Hey Chris, I live in Colorado and I've done ok along the Arkansas river, but that was when I was able. I really wish that they would set aside some ground for those of us that are disabled. Thank you for your videos, I've been watching you for years now. You and Jeff, in my opinion, are the best. Thank you!

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words about my channel.

"Finding Gold in Colorado" by Kevin Singel is a great resource for Colorado prospecting.

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

Sounds like a must for Colorado prospectors.

@floridapielady

3 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'm gonna check it out.

@caveman442

2 ай бұрын

I live in Colorado and the book changed how and where I prospect. Kevin is really nice, knowledgeable we have a FB page with the same name as the book. It has reignited my gold fever.

There is a good GPAA claim north of Steamboat. Hans peak. In King Salomon creek. I find nice gold in it all the time. Alot of this creek is unclaimed. I have found gold on most of the tributaries as well.

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

Sounds great - that is why I recommend joining a club.

@Mike_Greentea

6 ай бұрын

Shhhhhhhhh! 🤫

Seek God then seek Gold✌️❤️👍🏼

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

Well said, so true.

Added the book to the cart... Well get it soon!

@ChrisRalph

16 сағат бұрын

Great. I am sure you will enjoy it.

Awesome video! I’ve learned so much from watching your videos the past few months. Can’t wait to get out to Colorado this year

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

Colorado has lots of gold, best of luck to you in your efforts.

Summit represent!

@ChrisRalph

4 сағат бұрын

Interesting gold.

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Your a gem!

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Love the pictures of the gold !!!!!!!! Great job on the video !!!!

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Chris, I would like to express my gratitude for the constant wealth of information you share with the community. I've been interested in overall rockhounding and minerology for the vast majority of my life. However it had always seemed information was always tight lipped and closely guarded. Just the act of finding out how to know what you are looking at and what possibilities a region holds were considered information you inherited or had to pay to acquire. The information in your book I have been finding extremely useful these past 5-6 months as well as the video's you release that I have been watching over the past 2 years now. Aiming to grow my confidence in the ability to search for minerals of interest as well as wanting to learn how to find my own (even if small) claims to utilize. I am extremely grateful to you and your support. Someday maybe I will have a decent setup and can reach out to you with valuable information or a location to "pay it forward". Best of wishes.

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words. It's great to know that you that you are really enjoying the videos I am producing. There are more to come!

@markmayer2029

6 ай бұрын

There are a lot of Colorado Geological Survey papers and books for just about every mining district on line. Type in the district and the word geology,

Another great video, thank you I enjoy learning all about gold And minerals ❤😊

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

A major gold vein was found when making Eisenhower Tunnel. But the vein was found in a fault line on the contentinetal divide which made it a extremely unstable for mining.

@ChrisRalph

5 ай бұрын

Interesting.

This is a great video! 😁

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad you think so!

Thanks, from Colorado

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

Awesome vid. I really, really appreciate these videos, i feel like i'm in a college lecture with a great professor! Thanks so much.

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

Outstanding video! ..from a Colorado Park County resident.

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks Chris, for another great video. I do wish you would go into the geology aspect a little bit more though. Colorado has so many different types of structural features and deposition areas within these structures. Perhaps a schematic on some of the bigger areas next time? Thanks again.

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

For a lot of reasons, probably not. I do also get folks who complain my videos are too long as it is - going into detailed geology would make them much longer. The other thing is specific locations - if I do a video on Colorado, the folks who live in Colorado are very interested. But the folks in the other 50 states plus Canada and Australia - are not interested. The videos I have done on "Where to find gold in (whatever state)" don't attract as much interest from my audience as a whole because of that. What I would encourage you to do is dig in and study for yourself. There is so much information on the internet, you could go out and study in full detail whichever districts you are interested in.

Very informative video 👍 Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Your videos and book have and continue to help me find where to prospect. 💒🙏Many Blessings to you and your family🙏😇

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so very much for the kind words. And stay tuned as more great videos are coming up.

Arapahoe Bar is a fun spot to hit just below the brewery. Water is warm and when you're done panning some gold out you can go grab a beer! 😁

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

I'll bet its kind of cold out there this time of year!

@supacheef1

2 ай бұрын

​@@ChrisRalphthe water is used to cool the brewery process so it comes out of the brewery pretty warm. It's considered warm enough for panning year round!

Yes!

@ChrisRalph

4 сағат бұрын

OK.

Hi, Chris all videos are Awesome lot of information until i found this

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

a very unclear comment - You mean that this video on Colorado was bad?

@CW-ge6sf

5 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalphhaha dunno what he ment either, but… this was a great video!!! Thank you!

Ive got 2 hydraulic placer mines less than a half mile from my house in brokenfridge!

@ChrisRalph

4 сағат бұрын

Interesting.

Lol i just took a position loading old dredge rock for fill... Already swept with the Garrett atx and found lots of bullets and old dredge parts!

@ChrisRalph

4 сағат бұрын

They really tried to catch all the gold on those dredges.

Hey Chris! Thanks for this one. Great job! Also do you or can you do a video on chlorination and colloidal gold.

@ChrisRalph

5 ай бұрын

Chlorination can be really messy and create toxic waste you can't dispose of in your trash. I am going to do a video on leaching with thiosulfate, which is cleaner and easier to use. But that video will not be anything coming out soon.

I'm in Colorado and found a mine dump full of telluride and fossilized ammonite tellurides

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

Congratulations - that sounds amazing.

@user-yf7sq1jj2p

6 ай бұрын

It is super amazing I have enough to zero scape my house no one steals it because it's just ugly rocks but now I need a miller so I can get some worthless paper for my efforts

Thanks for the information Chris, but I'm not planning to visit Colorado any time soon. Could you do a similar video for Western Australia?

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I will the next time I visit WA. But that may be a while. There is plenty of info on WA gold on the internet.

@glentomkins3426

2 ай бұрын

Just kidding Chris, we're spoiled for information here! If you're thinking of coming back to WA, let us know. We may be able to give you a place to stay on the way to the goldfields.

I'm learning a lot from you Chris. Quick qestion,... Epithermal is shallow and needs a source,..Is it possible that the Gold found in the Epithermal belt got there from meteoric waters in the what is now barren zone of the Origenic belt ? Looking at that drawing sure makes it look that way. The Epithermal is just East of it. I don't think surface up hill and down hill would matter underground.

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

On a map the distance looks short, but that distance is a couple hundred miles. The minerals come up from below - which is far closer. They are not washed over from a couple hundred miles away.

Do you know anything or have any info on the yellow diamond mines in Arkansas?

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

Take a look at my diamond videos. Specifically this one: kzread.info/dash/bejne/opeCuq6tqrLPZ6w.html

For someone new to this, are there certain areas off limits? Like I don't want to be panning a ricer on land that belongs to someone. Any advice

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

Yes, there is lots of land which is off limits for one reason or another. I suggest you join a local prospecting club. They can give access to lands.

i have buaght your book and i think it is Awesome but it is only about metal, so i think you should make one about gems and crystals also.

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

Maybe I will one of these days.

Yep just watched a video where people were prospecting on claimed up land...

@ChrisRalph

4 сағат бұрын

You say it.

There's an old monitor about a half mile from my house!

@ChrisRalph

4 сағат бұрын

Interesting.

4:26 limonite?

@ChrisRalph

4 сағат бұрын

iron oxides.

Hey Chris! Is there anyway to contact you privately, perhaps e-mail? I'm a huge fan of your channel and you've helped me with a lot of my recent findings. I would love to show you what our project has discovered in an untouched mountain I have acquired in New England. Any assistance would be much appreciated, thank you in advance!

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

I appreciate your interest, but I do not offer any services for personal consulting or advisement. I get many such requests to get involved with their projects and simply do not have time to help all who ask. I have many business and family commitments and simply don't have the time available. I do wish you the best of luck, but I am sorry that I cannot offer any help on that level.

Its soooo easy at the back of a wash plant ...

@ChrisRalph

4 сағат бұрын

Or just buy placer gold - even easier.

Seems like so many areas are privately owned or you pay alot to search. Have not found anywhere like BLM land.

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

Did you listen to the last part of the video where I list free places to go prospecting? Otherwise, I am not sure what you mean in your question.

@SandhillCrane42

6 ай бұрын

There's a.certain SUPER SECRET spot near Granite that almost nobody knows about. I wouldn't go there if I were you though, there's almost nothing. Don't go to the secret spot, I guarantee there's nothing there. Stay FAR away. If you spend many hours pouring over Google maps you might find it, but it's hard. I agree about the access problems in Colorado and elsewhere, it's very frustrating. Every non-productive claim should be withdrawn from mineral entry and left for artisanal enthusiasts-it ain't like the claimant discovered it. An unpopular notion. Good luck.

@elizabethlewis3509

6 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalph Yes I did hear closely your words. Guess i asked to soon. Thanks