Testing Abandoned Gold Mine in BC Canada: Crushing and Recovering Gold

[@jimmierturner3597]

Thanks!

[@mbmmllc]

You bet!

[@jereclements9373]

To drill small holes like this without water coolant we keep a handful of bits (like at least 6) nearby and change bits every 30 seconds or so. This does not make the quartz any softer but does let the off duty bits cool and extend the life of the bit. And maybe try to drill your holes in the quartz instead of the band of sulfides, I suspect that the properties and high metal content make them even worst to drill than the quartz.

[@CICADA2059]

Burn it 🔥 flame it first we use that way in some cases

[@petepete2284]

3:55. Into the depths of Moria. Another great vid from Jason.

[@garyammerman2153]

Jason, while not a geologist, as a mechanical engineer, I would think you would have better luck drilling at edge between hanging wall and vein in softer bull quartz areas. Then repeat vertically below at edge between footwall and vein. With vertical and hopefully horizontal cracking at edge with country rock, break out with hammer drill chisel bit or single jack as you were doing. Drilling into highly mineralized spots in vein is causing extensive heating on your carbide bits, without being lubricated, for sure. Love your vids!

[@arnedalbakk6315]

Hello Jason. Arne from 🇳🇴Norway here. Thank you for all the great clips, and your passion. God bless you🇺🇲 Arne

[@hotrod2893]

Been missing MBMM. Good to see you!👍

[@74KU]

Was beginning to thing he had picked on one of those support columns a little to hard tbh..

[@feelinghealingfrequences7179]

missing one month since this video is he alive and ok?

[@rikspector]

Jason, That was fascinating! Cheers, Rik Spector

[@wingsandbeaksbirder2312]

Excellent video. Learning is always fun when presented by such a knowledgeable and personable person. 😊

[@alexandertelehin3425]

I will have to watch more of your videos to start understanding the process of refining your mineral in order to extract Gold. Seems like a lot of work for little reward. I enjoyed this immensely; thank you.

[@Cmuron]

He is prospecting to see if a site would be profitable to do larger scale mining. With today's gold prices mines that were closed due to low yields maybe reopened with the new technology he is using. Not many videos will actually show profitability.

[@SMoore-js6fy]

Always interested in what you are doing. The process is intriguing . Thanks

[@danieldeanmasterfinisher4715]

Well like you said the sulfides are like pure metal try drilling in the more quartzy stuff near the sulfides

[@I.Live4oldcars.prospecting]

Fantastic video. I enjoyed it very much. I'm finding it very interesting. Thank you

[@pauldickman4379]

I always love watching the smelt cool when it is all golden and orange, how it resembles quickly moving tectonic plates.

[@josephcormier5974]

Thank you Jason for another awesome video and sharing it with us six stars brother

[@Leo-qd2ud]

Thank jebaz, something worth watching

[@outlier4ever]

You do a great job explaining the how and why. Thank you for your efforts, always pure gold videos!

[@rockysuperstar1]

JASON Have you tried cooling the Drill bits down with water ? Have a cup of water to dip them in . I can see the tips are getting to hot :-))

[@RexSkittles]

I think of all your smelting videos, this one was the roughest of them all! Momma said there’d be days like this!

[@richieixtar5849]

Very Interesting and great to see you wearing Brents Cerro Gordo top too 🙂

[@mikebrown0262]

Watching you adapt to the mishaps is just as informative as when it all goes perfect. Thanks Jason!

[@rockman531]

Hi Jason, Enjoyed watching the mining part again. Thanks for another great smelting lesson! Always learning something new! You're an awesome teacher! Any more mining trips scheduled? What ever happened to the helicopter mining ore? Take Care, stay safe! Jim

[@Getitright23]

Been waiting on this follow up video, the mine looked ultra rich!

[@deathhog40]

Always a good watch,great schooling and always informative videos!

[@jeffreycerasano6647]

Cool stuff! Diggin the Cerro Gordo hoodie.

[@rogeradam7391]

Like the surface of the sun..love the pouring .

[@kevinkollar67]

I think your video's are awesome. I've learned alot from watching them. Keep on making them your doing great.

[@74KU]

Hope you haven't learned that picking on the only thing keeping 1000s of tons of rock off your face is good.

[@jasonhilliker492]

Great video. It was fun to watch the whole process.

[@julmaj1479]

I just love watching your shakertable do its thing. Oddly satisfying.

[@ronmckenzie2890]

Thanks for showing how things go wrong and how to fix it .

[@michaelpage7691]

You wonder how the old time miners got as far as they did if newer technology has trouble getting into it. Great show…thank you. 😁👍🏻🇦🇺

[@Anatoliys_Adventure]

Poverty is one heck of a performance enhancing substance 😂 hammers get swung a bit longer and a bit harder when you and your family relies on it and you don't want your kids doing the same

[@markmayer2029]

Might want to check the grade of carbide. Some are for soft, some for hard rock. As usual, a harder blow, and slow rotation, works best in hard rock. Opposite for soft rock. You definitely smoked those bits. An 80 grit silicon carbide bench grinder will touch those up, if the carbide isn't ruined. A hot bit and water is a no no for carbide ( for the other people, not you ).Good luck, and always fun to watch. Thanks.

[@Zimgirgaz]

This kind of research is great! At minimum, it shows what kind of precious metal reserves are availabe to those keeping track of such things...

[@rogerdudra178]

Greetings from the BIG SKY. Found you through Dan Hurd.

[@hattricksprospecting1769]

Jason is lucky getting the nice weather, I'm froze out on my side of the country.

[@liamdtraxxas2011]

Start with a smaller drill bit and a very small hole in a water bottle lid for cooling. Grate video keep'em coming 💯 👍

[@larrykasiah8852]

That's a great video I came across a building that some small scale miners use to own and found some black glass looking rock that had little bubble looking holes and what looked like gold in some of them now I think it was slag Have a great day and prospect on

[@jayarnett4157]

Another great video. Thanks Jason, keep it up please.

[@outbackwanker]

Always love watching your videos.

[@windsorcastl]

I learn more from your mistakes than anything else. Thanks for showing everything, Jason!

[@74KU]

If he keeps picking at supports nobody will learn anything, least of all, him.

[@wrxs1781]

Good video Jason, I find this a very interesting subject.

[@Shaggydude2]

Great vid Jason.

[@Tjalveson]

Awesome, thx so much for sharing, really enjoyed it!

[@nocakeforsusan8701]

@14:28 ⛏️ Underground cracking sounds. Makes me want to run!!

[@parkerottoackley6325]

Always interesting 👍 Thank you Sir

[@Quahogstacker]

Thanks for sharing this. I am a completely new to Mining . Great information 👊👍

[@scruggsbuster9458]

Yeah I enjoyed that one I like how you go to the extreme to show us things that we never see and I paid attention you had me glued to my computer screen I thank you for all the hard work that you do to show us and please be careful when you go into those places I wouldn't go in there so thank you for the video and entertainment🆒😃😄😁😍🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲⚖️⛏️⚒️

[@dodgeit3014]

We don’t skip Jason’s videos people! don’t listen to him. WE WATCH THE WHOLE VIDEO AND LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE

[@garrettmillsap]

I've been waiting for another upload!

[@BubblewrapHighway]

3:30 Guy Fawkes is in the mountain, top of the screen

[@gavinhogg6552]

Pretty cool stuff, I don't think you would be going bananas on that vein Thanks for the video 👍🤓✌️

[@rastaralph7154]

Great video 👍 that mine that was hard to get into was the best so go back there! ❤️💛💚

[@LetsGoToChurch]

I enjoy watching these videos. What is most fascinating is how people were able to do all this without modern equipment for millennia. The other thing I enjoy is the detailed breakdown of the process, as well as the math and science that goes into recovering the metals.

[@jaymortensen642]

Jason you had me on the edge of the chair when you were moving through that cave all I could picture is a big black thing sprawled out in a corner and then the camera dropping and hear oh sh** LOL good video

[@ProspectorTripp]

Always enjoy your work! Thanks Jason Peace Prospector Tripp

[@raymondtakamoto8063]

I love your channel with Dan,Paulie, and what you are can we get a video? On machines you have left to sell or preferred toyu.

[@antiowarr9467]

Very interesting to watch, been involved in gold mining at 1 point in my life but never ever got into learning about the extraction process; now I have a better appreciation for the process. Thx for the education!!!!??? So now again I realize I am even more ignorant.. eheheheheh cheers

[@Kris_at_WhiteOaksFarm]

As Mr. Spock would say, "Fascinating!". Thank you Jason.

[@tristenshumway6999]

Always love these videos! Thanks for sharing brother 🙏

[@wilfor03]

super great video.....learning a lot from ya, Mate....thank you

[@طلالعبدالوهابالقادري]

تحياتي لك والف مليار سلام ربي يطول في عمرك على نشرك للعلم وتعليم

[@tonyvanbeek7623]

Diablo bits are real good! Might give them a try. Good luck. I need to find something like this here in Wyoming.

[@JustinRuta]

I find this unbelievably fascinating.

[@donaldhebert2973]

Love your video's kinda met you from watching Dan's video's and you crushing some of his finds. Just wish I was younger so I could look for gold myself as I am 65 now and have bad hips can't do the walking no more!

[@KD0CAC]

Doggey dew , I was expecting more than that . Thanks again

[@lexschmidt8471]

these are my favourite videos

[@machfiver753]

What about using a water spray to cool your bits? Or a diamond wheel on an angle grinder to cut a slice above and below the vein then hammer in some wedges to cause the rock to split? Cordless cold chisel setup. Failing that just hack away with your pick like a Welsh slave down a Roman gold mine lol.

[@marezjraz]

On your bits. Since it’s quartz try using Diamond Core bits that they use for countertops. I’m a construction worker. Seen the countertop installation guys use those bits for when they install Quartz counter tops.

[@scottwall8419]

Life vs investment cost on diamond bits have the highest ROI. Each manufacturer worth thier weight should have a fairly well defined bit needed vs hardness of material breakdown.

[@Pitbull.Prospecting]

Nice Jason I had hoped for bigger results but hey an outdoor adventure is good for the soul if nothing else it was scenic

[@jamesmcclurg9787]

My uncle would take a diamond blade skill saw and cut 4in in on both sides and then it would pop out with a hammer I was quite amazed how quick it was

[@alexejovicmueller2978]

Jason, looks like you nailed it 😅

[@roundoval9991]

Love your content man, keep up all these awesome videos. You're so through in your explinations, just excellent content sir. Thank you

[@arielholtz]

Love all these videos, like seeing start to finish with math

[@silvaorgold]

Great trip dreisen love watching you work keep finding shiny

[@feelinghealingfrequences7179]

33:33 looks so cool!

[@mgwgeneral6467]

Dude you are teaching good stuff. Hats off to you for taking the time to teach on the next level. Ryepatch mike.

[@emmettbrown9654]

Great leading by example wearing the respirator 👍

[@cedarplankprospector]

High Grade, High Interest - Low Grade, High Interest - Jason at the shop, High Interest, Jason in the Mine - you can have those tight spaces - too tiny for this ol boy. But there I was - right with you - in my office chair, viewing full screen with Very High Interest. An Interesting Feller doing Interesting things in Interesting Places with Interesting gadgets - Shoot - I'm Hooked! Thanks MBMM.

[@scottvanderwerf3391]

Amazing stuff..... I'm positively jealous man.....

[@850xp3]

All of that work and time for that ,nice hobby bud 👍

[@DeanShostrom]

My experience with carbide masonry bits is that you’ve got it not let them heat up. You have to keep backing off and let them cool. If you drill continuously you will burn them up in even in concrete, which is soft compared to what you’re doing.

[@waynegosson1793]

And right after I commented. You started suing a maul and chisel. Lol. Awesome 👌 good video Jason!

[@billreinhardt3684]

Great video!!!!

[@punkinhaidmartin]

Mayne a kinetic impact from a 1" steel ball going at 500 fps or so would liberate a few chunks? Blow a ball down a 70' piece of PVC with 120psi and see how much rock gets dislodged at the impact.

[@iknklst]

At 4:43, that is about the most nervous laughter I've ever heard.

[@orcoastgreenman]

If drilling in hard material, I run a bit that size, about 30-45 seconds. Then pull and dip in a cup of water to cool. If the water does not sizzle, add 15 seconds to the interval and test again. Doing this adds a bit of time, but keeping your bit from going too far above the boiling point of water, will make it last longer.

[@invictusfarmer7188]

I really enjoy your videos. thank you for doing this.

[@willyeverdie2731]

Irrigating your bits will only help. I'm sure that someone makes a rotohammer diamond coated bit. Using chisel and point bits in the jackhammer mode works great for splitting matrix up. It's always wise to take options. But packing this stuff backpack can get heavy.

[@IainBruce7]

Enjoyed the video 👍🏼

[@chuckerickson6721]

Thank you Jason great video

[@exjw8623]

Hilti makes bits that are for drilling in concrete with large rebar in it and they drill through rebar maybe they would work in that iron laden quartz

[@a777702]

Man I have been waiting for this.

[@joetingay3668]

Here in the phil. Mostly we are using bosch gbh 8- 45 that was already tested for underground mining with 28 mm drill bit dewalt brand

[@davidwelsh829]

Hilti usually has the best quality bits, drill rock next to sample, maybe start with a smaller bit or just a chisel bit, if water is available you can get a diamond core setup w/water feed

[@scottwall8419]

Hard to hike that bigger stuff into the brush

[@geraldleffew7008]

What happen you ok hope so . I like watching the mines you go in .

[@garyburkholder4170]

Looks like good material. i would love finding that kind of deposit.

[@korpse6rinder]

You should put that little weight on the scale and zero it when you weigh small amounts. It will give a more accurate number and it won't bounce on the last number as much.

[@adventureswithgoat719]

Woo-hoo. Let's go mining!

[@jameswatt8841]

Looks like so much fun

[@bepriceless]

Hey, Jason, what happened to you including the ball mill in your processing line? I know you sold a lot of equipment, so the line really isn't there anymore, but didn't you think some gold was getting lost because it wasn't crushed fine enough?

[@debztully1339]

Love the content!