That gold rides an iron horse and wears an iron hat so the redder the better is how an old timer explained it to me 50or so years ago. Liking your channel, I'm too old and weak to chase it anymore so I live through you young bucks. Good luck it's just a foot farther in there.

@geraldbrunckhorst8291

Ай бұрын

Yep, always just a foot farther, like my fly fishing these days. Only 3 more casts, 20 casts later, only 3 more casts!

It’s not about the size of the button, it’s about the adventure… that’s what my lady tells me anyway. 😂 Love the collab with you all you guys. Great content!

The old timers did a good job of finding almost everything. They didn’t leave much.

@user-ih3zd6bu9z

3 ай бұрын

..все нашли и утащили!🤣

I'm with Dan, to hell with being underground! Maybe in my younger healthier whole bodied days, but I'm old fat and crippled! Have always been fascinated with old school mining. Some tough old bastards.

Interesting results. The spongy stuff was likely pyrite that fully oxidized. Not all sulfide minerals oxidize at the same rate. Pyrite oxidizes faster and more readily than galena and a lit of other sulfides. The high grade gold reported in some of the materials Brent had were likely pockets of rich gold that were uncommon at Cerro Gordo.

Jason, tell Brent he needs to buy one of your crushers !!

@WhyamIstillwatchingyoutube

3 ай бұрын

Possible royalty deal or donation. Even just a loan until some silver comes out.

Absolutely loving your channel Jason!! Too cool too see you now!! 5 years ago watching you, allll the way to now. Epic Jason:)

58:21 😂 Dan sitting in his favourite Pinkerton hat, just like an old timer... hilarious. If he’d have had a candle and turned off all the other lights... he’d have given us all quite a ghostly fright! 😂 😄🕊🇬🇧

@shucksful

Ай бұрын

Or, sitting there with a double barrel shot gun. lol.

2:02:06 Don't forget to reinstall the cover on the terminal box of the electric motor.

Death Valley is one of my favorite places. Been to Cerro Gordo 3 times now. I am looking to get up there again in late March or April depending on weather.

@4seasonspix

3 ай бұрын

Brent might be needing all the help he can get if the road to Cerro Gordo is being destroyed again by the atmospheric river event (Pineapple Express) that's about to hit us in SoCal. Expect heavy winds, torrential rainfall, and snow, starting Sunday (Feb 4) and lasting until about Tuesday or Wednesday. We've received several flash flood warnings here in the Hollywood Hills and throughout LA. Stay safe, Californians🙏🏼

@coldwarveteran6211

3 ай бұрын

Right. We are also under an atmospheric river in Santa Cruz and similar flash flood alerts. I can get up the road on the Honda Cub Trail 90. After the big flood years ago. I bet the narrows get washed out close to bedrock again. Dan Hurd might dig that (pun rrrr). A series of culverts in the narrows might be a partial solution. The county guys replaced gravel and graded some after the last one me thinks.@@4seasonspix

Hello from Montana!! Thanks for all the information and your adventures Jason. The materials at Sero Guordo are so different than here in Montana. Dan’s explanation of the metal detector will potentially help me pass up all the nails, wire and pull tabs😂. Keep up all these amazing videos, we all respect your hard work and skills. I have access to a 300-400 foot (maybe taller) wall of brecciated/conglomerate in proximity to an old volcanic zone. I located it while mountain climbing. It’s remote yet accessible by old abandoned, closed roads and some bushwacking, not unlike one of your older videos. Much of my samples will probably need to be obtained while rappelling or ascending climbing ropes. After sampling I’ll need to begin with understanding the basic principles of beginning a portal in such material. One of my initial discovery samples, taken at the wall’s base, shows promise!😮

He should put emergency provisions and extra ropes at certain points inside his mine if some things should go wrong one day.

Hey all, .... love the collab's, sub to all three of you, morning Jason.

I've been looking for this for over a month, thanks, finally hopeful good outcome !

1:59:59 You missed out on the nails, but you also missed that old Colt 1873 SAA buried in the dirt.

You need Jeff Williams 🎉 I watch all your channels and impressed . I'm almost ready to retire and looking for something to do instead of just sitting on the couch

91 👍's up mbmllc thank you for sharing 😊

Вы просто большие энтузиасты!💥Вам большой Лайк!🍷🍷🍷Россия.

The maps are very helpful and are not a distraction for me. All information is interesting and highly appreciated. Great work 👍 Awesome channel

In all areas of science a negative result is a win. It firmly answers the question one way or the other. An inconclusive result is the bane of science. We hate "unsure" or "uncertain".

I heard from Pauly once that a good indicator for gold is ... gold LOL.

2:08:00 don't forget the old wooden spoon over the pot trick to keep it from boiling over lol

Nice to see you show negative results as well a positve ones! Nice job.

Wow. Looked into a caretaker job at Cerro Gordo in '86, wound up being a single father and had to give it a pass. Had been working at Bodie, had to leave after the woman ran off screaming through the sagebrush. When the Long Valley quake went off in '86, the Lent shaft gave up a big puff of dust. Given the history of quakes on the east side of the Sierras, you guys are nuts for going down that mine. Hope you do strike it rich in there.

It is so interesting to watch your process. Kudos to your bravery and ability to coax out the tale of mining there.

Been waiting for this video, AND more on your own mine, AND more with Mine Operator - about time one of those things happened!!!

@no2thenwo737

3 ай бұрын

Yup, and we're waiting for the many ore bags from his own mine to be processed. I'm thinking that maybe his team don't want us seeing how much gold is in this ore?

always learning!

Super interesting, Jason. You always bring good luck, and great examination skills to all your expeditions🙋💫

Thanks Jason for sharing this wonderful video with us six stars brother

Love the channel my man great content

Oh NO! Best smelt reveal ever! Hahaha.

@turbokadett

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely, I laughed out loud in surprise myself. The ore looked really promising but them's the breaks!

Such a satisfying sound on the rock crusher!!! I am late to the channel, but I love the maps (especially when paired with prospecti)!

Superb content as always. Thank you too everyone involved 👍

31:00 it would be cool to have a cave of that and some UV lights, imagine coating concrete walls with it... although for that glow in the dark paint might be better, but if you have it so readily available...

I'm so very grateful to you, Jason for making more collabs* with your pursuit of the good stuff. I also enjoy your host, Brent @ Ghost Town living. making one very adventurous recon for what could be a potential new use from an old mine. Very cool! On with the testing !

Hands down one of my all time Favorite videos ever. I love how you describe the geology down there and the history and explain the veins it’s so damn cool ! I swear I was a miner on my past life ! Always been so Interested In mines since going to Virginia city as a kid and going in the ponderosa mine tour probably why I’m a wellsite geologist and mudloggin engineer now . I could watch 24/7 videos I need to get my hands dirty in one !

Dude when you were relaying the “buckskin bag” technique the clouds behind you formed a visual halo 😇 . Thanks for a virtual lesson in geology sir. 👍

15:44 Jason, he needs a ladder built right there for sure👌

Love the Cerro Gordo work with Brent & Dan. Looking forward to more work from your mine operation.

If you have concerns about going down 900 feet. You must have never gone down into the Homestead Mine in S.D. The main shaft bottomed out at 11,500 feet. It would take you 7 to 10 minutes a free fall to get to some of the lower workings. You would drop at approximately 750 feet per minute. It was my first mine to work in out of college.

Wow I was really expecting a different result LOL ! As always great content ! Thanks again 👍

Thanks from Australia

Thanks for making me smile when i WATCH YOUR VIDEOS...AWESOME JOB

Weow. That was an amazing adventure, with a comical ending. Which is how most of my gold seeking experiences have been... Thanks for the great info!

When are you going to run stuff from your mine?

@surfinsilver

4 ай бұрын

It's pretty interesting but half of his comments are literally just asking him to do something from a past video

@no2thenwo737

3 ай бұрын

Yes, because we were waiting for the ore from his mine to be processed and we haven't seen it yet. People are a little disappointed. @@surfinsilver

awesome stuff thank you for sharing the adventure and information that's what it's all about the search and research. you'll find it there somewhere.

Love it. I've followed Cerro Gordo since Brent bought it and glad to see you out there mining. I hope to make it there myself one day.

Dan has the right idea as always lol, Jason is not so sure but Brent is through there like a rock worm 😂.

Good lord those collapsing tunnels are scary... that would be a not-so-great way to go.

I love the maps, it shows me where you are going and your plans. I can follow along with you and understand it

You've gotta use the Carlin type deposit extraction I'm telling you that it's golden this mounds of it it's just so small.

Nice sharing Vidio 🇮🇩❤

I am shocked, Jason! I thought at least a larger, visible 'silvery gold' button would be in the cupel! Very interesting, but I hope Brent keeps looking. I would bet there is more silver, maybe gold, in his mine. He just has to prospect more into other places. In the original video, the ore sure had all the indicators. Thank you for sharing with us, although it was not the best news. That's how the cookie crumbles. In the meantime, I'm sending warmth and blessings from Alabama ❤️

Gold is where no one else found it. Remember that while prospecting. Always worked for me.

I wouldnt be too sure about gold at Cerro Gordo. The newspaper article could have been placed to lure in more miners for cheap.

You have to remember. The old timers knew the mineralization and took advantage of every seam that bore ore. So don't be surprised if the pickings are slim. They weren't there for the fun. Just look at the infrastructure that they hauled up that mountain. They made sure to get every pennies worth for their efforts.

Great content. Just love your proprietary equipment. Let's go back for another try!

Always a good show. Can't wait for summer, gotta see how your mine is doing.

Looking at the sloop area. Looks like a floor had given away. Collapsed. And has made a big hole. That's just my opinion Thanks for risking your life and making this video. Very exciting and nerve racking. Regards 🇿🇦.

Mr Brent needs to tie up his 608’s… Great boots those wings….. Amazing spaces you get to work in.

This is awesome! Would love to try this someday for sure!

Jason, I really enjoyed this video. The length of it was awesome. Then, there were so many good stories and varied areas to look for gold. Just really alot going on in this video. My knowledge is pretty limited here, but just from watching you and Dan in the past, these areas looked really promising. Anyway, keep up the good work my friend! I really enjoyed this video!

Try using mineral spirits to wash off the mineral oil.. water and soap have a hard time with oil but mineral spirits should wash it right off. Wow.. that was smaller than a piece of bird shot.

The maps are cool; appreciate you showing those with the footage of you then traveling along those map lines. Pretty sweet.

Love this video! Soo interesting!

Great adventure. Thanks.

Another great video thanks for sharing your adventures! My wife and I are hoping to visit the UK from Australia, we hope to get our boots muddy one day, take care

I love the quote "put that in your pocket...... or in your mouth"!

That's how the cookie crumbles tho I think cookie crumbs are larger. 😂 For everyone of those skunk runs you have another chance to have a rich one.

Jason ! Good Vid. I think You need to get a collaboration going with one of the handheld 'XRF' manufacturers................. It would have been interesting to see results for the micro-bead.

Good video mate, was good to watch👍👍

I once found a nob to a lampshade. It was a solid gold acorn.Well 14 KT... It looks brand new and I've had it as long as I can remember.

Maps are always good!

these are brilliant to watch

I watched this whole video, and that little bead at the end of this video made me laugh so stinking hard! It wasn't the bead it was your reaction to it. You tried to maintain a pleasant demeanor due to filming, but you just couldn't cover up the emotion in your voice and the obvious undertone to the whole situation. My friend, Daniel Day Lewis or Robert Deniro have nothing on you you missed your calling bro. If you don't win a KZread award for this I'll be pissed. Way to go man.

@markrodney6682

3 ай бұрын

Dude it's been 20 minutes since the video finished and we all are ( my family) are still laughing. Please don't take it wrong, we love everything You've ever put out from big networks to on here we love your passion for gold but that little bead should make you a huge chunk because as word spreads this video will go viral. It's absolutely great the 3od you should get a producer and make your own big channel at those mines.

@markrodney6682

3 ай бұрын

That golds there somewhere. Dust up all the tailings from the 1800's and 1920's

You going in a silver mine and bringing out gold . It reminded me of when I went out to buy a bag of potatoes and left with a cow . I married the greengrocers daughter 😅

That was fun to watch...

I love these videos! Thanks again Jason!

@Rennrogue

3 ай бұрын

Sorry it was so small! 😔🤥

loving the maps! great to see that provenance from the past

Those ore samples look to me to be above the secondary enrichment zone, like the sulfides and precious metals have been leached out and may be deeper in the vein! I’d look at the next level down and chase the vein down looking for that secondary enrichment zone!

Slicing it up like a gem stone would really make those colors pop!

I really enjoy your adventures. Jim from Skagit County. The maps break up the content in a good way. Looking at the maps and talking about the rock types and why you think rocks and minerals will be in a spot is nice.

Jason. If it wasn't for you and your great mechanical and geological abilities we wouldn't be here to laugh at that tiny speck of gold or whatever it is. Thank you, Rik Spector

Oh man! That's insane!

Great episode!

First time I have seen you and Dan Hurd prospect together.

There isn't enough gold in the world to get me into a mine like that. The walls looks so crumbling that they could come down any time. Jason, I like all, okay most of your video's but it's never been my thing to go down into any mine. The gold is all yours.

I've seen on one of your videos that sometimes the gold is so fine that you cannot smelt it. You have to do a chemical leech. You ever put a lighter to steel wool? Imagine micron Gold. I've used your recipe with 50/50 lye/ borax with a little silica sand but some of the gold was left in the Slag because micron gold takes a good minute to settle in water but almost impossible in glass.

My God, how much manpower was put into this mine!? Unbelievable. Must have been tens of thousands of man years to tunnel all that.

Fun vid thanks

Great video, forever learning more. Maps are great, and maybe they moved ore in the Winter on sleigh down that pipe, ha....kind of like moving pianos over frozen lakes....you wouldn't do it in a boat in the summer ;] What an epic mine, thanks for sharing.....always wonder a bit about the red water and how small a gold particulate could actually be, as it can be in solution altogether and drops out chemically, literally yellow olive green. Maybe sreetips... Love the fun collaborations.

A great video! An exploration of an old mine. Only for miners who love the hill. Metals oxidize at different times and that makes the mineralization you find seem strange and draw attention.

33:25 ruby and Sapphire glow those colors! It would be cool to find gems in there also!

Jason will you ever be doing a production run of the ore you collected from your mine?

@no2thenwo737

3 ай бұрын

We haven't forgotten. His team maybe want to keep the results to themselves, I'm guessing.

That Hoist is really Spooky. The Fall Potential is unbelievable. I have had to climb very long ladders however I had FallPro on so it made it easier.

Jason, I was taught that "ORE" was rock that could be mined and smelted at a profit. It seems that you have a different definition of ore. Namely anything you think might have metal that is recoverable. Your thoughts?

Are you planning to crush the rocks that got slabbed and checked with the 200x magnifier ?

Gold was obviously a by product like a lot of mines around the world. From experience Germany is a master of silver mines and South. America. That is where I learnt most in my career about silver.

I was born in the San Francisco Bay area moved to grass Valley gold country now I live in northern Wisconsin my front yards full of glacier rocks lots of quartz, and I got these big, dark purple rocks. I can’t stop laughing if you were a little kid and you picked up rocks and looked at them that never goes away and if you lived in California well gold fever precious metals. I’ve been a silver stacker for over 15 years. I love watching this stuff. Looks like I might be moving back to Cali. I would love to have your equipment especially if I’m back up in the gold country that’s the plan anyway.

Man that ore looked juicy. That's the life of a miner.