That free gold looks like golden snowflakes, a lot of texture. Would be interesting to see closeups taken under the sun.

Thanks for stopping for the sunset!! The Crunch was awesome!

Wow the opening of that hole look scary😮..however i was not expecting the inside to look so beautiful .....Thank God there was no snakes....Beautiful video again guys

@mineoperator

12 күн бұрын

It's such a different world underground. I'm grateful there weren't any snakes, especially a Mojave Green. I can't wait to explore more of the mine!

@semoneg2826

12 күн бұрын

​@@mineoperatorlooking forwrd to more adventures...love the mini jaw crusher

It's rare for the elements to always be on your side, sailors say weather or not, got to get 'er done, mining is no different...like a candy shake please! Lol! Keep it happening guys..⚒️⛏️⚖️🤙🤠

Super video, I really enjoy your channel.

@mineoperator

Ай бұрын

Thanks for letting us know. All this prep work is gonna pay off. We should be on some profitable ground soon, have our millsite dialed in, and then will be able to show more mining, milling, and recovery. Gonna get even better.

No videos using a blow tube to clean gold, this is a challenge for an experiment! Am thinking using a compressed air supply, with a valve that gives low psi to regulate windage. Another option for cleaning lots of fine gold is a Miller Table.

I know how to use a nutrition-bullet already! Just letting u know that for when I get hired …..😂

@440phoenix

Ай бұрын

Haha

@mineoperator

Ай бұрын

Hi Jimmy, feel free to email me at info@mineoperator.com 😉. I'll do my best to respond in a timely fashion. It's difficult at times so please be patient.

@kahnfu-zhin8627

Ай бұрын

Ya. I think there’s a ready-to-show-up volunteer force of a few thousand just wantin’ to raise some dust and cram some sacks! 😊

@jimmylarge1148

Ай бұрын

@@mineoperator no pressure or rush!! Just reminding you I’m out here if u ever need a good hand or two!! I will email you tho in a cpl days! Thanks for your continued responses!

@jimmylarge1148

Ай бұрын

@@kahnfu-zhin8627 don’t be jealous. He who shows more effort prospers my friend. He who is an ass is just an ass, even when they look good. I’m sure you don’t tho.

One of my friends used a roller mill to flatten tiny specs so he could use a screen to get the gold, allowing dust to go through the screen.

Mornin Harry and Crew. ... Heavy pans to Ya! ⛏⚒⛏

Fantastic result! The blender is brilliant! 😁👍🏻⚒️

Regarding your rock crusher with the drill. If you weld a piece of flat bar across thenrock crusher stand so it sticks out at hand height for the drill, it'll take all the shock when the crusher bites and make it operable with one hand (for continuous loading or filming)

@mineoperator

Ай бұрын

Great suggestion. Thank you.

Wow, virtual zero black sands. I love the preview short then the full length Always tuned…😂

@mineoperator

Ай бұрын

Thanks Frank! I'm happy that microscope captured the fine gold in the pan. The gopro just can't focus. We're excited as we're lining up locations for next season. There will be so much gold we won't need microscopes to see it lol 😆.

The little jaw crusher will work a little better if you put the drill in reverse and spin it the same direction that you were hand cranking it. The eccentric shaft crushers are designed to crush when the movable plate travels in an inward and downward direction. The material feed is better this way.

@mineoperator

Ай бұрын

Great catch! I didn't think of that. I'll give it a try and bring it up in another video, if the opportunity comes up. You get the credit on that. Someone else suggested an impact gun with a 1/2" drive. I like that too. Will try both. Thanks for commenting!

I love your videos and keep ❤️ them coming

1/2 high speed impact driver would be the tool for that crusher I think

@semoneg2826

12 күн бұрын

That hole in the beginning look scary 😮..Nice vide Thanks guys

At 30:47 that area exhibits quite a cymoid zone.

Nice video be waiting for the next ones thanks

@mineoperator

Ай бұрын

Thanks John! 😉

Saw the short first and was eagerly awaiting this full-length vid. This is MOs year. You go, guys!

Very nice!

Alright divide and conquer sampling. You will be there all day with that little jaw. But it works. Time ta run a ton.

👍

Excellent crush!

@mineoperator

Ай бұрын

Thanks Shawn! I had to figure out away to grind this sample. I got this idea from Travis.

@silverspikeprospecting

Ай бұрын

@@mineoperator Awesome! That would be very useful on the road for test sampling so one doesn't have to bring back a mess sample for a result.

I use the same blender for making my fines a little smaller lol

Eso hize hace dos años 😅

The bug is a type of blister beetle. Don't touch it! It will blister your skin.

@mineoperator

Ай бұрын

Thanks David! Glad I left it alone.

I think the problem was on my end, not sure, but now I can see the video just fine.

@mineoperator

Ай бұрын

I think so. I didn't find anything on my end. I'm glad it worked out. Thanks for reaching out and letting us know. Do you have any ideas what the red mineral is attached to the gold? Some form of iron? Just an interesting thing we noticed in the Rand district.

@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542

Ай бұрын

@@mineoperator Other than iron, red copper oxides are a possibility... ~( 'w')/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper(I)_oxide If its in with other copper, that would make sense.

Blister beetle? It's huge!!

@mineoperator

Ай бұрын

I'm so glad I left him alone. Never seen one before. He was huge!

Cant believe the Nutribullet is still alive! Torture test for sure 👍

@mineoperator

Ай бұрын

That little blender packs a punch 👊! Now to replace the blades 😆.

@MsRavenPerez

Ай бұрын

2 pack for 6$ online for the magic bullet. Same same as yours I imagine. When I realized I could replace the blades on these things that was a real game changer.

@mineoperator

Ай бұрын

@@MsRavenPerez That will help us out so much. Thanks for letting me know! I'll place an order asap.

👍😎👍

Where would I find the crunch at please and thank you

@mineoperator

Ай бұрын

Hi Ray, I bought it on ebay. I just looked and I can't find anymore for sale. I'll find out if it's available somewhere else. Stay in touch info@mineoperator.com.

@raytruesdell7873

Ай бұрын

@@mineoperator thank you very much

At 14.35 I think that is a tick. I'm from Australia.

@leaverite

Ай бұрын

A tick? Seriously! They get that big?

Sink the shaft player 😅

Hey guys! Great video. If you want me to run a sample of anything through my analysis methods let me know. You just have to put a couple of kilos in a ship anything box and send it. You’re going to get the gold. I can smell it. 😁- Dave

@gabrial3377

Ай бұрын

I bought gold, ran it past a 22k gold acid and half of it turned to black grains of ?? The gold stayed gold. I need to know what kind of mineral this guy is mixing his gold with and how he is painting it and with what. First clue it was not right was some big pieces floated even in jet dry. Second clue was it was brittle and snapped right out if the pan. The 22k acid test removed most of the paint or whatever he slopped on these fake gold pieces. I want to know what the dirt pieces are specifically. The guy needs to be shut down. I made a video plus a 1000 mag microscopic view of this stuff. Vickie n Ryans Gold Adventures. U tube. Under fake gold. If you have the ability to determine what the rest of it is, that would be a good thing for many miners who can't get out on a river and depend on honesty with bought pay dirt.

Excellent work you guys! (~_^)-b

We hope the samples come back with good values. That rock is decomposed and all looks tan colored. Camera maybe , maybe not??

@mineoperator

Ай бұрын

Hi Deb, yes the vein material (Rand Schist) is tan colored. Thanks for your comment.

That probably voids the warranty.

Use a breaker bar, torque wrenches are too expensive. Impact guns are better than drills.

@Spudz76

Ай бұрын

That's a Walmart HyperTough one, $26, which is basically the same price as a breaker bar that isn't made of Chinesium, plus it ratchets, and Harbor Freight is probably 60 miles farther away (and their ratcheting breaker bar probably explodes in 30 minutes). Totally fine use of a torque wrench that isn't even accurate when new.

@JonStein-mu5eb

Ай бұрын

@@Spudz76 he's better off with an impact driver if he has the power to charge batteries. Or an electric plug in impact driver would have longer running time. If the torque wrench is that cheap then good enough.

WILL THE OLD TIMERS AT MAYBE $20 AN OUNCE THEY WERE ONLY GOING FOR THE HIGHEST GRADE STUFF THEY CAN FIND PERIOD

Don’t tell your wife you used her nutra bullet to grind your sample.

@mineoperator

Ай бұрын

I was hoping she didn't notice 😉

Something is preventing me from watching your video. Its giving this stupid error: "Video unavailable Playback on other websites has been disabled by the video owner Watch on KZread " And nothing I try will allow it to play properly. This is the first time I have ever seen anything like this on YT.

@mineoperator

Ай бұрын

How odd. I'll look into it.

@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542

Ай бұрын

@@mineoperator Thank you. (^_^)/

What was the point of pointing out all the sample locations? Drag out the video? Not a good look.

@mineoperator

Ай бұрын

Hi Charles, do you mean where I drilled? If so, I thought that would be helpful information. There's a large company that is processing part of the sample I took to see if there leach process can recover the gold. I wanted them to see where I took the samples. Thought some viewers would appreciate it too. That's all. Not trying to drag anything out. Editing already takes alot of my time. Enjoy your day.

@boulderboyv10

Ай бұрын

Some of use are interested in the entire prospecting process, not just the gold reveal at the end

@rockbutcher

Ай бұрын

@@mineoperator Unlike young Charles who doesn't understand the statistics behind methodical rock sampling, I must say that I was impressed with your improvisation to make a mini-'bulk' sample of that face. Coming from the industrial side, I would have asked the crew to give me a short round forward on the vein and then grabbed 5 random muck samples after the blast and just averaged them. You don't have that luxury right now at that location and so you did what you needed to do to get the job done. Bravo! I look forward to your next vid when we see what comes out of those samples. That was a pile of spiny gold in that test pan!

@garrettmillsap

Ай бұрын

Good thing it's just you that's complaining Charlie. Most of us are not experts like yourself and we appreciate all the time and effort they put into everything.

@charlesreynolds2798

Ай бұрын

@@garrettmillsap hey thanks for convincing me to cancel my subscription. Yeah I am a budding geologist so I know a thing or two which led me to my critisim of this group. You all need to grow up and get thicker skin.