I just watched the Cerro Gordo go down to 900' video and he got a Million Viewer KZread award and left it down there...for next generation to find! He's a cool guy, and like Dan, just genuinely excited to be underground!

@100GTAGUY

Жыл бұрын

That's the ghosttownliving guy right?

@zootflute

Жыл бұрын

​@@100GTAGUY no this is Patrick

@xoxo2008oxox

Жыл бұрын

@@100GTAGUY If its Brent, then yes. It was Ghost town Living episode from last year at Cerro Gordo Union Mine... sorry if I was confusing. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fH6HtqSlaMmsp6Q.html

@catseye4332

Жыл бұрын

That was fun!

Back in the old old days placer miners were having a problem with a white metal clogging up their sluices. They threw it away because they were "gold miners by god"! Someone had the idea to take some of this stuff and have it asseyed, he found out it was platinum that they were throwing away. You can still find it in their old tailings and I've found some in my sluice in southern Oregon, but not like it was in California.

@RICDirector

Жыл бұрын

In Nevada it was blue...and loaded in silver.

the crystal formation you found looks like Wulfenite (lead molybdate). Nice find!!!

@mikewinings4120

Жыл бұрын

I agree with your suggestion,wulfenit for sure,I believe also it is associated with lead

@RICDirector

Жыл бұрын

Same thought here.

@njdeadtrailtrekkers4719

Жыл бұрын

I thought this exactly, crystal structure and all. Can’t wait to see if they find more of that

Beautiful! The yellow crystal cluster is wulfenite - a lead mineral :D

Dan & Brent make a great combo

@jchrizzy6995

Жыл бұрын

Brent is a literal cave goblin and Dan I would describe as somewhat of a rock/shiny object type gnome so there’s natural symbiosis

@dawndixon402

Жыл бұрын

Jason rounds out the trio. The three musketeers 😅

@bear1245

Жыл бұрын

Sparks fly

@valerieneal2747

Жыл бұрын

YEP...THEY CERTAINLY DO💯💥💯

@onemoreguyonline7878

Жыл бұрын

Literally. What a beautiful mentorship.

Evan is right. That looks dangerous. That whole mountain looks to be made of float. It no wonder that it collapsed. BTW, Evan is comin along quite well. Smart and a hard worker, that's a kid to be proud of.

This creator collab is excellent. Been some of the best content online!! 😉

@MatthewBaran

Жыл бұрын

This is what we want in a creator collab!

I would love to see Jason's crusher and shaker table do their magic on those tailings!

@rolspentlow7656

Жыл бұрын

awesome idea!!

@100GTAGUY

Жыл бұрын

He was just advertising his mobile crusher/shaker combo for truck beds, bet it'd be a great place to to a demonstration.

Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: So much fun...makes me feel energized!

Love these colaborations between you guys. I bet Jeff Williams wants to take a peek also. Would be fun Jason processing all those minedumps one day.

Glad you got to spend time with Brent in Cerritos Gordo! We used to hike up to the ghost town well before he bought it; spectacular place

another great video Dan, thank you! always fun watching you do the Dan Hurd THING! XD

I started watching Jason's video, but I had to "NOPE!" right the hell out of there. My claustrophobia went into overdrive.

Hello Dan and KZread fans. I’m an expat living in Colombia. Your videos and all the excellent themes you choose are a ‘Godsend’ From here in the Colombia’s tropical rainforests!

Your kid is going to treasure these times and memories when he's older.

@wazaagbreak-head6039

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may as well make the most of it Dan isn't exactly the picture of health with all his heart woes

@RICDirector

Жыл бұрын

Wow, DebbieDowner much? Hes doing awesome. He had a bad valve, but its been replaced and theres no reason he cant live a very long and happy life....a few restrictions maybe, but as we age, we all get those. Cheers to Dan and Dayna's Golden Years !!!!

@5in1killa

Жыл бұрын

@@RICDirector I don't know what you're on about, I'm not saying Dan is gonna die I'm saying when his kid gets older these are the adventures he will remember fondly on, like I do with my still living dad. FFS

@5in1killa

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@@wazaagbreak-head6039 What are you talking about, his son is a teenager and when he grows up to be 40 like me he will remember these days very fondly like most of us with good dads do.

Id imagine a lot of ore got through processing into the tailings. Itd be sick to just mine them all these years later.

@scottstewart3884

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There were some Chinese Miners up here in the Cariboo (around Quesnel/Barkerville) who would pan out the tailings of the other types of mining and they made a fair bit off of them.

I enjoy these "Trinity" mining videos with the two or three miners I watch the most on KZread.

Pickerton Dan at it again! He's like a gold magnet

Hey Digger Dan!, You have always been a great teacher in all aspects of your knowledge! God Bless you for that! So very happy you are doing so well, and doin what ya Love ❤! I'm always watching, but would enjoy it at least once again! ❤ it all man! GBU.,SM.,NZ., ✌❤😁👍🙏🤗

Love ya videos mate but seeing Brent hanging out between the bucket and machine gives me chills every time I see people do it with out the safety latch on the right side cylinder engaged

The orange stuff at 23:00 or so could be wulfenite - typical platy habit. It's a lead molybdate, so quite heavy. The white line in the pan could be cerussite (lead carbonate) or anglesite (lead sulfate) - both are gonna be heavy.

And here is Dan: Always on the lookout Gold.. but you always have that lucky hand. Always a pleasure watching your videos. Regards South Africa 🇿🇦.

I love how you say that you hope to EARN my subscription. Well, you have. Wish more channels had that mindset. You do great work Dan.

@RICDirector

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That's how he got me, too, hasnt let me down yet!

23:12 that looks like wulfenite crystals Dan congrats on the gold looking forward to the assay thanks for sharing see you on the next one 👍🏼👊🏼

@j.c.4895

Жыл бұрын

Seconded

@luciferrises4656

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

That's how to get it done fam. What a blast coming by. Keep on having fun getting that au and living the dream. Gold Squad Out!!!

I love seeing the both of you together, well done and thanks

Super informative and knowledgeable as usual, really enjoyed it! Thanks mate 👍

Good morning Dan, Thanks for the adventure!!!!!

So happy for you!!! Getting to 1M subs!! I enjoy your channel, and your excited attitude!!! Love it Dan!!!

I find it funny watching some older videos and evans voice is high pitched and now his voice is deeper. Crazy how they grow so fast my son is 18 and he has a deep voice but sometimes he sais stuff that makes me laugh from when he was younger and high pitched

My great grandfather’s uncle was Captain John Sutter who was the founder of Sutter’s mine. You know the one that kinda kicked off the whole gold rush thing. Just wish he would have been able to keep his mine in the family 😂😂😂

I have been waiting for soo long for this colab!!!! 🎉🎉

Hers a tip from somebody who lives in the snow . You guys should wait til early or late to plow the road it's soft during the day but crunchy with traction early or late

well that was fun thank you for sharing the adventure and information

thank you great to view those special color stones..

I was building sheep fencing one winter. We went out in the morning to the worksite, I got out with a mattock. I started at the edge of the trench, over the weekend we'd had snow and a hard frost. I nearly shook the teeth out of my mouth!

Crazy to see California floating away in a Canadian river. 😊 I love these videos, especially when you have the family with you. Thanks again. Until the next one #RockLove 🪨 ❤️

Awesome video !!!!!! Thank you Dan !!!!!

Amazing mine!

Lol great video, love the copper sulfides and oxides you found. The previous Cerro Gordo video was excellent at all the machinery still in use and the ones that have multiple uses like the elevator. Ingenious!

Woooow the colors 😍

Just seeing the different types of rocks in that area is amazing i always wanted to go to Greenland and pick up meteors on the ice sheet glaciers etc

Great show Dan.

The orange crystal is super cool!

DAN.. ALWAYS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU ! ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SHOW UP IN MY STATE. EXCITEMENT ABOUNDS...LET'S GOOOOO !!

Hope to see more videos from Cerro Gordo

Good luck, and I always enjoy.

Sweet video great content thank you for sharing this six stars

Love your Videos! So much fun to watch! Makes me want to try my hand at some sort of prospecting... looks like so much fun! Thank you.

thanks for review❤

Wow! You go on some amazing adventures and your friends are really cool too! From Jan in England 💕

What a joyous video, eye candy for mineral lovers

Well done sir Can’t wait to hear the results from the test

The orange crystals remind me of Wulfenite I found at a Galena mine in the North Eastern US

Thanks for modding!

Oh, oh, "...another trip to Cerro Gordo..." sounds very good.

Awesome video

Can’t wait to see you 2 set the sluice up at Cerro Gordo and run through those tailings

Great vlog!! Hope you go back real soon!!!

Love your videos Dan :) Happy you went to cerro gordo

Always a to watch you I action Keep up the good work 👍

Love to see a large scale prospect done

Im a Geology Student, a Field trip with Dan and or his friends would be a dream

That snow is wild! Now there's death vally sand and rocks in canadian rivers!

I think you and your friends need a Hägglunds Viking utility tractor, possibly one each, as it's peerless snow and offroad mobility would help you a lot up in BC, it's even amphibious!

@RICDirector

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Like Dan doesn't get into enough entertainmentcas it is...careful what you suggest, or one day he'll pop up on the moon....🤣🤣

awesome. congrats on 1m!

You're the best friend I hope to have a big channel like yours on KZread

Good one Dan

This is fantastic! You should do more videos with Brent

Thank you

There's a dazzy chain cable or rope to not let the camera fall to far from the hand wrist. My GoPro came with a tether mini cable to anchor camera to whatever you want so it doesn't go far. If it works for you. thanks for your wonderful videos.

you find some of the coolest colors.

@DanHurd Looks like Wulfenite, a Lead Molybdate. It can be most often found as thin tabular crystals with a bright orange-red to yellow-orange color, in its yellow form it is sometimes called "yellow lead ore".

😁👋👍👍👏👏💕🙏🏻 Thank you so much for sharing this video. You guys are totally living one of my dreams.

Love how youtube miners/prospectors are getting together...

There's GOLD in them there hills !!!WHOO HOOO FROM CALIFORNIA JOHHNY AND CANDY WHAT!!!

A couple weeks ago when you pointed out that quartz vein inside Cerro Gordo, which I saw on MBM's video, my interest has been piqued about possible gold at Cerro Gordo. I can't wait until you get to explore more areas when the snow clears. So cool that Brent is open to your skills and allowing you to explore! I wish they took volunteers I'd be there in a flash! As you know visiting old mining sites with modern techniques as well as the high price of gold, makes revisiting many of these areas quite worth it! Gets me excited. I just love rocks and minerals And I learn something new every time I watch your videos. Thank you!

@RICDirector

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Piqued. Sorry, it's reflex. 😜🤣👍 In all good cheer, have a great one!

@DonAshcraft

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@@RICDirector No worries! I'm always open to spelling corrections. If I was great at writing, I wouldn't be a photographer! 🙃🙂

dissolve the white powder in Nitric acid. Add bit of tablesalt. If white percipitate forms that darkens unther light it's Silver.

You gotta have a snøfres, not a plow or digger. Them don’t work in those conditions

soooo confirmed another video at some point nice these have been great i was really hoping you were gonna go to that one place brent went when he was trying to confirm that he had smithsonite i wonder what your reaction woulda been xD cant wait to see more hopefully jason comes with again too cause the excavation video was actually so interesting i was wondering if brent was ever gonna try that really hope he can get that mine open

No idea why but the music fading it at 9:00 scared the crap out of me lol

Good morning from Southeast South Dakota

Dan! Find a big nugget man!!! Love your videos.

Probably the most excited for a calab ever

Dan, Thank you for suffering for our pleasure:) Cheers, Rik

Very impressive to find any significant gold at all in Cerro Gordo - with millions of ounces of silver being produced there vs hundreds of ounces of gold. And both those being dwarfed by tons of lead and zinc. Maybe there are a lot of surprises hiding in the tailings piles there!

Another great video. Thanks. The area I pan is on fire right now so videos will have to suffice until I can get back out.

@RICDirector

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😬 sorry to hear that! stay safe out there....from rapidly warming CA.

Looking forward to the assay weird heavies that are there in quite high concentrations if they are valuable those tailing piles could be a valuable asset

Your mineral specimen that you panned out could be Orpiment or Wulfenite. Both are orange and both have bladed crystal forms.

@Danhurd

Жыл бұрын

Wulfenite

Kubota tractors really are fabulous

The yellow mineral looks like Wulfenite. GO BACK, DAN! I love to see those Coop´s in sutch a great area.

Dan , the yellow tabular crystals that was “heavy” barium sulphate / bayrite us3d to weight drilling muds

Dan, don't go with Jason. That mine shift has stability issues. It's clearly not safe.

Damn....just keep an ear/eye out for those tommy knockers. Those little pests seem to show up when miners die....RIP to those lost in the mine.

Yall need a sled, makes the haul easier. Plus it would be extremely fun going down the skids path. I want to go sledding now but im in texas 😢

Very interesting to see gold from places not really known for it……I am currently about to search an area without history but promising geology…..on the other side of the world in Japan.

Hope you can go back soon 😁

Oh hey! Those crystals at 23:05 sure look like Wulfenite to me.

reminding me of an old Elton John song "It's like, trying to find gold in a silver mine It's like trying to drink whiskey Oh, from a bottle of wine"

So the trick will be to go back when the tailings unfreeze, but before it gets incredibly hot.