First off, Woods Point is an awesome place to visit, do it if you ever get the chance To actually get into the mine & get in-depth with the miners Is a notable achievement To actually get them to talk to you about mining the mine!!!!! And their methods for chasing the good shit Journalistic job well done That's some quality journalism right there! Big kudos for all involved

Thanks for making such an in depth video. As someone who's working in and studying Victorian Gold it was good to see the alteration profile in core, what their underground workings look like, and their modelling.

@hopebear06

3 жыл бұрын

In depth video.... Ha Ha.

Thankyou very much for showing lamtion, I found this clip to he very educational on how gold is past through and how it gets deposited...

I spent a two years sabbatical (prior to retirement) researching south east alluvial gold deposits and the history of early European settlement. What surprised me was that the settlement of most of country Victorian followed gold discoveries. After the initial rush,(1853) there was an influx of Californian prospectors (from the 1849-51 gold rush on the American River US). They quickly recognised the gold deposits and bought with them high tech recovery kit such as rocker boxes and a device they called the california water pump (which was a rubbish water pump but better than buckets). Alluvial gold miners needed to collect one troy ounce per week to survive (this was called being on wages). About 60-70 percent of miners never achieved this level and lived below poverty level. PS while I found gold, I never achieved one ounce per week.

@GeologyFilms

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment. It's true that many early prospectors were unsuccessful, but because the economy was booming, they usually found work in company mines or other industries

Well spotted Fran!

Driving through Woods pint, it is easy to assume that no mining goes on there... until stopping and making the effort to walk the historic area.

These are very well done videos!

My dad and I went there for the sake of it, nice place, pub's definitely got some nice atmosphere. also very beautiful scenery.

"ONYA ANDY" Another great informative upload.All your content is ABSOLUTELY 100% PERFECT FOR US LEARNING PROSPECTOR'S.CHEERS.SHANE

@GeologyFilms

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

That last sample was amazing!!! Would love to find something like that here in the States. Watched a couple of your videos and really enjoy them and learning some things to look for out prospectin and lookin in old mines.

@1topskyrocket

3 жыл бұрын

It is here in the United States, I have a spot that I need to relocate now that I understand it because of these videos about Bendigo mine. The area I located has multiple events making it look like a zebra on a very top of a hill that is part of an extinct volcano that is not on the list of extinct volcanoes. It's here, get yourself a core driller for about eight grand that you can backpack here and there with a buddy. You need water and all kinds of stuff so it helps to have a quad or something like that

Thanks for this top video. So glad to have found your channel. I have a deep interest in geology and mining.

@hopebear06

3 жыл бұрын

Deep interest... Ha Ha.

Hi Clive. It was great to run into you this weekend. I am very much looking forward to seeing some new material over time. Best wishes, Rick Shaw

@GeologyFilms

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Rick, Yes great to meet you too. I'm currently working on two geology-related films for a geoscience organisation and hope to provide links to the first film when it becomes available. Regards Clive

Wow...an air bogger..ancient technology!

Do we find gemstones in the presence of quartz veins or any place where precious stones even if there is no sweat quartz please answer?

awesome vid

Fascinating 🖖🏼

@GeologyFilms

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

What the source of that sericite, carbonate and gold? Id be drilling near that...

wow, Woods Point looks like a beautiful place, but it's too far away from Melbourne

top vid thanks guys

@GeologyFilms

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I understand that if you can see gold in the rock with the naked eye, it will run a minimum of one oz to the ton.

@GeologyFilms

3 жыл бұрын

I think that sounds about right. Of course for gold to be easily visible it has to be reasonably coarse, which is often the case for the deposits in SE Australia.

so interesting - again

@GeologyFilms

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you again.

As a kid my Dad drove us from Walhalla to Woods Point, even today I am too scared to do it my self, those narrow roads and 3000 foot drop on one side..., I will go to Woods Point via Warburton one day though ..

@ike8236

7 жыл бұрын

The tracks up there are actually pretty good, just do it when it's dry and you'll have no problems.

@pippaknuckle

4 жыл бұрын

Walhalla to Aberfeldy Bridge is a ridiculous narrow one car width track. After that it's ok all the way to Woods Point. If another vehicle was coming south whilst I was on that part of the track I have no idea what I would have done. Not doing that ever again.

@rogersmith4983

2 жыл бұрын

@@pippaknuckle I did that road 3 months ago no problem 😉

How is the gold efficiently extracted from the quartz?

@GeologyFilms

Жыл бұрын

In most of the mines that I have worked in, gold occurs as coarse grains embedded in quartz so it's easy to concentrate the gold by crushing the quartz then separating it by gravity, gold being about 7 times denser than quartz. In older mines the crushed ore was also passed over plates covered in mercury where the gold clings to the mercury. Later, the gold is separated from the mercury by heating the whole lot in a retort tube. In modern modern mines they sometimes use a chemical method called 'Carbon In Pulp" or CIP, which dissolves gold in a cyanide solution.

@trimetrodon

Жыл бұрын

@@GeologyFilms Crushing the quartz into grains small enough to release most of the gold seems to be energy and machinery intensive. How small are the quartz grains at the end of the process and what machinery is used for crushing it? Ball mills?

@kevinrussell1144

Жыл бұрын

@@trimetrodon Freddie: Everybody likes conveying information to someone asking intelligent questions. It's the grain size of the gold particles in the ore and whether the gold is "free" or chemically combined with something else that determines the process necessary to recover the gold. Gold is frequently incorporated into the structure of pyrite and cannot be mechanically separated, or it is in alloy with silver (known as electrum). Ball mills or crushers are used to break down the ore so that process fluids can gain access to fine gold particles. Gravity circuits are only used when gold particles of sufficient size can be liberated and their density can be used to separate the gold from the lighter elements.

Do Ballarat mine! And Bendigo mine!

@GeologyFilms

6 жыл бұрын

Yes I've been working on both but it takes time.

@hopebear06

3 жыл бұрын

@@GeologyFilms My great uncle, Bill Spargo, had a hunch that the gold from Ballarat ran thru the high country. He lived on Mt Hotham for 27 years and discovered the Red Robin mine which is still being worked from my understanding. Bill was in charge of building the Alpine road so obviously gained his knowledge of the ground there. I have inherited his diaries. Probably of interest to a few.

@GeologyFilms

3 жыл бұрын

The Red Robin closed down about 8 years ago but before that I managed to film there over a period of a few years. Some of that footage is in this video. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fXiZ2tKGcqTZZrA.html The diaries sound interesting!

Where is my Welcome Stranger?

Yeah Rocks 🪨👏👏

Please b my guest india

Spent some great night at the pub with that old pool table years ago 🤣

@GeologyFilms

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it's a great old pub.

I want to find gold.😞