Gold Mining: Underground Gold Vein Mining & Gold Ore Processing

Join Jason from ‪@mbmmllc‬ ‪@mineoperator‬ ‪@Danhurd‬ all experienced miners, as they take you on a thrilling underground adventure into an abandoned gold mine in search of high-grade narrow quartz veins loaded with gold.
Discover the intricacies of underground mining and see how the miners carefully navigate the narrow tunnels and use specialized equipment to extract the precious gold ore. Learn about the geological formation of gold deposits and witness the hard work and expertise required to locate and mine these valuable resources.
After the exciting mining portion of the video, watch as the miners take the mined gold ore back to a gold mill where it's crushed and processed to recover the gold. Witness the fascinating process of testing the gold content and see the final product, pure and refined gold.
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[@TheGrainBench]

Looks like a great opportunity for MBMM to get some marketing in with a new setup for these guys. Bet you could double their productivity and your marketing return.

[@roneckler9937]

My exact words. I think they would do better with a newer setup, too. It seems like they are doing too much work to just recover the gold, but as you know, we make use of the things we can afford at the time. I would love to see a video with the new equipment and their recovery rate from it though!

[@slickwillie9526]

The end-to-end process is very informative, and entertaining at the same time.

[@spankthatbasss]

Jason, I have come to realize you have the best job on the planet! Love your videos, please keep them coming.

[@gb342002]

Wow that dump off system you have with the winch into the trailer is genius!

[@cedarplankprospector]

The depths you gone lately have been most impressive. Then you find miners like these! Fun stuff.

[@seanb3516]

These guys have by far the best Res[iratory Protection I have seen in these videos so far. They seem very intent on good Industrial Hygiene and use the safety equipment properly. Fantastic Example for new and upcoming Miners. Thanks!

[@patrickc.allenlive4373]

Great mining show. Excellent underground exploration. Thank you.

[@kindnuguz]

I love seeing it come from the mine and the outcome results. Even something small like a 1 ton assay. I also love how small samples like this can tell you how rich the ore can be.. Thanks Jason

[@rambozo_fpv176]

Good morning Jason & friends!

[@rockman531]

Hi Jason, Great 'part 2' from your adventure with mineoperator. Looking forward to seeing your 100 pound sample run on slightly better equipment! Take Care, Jim

[@derekeimer7758]

Very cool set-up, Hey Ron!!

[@JB-lv5xd]

I consider this the most ambitious crossover event in history, who needs Marvel Infinity War, when you got mbmmllc, DanHurd, and MinileOperator.

[@mary-ruthflores4107]

I hear Dan Hurd in the back ground! Fun!

[@jongordon6132]

Great stuff. Incredible audio, my good headphones pick up Dan in the background doing his firming 😊

[@aarongrabowski3775]

Awesome video Jason. I don’t do well in tight spaces. I would freak out.

[@BillMulholland1]

Love the gremlin in the beginning 😂😂.. They need one of your systems 👍

[@johnjacobs1625]

Verry Nice Collab Jason!!

[@williamscoggin1509]

I like the practical approach to quality operations by mine operators. Is Jason started down the hole I noticed a folding chair there at the top of the opening with the extra thick foam rubber pad on it. Minimum at Great expense for the chair and maximum comfort for the sitter. 👍🏻🤔

[@jimmierturner3597]

Thanks Jason! for putting together such an informative video. Great group of pros. I've read and been following the development of this project in the ICMJ for a long time. This is one of your best. Lazy Jim

[@mbmmllc]

Thank Jim! I have the last segment coming out this Sunday. In it I run their ore on my equipment to test the recovery of their mill vs my equipment. Stay tuned for it, I think its quite interesting

[@jimmierturner3597]

@@mbmmllc Right on Jason! Wouldn't miss it for NASCAR or Rodeos. Thanks again for the truly great mining videos. One more thing, kudos to you for not disturbing the historical artifacts at your secret mine. I would have called the new mine, "Pandora's Box", due to the numerous entities, regulations involved. My understanding after BLM approved my Casual Use Notice is we can't disturb anything, even clearing road of nails, etc. Also, whoever owns the property, whether Public Lands or Private Land, owns the artifacts.

[@gb342002]

Love your channel! Living the dream!

[@chuckerickson6721]

Thanks Jason

[@windsorcastl]

Looks like that stovepipe needs to be a cummins, and i bet it would make the flat crushers job easier too

[@joshbailey1569]

Jason! If you haven’t ran that stuff from cali. Yet may I suggest you put the plastic over the water on the shaker table just to see if that may help keep that very fine gold from floating away. Their table made me cringe with how fast they were running the water coming straight out of the mill. Another great chance to see how much of a better recovery your table provides

[@jamesrobertson5548]

very enjoyable to hunt for gold

[@rustybarbacles355]

This is absolutely incredible. The mine, the plant, the ingenuity is so impressive. Love the stove bolt. Such an iconic motor. These dreamers are livin it now!!!

[@jamiewolfzen]

"Don't eat that, ok." 😆Man loving these vids with Dan, great work!

[@mikehartman5326]

Congrats on reaching 200K

[@ridingthrumemphis]

Jason, incredible video! You guys make one hell of a team, I love the interplay! More

[@mikewinings4120]

That vein is a wee bit softer than the mines in Washington, easy mining as it goes!

[@oswynfaux]

Does anyone haul material like the Australian opal miners with the air suction setups

[@joshuajackson6442]

A Wonder to see such beauty, thank you so much for sharing!

[@WilliamTMusil]

Hiya Jason

[@jongordon6132]

Will watch Dan's too

[@jimmybrooks7089]

The buckets will slide on vinyl pretty easy

[@chaoticature]

I’m sure that I’m not the first to ask if we’d have the opportunity, would we just wood it up and remove the pillars. Dangerous potential for awesome! Bring the whole mountain down for a few grams of gold. Crazy!

[@josephcormier5974]

That's a very nice haul thanks for sharing this six stars

[@chrismitchell5012]

Inspiring!

[@monkeywentbananas]

That muddy water is probably carrying gold away with it!

[@jorgev.a6125]

We love all

[@rdland2985]

A very unique and very interesting setup that they have!! Would love to mine and have a setup like you had. Seems that took care of doing a small mine operation. But why not have a bigger pond?

[@rdland2985]

My only question, why not put in another crusher to make all crushed down to more or less dust. And have a hopper installed to hold the crushed and then mix into the water slurry. To run on the shaker table.

[@Porty1119]

@@rdland2985 You'd want to use a ball mill or rod mill for fine grinding like that. I agree though, a finer grind would be worth trying. Personally I think I'd grind the table tailings and then either recirculate them over the table or send them to a flotation circuit.

[@rdland2985]

@Porty1119 yes a finer grind of the tailings would free up more gold... but would it be worth the effort if it isn't going to be worth it in long run of gold production. I went a did more research onto it and you are definitely correct on the ball or rod grind to make it I to more of a powder. Mbmm uses a different style of shaker table where the lines are inverted into the table instead of sticking up through the table. But he also smelts the a and b run off off the table to release all gold and turn it into a button at the end of the smelting process.

[@Porty1119]

@@rdland2985 All depends on the mineralogy! A lot of trial-and-error experimentation is called for when processing a new ore type.

[@matthewmartinez1091]

Hello Jason I've been watching a lot of your videos I've never seen that type of ore before and or let me correct myself I've seen it before but I was never informed of what it was or seen it on a gold mine video. I have a little bit of knowledge about alchemy. And from my understanding whenever gold is in colloidal form when it's suspended in acid it is purple. This is because of the tin that it came into contact with while it was suspended in acid form. The only way to extract it is to re dissolve in aqua regia and you can drop it with SMB or even a piece of copper. If they're crushing it and running it through a mill then all of that colloidal gold is getting washed away.

[@Spudz76]

Yeah that's why they smelt it all (A+B concentrate buckets). Panning was just for a peek at the free gold content, they already know about half is free and half is locked up in the other heavies.

[@matthewmartinez1091]

@@Spudz76 that's good to know spuds but on top of that brother some gold is so fine that it evaporates upon smelting. They should at least try to do an acid test and see if they get more with a leech assay just a suggestion.

[@HarryPotter-dl3kb]

I'd be very interested in what's making it through the shaker table and into the sands and slimes.

[@mawi1172]

Boy! You won't ever hear Jeff Williams say that he doesn't work on camera. 🤣🤣🤣

[@spage985]

To bad they didn't have any gold in that ore, great set up, good crew, positive attitude, everything but decent ore value. Hope they hit a surge sump full of purple rock 8oz per ton

[@ubuynow]

Very cool video. Almost makes me want to start mining! Question about that muck, is it tailings? any chance for gold in it? or is it just stuff blown in over 70+ years?

[@KansasOff-Grid]

Just an Awesome setup and Video Jason. Thx 4 sharing.

[@bret354]

wow 3 grams seems low to me

[@sanfranciscobay]

For all the effort and costs, I agree.

[@semoneg2826]

Now we understand why gold is so expensive...

[@ThomasEllis]

This is amazing.

[@rayarthur586]

I'm thinking your system might clean it better? But very nice system none the less.

[@st3v3408]

I remember the Ingersoll Rand pneumatic chipping hammer.

[@CindysGems]

Chad is very good looking‼️‼️

[@semoneg2826]

Agree😊

[@mikeconnery4652]

Jason it seems to me that all the loose dirt should have been processed at the mine.

[@billfrev]

my great uncle told me a story on how miners would start a fire to hide a hotspot and to mark the area of course ...... smoke and soot on the particular rock face.

[@Mike-01234]

Didn't even know small lode mining was even possible with the Government regulation these days. Cool watching the skip car go up just like the 1890s

[@aarongrabowski3775]

What does the machine before the table do?

[@sanfranciscobay]

Jaw Crusher to Hammer Mill to Shaker Table?

[@aarongrabowski3775]

@@sanfranciscobay thx.

[@travisjochimsen5426]

I'm thinking that a slow auger in your main bin would help. It would be useful to you if your over size could get recycled right back into main bin via maybe bucket elevator.. eventually..lol..

[@susanturcotte3176]

Hey Jason, I wonder if you could offer a better way/equipment that might catch more gold on the shaker table. It might be that watching this video, instead of in person, it seems like a much larger amount of water was running over the material. However, you did mention that it had raised riffles, so maybe that is why. Just a thought. I bet you had fun, though!!! It looks like ,fantastic, rich ore!! Warm hugs from Alabama ❤️

[@Spudz76]

Without about that much flow all that larger chunk that made it through the second mill would get in the way instead of heading off the far edge. Likely when the chunk problem is solved and all that goes to the table is dust, then the flow could be tuned lower more like you may expect. However since A+B cons both get smelted it doesn't really matter how visually perfect the table runs as long as nothing but tailings are rejected. But definite room for tuning, especially getting the ore pulverized better so the slurry is less of a "stew" and more of a "rock-milk".

[@deshb22]

Man i wish i could get on a good crew like this in Trinity county CA

[@carroll-w7wxv]

Jason, it would seem they need one of your hammer mills and your shaker table to increase their yield.

[@jaywebb3105]

I would be real curious to know how much was in the black tub catching the fine stuff at the end of the conveyor.

[@charleslatora5750]

Should have followed my heart n dream n not listened to my dad. We did some rock hunting and lapidary work when I was a kid / teenager and I got the bug. Dad told me I was nuts and like a good child of my generation I listen to my father. All the best of luck to you. Still got a lot of purchased n found rock samples that i saved. Some in house n some in yard...hahaha...back to the soil...lol

[@sanfranciscobay]

I'm 67. I chased the dollar and lost a guaranteed retirement while my friends chased security and have a guaranteed retirement. It's a gamble.

[@semoneg2826]

Well it's not too late

[@azjeep]

Wouldn't it be good to mount vibrators to the hoppers tp keep it flowing?

[@timbrooks2763]

Not great if you need a guy uo top with a shovel ! Design it better ! Cant be hard to get dirt to go in a hole lol loads of lumps on the table cant be good

[@Tom-fn8he]

Jason, they need one of your tables .

[@jamest.5001]

If i were them id mount a set if wheels ti a piece of plywood about 2"thick, spaced do a plastic barrel will roll on it, use a eletric scooter to spin the barrel go to a salvage yard, and get some steel chunks sbout 2"x 2" maybe a few truck axels cut into 6" lengths, let it spin at 10-15 rpm overnight the oversized dtuff and the sand tailings both could be ran through it. Probably fiill the inside with 12" x 36". Sheets of 4" steel plate to hive the steel domething harder to crush the rocks against. Getting it spinning with a steel hexagon to toss everything then the heavy steel crashing down on it. It should make powder of it in just a few hours. The rock crusher seem to be a bit slow. Seems adding a modern 5speed transmission with a pulley on the tail shaft. So ut can be ran in 2nd or 3rd gear or 1st with the engine at a higher rpm. Sround 2500 rpm that engine wiuld be making about peak torque, and the addition of a electronic governor to keep the engine at a steady rpm. Even under a load. Preventing it from bogging down. I'd build a shed over the mine with solar panels. So the power is free, also the mill. So bedides some gas the mill runs free, if its lights only, a 24 v battery, and 24vdc led lighting in the mine. I never saw a mine so well lit!

[@quinton3997]

What is California gold ore worth what should a pay for it or is it not worth buying small amounts of gold ore

[@antmantony2642]

Thanks for the content. It appears to be a blasting cap at timestamp 36:56. Difficult to tell if it is detonated or not. It's not uncommon to come across detonated blasting caps when metal detecting or dry washing near hard rock mines. There's always possible dangers out there, everyone be safe 😮

[@Joelittle_]

The camera you're using kick's but.

[@marktemplin1159]

Jason, you should build a table that could be placed to collect thier Aand B's and run as they come off thier rough shacker table,,, it could be a small table cuz it's only built to super concentrate a specific type of material🤔🤔 let thier table feed her me if yours and see what happens

[@harrycockfield5114]

Hi Jason and Team,,, Wow,, amazing team of professionals,, getting it done, how much could a rookie like myself make ,, um,,, helping with ore ,, 🤣✋😐,, Federal job, job?

[@fatmasahin1366]

What is name of purple material?

[@carlburgs2543]

Vacuum truck ?

[@timofthomas]

I'm a gettin de ja vu here :P

[@pasteurkimmugisha3368]

Any suggestions for the best scanner for underground veins of gold?

[@thalaquatics8712]

3:53, pause immediately at 54. gremlins....

[@rogerdudra178]

Nice mill they have there.

[@asjamuir5534]

There system is very labor intensive they need the machines to time the amounts feed better the cone just looked slow have they tested how much they are losing doesn't look like a fine fine crush

[@keeley1333ify]

Found your channel through Dan's videos. I don't usually sub to new channels but your content is great and you seem very genuine keep up the good vids

[@ahoytheremate1954]

Hey Jason you should get down to Coober Pedy here in South Australia with our mate from you tube Dan Hurd and come opal mining opal is worth 100 times what gold is worth mate .I can help you out with some contacts mate.

[@s.d.iprospecting4359]

I think they need one of your jaw crushers and one of your shaker tables.

[@Michael-rg7mx]

Hi! The IRS wants 25% and my buddy from California wants 20%. Please send cash, check, or gold.

[@jbowerman50]

Sure wish texas had Anything like that!

[@scotteasley83]

I really hope there operation there is just for funzies because a couple grams a ton is not making money at all. Sounds like they are having a blast. I wonder what there day jobs are if they have any?

[@juststeve7665]

The output from the last crusher/Hammer Mill looks far too coarse. Also as others have pointed out, there if way too much hands on processing.

[@Tom-fn8he]

Crusher is running to slow needs to be running 2-3 times that speed.

[@dennismilburn444]

Are they doing this as a hobby or business and how are they doing overall?

[@semoneg2826]

Business..they are experience miners

[@richardsmith3199]

i want to help even if it kills me

[@bentationfunkiloglio]

Seems like a lot of work for 4 to 5 grams per ton. Wouldn't think that that's enough to make mine profitable.

[@debztully1339]

Love U's!

[@johannesdesloper8434]

haha, not a goldminer seems to know how a setling pond works. Kinda weird because they do know how to trap gold. Same principle folks only opposite.

[@johannesdesloper8434]

So you need a VERY wide waterfall to reduce speed and only skim the top millimeter from the top which is the cleanest water. If you do it right you can turn muddy water into clear.

[@Jdalio5]

How is .2 ounces per ton worth touching?

[@richardsmith3199]

because you can move thousands of tons of rock really quickly if you hit the lode

[@jaratt85]

Seems pretty inefficient to me.. they still have to put their hands on it and rerun the stuff a lot, not to mention all the dust that could be holding small amounts of gold.

[@slickwillie9526]

Why is everyone wearing snake guards?

[@juststeve7665]

LOL Ratlesnakes? given the location...

[@semoneg2826]

or snake lol

[@seudechrist]

pretty cool set up , requires ALOT of fine tuning, that table is set up so poorly

[@hauntedcaptainphoenix5363]

I want to build a underground house for my self I live in West Virginia I also want a sphere house and then I want to live deep underground and build a city deep underground for people to hid from nuclear war. We need to live underground again like are ancient ancestors did when they hid from nuclear war please id like to live underground I wish someone would help me. I also want to make my own Halloween haunted attraction business.

[@sanfranciscobay]

Chasing the illusive dream of becoming millionaires.

[@-iIIiiiiiIiiiiIIIiiIi-]

You can't be filming miners on KZbin. FBI is watching.

[@semoneg2826]

Huuuuuhhhhhh?

[@petebriggs824]

why does your videos keep frizzing up all the time anymore? use to watch them all now i can't

[@antmantony2642]

I don't have that problem, never. It could be on your end.

[@bret354]

I don't have any problems with watching them, either.

[@petebriggs824]

@@antmantony2642 i can watch everything else no problem

[@michaelchase418]

No offense to Dan, but his voice in the background is beyond annoying.

[@jbowerman50]

Jason, just curious, would there be any advantage to classifying before the jaw crusher, say perhaps, sending the finer stuff directly to the holding bin before the powder mill so the finer stuff isn't going thru the jaw crusher?