Hey Dan, I'm the local from Olalla and I'll get in touch to give you the tour. You were so close to the audit you wouldn't believe it and the other test audits are almost impossible to find and I stumbled across them exploring. The concrete slab on the landing used to be a house foundation that was moved down the hill beside the cattle guard and that massive pile by the slab is the stamp mill tailings pile actually. I was looking at getting a job in a copper mine in La Sal utah actually and people don't realize the massive scope of copper mining and exploration that will be coming in the future

@kellyharper367

Жыл бұрын

👍

Dan never apologize for who you are - if everyone in the world was as communicative and kind as you it’d be a better place. Do you have the gift of gab - let it shine!

@syamkumarkaturi9761

Жыл бұрын

Gold will short fall.....

@datbeast767

Жыл бұрын

One of these days I hope to have a beer with him. He's a Brother of the Beard, as I am. 😃😃😃

@kingjames4886

Жыл бұрын

"just lookin for an ol' shaft m8!"

@Kolomaq

Жыл бұрын

Seconded.

People who don't want to hear you speak can watch the video without sound. Personally, I love hearing the passion within your voice when speaking of these topics you so love. Cheers Dan! Great video.

All the talking for every scene is vital for older guys like me to retain this super valuable information. Some ppl pay to hear this much information. Thanks Dan you got me out there doing something I love .

Dan is absolutely correct about copper being the new big metal. The only issue is that it won’t be mined in Canada, especially BC. Our mining and environmental regulations are the cost barrier to large companies that just want the final product. Those big mines are starting up in Mexico and Brazil in 2023-2024.

@20PINKluvr

Жыл бұрын

Thieves been stealing copper wires already :/

@veramae4098

Жыл бұрын

The "golden asteroid" in the asteroid belt is gold, silver, platinum, and other rare metals. Enough to turn every person on Earth into a billionaire; of course once it floods the market gold won't be worth much -- still very useful for electrical stuff though. Problem is, we can't get to it. Yet.

@theevilovenmit

Жыл бұрын

It would seem that copper mining is still ongoing in bc, there is a strip mine operated by highland valley copper west of kamloops, they appear to be dealing in massive quantities of copper and molybdenum ore.

@dbattleaxe

Жыл бұрын

It does need to be done right, though, so we don't just trade one problem for another. Environmental damage from mines isn't a new problem. For instance, the Rio Tinto in northern Spain has been made extremely acidic and full of toxic heavy metals through 5,000 years of mining. Environmental costs are always going to be there. It's just a matter of if the mining companies pay for it or if the rest of us have to subsidize corporate profits through environmental debt that will have to be paid back eventually in cleanup efforts. Mexico and Brazil are letting these corporations loot their people's futures for short term profits. The costs are always high even when the corporations are given a blank check.

@joesutherland225

9 ай бұрын

​@@dbattleaxe Rio Tinto in Spain is tinted by the minerals found throughout its course and was colored long before man started mining there .look it up .

You're so educational Dan. We love to hear you teach about geology.

I've been looking into copper mines for a year or so now. The minerals they can produce are beautiful, and they get abandoned all the time. Great stuff, Dan!

Keep talking Dan, i learn something new every time i watch one of your videos, and 99% of the time i would not know what i was looking at. Keep it up

Dan's enthusiasm is addicting. I usually end up binge watching. Live in western Colorado in a mining rich area. I wonder if Dan has degrees in Geology or is self taught.

@UmmmmmmmWhat

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure he actually taught, or still teaches, a prospecting class at his local college. We just see his side gig. Idk his actual schooling though.

@kurtdannymccormick5043

Жыл бұрын

I believe in one of his videos he saids he is self taught.

@Jabarri74

Жыл бұрын

@@kurtdannymccormick5043 His dad is also a prospector so probably a lot of knowledge handed down

@coloradowaterdog3706

Жыл бұрын

I live in central Colorado and would love it if Dan came down and did a collaboration with a Colorado KZreadr and invited his followers along.

@SCW1060

Жыл бұрын

Self taught as he is a school teacher

I am so glad this channel is growing. I love watching your work and thanks for all you do.

Dan has the most genuine intro to his videos on all of KZread.

Dan I could watch a video two hours long of you just talking about your favorite minerals it's the best part to me it's how u learn keep up the great work and awesome videos!!!

I'm a scrapper and I agree on copper. I hang onto every bit I can get my hands on.

No matter what mood I was in before one of your video's. You always have me smiling. Thanks for all you do.

Your talking and style of communication is what makes you you, and I love it! It's one of the main reasons I love your videos. You explain everything throughout, even your thought processes. It makes it so interesting and hypnotic! Thanks for being you!

Sometimes, just hearing your voice makes my pains & sadness disappear. My mind fills with excitement & I learn learn learn from you. I wish the rest of the world could be as nice as you are. Take care of your heart. We all love you out here!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

If you have fun looking for copper you should take a trip to the keweenaw peninsula some time! One of the richest copper areas in the world, you can find native copper pretty much everywhere, and some very rare agates if you’re lucky!

You earned my subscription just from saying it's copper as soon as the video started and not waiting ten minutes!

Definitely earned my sub. One thing I love about your channel is how informative you are about where you are, what you’re doing, and how you’re doing it. Even what to look for and such. It’s fun to watch as it is informative. Love it

The arkenstone

@ThatOpalGuy

Жыл бұрын

The arkenstone is an opal.

I love that you talk about everything. So I can learn

finally, my boy copper deserves some love ♥♥♥✨🐈

for years people have been telling me I was wasting my time collecting scrap copper. I've even made copper ingots and bars and have given some away to people and they have given them right back telling me they're not worth anything. I've known for years that copper prices were going to go up and eventually skyrocket. Copper is used in everything. copper is very common and is everywhere, but eventually copper mines will start running dry. When that happens, people will start taking copper more seriously and the prices will start to skyrocket. Just look at the history of copper prices in just the past 3 years. I've got 400lbs and rising, all free from scrap wire, heatsinks, etc.. I will never stop collecting it.. It's almost free to get now, but that will soon change.

I love it when you explain things, that's one of the reasons I watch you 90% more than other prospecting channels, love your demeanor too...keep talking please, educating us and being greatly appreciated

What you have to say is important, it is how people learn about what you are doing. I, for one enjoy listening to your tutorials and watching you at work. Glad you see are able to be up and about, keep up the good work 🤠

Dan, LOVE to hear you describe each piece! Each one is so different! Speak on!!!

Anyone who says they don't like hearing you talk is threatened by your intelligence or jealous of your happiness. Jeff Williams got some hate he got cause he was a bit abrasive/eccentric to some, but i found his routine kinda funny. You have a decent toned voice that exudes confidence, while being respectful to everything and everyone. DON'T LET THEM AFFECT YOUR CONTENT

You and Jason from MBMM LLC are teaching and showing us some awesome stuff. Please continue talking and telling us about what we’re seeing ✌🏼❤️🌎🙏🏻😊.

Jason is such a rad dude, stoked to see you two collaborating!

I love that you show all the scenery on your trip in and where you end up I love the woods and meadows and can't get out anymore. You bring us along with you and it gives me information as well as the beauty of nature. Thank you.

Hey everyone....cheers from Italy...Always so interesting watching ur videos Dan! Keep up the good work!

@thankmargordon2329

Жыл бұрын

Hello from North Ontario Canada

Well Dan you are doing one of the best things you can do for your heart. Hiking will help build it's strength

Dan. Your the best. Enjoy your channel. I haul copper concentrate daily.

I love that you love to talk! I’m learning with each video. You keep right on talking, and I’ll keep watching and listening! Those are some BEAUTIFUL specimens. The colors are amazing 😇

You talking along with the adventure helped to make me feel as if I was their, so thanks and talk away

It's interesting because it's very different from the environment here. Unlike where you are, it's not easy to find such a rock. I'm watching with vicarious satisfaction.

I do love seeing all the old mine stuff.

Prospecting New England has been fun so far, my girl is a Rockhound / crystal healer and I've found gold completely by accident on a river rock jumping a long time ago but now ive got a very portable hi banker/ river sluice and so every chance i get this year im goin to be spending with the family and nature, what a great hobby.

I personally like it when you talk about what we are looking at. My knowledge of rocks, ores and geology stretch as far as; some shiney shiney = money, some shiney shiney = no money 😂. So i appreciate all the pieces of information you give in each clip 👍👍

It's hard not to get hooked on Dan and his doings. Beautiful shots of the country, super cool finding of all sorts of fascinating gems and metals

@michaelseiber1658

Жыл бұрын

I stumbled on to a video one day and have been hooked. I went back and watched everything

@sabrecatsmiladon7380

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelseiber1658 SAME......

I love it when you take samples to Jason and smelt!! PLEASE keep up informed if you smelt these samples!

Dilithium crystals?

I took a tour of a lead mine in Missouri once, and the mining engineer told me that they love it when they find chalcopyrite. He said something along the lines of, lead keeps the mine open, but copper makes their profit, although it comes out in much smaller quantities.

I absolutely love that country. Its a blessing to just walk threw it with u ! Fantasyic video.

danhurdimillium.......the rarest of all metals on earth.

Dan isn’t wrong, as someone who works in the semi-conductor industry. We need A LOT more copper if we want to keep making these microchips

Good luck with the copper mining

Copper is going up and up. Dan definitely has a point here... wish I had a copper mine lol

You hike with purpose in awesome up-grade ways, left and right and all around... covering more ground than most of humanity in today's world; you are awesome and healthy and full of life and inspiration !!! You-go-boy !! Please be vigilant as you are ...good-eye.

The reason I watch your channel is because you have a good speaking voice. Also, I really like gold, minerals, and crystals.

...a fun tour, with neat MBMM ending!...be well, good men!...

@johnviinalass3865

Жыл бұрын

...greetings, good man!...I trust your hearty humour and fine mind are entertaining and brightening the lives of those living contentedly around you!...it's exciting to see a signal from a world-class, 'down-to-earth'er, like you!...thanks for same!...get in touch if you and your group need help with your projects, won't you?...I learned about rocks and mining and smelting here in Sudbury so I can bring a considerable array of know-hows and success stories to your side...anyway, be well, good man, good family, good friends and partners, good ones, all!...

Please keep voicing throughout your videos!! I love your content and definitely love the education you bring with it keep at it man!

Thanks for review ❤

I never thought of copper mines in the cascades. I know about gold mines, specifically in and around Liberty. When you mentioned Ollala, I smiled as I live about 3 miles north of the small community.

Thanks Dan

Big thanks Dan!!

I live a few miles from the spot where the largest chunk of glacial float copper ever found. It was over 52,000 lbs. and 13'×15'. The mine couldn't afford to keep it, so they were trying to get a museum to buy it, so they didn't have to smelt it down.

Love your stuff, Dan. I spent 6 years with the USBM field-checking and sampling properties from the MAS/MILS database, and 3 more years with an international mining exploration company. This stuff brings back great memories.

Another great video Dan! I am always glad to see that you are continuously thinking about safety first. :)

Wow! It was amazing to see all the green from the copper laying all around!

Great video! I love looking for cooper. I spent my college days in the upper peninsula of Michigan in Houghton and went looking for copper nearly every weekend I wasn't snowed in. I still go back up every few years to look for more.

Very cool seeing the native copper in the crush!

Dan you need to get an emergency beacon so Dana doesn't have to worry about you when you are out in the middle of no where

Dan is at it again this is always a good time and fun

yes! i love the little core samples they are so neat! and i love your attitude! all the adventures!

Jason in a t-shirt?! Finally you got out to him when the weather wasn't terrible xD

Great adventure you took us on. I love the mountain side exploring and prospecting trips.

Always like to see Jason show up in your videos. He has a great channel also.

Perhaps if you followed that creek ! You would find an adit ! Please have protection with you ! Hand to hand with a cougar or bear would not make for a good video Dan !!!! Thanks for the videos we love fallowing along from a nice warm recliner lol

keep talking dan :D i much rather you explain what im looking at than silently staring at shiny things, plus is part of why i love your channel, i love to learn this details, ill probably never get to use this knowledge hahahaha but its interesting and fun anyway.

Would it be economical to hire a plane to do a LIDAR pass over the claim? LIDAR allows you to look at the ground features without vegetation, and therefore let you find the adits and any other hidden structures.

The Thundering Hurd productions! Maybe a video can be dedicated to the differences in processing copper as opposed to gold? Byproducts and such as well! Always a pleasure watching. And wishing I could be out in the field as well...

You're definitely the Bob Ross of prospecting pal 🤠

Glad to see a turn of focus on the mineral based economy that's coming. Not sure if it can be rushed. But it's coming.

Always such interesting adventures with Dan :) Lots of learning about the different minerals and how they form too I love this channel lots!

Good video Dan, and hopefully newer mining operations don't leave piles of junk behind when the well runs dry.

Looks like fun. I look forward to learning more about mining copper. Thanks!!

There is copper shortage which is why one of my stock trader daughters is so shrewd and so keen, so I reckon you could be onto a real investment when you get lucky in your mining! As always your videos are engaging, and very interesting. So I wish you all the very best and good luck! Wendi in the UK 🌻 PS. Wearing a hard hat while quad-biking would be sensible.

Wow! Another Spectacular video Dan!! Great content, informative, comical, great shots from far and amazing close ups!

Thanks Dan, love to watch . Wish I had places like that to run around in, your lucky.

Very interesting, great thought on the copper uptick, I agree with you.

I've been saying this for a bit now. There is such a demand for copper, and it's only getting bigger. I would love to see more videos on this topic, I'm currently prospecting an area that seems to be decent for copper, but I'm yet to find out how much.

I enjoy listening to You pass on Your knowledge!

Maybe with all that hiking Dan, it may be time to get the drone out and scout with that to get a feel for the trails! :)

I have been watching your videos that I’ve included your time at Mount Baker mining. Seen that run on a sunny day is really cool. All the previous videos that I saw we’re on cloudy days and I didn’t realize what it made a difference it makes.

I find copper in old dumpsites and rivers. There's such a lot of it that was once so undervalued, people just chucked it away. Once found 10kg of copper, and a few more kg of brass in one little river wade. Love your videos Dan. 🙂

Oh heck, good morning y’all & Dan !

My brother, who grew up in northern California, would drive around and point out old gold mines to me. A discolored patch on the side of a hill that didn't look like much of anything or a notch on the side of a hill. To the uninitiated, it doesn't look like much at all, but they are all over the place in the Sierras.

Thanks Dan 🍻👍

I love your videos. I'd go bonkers being there. I love rocks. But I learn from you. Your a good teacher and fun!

I did some reading on the regional geology where this claim is related. See the attached MS thesis on "Petrological studies of the Iron Mask Batholith." From an ore exploration point of view, the hybrid breccia zone (pp 14-16 w/pictures) between the 2 main bedrock units is an attactive target. It had porosity and would have been a good host if pregnant solutions or gases were present. If it were me, I'd be thinking about rare earths based on the elevated phosphorus (apatite) and pitchblend. The presence of U says there was a process that scavenged and the concentrated elements with an affinity for PO4. That not only includes U, but REEs too. A modified geochemical model I'd recomend is similar to that which explains the recent discovery of Europe's largest REE deposit at a Sweedish magnetite mine extension. The deposit I'm thinking of in your area would be in the hybrid breccia zone contact zone and hight have an elevation radioavtivity signature along the contact strike. It might only be .5 km long. In the field, areas with high apatite will have more vegetation and slimy green stream algae. Sample the water for P...The mineralized zones with high REE would have apatite, calcite, magnetite, uranium, florite? and maybe pyrochlore. It would be similar in ore chemistry to a carbonatite. file:///C:/Users/max/Downloads/ubc_1994-0349%20(1).pdf

always love seeing the big machines!

8:12 Finally gets to say why he's after copper. Needed for future electrification.

Jason is such a cool dude and that equipment he makes is awesome. This vid makes me long for summer again. Spring is still 2 months away. 37° and wet just south of you today

Mr.Hurd I really enjoy watching your videos! Keep up the good work!

As a heart patient I too get winded easy and feel fain or outof breath and low energy... all i can say is to hang in there ,keep up the exercise( shows ) and stay proud of what you do, just wish i could be right there beside you ( maybe mark off something on my bucket list)

"This video provides a thorough examination of the current state of the mining industry and highlights the potential for new discoveries in the field. The search for the next big metal is always ongoing and this video offers valuable insights on the current trends and possibilities in the industry. Keep up the good work!" "This video provides a thorough examination of the current state of the mining industry and highlights the potential for new discoveries in the field. The search for the next big metal is always ongoing and this video offers valuable insights on the current trends and possibilities in the industry. Keep up the good work!"

Take it easy Dan, you are a treasure that we can not mine more of. Don't push yourself too hard life is not a race.

My friend has been finding HUGE GOLD in hard rock mining. Like very big specimens.

Great video Dan can't wait for the next one. I found my first piece of quartz with copper and pyrites small veins but good size chunks. I was going to crush it,but not so sure I want to bring my first. Thanks Dan