Gold Prospecting & Sampling Old Gold Mines For Forgotten Gold

Prospecting and sampling old mining claims and dump piles for gold values that may have been overlooked when the price of gold was lower. Bulk testing and sampling gold ore is an important part of gold mining feasibility and profitability, but is often over looked. This video shows how to use MBMM equipment to carry out a bulk sampling and testing plan.
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[@andygrice424]

I used to go to an abandoned mine up in North Carolina. The tailing piles there were mixed with low grade and high grade gold ore. They did mostly take the rich veins out the ground and tossed what they thought was low grade in piles outside the pit. I've found nice pieces with wire veins running thru the quartz. It was amazing what the old timers left behind.

[@ChrisRalph]

Thanks for the shout out. Finally getting close to running some larger lots through my smaller scale crush and sluice system (100 to 300 pounds).

[@mbmmllc]

Nice, look forward to seeing them. If you ever get out and pick up some of that matte you mentioned and you want to send up a sample let me know. That would be a fun video and cool to see what the old boys missed.

[@footballdrills3434]

gold mining 101 for anyone who wants to pursue this avenue of gold recovery. Well done and comprehensive!

[@elderpyatt1570]

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[@fairwitness7473]

I didn't know prospecting tailings was so interesting. I can't believe I watched it until the end! Great info, thank you!

[@jaygresham7633]

I've been trying to learn as much as I can about the Gold mining industry ! I worked as a Millwright for 40 years in the Zirconium metals chemical extraction and manufacturing industry, so I'm familiar with the processes and equipment you use. I have to say that your presentation was absolutely a joy to watch ! New to Gold prospecting, Metal Detecting and finding my own, I have managed to develop a reasonable idea as to how the processes are done and the work involved. Sadly I'm retired and beyond my years physically to indulge myself any further than learning about it ! This video and your "Excellent Presentation" has me inspired to learn much more ! I've enjoyed watching and look forward to more. Thank you, my time spent has been most worth while ! 😉😁😎

[@johnbarichello8284]

I appreciate you and your positive outlook on learning. I suspect you were a real asset to the company you worked with. Thanks for the post.

[@toddhardy6224]

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[@user-gu8gx8wu7g]

May you tell about zirconiumextraction more? I currently study this topic and I am sure that you mat tell something that it is not written in books. Thank you.

[@debbiefranks9606]

I'll help you

[@debbiefranks9606]

Flux solution ?

[@lotharschiese8559]

This is your best video about your equipment you have done. The clear way you described how to start out, get some cash flow going, then to purchase additional modules, and how to fine tune recovery, is absolutely precious. It all makes sense the way the way you describe the process!

[@stevestrickling2044]

More knowledge about the entire process than years of college and experience. Ty for the best information I've gotten in my 15 years of mining.

[@applecorc]

This guy is straight up living the Factorio life. Fun to watch.

[@malcolmanon4762]

Not enough iron plates :)

[@666goats]

hes allowed eh?

[@vandamned6979]

@@malcolmanon4762 why do you say that. Please share your knowledge Malcolm

[@malcolmanon4762]

@@vandamned6979 OP is referring to a game called Factorio (resource / production sim), one of the in game memes is not having enough iron plates :)

[@bballboy33]

Excellent video Jason, I think probably the best one yet. The metallurgical and mineral economics angle are so invaluable, especially in combination with the sampling and assaying work as always. This is brilliant stuff, and will be so useful to so many people. Thanks for sharing. If we can only go find some mines capable of providing 20gpt feed for a few years! :)

[@sormaelasormaela3845]

Hello

[@dorseyblack9833]

Wow! I just learned a lot on new information about assaying, classifying, and smelting. Great presentation, well paced and informative so that the novice and the professional alike can benefit from it. Thank you!

[@-mike--m-9629]

As a long time union millwright I recognize some excellent engineering and superb work that you've done setting this system up. My compliments.

[@tanksouth]

Union? Is that like communism?

[@montekingen8839]

@@tanksouth union pacific railroad probably

[@titohaggardt6125]

I think this is one of the most informative videos you have ever done. The chemistry for cupelling is the best anyone has ever put out. Please think of relaunching this video for subscribers who have recently started viewing.

[@BMG6519]

Felt like I was back in my mineral processing class and lab. Great to see you work through the full example. Including the grade / gradation calc which would have been graphed in our class

[@frindlee9931]

Love your content. Every minute of it.

[@Slogdawg]

Totally awesome! Very good explanation and presentation of the processes used. Felt like I was back in college in the 1970's. Thanks for making me feel that young again! Thumbs up and subscribed. Look forward to catching up on your other videos and to those in the future. Keep up the good work!

[@hardrockuniversity7283]

I think this is your best video yet from an information standpoint. Thank you, it was long, but well filled with information. Keith

[@mbmmllc]

Thanks Kieth. It was long, lots of info though :)

[@hardrockuniversity7283]

@@mbmmllc Sometimes it is a tough call as to leave it in one piece or cut it up. Hope things are going well with you. I used to live at the Birch Bay Farmer's Market for years. I loved the area, but had to follow the money. Great memories.

[@JRob-qn4hf]

@@mbmmllc it's an investment & spendable with legislation in different States & having a K-exchange. I sent you my link about some from my Federal international gold bullion bar Bank

[@levimichael9425]

I agree with Keith, your best video yet. Thank you and please keep the videos coming.

[@larryhaynes7298]

Your vids r so long i need to watch 3times to get all info i love it sir you a real tuber (you tuber)

[@Swimmyrox]

The crucible incident is a lovely work of art!

[@rickb5946]

Wow nice presentation. You spent some time putting this demonstration on. Thanks for the time and effort!.

[@croatiansensation6062]

Thank you for another great video! Keep up the good work and be safe out there.

[@someoneyoudontknow7407]

That is a really awesome system I enjoy how smooth it operates. I would love to learn the ropes and devote my life to gold recovery.

[@rockman531]

Awesome video, Jason! So much GREAT info!! Thanks, Jim

[@dr.zarkhov9753]

Just wanted to say I'm new to the channel and loving what you're doing. Very informative. It's something I'll probably never get to do but I still love trying to soak up the knowledge you're sharing about the process. Mille grazie!!!

[@leedammann988]

Best episode yet Rigby. Thanks for all the information. Is there a waiting list for the guided tours?

[@paulcoover9197]

i thought this is one of your best videos. And they are all good. This one is real educational. Your math and back of the envelope calculations are priceless. Wisdom is better than fine gold. Although wisdom can clearly lead you to gold. You Rock brother. Thank you very much!

[@davidmaisel8062]

That was an excellent breakdown and even a good investment for processing tailings at today's prices! Kudos!

[@Hartcore11]

The sorrows of a limited life from unresolvable medical issues keeps me from enjoying what your system can offer. Your videos are great.

[@Mrwhatarethose]

Hope you're doing great man, have a good day 👐

[@diamondz1973]

@@Mrwhatarethose is

[@xenaguy01]

_"unresolvable medical issues"_ Heavy metal poisoning?

[@whatsittoya3770]

@@xenaguy01 10cc's of Metallica

[@randythomas3478]

What State are you in? Email address? Some form of contact? Can you get mail?

[@richardrobertson1331]

Great job, Jason! So much important information was covered but I kept asking myself: "What's that new piece of equipment cost?" Maybe just add to your list of links an equipment list with approximate costs of each. Thanks for all the work getting this post organized and filmed.

[@trevorwhat]

Superior video and explanations. Thanks, Jason.

[@ChatterontheWire]

Nice science lesson in there! Sorry to see the broken crucible, but thanks for sharing the failures as well. Good luck building some nice lifting and pouring shank in the future.

[@kasnitch]

some say Fred Dodge is a master of gold recovery, and a great resource and friend to have . you can never know too much .

[@damxgopak457]

Fantastic Info.thanks for your in-depth efforts my recovery increases almost every time I employ and master your teachings.thanks much one day I hope to be able to afford your processing system.

[@markg454]

Jason, yet another gem of a video ... well produced and your explanations are so good, I think I could smelt gold from ore ... but I won't ... LOL ... Please keep producing these. Thanks again.

[@searchfornaturestreasuresw6487]

I really learned something watching that video I've been having problems with my smelting process I'm going to try it this way all I really need is a shaker table now

[@garyanddoris6022]

Love the smelting and the educational tour you give everytime ❤......great video....

[@TomokosEnterprize]

Way to munch my broken old body wants to do with these as the numbers look not that bad. Thanks for a neat post bud.

[@orenkronenberg4204]

Enjoying the longer videos. Keep up the great work.

[@nickb5410]

Excellent video! Yes, you covered alot of ground in this one. Your content is top notch.

[@curtisthornton5280]

Nice presentation

[@curtisthornton5280]

Real informative

[@GSProspecting]

These is a cool video fam. Keep it up. GOLD SQUAD OUT!!!

[@Toddis]

This was quite entertaining for me this Sunday morning

[@brentcos9370]

Wow man, what an interesting video. I had no idea about most of this stuff. I like how you went from raw material to separated metals! Amazing.

[@gingerdude94]

Absolutely fascinating, I sat with a bottle of beer and learnt a ton 👍

[@ProspectorTripp]

Great full process! One Stop Shop! Very nice Jason thanks buddy ✌️PT

[@connifilteau2678]

Excellent video....your knowledge and comprehension just shines and you're able to articulate and explain it all. A great teacher. Thanks for the calculations and relating it to the big picture.....my father worked for a German Precious Metal Refinery in Canada....apparently the apple not far from the tree, hehe....thanks for the great relay.

[@captainblood9162]

Best vid yet Jason! Cheers

[@xenaguy01]

21:40 _"So, . . . Darn."_ LOL 24:30 Right after a breakage catastrophe caused by lifting a crucible with Channel-Locks, I can't believe you grabbed that brand-new crucible with Channel-Locks! I love the way you not only explain the process of recovering gold from ore, but the financials of the process.

[@goldbunny1973]

On the PLUS side your spillage makes a magnificent piece of gold mining Poster Art! : ) Whilst watching this informative footage I spotted something which told me where there's historically been gold smelting in Glasgow. Yesterday, when looking at very old maps of the city I realised something that ALSO told me where gold mining had taken place. I think this is what happens if we immerse ourselves in a topic. You start to Recognise & Realise.

[@novastones8914]

Sounds like you learned the hard way ,kudos for sharing

[@dr.a006]

22:44 since matter can’t be created or destroyed, some gold is certainly somewhere in that pile of mess! Thanks for sharing. Chemistry is amazing.

[@timbattye6926]

This was off 250kg, very small scale. If the ran 8 tonne a day at 1 tonne per hour obviously he would get alot more. But yes it's alot of work for fuck all. Haha

[@dave_in_florida]

You are one smart dude. Thanks so much for your detailed explanation. You actually know the science!

[@Winzor722]

Mate that was an education! Awesome video many thanks!

[@jdeluisa]

Nice job as always. Lot's of info to take in

[@knowledgelastcastle7852]

limonite! good quality! this! is a good sign of a interessant gold deposite.

[@shaneyork300]

Watched every minute! Very interesting!! My Dad always said if you LOVE your job you don't work a day in your life!! I'm probably not going to do what you're doing, but I'm getting things ready to do ewaste and karat gold recovery and refining!! Maybe even do some panning for gold to see if I like it or see if I can do it!! Thanks for a GREAT VIDEO!! Have a GREAT Day!!!

[@thomassohayda3375]

My wife's uncle invented the term "E-cycle" even has the name patented. It's a facsinating process of recovering metals. Good luck if you ever make the venture!

[@ritaghazaryan1430]

Wow that is very nice set up and great way of doing things I have been enjoying the video thank you sir!

[@mountainmonarchoutdooradve2643]

Love your videos; they are full of so much knowledge! I am learning a ton! Thank you.

[@frankbyrd9345]

As always ... very useful info Gold to Ya !

[@ricktimmons458]

you sir are a PROFESSIONAL! thank you. i will never go beyond panning, i do enjoy seeing what i am missing.

[@cindywachendorfer8972]

Thank you for the information. I found it very interesting.

[@ianburton8050]

Thanks for a great, thorough and entertaining video. That dump grade is extraordinary, and hard to believe at around 20gram per tonne. Where I am the old miners originally processed at about 15g and left at most 5g in the mullock. So that process would only break even on 5g mullock.

[@Jonnie244]

No one responds, he said 3 to 4 grams a tonne in the end

[@martengravenstein6241]

Great speaker, doesn't waste any time. I didn't know chemistry and math and logic was such good tools

[@sharkscrapper]

Very interesting and informative. Thank you for sharing.

[@gregschurr28]

Very informative and interesting at the same time. thanks

[@jinchulyeon3623]

Nice Approach to analysis for rare metals !

[@Damaraja]

Your vids are most enjoyable and informative. Great work. 🤙

[@deborahbaker1171]

Jason,you are so informative!! We learn so much from your videos!sorry about the crucible!😊

[@erikboucher8494]

This is certainly your best video to date from the perspective of a potential small scale operator. It's more comprehensive which was lacking in the past. At the end you touched on the economics of a complete operation, and I think that subject ought to expanded. Perhaps you could focus future videos on this and talk more about the ancillary equipment needed to round out the whole milling operation of a mine.

[@mavericksdesign7033]

Fantastic commentary. Thanks.

[@billh7777]

Thank you Mike for another great and informative video.

[@richardoconnor7162]

Roasting of the sulfur will be needed for better recovery. When you XRF the beads they should be flattened out a sheet to get the most surface area. When the assay is done only 19 grams of materiel is used after fine grinding of the lot sent in.

[@agentbertram4769]

Excellent video. Most enjoyable and informative. Thanks!

[@123Goldhunter11]

Wow. I wish I wasn't so freaking old. Good work.

[@kaningraja2145]

love you bro. am watching you been very long days.god bless u.

[@TrevsOutbackandGoldAdventures]

Excellent video,easy to follow and totally absorbing.

[@allwrighty100]

Back in the 80's I worked in an assay lab in Kalgoorlie, Aus. My job was to weigh up samples of tailings before they were fired through in the kiln room. Thanks to this video I now know and understand more of what I was actually doing all those years ago.

[@ianburton8050]

Where was that I used to get assays done at Genalysis, now in Maddington. In like Flynn was the manager.

[@allwrighty100]

@@ianburton8050 Sheens Analytical, Hay Street, just along from the knockers :)

[@ianburton8050]

@@allwrighty100 Now...If they had a pub in the same street would have saved a prospector a lot of running round when he came to town.

[@GoldenpaydirtReviews]

You are great! You full of great knowledge that I’m sucking up like a wet sponge! I run a great channel dealing with gold and high grade concentrates, and I wonder how many pounds of material I threw away not knowing this step! I do have about 20 pounds of hi grade Crushed gold ore and need to process it ASAP! Would love to collab! Thanks for the info!

[@pneumatic00]

Really enjoy your videos! Yes, lead will make gold brittle as opposed to malleable. 46:00

[@roberthigbee3260]

Wow, super cool. What I liked most was that you did not need to use the nasty cyanide leach process to get an excellent percent gold recovery. Also, and once again, patience & good practical technical knowledge win the day!

[@greatbasingoldrush]

Great job Jason

[@nickmiller3796]

Great informative video. Thanks.

[@randyearles1634]

nice video, clear explainations. thanks!

[@bouyant8659]

VERY GOOD.. THANKS FOR SHARING

[@ODGLOCK]

Great video! Good job.

[@geraldfawcett9479]

Great video learning new things

[@williamcrawford5459]

Well done Sir!

[@MegaDankone]

Love the videos man! Just curious.. if one did have sulfide concentrates containing a lot of copper, what process would you use? Copper as a collector, then electrolysis to remove the copper? I think you should do a video on that if you are able to! Keep up the great work man.

[@anned8634]

Something i found rehabbing an old gold mine was check the dirt under the tracks in the main haulage way. Many old mines that used end dump ore cars had small amounts of fine ore fall out of the cars on to the tracks. this ore was ground under the wheels of the ore cars. if the mine had water flowing out under the tracks the light weight material was washed out and the gold was concentrated under the tracks. the last mine i ran the ties had rotted but the rails were still good. so we lifted the rails and removed the dirt under the ties and put in new ties with mill sand to bed the ties. i ran all the dirt from under the tracks and found it ran about 5 times the average ore grade run from the mine on my impact mill all the discharge went through a circular vibrating screen separator. everything bigger than 80 mash went through a back through the impact mill.

[@williamickes3143]

I like the fact that you put the accident in. I think a lot of people would have left that out. Very good!

[@ArcanZA]

You can change your mass units from g to mg , on the balance, to weigh smaller amounts of sample more accurately.

[@edic2619]

THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT VIDEO. VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND.

[@draiyko]

Wow Awesome detailed presentation thankyou...

[@Jim.Thunda]

Nice setup!

[@jeffs7573]

Great video, very informative.

[@mattnelson4387]

Science + mining = fascinating topic!

[@jackroeters8604]

WOW!!!!.....you are awesome...and so was your video......great job on the video.....I just found something that piques my interest....thank you.

[@smokinvr4]

Love the shaker table..

[@larryhaynes7298]

Love all ur content

[@davidjackson4868]

thanks mate loved it

[@ryanbond1357]

Great mesh comparison. I'd never seen that before.