Opening My Gold Mine! Part 17: The GOLD

[@shep1948]

I like the fact that you don't edit out all the failures and show people that things aren't always easy. Congratulations on your success.

[@Enfield2A]

Little understood (except to the Tommy Knockers) that hard rock mining is as much "Art" as science. One reason that the Cornish miners were so successful in the Mother Lode.

[@UmmmmmmmWhat]

The failures are sometimes the most interesting to watch.

[@somsackvongsa7077]

​@@Enfield2Awhom are cornish miners.where were they..?

[@ElementofKindness]

I feel it. Twice now, I botched the cuppelling process, but I'm close. Hoping third time will be the charm!

[@timofthomas]

From Cornwall, England, started off with tin and silver on the Southwest corner of England, then as work dried up, like the Welsh, they spread across the world taking their skills with them@@somsackvongsa7077

[@123Goldhunter11]

At 73 with a worn out back - I prefer watching you do it. Thanks for taking us along.

[@michaelbyrnes1822]

Do one sit up today wait a day and do 2 sit ups. By the time you cand do 10😊 your back will stop hurting at 2 or 73! my Grandpa told me that and he unretired and stated being the office janitor at 67, he looked a day over 60 at 82 when he retired again. Back problems start with a week core. Do sit ups

[@lazyjackass77]

​@michaelbyrnes1822 Please don't lecture a 73 yr old person. The idea that you're not telling them anything they haven't heard before is ridiculous.

[@MakingUsThink]

@@michaelbyrnes1822 With spinal disc degeneration failures no luck in doing one sit up as the trouble is not muscle at which your talking about. Tear a muscle rebuild it stronger does not work for these people. Discs are bone, not muscle and if part of society cannot continue to absorb calcium like those without disc problems than this is a disease that has not been solved.

[@michaelpass2176]

I agree with you. Same age, my back mess going ejection seat training over period of 13 years. Plus major auto wreck I was a passenger.for about three weeks I couldn’t walk was Paralyzed from waist down. This happened 1996-7. My lady, her damage was from me being slammed into her. Seat be,t scar across my chest from right shoulder to left hip. I got pretty broke up. Pelvic broke in 7 places, my tail bone three places, ribs on right all were broke collar bone right side broke in three place compound fracture, mod to severe head fracture concussion . Then I didn’t know me. But they had my ID. Lost my front upper teeth. 5000 dollars to repair and fix. Now I just hurt all over. But Jason I real enjoy watching you have the fun. Like to see more of Washington state mountains and trees. Lost my eye sight in Vietnam

[@nunyabisnass1141]

It used to bug me that he would explain the entire process each time he'd display these machines, until it finally dawned on me that is the purpose of this whole channel, to showcase his products. So now I enjoy listening to this very long commercial.

[@semoneg2826]

Ok

[@nunyabisnass1141]

@@semoneg2826 thanks bro

[@brianpierpoint2613]

So glad I found this channel better than the gold rush shows on discovery.

[@smokeyandspikeproductions]

Roast your ore, follow up with quenching in water, run through the system, collect the concentrates, dry and roast the concentrates with carbon on top, then smelt with the equivalent of chapman flux with a little extra borax as a thinner. I guarantee that will yield an ideal smelt with no matt layer and instead of using nails. Use one large flat piece of steel for better surface area. Try it Jason it will work!

[@DonariaRegia]

Shouldn't he season the crucible with borax before its first use as well? The inside was covered in a coarse layer of material after the pour. That process also makes the crucible last longer.

[@smokeyandspikeproductions]

@@DonariaRegia Yes!

[@smokeyandspikeproductions]

@@Southern-A-Ranch Agreed! Researching old timers techniques has some great benefits to it.

[@askquestionstrythings]

@@DonariaRegiaDepends on the manufacturer. Some preseason the crucibles for you, you should be able to see if the crucible needs to be seasoned by looking at the inside of the crucible. If the manufacturer says to season it, or tells you that it doesn't need to seasoned; then follow what they say to do.

[@AaronKnowlton-r4r]

Awesome! How do you know so much on smelting? Fantastic advice, I'm definitely going to try it! Thank you! 😊😊

[@ThePlymouth37]

The case of the missing gold! Love the channel! Can't wait for next year's mining!

[@dismo021]

​Edit: just let the jackass be a jackass, hes gonna breh his stupid shit no matter 😂@Fdeubcfhbbjhfd

[@jessewilson8676]

Stuck to last bit of iron that stuck to cone mold?

[@paulcondie2520]

The case of the missing dents run gold! Lol if you're not familiar Google it, interesting

[@24hobbes24]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but if you're slabing gold ore in the oil saw, you should check the rock slurry after awhile to see how much free gold was "cut" out of the rocks!

[@dwightvoeks9970]

Dude, nice job sticking with it. What a frustrating pour and I don't even know the end result yet but it looks like you got through it. One thing is evident, what a laborious process for an ounce of gold at today's value. That may change soon. You've shown what can be done but without other sources of income, you'll go broke doing it unless you can really streamline the operation and if there's enough vein ore to remove. For entertainment and educational value this is top notch! Hey Discovery channel! This guy is the real deal with no made up drama! Just real life drama.

[@jph8266]

That had to be stressful as hell!! Glad you figured it out. I ordered a bag of the ore last month and a bag of the new crushed ore last night! Excited to try my hand at panning some hard rock crush! Thanks Jason

[@northwestgaming4049]

My wife ordered a bag for xmas. Now I just need to figure how I am going to crush it when I have the time.

[@jph8266]

@@northwestgaming4049 making or buying a dolly pot is the cheapest way I found to

[@lotharschiese8559]

@@northwestgaming4049 Google Dolly Pot crushing

[@Dirt47]

Good luck to you both!

[@Les537]

Nice shiny rocks, bro.

[@darrinwilliams5715]

What an amazing adventure Jason. Thank you for sharing it with all of us. I watch constantly, but don’t comment often. This series was worth talking about. I can’t wait for next season. Keep up the good work.😎😎😎😎😎

[@hokkaidoutaima]

This was such a beautiful experience in metallurgy, seeing you struggle and still get the pure gold in the end was a real treat. Thank you Jason! The crystalline appearance of the bead was such a fantastic bonus, I didn't even know gold could do that under those conditions. That's a keeper!

[@phylbeeme2476]

Congratulations! It's excellent that you don't edit out the bumps along the road to getting the gold. It's an honest look at how so many things can go wrong and how you just keep trying until you solve the issues. Love this channel.

[@jgood9810]

My timing was perfect. I started watching this series yesterday and watched them all. When I get up this morning I find that the last episode had just been uploaded. Timing is everything

[@semoneg2826]

😊

[@ThomasPaine1974]

Always thoroughly enjoy the videos you do Jason! Thank you!

[@jefferydaniels6334]

Thanks for the show! I’ve been enjoying the gold in my bag of ore. Light snowpack so far this year, might get up there sooner than you think!

[@sovereignlivingsoul]

that was exciting, alchemy at its best, Jason the wizard, can't wait to see what happens next.

[@andrewwallace3444]

Love the fact that you show both sides of the process and walk us through the whole process Looking forward to the next one

[@jjock3239]

It is always interesting to watch the recovery process, and to see the re-thinking, and fine tuning required, to recover the metal.

[@samsonian]

Congratulations, Jason! Hope you’re able to get up to the mine quickly to start your 2024 journey to the *_“Evergreen Motherlode!”_* Cheers! 🖖😎👍

[@rca-in-glasgow6781]

That’s the biggest gold button I have seen produced thus far on your channel! Holy Cow! That’s great. And hopefully people buying stuff off eBay understand it’s a novelty, for fun, not a scam to make you rich. You have clearly been successful through good old geologic knowledge and hard work. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@OGRocker1]

Glad you solved the case of the missing gold, been waiting for this episode. More AU in season two is my prayer for you Jason... Thanks for the entertainment! ⛏⚒⛏

[@ismiregalichkochdasjetztso3232]

My man fought hard for that ounce of gold. That piece is worth more than its weight in gold!

[@taylorj4566]

Sell that gold button as is!!! That crystal structure is beautiful!

[@NavyDood21]

I am so glad to have found this channel through watching Brent at Cerro Gordo.

[@Stevesbe]

Jason puts out some great very interesting content

[@jalepeno5903]

It's fun to watch your progress, congratulations

[@markmatt9174]

Jason, glad you got it going and getting the "SHINEY" from your miney😂 Lots of work so windering if youve done a time cost study with the 1 ton vs 1 oz gold & costs of it... 😊😊

[@JesusRisen8]

wow that crystal structure on the gold was beautiful great work brother

[@adams.6168]

We Love your Mining Videos and GOLD! I have a University of North Carolina Degree in Geology! But I live at the beach So I don't get to see much Mining other than KZbin! Keep up the Good Work...

[@krakhedd]

Difficult to access, difficult to mine, difficult to process.....this gold sure is making ya work for it Jason!

[@Superstitiousace]

Very informative. Enjoyed your knowledge and letting us hang Along

[@kalon9999]

Love watching you work through the entire process from source material to final product. It has to be the best 8-hour long advertisement for MBMM! Incredible!

[@bigdsminingandmilling8421]

I know every ore, and concentrate is different. But I've had the best success roasting first, Then smelting with a 3:1 flux/concentrate mix, with a flux with litharge. I have tried several different mixtures without the litharge and I consistently get a lot more gold from the litharge flux. I've found that even some of the pours that didn't have any matte, still recovered far less gold in side by side smelts with the same concentrate than the litharge flux. Great video though, because it does show how difficult the process can be!

[@DanielJoyce]

Mmmm, more lead in the environment. There are no safe levels of lead, and when you use the litharge technique you burn off and produce a lot of lead oxide which then gets everywhere in the environment. EPA laws around lead are very strict. Lead smelters for example are required to use air scrubbers, and surfaces in and around the plant must be regularly tested.

[@stumped463]

Fantastic recovery on that smelt . Great video and many thanks for showing us your process for gettin the gold .

[@FuManDrew365]

I really enjoyed this mining operation and would love to see more of this type of content for sure..

[@rickjohnson6559]

Good job Jason. I hope after the helicopter portage off the mountain was Recovered that wasn't cheap. Great video

[@johnblair8146]

NICE GOLD!!!!!! LOVE that rail;/spike/ore sample thingy!!!!!

[@dondavis5633]

I just "binge-watched" all 17 videos for your amazing gold mine adventures, and I can't thank you enough for taking us with you, not only when you brought your mine up to par, but improved on it, as well! Start to finish, I was hooked! Thanks for all of your outstanding how-to videos, Jason; you're the best!

[@johnglasgow4176]

Nice to see this happening now been waiting thanks for the video

[@billfrev]

30:03 so amount is around 2.2k per ton.... a huge labor of love. now this next season bring home 10 tons of ore

[@markhepworth]

Fascninting trouble shooting,like watching medieval alchemy!

[@BrodyLuv2]

Accept they knew what they were doing 😂

[@EastBayFlipper]

Hi Jason, If you took the high silica tailings and mixed them with a high-strength cement then use it for cement countertops from gold ore with a few specimen pieces inserted and then polished would sell extremely well and the tailings already are the very best cement sand

[@jonnybravo3606]

Great idea. Creative second use. 👌

[@shanefrericks5929]

Nice job, Jason. I had an ore like that last year, that did the same thing on me. I think I'm going to try what you did

[@akope]

What a journey. Thanks for taking us for the ride!

[@JesusRisen8]

just a tip; rename series to just "My Gold Mine". i always see the opening and it makes me think im rewatching a video lol love your content thank you and God bless

[@darkenlight22]

The fun part is that gold doesn't go anywhere. You can keep perfecting processes with little worry about any lose.

[@glenhadaller2540]

Give the man some credit for Pete sakes

[@takinastabatit]

I love the way you never fail to give the technical details. I'm so excited to see what you get from this run! [resumes watching] I think my favorite part is watching your pet lava seethe in the cone. What a tough run, but that crystalized puck at the end is SO WORTH IT. A specimen piece tbh

[@franklinmc4457]

Just wanted to say that I appreciate the art aspects of gold recovery as much as the physical challenges of minning. I am a local fan. Went to WWU. I know the Bellingham area well. Love to chat about the Oroville area some day. Do you ever do an events?

[@franklinmc4457]

I have a dumb question maybe. I looks to me like when the chemical process works correctly, there is a visual pattern in the way the liquid cools that is made. I don't know if anyone else understands but as you look at the cone mold as the liquid slag/metal cools, there is like a spider web pattern that occurs you can see? I might just be crazy?

[@krandolph420]

Yes! I'm so happy to finally see the conclusion if your hard work! Please keep it coming man you guys keeping the dream alive is the best thing on KZbin

[@Twokeeshonds]

Nice Jason. Can't wait until you guys can get back into your mine. Seeing the resulting gold is something special though. Thanks bud.

[@glenholland9781]

I have some glass with some stuff looks exactly like this stuff from a large vein rock I found from my mine. Haven't been able to figure out how to get the gold to drop. I think what you did is what I need to do. Jason you rock. I'm gonna be rolling when this works. I think I'm gonna do the hcl 10% first then add some sand like I saw in the comments followed by some Potassium nitrate.Gonna do it all. I love your videos, keep up the good work!

[@keithrimmer3]

Well done Jason all the hard work paid off, and now ya can get a hundred tones out in the summer buddy good luck

[@tinkering123]

Thanks for the update. Hopefully ahead in the end. Great adventure.

[@jamesschnurbusch711]

That is frickin awesome! I've really enjoyed the journey starting from rehab to a kick ass button of shiny goodness 😍! Awesome job, Jason!

[@jasonwcoleman250]

Seeing those tailings makes me want to make a horseshoe pit, the texture is perfect!!!

[@Ammoniummetavanadate]

Until you smell it, lol

[@Zinginaround1]

You are an awesome man, Jason! You find time to go help everyone! An awesome awesome man. Thinking about that, your family, wife and kids love you !!

[@CrazyWist]

Been waitin a long time for this video. Woot Woot the FEVER!

[@outlier4ever]

@7:30 "That's what the number two looks like." I would tend to agree. :)

[@dionvanhezewijk5390]

😆 good one !

[@SkateSoup]

Happy to see a golden conclusion to all your effort, with bonus crystal structure that looks super cool. As others do, I like seeing the whole process, the experiments are probably annoying for you to have to do, but it is enjoyable to watch.

[@rossgee2950]

Wow! That was a rollercoaster ride! So satisfying to see that ounce of shiny. Well done Jason!

[@StirlingLighthouse]

It’s always great watching the gold recovery. What a conundrum! Mining curve balls. Lol Thanks Jason 🙏

[@connifilteau2678]

That is a most beautiful first button. Thanks for that exciting learning curve. It's in the green mud....only visually observing this comparing a chemical refiner I watch. Love the channel, thanks for bringing us along for such interesting earth science....it's grounding ;] Cheers to a super first result. Awesome.

[@mrmcphilsconfidential8562]

Putting in the work (4letterword) to overcome the difficulties and produce the final piece is fulfilling. Well worth the effort, and viewing.

[@davehortin6579]

Thanks!

[@mbmmllc]

Thank you so much!

[@gnarlyhogg]

Learned a lot about the work it takes to refine ore in this video! I'm thoroughly entertained.

[@williamsemambo2734]

Thank you for sharing with us all the gold mining process; May God bless your business!

[@vossierebel]

Three cheers Jason! Great result... we're waiting for season two - for sure!!

[@natureman0074]

I love a good mystery, this is a very expensive one! Keep on keeping on!!

[@jaymortensen642]

I looked through a lot of the comments but did not see anyone who has bought a bag of the rock ore comment on what they found, I have gone through maybe half a bag and only found 1 or two barely visible gold flakes but more under magnification, the material needs to be crushed into a flour then hand panned, I found the gold washed away in the blue bowl and even hand panning required multiple times but there is gold and its so fine it can't be seen until it collects together in the pan. I took a couple rocks and cut and polished them and that's pretty cool some of the sulfides look like tin foil and others have a bronze look. I hope my purchase keeps these videos coming .

[@williamscoggin1509]

You, chad, and Harry make a great video team. Absolutely great video series! 👍🏻

[@hollynoelleAbductedUfologist]

I am thrilled for You. Sharing..and thank You for doing these good videos.

[@waltertodd4479]

Great video showing gold recovery equipment and gold recovery, thanks!

[@jedeye825]

really enjoy watching your smelting, both wins and fails

[@rcook2608]

Awesome job love the hard work cheers 🇨🇦

[@chuckster6513]

Hey Jason, Very glad to see another video posted. This was quite different from previous videos about smelting to find the final product. I hope you also learned something from this unusual experience. See ya on the next video Take Care

[@64puma64]

Glad that’s your problem and not mine, and glad you’re sharing the experience with us. You might have figured out why the previous mine operator walked away?

[@Noxtreme]

AHHHH. FINALLY! Tell me you didn't wait all this time to do this. I would have not been able to wait more then a week to find out what's in those rocks.

[@donleger2671]

I've been waiting for this! Thank you Jason!

[@TheGoldmansChannel]

Fantastic watch Jase. Disaster smelt, to problem solving, to end result. Loved it.

[@NewNormac]

Jason, was wondering if you have gone down the rabbit hole of glass science? I think you could benefit greatly from even a quick dip. A great resource is the Corning Museum of Glass and the Salem Or school of glass. CMoG is awesome and the staff is so welcoming.

[@chadf1034]

The wait has been tremendous!

[@bradwbangerter863]

Yeah it's been too long since he took the gold out of the mine .

[@dwaynesimons-d2c]

He sold a lot on ebay and Jason may not have had the equipment ie new spiral concentrater.

[@JerryBWagoner]

What an amazing journey. Thanks for the opportunity to be part of it. I live down in Everett and this makes me want to head into the Cascades (although if picked up some cool metal rich pieces in the Olympics). Some of your videos also make my back hurt just watching the mucking process. 😀

[@earljohnson2676]

Love that show when it doesn’t go your way and that your still learning something new every time pretty cool

[@ProspectingLife]

I absolutely love what you’re doing mate, mining and prospecting has taken up almost 20years of my life and I love watching guys nutting all this stuff out so thanks for sharing. 👍🏼🙏🏼

[@chipsatterly4902]

Great video and content! Really learned a lot!! My PhD chemist sister tells me you're on the right track!! You've got a great analytical mind!! Thank you!!

[@clydenakashima7393]

Jason you could ask Jeff Willams where he gets his tracks that he use in his for his ore cart.

[@bepriceless]

One thing I've learned from watching you for awhile, is that every smelt is unique, and there's a lot of trial and error guessing. fun stuff.

[@mandybrown7758]

Tour always on a great adventure, i love the video's 👊🏼👊🏼

[@keithwood6459]

I think you didn’t have enough silica. Your early slags were not very glassy. They probably got saturated with sulfur. That left iron in the metal phase, that formed iron metal or magnetite. Your later slags were glassy and behaved well.

[@BillPatten-zh6lx]

Wow! You picked a pretty rainy day to pour into your cone mold.

[@SteveandSusiesHomestead]

I am thinking , when you change the oil in your rock saw , there should be some gold in there. Congratulations on that big bead .

[@John-ir2zf]

The trials and tribulations !!! I can't wait for you to get back in to the mine !

[@Sauspreme]

super interesting episode! even with the issues, it definitely made it more exciting and interesting

[@JesseJames83]

The moment we've all been waiting for! Thanks for wearing gloves!

[@Alondro77]

The magnetic 'matte' is likely partially-reduced pyrite, transformed into magnetite by the smelting with a high amount of carbonate. There may also be cobalt or nickel sulfide present as well, which would also alter the chemistry.

[@justinthyme21]

What a journey!!! Just finished all the episodes for the mine from episode 1!

[@MrSethGr]

1 once/ ton is very good! congrats, it's a lot of work.

[@lukescherschel]

I love watching all the ups and downs. Great video and congratulations.

[@StephanieElizabethMann]

Thank you for this amazing journey. I don't envy you having to smelt and red smelt over and over. But at least you've got your gold back and learned a whole lot about getting gold back when it seems to have disappeared.

[@rogergriffin9893]

Yay! Good for you! 1 Ounce per ton is profitable so long as you can closely control your costs. And who knows what the future may bring?