Ancient Indian Sweat Lodge, Red Crystals & Miners Dugout

All locations in this video were filmed in Colorado.
The Crystals are called Fire Quartz (after further testing they turned out to be Red Amethyst), steeped in ancient lore and are very beautiful. I'm unsure if the mineral is in fact ***Rhodonite, the site is very remote and the prospector saw value in the stone and it may remain a mystery.
*** I didn't realize until I was editing the video, but I kind of give the impression the "entire rock" is Rhodonite. This is not the case, Rhodonite is just the mineral imbedded in the host rock. Basically, this is not a gigantic chunk of Rhodonite. Just wanted to clarify that.
The American Indian Sweat Lodge is very ancient, if you find sites like this please don't disturb them.
My contact information is: wirecanyon@gmail.com

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  • @lostadamsgold
    @lostadamsgold Жыл бұрын

    At the prospector site, you might consider putting a long stick in that hole and seeing where it points. I bet those two sweat lodge big rocks probably were flat and were pulled up and the smaller rocks leaned against them. I have seen similar in a number of places where the procedure was more obvious. That red quartz is amazing. I have not seen any like that. Boo on people dumping any sort of animal. Good vid.

  • @LowBudgetExploration

    @LowBudgetExploration

    Жыл бұрын

    I thought the same thing regarding the flat rocks being propped up. That red quartz was beautiful!!! The wife keeps wanting me to go back and "get her a piece". LOL.

  • @ColoRockCo
    @ColoRockCo Жыл бұрын

    Those red crystals are crazy! I've seen a lot of rocks, but none like those!

  • @LowBudgetExploration

    @LowBudgetExploration

    Жыл бұрын

    They are special and I have never encountered anything like them in my travels. I just subscribed to your KZread channel. Awesome channel!

  • @ColoRockCo

    @ColoRockCo

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh wow, thank you so much!! You're one of the bigger inspirations for starting it! If it's awesome, it's definitely in part thanks to you! It's undoubtedly better than it'd otherwise be without all you've already taught me! While filming my Petroglyphs video and standing before them, I couldn't help but think of the miners you talked about in your Guardians video, standing before the pictographs, and the respect they had... I don't know of any amazing secret places to show you, but if you're ever in Grand Junction and want to go out on a hike and maybe make a new discovery, I'd be happy to take you to some places where it's possibly a little more likely to happen! Although, I'm really looking forward to watching you go to all the places you already have planned!

  • @LowBudgetExploration

    @LowBudgetExploration

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ColoRockCo Sounds good and appreciate the offer. If I ever get some rocks I can't identify (happens a lot), I'll send you some pictures to get your input.

  • @Partimepeasant
    @Partimepeasant5 ай бұрын

    14 :29 there is a bloody cross on that stone.

  • @patranney1561
    @patranney1561 Жыл бұрын

    I really enjoy your travels

  • @LowBudgetExploration

    @LowBudgetExploration

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Pat. I do feel blessed, beautiful country out there.

  • @ocotillooutlaws4101
    @ocotillooutlaws4101 Жыл бұрын

    Great video! That fire quartz is amazing😎thanks for sharing.

  • @LowBudgetExploration

    @LowBudgetExploration

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Ocotillo. I'm going to explore around the area with the Fire Quartz again and see if I can find some more. The wife keeps bugging me to go get her some. LOL.

  • @ocotillooutlaws4101

    @ocotillooutlaws4101

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LowBudgetExploration Now my wife wants to look for some too! We have quite the variety of Quartz in our area but haven't seen any of the fire Quartz. We will be back hanging out with our Utah chapter of outlaws soon and poke around a little. For me I'm just happy to be on the trail in constant amazement of our past, present and future ☮

  • @waltertodd4479
    @waltertodd44799 ай бұрын

    Prospectors go everywhere and eventually test everything. The hole looks to me to be a core sample hole of rock taken for age dating or scientific research. Please note there is a major difference between rhodonite and rhodocrosite. The photo provided was rhodonite a Ca Fe Mn Silicate. Rhodocrosite is often associated with a type of gold deposit you often show pictures of to us. Rhodonite is commonly found with manganese deposits. Thanks to your videos, i feel like im in the field again....

  • @LowBudgetExploration

    @LowBudgetExploration

    9 ай бұрын

    As always, thank you Walter and I value your opinion and knowledge. The more I've thought about it, I tend to agree with you regarding the core hole. I think you are probably correct in your assessment. I didn't know that about the Rhodochrosite. Great information and thanks for sharing!!

  • @paulroberts3311
    @paulroberts33119 ай бұрын

    Great video. I would love to do that exploring you are doing. As i grow older now i have often thought how extremely difficult just two generations back would have been for even my family being my father and his were poor share cropers. If you didn't preserve and stock pile all fall you were going to almost starve or freeze to death. My grandfathers would have been born i 1860s 70s. Also i absolutely love listening to the music in this video. It takes my mind back in those days. Thank you

  • @LowBudgetExploration

    @LowBudgetExploration

    9 ай бұрын

    I agree and think most people don't realize the hardship these old timers went through. They base their knowledge on Hollywood movies, which don't always convey the reality of life back then. Thank you for the awesome comment.

  • @toymaker20
    @toymaker2010 ай бұрын

    always great, but the wild chickens had me cracking up, something you never think about.

  • @LowBudgetExploration

    @LowBudgetExploration

    10 ай бұрын

    LOL, I know what you mean. I did find the rest of them, or should I say what was left of them. I can almost hear it now as the parents and couple of young kids cut them loose, "you are free now, go live in the wild like you were meant too. We love you." Personally, I would have ate them.

  • @muleskinner485
    @muleskinner4859 ай бұрын

    In north Co. while elk-hunting i stopped to rest and sat on a big weathered rock to rest, this rock looked like it had pimples all over it, the pimples were purplish red in color like amthest or garnets the rock was like pyright, soft flakey material that weathered away, always wondered what it really was ?

  • @LowBudgetExploration

    @LowBudgetExploration

    9 ай бұрын

    Sounds like possibly Chalcopyrite. When it becomes really oxidized it will turn purple/red. They call it "peacock ore".

  • @debbiedavis8048
    @debbiedavis8048 Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting

  • @LowBudgetExploration

    @LowBudgetExploration

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you and glad you enjoyed the video.

  • @6610stix
    @6610stix Жыл бұрын

    You think the prospector could have had the green bottle with the attached wire could to carry nitro? Then bore that hole into a larger rock, set a small charge and blew that slab off to see inside?

  • @LowBudgetExploration

    @LowBudgetExploration

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi 6610stix and thank you for subscribing. Your theory about the bottle has merit and could very well be what he was using the bottle for. I always wish I could go back in time and see what people where up to. It's amazing all the old stuff/mysteries that are still out there waiting to be re-discovered. Not too many miles away from the site with the core hole, I found some trees that had been marked way up a steep canyon. I think some old miners marked the trees and they have a mine or cache somewhere nearby. I am just waiting until I have some time to get up there and explore around more. When I found the old trees the snow was starting to get deep and I had to turn around and hike back off the mountain.

  • @6610stix

    @6610stix

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LowBudgetExploration In what part of Colorado were you for this video? Was it up on the Uncompahgre?

  • @LowBudgetExploration

    @LowBudgetExploration

    Жыл бұрын

    @@6610stix This video was filmed in Pike National Forest.

  • @chriswertz1438
    @chriswertz143810 ай бұрын

    Thanks

  • @LowBudgetExploration

    @LowBudgetExploration

    10 ай бұрын

    My pleasure and thanks for watching.

  • @Anubis-hm7ro
    @Anubis-hm7ro Жыл бұрын

    How did the propped up rocks sit w the sun??

  • @LowBudgetExploration

    @LowBudgetExploration

    Жыл бұрын

    At 13:01 I am facing West (setting Sun). Hope that helps.

  • @crypticcrazy3672
    @crypticcrazy3672 Жыл бұрын

    What is the music played at the end?

  • @LowBudgetExploration

    @LowBudgetExploration

    Жыл бұрын

    It's a Viking Song called, "Dance of Iron". On KZread search "Viking Trolls - Ean Grimm". If you have any issues finding it, just send me an email and I'll send you a link.