Come Check Out These Deep Lead Gold Mines

Today we're going to take a quick look into deep lead mines.
A deep lead is an ancient riverbed which has been buried by lava flows or by deposition of new sedimentary layers. Just like present day watercourses, these ancient riverbeds could often contain gold.
A deep lead mine is an operation which digs down and takes out the rich washdirt of the ancient riverbed, then processes it for gold.
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Sovereign Hill - www.sovereignhill.com.au/
Buried Rivers of Gold self guided tour - www.buriedriversofgold.org/to...
Disaster at the Duke Company Mine - • Video
Image of the Poseidon nugget thanks to www.tarnagulla.com/
Image of the Welcome nugget thanks to www.sovereignhill.com.au/
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Images and maps - State Library Victoria, National Library of Australia, Museums Victoria, Geological Survey of Victoria

Пікірлер: 31

  • @myhificloud
    @myhificloud9 ай бұрын

    A wonderful reminder that, even with the history of extensive workings throughout, they've really just scratched the surface. Thank you for a wonderful journey through the history of this area.

  • @robshannon6637
    @robshannon66379 ай бұрын

    Absolutely killing it Michelle 👏 once again another professional video. Love your work as always ❤️

  • @goldfieldsguide

    @goldfieldsguide

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks Rob! You’re very kind 🙂⚒

  • @janewray-mccann2133
    @janewray-mccann21339 ай бұрын

    The last operating deep lead in Australia was an old Chinese show just out of Wedderburn, reopened and retimbered by Terry Frerk and his son, ex of Gormanstown, Queenstown and King Island. It was running only a few years back and producing an ounce a day. Brilliant video Michele, a fairdinkum masterpiece.

  • @goldfieldsguide

    @goldfieldsguide

    9 ай бұрын

    Ah interesting! Do you know the name of the mine? 🙂 cheers

  • @idiggold
    @idiggold9 ай бұрын

    Brilliant as always

  • @andypandyAU.6669
    @andypandyAU.66699 ай бұрын

    Always love learning such fascinating history of the goldfields of Victoria. You do it so well, excellent. ❤it

  • @brendenbrewer2956
    @brendenbrewer29569 ай бұрын

    What a fantastic gold mining history we have in Victoria.

  • @rogerfaulkner704
    @rogerfaulkner704Ай бұрын

    G'day again, awesome description of the deap leads, thank you. We have an old silver mine up here in Emmaville, it was the richest silver mine in NSW before they discovered Broken Hill. The shaft go's down 780ft with drive's driven off on multiple levels. The Webb's collision mine.

  • @mnb098cp
    @mnb098cp9 ай бұрын

    Wonderfully made video. Thanks.

  • @theGoldWolf
    @theGoldWolf9 ай бұрын

    As always, many thanks!

  • @michaeloneill5961
    @michaeloneill59619 ай бұрын

    Thanks that was great great drone footage😊😊❤

  • @bono1961
    @bono19619 ай бұрын

    Well done 👍

  • @stevenbateman4353
    @stevenbateman43539 ай бұрын

    thanks as usual well explained

  • @johncoope5971
    @johncoope59715 күн бұрын

    Excellent thankyou

  • @oohgeez4637
    @oohgeez46379 ай бұрын

    good stuff Ms Michele ...thankyou ...takecare

  • @pkgoldopalhunting
    @pkgoldopalhunting9 ай бұрын

    good vid and content

  • @norsehall309
    @norsehall3099 ай бұрын

    G'day, l didn't know untill now about the self guided tour on the Creswick Gold Fields and l will soon have a drive over there soon to check the mine sites out for myself, thanks for the video and the effort in production, cheers mate, Neil 🤠.

  • @goldfieldsguide

    @goldfieldsguide

    9 ай бұрын

    Hi Neil, it’s a great tour and very well presented with the signage and info, definitely worth checking out 🙂 cheers

  • @chuxxsss
    @chuxxsss9 ай бұрын

    It is T more. But another great vlog as usual.

  • @petertgold
    @petertgold6 ай бұрын

    Great Video

  • @user-bm4qf2ox1f
    @user-bm4qf2ox1f2 ай бұрын

    Sink their shaft?? Oh my

  • @goldfieldsguide

    @goldfieldsguide

    2 ай бұрын

    😂⚒

  • @kandyman9656
    @kandyman965610 күн бұрын

    The red hill mine is not in ballarat And the gold what is found in ballerat is separate to the golden triangle where bendigo And is totally separate to Ballerat gold. In Victoria

  • @darrenmarney8577
    @darrenmarney85779 ай бұрын

    I'm stuck in a parallel universe with nothing playing 😭 I'm blaming Telstra 🤬

  • @Dave_Sisson

    @Dave_Sisson

    9 ай бұрын

    You can always change internet providers and see if your life changes.

  • @darrenmarney8577

    @darrenmarney8577

    9 ай бұрын

    @@Dave_Sisson We have some telstra upgrades in Portland Dave ! And this is the 2nd in 3 weeks 😶

  • @goldfieldsguide

    @goldfieldsguide

    9 ай бұрын

    Hi Darren, hope it’s sorted itself out 🙂

  • @kandyman9656
    @kandyman965610 күн бұрын

    What are the minds in Victoria in Bendigo How to title for a long time of being one of the deepest minds in the world , the victorian mine And one of the richest grams in the world. What people talk about is the golden Try angle Talking about the gold?What come at a Red Hill mine per will?Barrow was 250 oz. Per wheelbarrow Documented body the old timers who were the grand And read hill mine is not just shafts. It's an open cut mine two But The open cat mine was done in the 1991 What ran two 1994 And got shut down , not making enough profit

  • @FlattardiansSuck
    @FlattardiansSuck9 ай бұрын

    Again....excellent work!! 😊

  • @goldfieldsguide

    @goldfieldsguide

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks 🙂⚒