite that fully oxidized. Not all sulfide minerals oxidize at the same rate. Pyrite oxidizes faster and more readily than galena and a lit of other sulfides. The high grade gold reported in some of the materials Brent had were likely pockets of rich gold that were uncommon at Cerro Gordo.

[@mshorter888]

It’s not about the size of the button, it’s about the adventure… that’s what my lady tells me anyway. 😂 Love the collab with you all you guys. Great content!

[@MrAlxsr]

Thank you google/youtube for finding this channel for me. Finding this channel was like finding gold.

[@gorillagoldhunters]

Absolutely loving your channel Jason!! Too cool too see you now!! 5 years ago watching you, allll the way to now. Epic Jason:)

[@davejones9499]

That gold rides an iron horse and wears an iron hat so the redder the better is how an old timer explained it to me 50or so years ago. Liking your channel, I'm too old and weak to chase it anymore so I live through you young bucks. Good luck it's just a foot farther in there.

[@geraldbrunckhorst8291]

Yep, always just a foot farther, like my fly fishing these days. Only 3 more casts, 20 casts later, only 3 more casts!

[@aimeerich6407]

Hi I found this really interesting but why is it red? I thought gold doesn’t rust? Feel free to make fun of me I have no idea what I’m talking about

[@minerjohnny41]

​@aimeerich6407 no question should be made fun of It's actually the iron that turns red ... and it leaves the quartz and precious metals behind .... that's why he will talk about sulphides and oxides ( before and after moisture reacts with metal )

[@billbradley2480]

The old timers did a good job of finding almost everything. They didn’t leave much.

[@ЮРИЙКАРПОВИЧ-ф7о]

..все нашли и утащили!🤣

[@UncleBildo]

I'm with Dan, to hell with being underground! Maybe in my younger healthier whole bodied days, but I'm old fat and crippled! Have always been fascinated with old school mining. Some tough old bastards.

[@ModernProspector]

Once you identify that way you'll be that way forever. I know 90+ year olds that will out climb many people I know in their 30s. Keep going.

[@priscillaross-fox9407]

@@ModernProspector I was born old & then I got rheumatic fever.

[@oqwazyme4616]

Jason, tell Brent he needs to buy one of your crushers !!

[@WhyamIstillwatchingyoutube]

Possible royalty deal or donation. Even just a loan until some silver comes out.

[@jayc2469]

Exactly my sentiments once I'd watched the whole vid!

[@FiveStringCommando]

1:59:59 You missed out on the nails, but you also missed that old Colt 1873 SAA buried in the dirt.

[@geraldbrunckhorst8291]

Hello from Montana!! Thanks for all the information and your adventures Jason. The materials at Sero Guordo are so different than here in Montana. Dan’s explanation of the metal detector will potentially help me pass up all the nails, wire and pull tabs😂. Keep up all these amazing videos, we all respect your hard work and skills. I have access to a 300-400 foot (maybe taller) wall of brecciated/conglomerate in proximity to an old volcanic zone. I located it while mountain climbing. It’s remote yet accessible by old abandoned, closed roads and some bushwacking, not unlike one of your older videos. Much of my samples will probably need to be obtained while rappelling or ascending climbing ropes. After sampling I’ll need to begin with understanding the basic principles of beginning a portal in such material. One of my initial discovery samples, taken at the wall’s base, shows promise!😮

[@jimbobf8017]

The maps are very helpful and are not a distraction for me. All information is interesting and highly appreciated. Great work 👍 Awesome channel

[@aebemacgill]

Wow. Looked into a caretaker job at Cerro Gordo in '86, wound up being a single father and had to give it a pass. Had been working at Bodie, had to leave after the woman ran off screaming through the sagebrush. When the Long Valley quake went off in '86, the Lent shaft gave up a big puff of dust. Given the history of quakes on the east side of the Sierras, you guys are nuts for going down that mine. Hope you do strike it rich in there.

[@dougbates8018]

You guys have some admirable enthusiasm for exploring this old mine but you’re crazy going in there under all that unsupported loose rock where there’s clear evidence of numerous recent rock falls. Stay safe guys.

[@ZoonCrypticon]

He should put emergency provisions and extra ropes at certain points inside his mine if some things should go wrong one day.

[@thescarlettbandit5542]

58:21 😂 Dan sitting in his favourite Pinkerton hat, just like an old timer... hilarious. If he’d have had a candle and turned off all the other lights... he’d have given us all quite a ghostly fright! 😂 😄🕊🇬🇧

[@shucksful]

Or, sitting there with a double barrel shot gun. lol.

[@Orbacron]

Super interesting, Jason. You always bring good luck, and great examination skills to all your expeditions🙋💫

[@rolandjohansson7428]

2:02:06 Don't forget to reinstall the cover on the terminal box of the electric motor.

[@deannacalef3513]

It is so interesting to watch your process. Kudos to your bravery and ability to coax out the tale of mining there.

[@krakhedd]

Been waiting for this video, AND more on your own mine, AND more with Mine Operator - about time one of those things happened!!!

[@no2thenwo737]

Yup, and we're waiting for the many ore bags from his own mine to be processed. I'm thinking that maybe his team don't want us seeing how much gold is in this ore?

[@OGRocker1]

Hey all, .... love the collab's, sub to all three of you, morning Jason.

[@phillipblindenbach6978]

Such a satisfying sound on the rock crusher!!! I am late to the channel, but I love the maps (especially when paired with prospecti)!

[@jogrobler]

Geeze Louise,.. Having worked as a geotechnical engineer in modern day hard rock gold mines... Traversing over that rockfall made all of my short and curlies bristle. Great content. Stay safe down there.

[@joannmonahan7229]

I've been looking for this for over a month, thanks, finally hopeful good outcome !

[@thineownentity]

I'm so very grateful to you, Jason for making more collabs* with your pursuit of the good stuff. I also enjoy your host, Brent @ Ghost Town living. making one very adventurous recon for what could be a potential new use from an old mine. Very cool! On with the testing !

[@josephcormier5974]

Thanks Jason for sharing this wonderful video with us six stars brother

[@jwcinc12]

I really enjoy your adventures. Jim from Skagit County. The maps break up the content in a good way. Looking at the maps and talking about the rock types and why you think rocks and minerals will be in a spot is nice.

[@johnhenry6009]

The maps are cool; appreciate you showing those with the footage of you then traveling along those map lines. Pretty sweet.

[@jamescball55]

Nice to see you show negative results as well a positve ones! Nice job.

[@robertbevill5085]

Hands down one of my all time Favorite videos ever. I love how you describe the geology down there and the history and explain the veins it’s so damn cool ! I swear I was a miner on my past life ! Always been so Interested In mines since going to Virginia city as a kid and going in the ponderosa mine tour probably why I’m a wellsite geologist and mudloggin engineer now . I could watch 24/7 videos I need to get my hands dirty in one !

[@StevenTaylor-j8k]

Superb content as always. Thank you too everyone involved 👍

[@markpashia7067]

In all areas of science a negative result is a win. It firmly answers the question one way or the other. An inconclusive result is the bane of science. We hate "unsure" or "uncertain".

[@carroll-w7wxv]

I heard from Pauly once that a good indicator for gold is ... gold LOL.

[@PistachioVentures]

Love it. I've followed Cerro Gordo since Brent bought it and glad to see you out there mining. I hope to make it there myself one day.

[@ITSFUNZ]

Wow I was really expecting a different result LOL ! As always great content ! Thanks again 👍

[@brianz367]

Jason, I really enjoyed this video. The length of it was awesome. Then, there were so many good stories and varied areas to look for gold. Just really alot going on in this video. My knowledge is pretty limited here, but just from watching you and Dan in the past, these areas looked really promising. Anyway, keep up the good work my friend! I really enjoyed this video!

[@DJtheDad]

Love the Cerro Gordo work with Brent & Dan. Looking forward to more work from your mine operation.

[@IberianCraftsman]

31:00 it would be cool to have a cave of that and some UV lights, imagine coating concrete walls with it... although for that glow in the dark paint might be better, but if you have it so readily available...

[@alexober]

2:08:00 don't forget the old wooden spoon over the pot trick to keep it from boiling over lol

[@RyanMartin-wg7gm]

Right on Jason what a awesome adventure I always get to learn something every time you're getting really knowledgeable about everything and fun thanks Brother see ya next time have a wonderful weekend 😀

[@dog68north36]

If you have concerns about going down 900 feet. You must have never gone down into the Homestead Mine in S.D. The main shaft bottomed out at 11,500 feet. It would take you 7 to 10 minutes a free fall to get to some of the lower workings. You would drop at approximately 750 feet per minute. It was my first mine to work in out of college.

[@grandmakellymcdonald]

boom let's go let's go treasure and adventure ✌👵

[@BrettHoustonTube]

Weow. That was an amazing adventure, with a comical ending. Which is how most of my gold seeking experiences have been... Thanks for the great info!

[@PaulSweitzerSCo]

Thanks for making me smile when i WATCH YOUR VIDEOS...AWESOME JOB

[@susanturcotte3176]

I am shocked, Jason! I thought at least a larger, visible 'silvery gold' button would be in the cupel! Very interesting, but I hope Brent keeps looking. I would bet there is more silver, maybe gold, in his mine. He just has to prospect more into other places. In the original video, the ore sure had all the indicators. Thank you for sharing with us, although it was not the best news. That's how the cookie crumbles. In the meantime, I'm sending warmth and blessings from Alabama ❤️

[@Akira_781]

Dude when you were relaying the “buckskin bag” technique the clouds behind you formed a visual halo 😇 . Thanks for a virtual lesson in geology sir. 👍

[@christcommanded7097]

You've gotta use the Carlin type deposit extraction I'm telling you that it's golden this mounds of it it's just so small.

[@matthewl.5059]

I love the maps, it shows me where you are going and your plans. I can follow along with you and understand it

[@budrohammbone2806]

Jason ! Good Vid. I think You need to get a collaboration going with one of the handheld 'XRF' manufacturers................. It would have been interesting to see results for the micro-bead.

[@bradlybaldwin2609]

This is so great. I’ve heard growing up in Bellingham all my life of all the mine shafts around here, so it’s fun to see more of a deep dive

[@scotteldridge3740]

What does your post mean? Use to live in Lyden, spent alot of time above Twin Lakes....a few cool finds!

[@bradlybaldwin2609]

@@scotteldridge3740there are mine shafts under Bellingham apparently

[@terryrempel68]

I wonder if the very red veins are high in mercury. They look similar to mercury ore I have seen in other mines. Mercury and silver in the same geologic setting perhaps? Something to consider when smelting. And if mercury is the foundation for some of the darker reds then the melt point would be much lower than silver and gold. Perhaps a later hydrothermal event deposited lower melt out temperature minerals in some sections, mixed in with the earlier quartz deposits. Just a few thoughts. There is always more questions than answers. Good videos. I don't have any use for a crusher system yet now I want one so that proves out your advertising strategy. I enjoy your content, hope you can continue. It is a tough economic environment for many industries. Thanks from SW BC, a near neighbour.

[@mr.dragoncrypto4138]

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[@dalejross548]

You need Jeff Williams 🎉 I watch all your channels and impressed . I'm almost ready to retire and looking for something to do instead of just sitting on the couch

[@OCTAVIANO5]

A great video! An exploration of an old mine. Only for miners who love the hill. Metals oxidize at different times and that makes the mineralization you find seem strange and draw attention.

[@michealklonowski5267]

awesome stuff thank you for sharing the adventure and information that's what it's all about the search and research. you'll find it there somewhere.

[@glenbalk8350]

Another great video thanks for sharing your adventures! My wife and I are hoping to visit the UK from Australia, we hope to get our boots muddy one day, take care

[@RobMilitia]

One of the reasons the old timers liked the red ore is that the high oxidization and weathering usually meaning the gold was freed from the sulfides so it crushed and milled easier and was overall easier to recover from the ore.

[@jimgriffiths9071]

Great content. Just love your proprietary equipment. Let's go back for another try!

[@ЮРИЙКАРПОВИЧ-ф7о]

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[@keithstudly6071]

Jason, I was taught that "ORE" was rock that could be mined and smelted at a profit. It seems that you have a different definition of ore. Namely anything you think might have metal that is recoverable. Your thoughts?

[@johnstuart8511]

Looking at the sloop area. Looks like a floor had given away. Collapsed. And has made a big hole. That's just my opinion Thanks for risking your life and making this video. Very exciting and nerve racking. Regards 🇿🇦.

[@svenp6504]

Good lord those collapsing tunnels are scary... that would be a not-so-great way to go.

[@tinkering123]

Always a good show. Can't wait for summer, gotta see how your mine is doing.

[@scotthultin7769]

91 👍's up mbmllc thank you for sharing 😊

[@connifilteau2678]

Great video, forever learning more. Maps are great, and maybe they moved ore in the Winter on sleigh down that pipe, ha....kind of like moving pianos over frozen lakes....you wouldn't do it in a boat in the summer ;] What an epic mine, thanks for sharing.....always wonder a bit about the red water and how small a gold particulate could actually be, as it can be in solution altogether and drops out chemically, literally yellow olive green. Maybe sreetips... Love the fun collaborations.

[@richcollins513]

The maps are very helpful, I have all of them but they are very relative and I think you should use them often. Nice to see power ran and lights and internet and things :)

[@anitawilliams2187]

A whole geographic / geologic education. Thanks!

[@jaratt85]

Try using mineral spirits to wash off the mineral oil.. water and soap have a hard time with oil but mineral spirits should wash it right off. Wow.. that was smaller than a piece of bird shot.

[@jamest.5001]

33:25 ruby and Sapphire glow those colors! It would be cool to find gems in there also!

[@kerinatop317]

Wow that's one of the most amazing opals the colours are insane ❤

[@bricelamey4358]

Mr Brent needs to tie up his 608’s… Great boots those wings….. Amazing spaces you get to work in.

[@AX1A]

Remarkably entertaining. thanks boys!

[@generationalmolehill7674]

always learning!

[@rintintinification]

My God, how much manpower was put into this mine!? Unbelievable. Must have been tens of thousands of man years to tunnel all that.

[@philmoore71]

i enjoyed this walking geology tour. It was surreal, when you were near the chimney top - in nowhere, and the modern plane flew over is this a compilation... i think i've seen bits of it before?

[@hectororellana3397]

That place looks like a little tremor a little quake can bring several huge pieces of rocks down to the ground, I would be very careful guys.

[@rexfreshwater5634]

I once found a nob to a lampshade. It was a solid gold acorn.Well 14 KT... It looks brand new and I've had it as long as I can remember.

[@carlgruver695]

Just a suggestion to bring in cody from Codys Lab he has that portable machine the tells him how much gold or other metals are in the rock?

[@markrodney6682]

I watched this whole video, and that little bead at the end of this video made me laugh so stinking hard! It wasn't the bead it was your reaction to it. You tried to maintain a pleasant demeanor due to filming, but you just couldn't cover up the emotion in your voice and the obvious undertone to the whole situation. My friend, Daniel Day Lewis or Robert Deniro have nothing on you you missed your calling bro. If you don't win a KZbin award for this I'll be pissed. Way to go man.

[@markrodney6682]

Dude it's been 20 minutes since the video finished and we all are ( my family) are still laughing. Please don't take it wrong, we love everything You've ever put out from big networks to on here we love your passion for gold but that little bead should make you a huge chunk because as word spreads this video will go viral. It's absolutely great the 3od you should get a producer and make your own big channel at those mines.

[@markrodney6682]

That golds there somewhere. Dust up all the tailings from the 1800's and 1920's

[@offroadjunkie303]

Love the channel my man great content

[@anitawilliams2187]

This video is almost more than I can bear…video panic attack! You guys are fascinating.

[@RockingJOffroad]

Those ore samples look to me to be above the secondary enrichment zone, like the sulfides and precious metals have been leached out and may be deeper in the vein! I’d look at the next level down and chase the vein down looking for that secondary enrichment zone!

[@Orbacron]

15:44 Jason, he needs a ladder built right there for sure👌

[@brannancloward]

I love the quote "put that in your pocket...... or in your mouth"!

[@charleswieand4445]

Used to be cupola starter for melting iron had to go down a rope ladder 65 feet and back up every day to put bottom in for next day . We had 2 of them switched back and forth every other day.

[@KrausesCars]

Love this, I’d love to just come check out the mine with yall

[@barkburton1]

The maps are awesome. What is that deep purple stone you broke off and had red in it. That stuff was amazing

[@jimnicholson5889]

It's called " shrink stope". We used to do it in Australia. You work upwards standing on the broken ore. Obviously you can only trust out one third of the broken ore until you reach the above drive level. I used to survey these operators in the 80,s.

[@gonetoheck]

Are you planning to crush the rocks that got slabbed and checked with the 200x magnifier ?

[@darkenlight22]

That's how the cookie crumbles tho I think cookie crumbs are larger. 😂 For everyone of those skunk runs you have another chance to have a rich one.

[@waltertodd4479]

Jason, as a general rule, stay away from complex high sulfide ore when looking for coarse free gold. There are some exceptions for instance when high sulfide lead and silver mines have molybdenum present. The main reason you want to avoid complex high sulfide ore for coarse free gold is that is where all the toxic not friendly elements are like lead arsenic antimony etc. All that is left is a toxic sludge when you get done. Short story, just stick to free milling gold mines like non base metal low sulfide ores. If there is copper or molybdenum present or pyrite and marcasite theyre ok to process. Just process the free milling gold portions of that ore.

[@emmettbrown9654]

Coffee, coffee in the mine! When can we become residents? Do you have a clock tower? Great video guys

[@tedzehnder961]

Slicing it up like a gem stone would really make those colors pop!

[@mountaetnablacksmithing1693]

Hey Jason, if one was opening an old mining claim, what would it take to have you come visit and/or process and assay a sample or two?

[@dougjones9750]

Fyi: mining from the top down in a underground stope to a haulage audit (purposeful collapsing above) is called blockade mining.

[@goldfeverdude]

Good video mate, was good to watch👍👍

[@davidolson2636]

Gold is where no one else found it. Remember that while prospecting. Always worked for me.

[@anitawilliams2187]

The original prospectors had amazing courage!

[@barkburton1]

This is awesome! Would love to try this someday for sure!

[@AuProspecting-Scotland]

Dan has the right idea as always lol, Jason is not so sure but Brent is through there like a rock worm 😂.

[@chrisackerley1842]

@ 1:40:47 - I don't know what it is about the sound of a jaw crusher, I just love that sound! I could go to sleep at night to a CD recording of a jaw crusaher running!