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Gold Mine Hidden Along A River Has Numerous Surprises
Gold Mine Hidden Along A River Has Numerous Surprises
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“TVR Exploring”
This old gold mine hidden away along a river is a classic example of the success of some of our mine hunting trips… Many of the mines from the “Gold Rush” era in the Sierras are not marked on any maps or are only partially marked (meaning that one is only given very vague location details…
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Greetings from San Francisco CA
28:31 2/3 of the way up I think I saw a glint of gooooooold!
Wow, what interesting geology! That was a massive quartz vein, but I guess it wasn't very rich in the end because of how much they left… thanks for documenting it!
Looks like alot of it is "bull". Maybe they were looking for specific contact zones against the fault. Like blobs of mineralization. Pretty interesting deposit.
Hopefully you took some samples..
Mmmm… Cave bacon!
Wow! Another great explore! That flowstone was off the charts! And a completely intact modern drill, amazing! At the end, it looked like there was the remains of an old road where the FS burned the cabin. They got those big a** compressors in there somehow…..
Great video Justin. I think even I have wondered about you walking past gold before in some of your videos. In this mine with the literal tons of quartz in there, I'm sure there is still some tiny amounts of gold, but who wants to blast and muck what may amount to 5 tons of rock for a pittance of gold. You'd probably find more gold in the river below. Did you ever figure out where the tunnel you entered into exited in relation to where you were? Did it dump you out into a different valley on the other side of your hill?
I know you hate clambering over all those collapses,but you do it because you love us Justin😅
As you mentioned people saying you're "walking past gold", which is iron pyrite… Which fittingly used to also be called "fools gold". 😂
“No matter where you go , you’ll always be there “ huh?!! Pretty frickin cool mine explore in this one . I was floored by the size/ width of that Quartz vein in there along with all that flow-stone. Thanks
Always the adventure admiring your videos. I'm always impressed with the miners never ending struggle for the quest for gold. Tuco would be impressed! As always, five stars. *** Many thanks. 👍
Crazy! Never seen that before. Well done guys!
When you run into a wynz ( I have NO idea how to spell it) have you thought about a couple of extendable painter poles with a go-Pro and underwater light attached? You might only get ten feet down, but it's still informative. This was a GREAT video!
Cool mine! Love the surprises at the end. One could spend a day or two looking through the ruins at the end, trying to make sense of it all. Thanks Justin and Friend!
pinched out
Okay-
drill-find is a masterpiece, and the wildly thick white quartz is a shockingly rich target to follow. Musta not been rich or it woulda been all stoped-awayDo you guys ever take a metal detector or even a small hand wand detector with you to poke around? Thanks in advance and for the trip with.
It’s time for you to invest in an underwater drone! That way you can explore down there! I’d help pay!
If the forest service and Blm had their way all the public lands would be closed off.
It's nice coming out of an abandoned anthracite mine, coming home, relaxing and watching Justin do another killer explore.
LEVERITE is the proper term for the "Gold" someone commented on you walked over.
Why Leverite you ask ?
Leave it right there.
Canadian Prospectors Term.
Fantastic video
That was s strange setup, especially with all the quartz left in that last bit before they tunneled to the side of the mountain.
Must of been hardly worth the effort as much of it as they left.
All n all though nice adventure y'all carried us on again.
I would ask if you use the internet for all of your research, are if you go to the local tax offices to do it if you find something interesting enough to merit the trip.
Are is there a state or federal mining registry that you can look into they're records to do.the deep research if you find something that possibly leads you to believe there's something in the area worth looking into?
Stay safe and be well.
BTW, how's things going at y'all's digs as it's been a while since I remember seeing any updates on it..
I firmly believe the eco terrorists burn down structures the USFS doesn't like.
That air compressor is ready to run!
Just wanted to tell you that I appreciate these videos, thank you .
Nice find!
Sure leaving with more questions than answers on this one. Only a couple reasons for leaving that drill in the mine…they left thinking they would be back…they left in a big hurry for some reason. Wildfire in the area? That cabin being destroyed…I agree with your suspicions….sickening…posting from about 20 miles northeast of Timbuctoo Ca….really…LOL
Great video. Hard working old timers
Nice find! I'm surprised to see the drill!
Good evening from Southeast South Dakota
my theory, is 2 different mines, that meet eachother on the 2nd mine, hell its a tunnel now. look like it was reworked multiple times