That uranium looks alien but stunning at the same time

Groovy

Nice! It's like a green protoplasm ghost exploded in there. LOL

@RiskyVentureMinerals

6 ай бұрын

I think that’s called a photogasm…,

I miss the stars of the desert south west. I grew up in the Mojave desert in Cali and I never understood the majesty of what I grew up under. Now, Im stuck in the city on the East coast and havent seen a proper nights sky in decades. I would love to give this all up and move out there to the beauty of the southwest again.

@mineoperator

6 ай бұрын

We feel the same as you! The stars are majestic. When I was a kid, I'd climb up on the roof with my brother and a cousin of mine. We'd lay up on the roof for hours just staring at the clear night sky. I still feel that way.

what i see that amaze me it's friendship among you guys, i'm a 65 years old miner from south america and many years i did it by myself only as a lone gold miner and enjoy watching you working as a group of friends. thank you to let me have the chance to enjoy your experience.

@mineoperator

5 ай бұрын

We really appreciate your comment Joseph. We definitely value the friendships we have and that you enjoy our videos. Thank you 😊.

Love seeing everyone working together at each other's places

That’s just awesome! Good thing I’m not there because I probably wouldn’t want to leave.

sweet!

Harry! You found my XRF machine. Thank you so much. Go ahead and hang onto it until forever. If you want to try it out go for it repairs on you. Thanks again.

Show us how you put uranium in marketable form thanks

Like Dan said, cool ;)

In the dark it looks like glowing spider webs.

Amazing!!!

Thats a beautiful place to be lucky enough to work in

@mineoperator

6 ай бұрын

We think so too. Absolutely gorgeous. We're trying to make a living working in the great outdoors. Not easy.

A Beauty and a Beast!!!😮

@mineoperator

6 ай бұрын

😆

Very cool 👍

Would love to see it completely illuminated at the same time. Could rent it out for party! 🎉

Awesome...lovely rocks...Great info

Crazy looking stuff! My buddy got some of your Uranium and is supposed to bring it over so I can check it out. Gonna keep it above the waist! 😜

@mineoperator

6 ай бұрын

😆 good idea.

Just, whatever you do; please don't feed the Geo's after midnight! ......🤪

@mineoperator

6 ай бұрын

I can't stop laughing 🤣

@OGRocker1

6 ай бұрын

@@mineoperator Me either, .... 😂😅🤣😆🤪 Take care !

@HarryMO81

6 ай бұрын

We fed them and they came back in greater numbers.

@OGRocker1

6 ай бұрын

@@HarryMO81 😂🤣😅😆 That's what I was afraid of

Bad ass video im putting this on my VR set and checking it out

@mineoperator

6 ай бұрын

What a great idea 💡!

Awesome! Loving it! Harry do you gents have a buyer for your Uranium?

@mineoperator

6 ай бұрын

Still working on that

OK. That's a large quantity of green! How much Autunite is in the rock? Or, more importantly how high is the radiation level? And what type? How many hours could one hangout with those rocks before deleterious radiation effects start to impact one's health? My training says to get out yesterday! (I wore a film badge for some of my career, and I'm happily retired at this point.) As a Mine Operator with a Uranium focus, how safe are these activities for the casual investigator? How safe are they to a dedicated explorer? Here we are, exposing ourselves to radio active decay that is known to be harmful to most organic lifeforms. Would it be ridiculous to request a refresher on the types of radiation? How each type affects the human organism; and finally, what types of radiation was encountered during these explorations? I must admit, it has been a decade or four and my training ^might be^ a bit out of date. The fact remains, radiation has been killing good folk for close to 150 years. How safe are these activities, and for how long? This is a teaching opportunity for some of us and a learning opportunity for the rest (should they choose to accept new data into their dominate group think.) Thank you for your delightful presentation of 'A life underground.' Some more explanation of the safety precautions your team employs each time they descend to the work zone would be educational for those of us that might desire to follow in your footsteps. For example, scaling the working shaft each shift is a 'mine safety practice' that most of us would bypass for one reason or another. There are other safety measures that you employ each time a decent is made, what are you willing to share? Please note, this channel is influencing others to come join the party! How may we join in the fun safely? (And here is your teaching opportunity for this season. Hopefully next season will have some advanced safety tips for the casual explorer, those that choose to ignore posted signage.) 🦊Riki2Tails (My Germanic ancestors were labeled as well diggers, my Welsh ancestors were into tin and coal, so digging in the earth and spending time there is in my DNA from antiquity.)🦊Riki

@mineoperator

6 ай бұрын

I just read your comment. Thank you for taking the time to leave such a valuable comment. This year It is our aim to address safety topics, water treatment topics, milling and concentration, more videos on leaching copper, and building underground infrastructure. We'll have to consider some of the suggestions you gave us. I had to wear a radiation dosimeter badge when using a nuclear gauge for testing soil compaction and moisture content. Americium 241 and cesium 137 are used in these gauges. It's been a while for me as well. We don't actively work this radioactive property. Rather, we're trying to market it and sell it via an option agreement. Nonetheless, training on safety and exposure to radiation should be addressed in a future video. Let me see what I and others can do to address this very important topic.

Did anyone else notice what looked like a wolf head at 13:27?

Could you imagine the first person to put a black light on that? They probably crapped themselves

@mineoperator

6 ай бұрын

Yep, just like we did lol 😆.

@alistairclark6814

6 ай бұрын

Holy crap uranusium!

Get back to fixing that jaw crusher and start running!

How was that put there?? Godspeed brothers

@dabonemarrow5337

6 ай бұрын

I luv glow!!

@dabonemarrow5337

6 ай бұрын

No fluorite?!?!?

How do you recover the uranium ? is a chemical process / leaching the preferred method? or is there a gravity component to capitalize on ? Is this a product that can easily be sold or are there a ton of gov restrictions on the holding or selling or it?

@mineoperator

6 ай бұрын

Hey AUMINER1. I didn't mean to completely miss your comment. We have a leach paper from the Colorado School of Mines and Engineering. They performed a leach test using dilute sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide to precipitate the yellow cake. I'll have to open read that paper again to get more information. I believe the recovery was 94% u308. There is a gravity component to it via centrifuges but that's for enrichment. Leaching is the preferred method of recovery. I'm impressed with Insitu Leaching operations that are commonly used today. To bad the geology in our area wouldn't allow that. New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming are great locations for that method. Texas also. UEC has property there.

@AUMINER1

6 ай бұрын

@@mineoperator Thanks for that, just another fascinating aspect of mining that most people rarely if ever ponder. The elements are all so unique :)

Can I ask where you guys picked up that XRF? How much was it? Thanks

@mineoperator

6 ай бұрын

We were able to test it out from Olympus for a couple weeks, we did not buy it. This model can run over $40,000 not including the different mineral packages.

@dawnac6453

6 ай бұрын

@@mineoperator wowwwww! 😯 Well I know what I'm NOT buying then. Lol I seen one of those used on an old episode of Hardcore Pawn on Quest just the other day. They was testing the validity of jewelry and stuff with it and I was like that's sooo cool I could use that in my mines and stuff... But then they turned over to a salesman of the XRF company that brought it in and told them how much that one was I was like 😲 when he told them around 16g. Lmao Thanks so much guys! 😊