Gold from an old Spanish Mine in Utah (Uinta Mountains) - Basalt Rock

Oh wow, that looks so delicious. The outcropping, the striations and the colors. That's definitely a nice deposit.😁👍⛏️⚒️

To understand the how and why of magma flows read "The Ore Magmas" by Josiah Edward Spurr. It's a two-volume set that details (in intricate detail) of his observations of over 1000 working mines over a two decade time span. He is known as the father of magmatic differentiation/segregation. I guarantee it will answer many of your questions concerning how minerals form, especially gold. It is required reading. P.S. I greatly admire your work. Please keep it coming....

I appreciate actual seeing you narrate but i would really like to see the beautiful scenery you're showing in full screen. Beautiful!

In 2015, I viewed a GIS map of Utah of all known Spanish mining locations. The map including all data collected from each site, along with over a thousand pictures. Inclusive of four large smelters, along with two locations where the Spanish had tied together and marched down into mines about 240 natives, mostly Indians, then blowing the shaft closed on top of them. In every story of found Spanish processed gold, usually the finders find themselves dead soon thereafter. The legends of the lost Rhodes mine, flaming gorge gold, Utah basin Spanish trails, Ute gold, odd that nothing collectively found when tested came from Utah?? The caches known to have been located and tested by metallurgy experts showed bullion, a blend of gold and other minerals mainly copper, and not from any known source in Utah. I’m curious about the Spanish, with as many Spanish sites claimed, why no settlements? No pueblos, no Spanish churches. After following up on 19 Spanish artifact finds, all but one were proven false. The question posed is, mines take years to develope, then processing, then transport, and yet no solid evidence has ever been presented to support any Spanish settlement?

Great video mate

1) Great video. Looks like fun. Finding stuff not in the USGS database is exciting. 2) Some sulfides do conduct quite nicely. For example, the copper petrified wood from the Nacimiento. Chalcocite and Djuerlieite. 3) Your little walnut of gold and silver looks "roasted". May have been sulfide ore they burned enough to semi-smelt it. 4) Your old time buddy found one of the mines. One of the mines. Maybe there was more than one. Some may just look like an open face. Firesetting as a method was used a lot. 5) Great video. Thanks!

Thank you for protecting the location of landmark artifacts so they are left for the future to observe.

Thanks! Educational and entertaining... You allow us to touch the past... such a treat...

Really great video. Lots of interesting info. Keep em coming.

Another awesome video brother! Best channel on the tube! I'd love to see an old Spanish mine someday, it's so cool

Another good video. Great explanation on the copper, I guess I didn’t realize how valuable it was to them back then. I know where a few old copper mines are and always wondered why they were chasing it.

It’s exciting to took for things from the past, thank you for taking us along

Great episode man!!!

Good stuff buddy love the content and how you explain with common sense thanks

I live in Utah, im going to check this mines one of this days, thanks for sharing

Great video! 👍 Love your channel and content.

Thanks for sharing

Please dont tell anyone where it is, especially big brother. Just knowing that these unmapped, and undocumented places are out there is part of what makes rockhounding and treasure seeking so exciting and worth doing. Thanks for the tale :)

Wow, I have never seen the real thing in its natural form. Thank you very much. Best Regards.

With a high sulfide type copper - gold mine, there should be extensive iron alteration near the portal to use as a guide. Thanks for this video!