Bringing An Abandoned Gold Mine Back To Life: Part 25 - Final
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To further expand on the core drilling: One issue with mines in this region is that the gold is frequently in rich pockets rather than spread over a large area. That sounds ideal, right? You dig a little and then find a slab of almost solid gold… However, modern core drilling and mining economics introduces a counterintuitive “no” response on that question. Lower grade ore that is broadcast over a large area is actually far more valuable to a modern mining operation because it can be mapped out and the results can be extrapolated. Even though mines like the Oriental or 16-to-1 have fabulous pocket gold, it can’t be technically mapped out or found with core drilling. One has to get lucky or to have the gold be close enough to the workings to be picked up by a metal detector. If metal detecting technology were to make an improvement that allowed its reach to extend for several hundred feet through the rock, staggering amounts of gold would be pulled from these “pocket mines” that dot the region.
The majority of our time in this series was spent on level three, but the oldest level - level one – had some fantastically rich gold pockets discovered in the 1800s. Newspaper reports of the time are positively gushing with enthusiasm over the potential of this mine. Although we did not locate them with our core drilling, undoubtedly, such rich pockets still exist within the claimed boundaries of this mine. However, it is not possible to pinpoint them with today’s technology.
Again, thank you to all for the enthusiasm for this project.
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You can see the full TVR Exploring playlist of abandoned mines here: goo.gl/TEKq9L
You can see the gear that I use for mine exploring here: bit.ly/2wqcBDD and here: bit.ly/2p6Jip6
Several kind viewers have asked about donating to help cover some of the many expenses associated with exploring these abandoned mines. Inspired by their generosity, I set up a Patreon account. So, if anyone would care to chip in, I’m under TVR Exploring on Patreon.
Thanks for watching!
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Growing up in California’s “Gold Rush Country” made it easy to take all of the history around us for granted. However, abandoned mine sites have a lot working against them – nature, vandals, scrappers and various government agencies… The old prospectors and miners that used to roam our lonely mountains and toil away deep underground are disappearing quickly as well.
These losses finally caught our attention and we felt compelled to make an effort to document as many of the ghost towns and abandoned mines that we could before that colorful niche of our history is gone forever.
I hope you’ll join us on these adventures!
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コメント (21)
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So glad to see you again.
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Ten minutes ago I thought "TVR hasn't had a video lately." And here you are!😂
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Wow, for some reason I'm really bummed that you're closing down / moving on! But, it was so much fun to follow you on this effort. It really brought to life aspects of actual mining that one wonders about when one watches hundreds of mine explores thru long dead mines. Thanks for sharing!
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Been waiting for another TVR video. 👍
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“That’s what nature has decided is right for us.” <— Love it.
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The longest series has met its end, sad that it didnt pan out as was hoped for but this series highlighted the struggles that the miners of old endured in hopes of getting rich. Thank you Justin and everyone involved. Hope to see more videos
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It’s a shame to see this saga end but look forward to whatever else you share
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It is a shame you weren't able to find enough to make it self-sustaining. And yeah, I can't even begin to imagine the bureaucratic crap involved, so it's understandable that you have to let it go at some point. But it was a hell of a ride. Especially for you and everyone else that busted their butts on it. It's actually a bit sad to see it come to an end, but maybe there'll be something else. Regardless, it was incredibly cool to see everything you were able to find. And damn, that town and hotel was beyond cool.
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Lots of bushwackery and metally bits! Great video man. Thanks much.
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Sad to see the project end like that, but I'm grateful that you took us along for the adventure! Hopefully technical advances, metal prices and, eh... logical improvement of regulations might allow it to be yet again profitable in the future. It's exciting to try and guess in how many years new miners will come and work on this site. I hope you left them some graffiti and a few artifacts! Would be fun to leave an SD card with all 25 episodes of this series.
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Good to get an update !! Thanks for all the fish !!!
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I learned lots about mining from this series that I didnnt know before, made loads of stuff clearer, thank you! Onwards and upwards 🙂
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That is the best line I've heard in awhile - "What do miner's do when they have nothing else to do, they tunnel." 😂 Thanks for this video. Really appreciated it.
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Thanks for showing me around
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Major bummer....i was really hoping you guys would do very well
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I'm a Miner with 30 years experience in open pit mining. The gov. .regulations have gotten so outrageous it's hard to keep up with them here in South Carolina and I imagine California is Ten times worse.its so sad that you had to shut down your mineI.You have brought me to so many fascinating places love your videos .
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He's back! Miss you Justin. Thank you again for these videos you produce. I really enjoy them. 👍😁
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That was a fun project to watch!
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I hope to see a new series in the future with this same premise.
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Thank you for taking us along, what a ride.. Incredible work, incredible history, incredible country, incredible community. Sincerely wish you guys all the best and yet I hope to be privileged to see more from you.
