What does gold look like in rocks_ Gold bearing rock identification.

I worked as a haul truck driver for Cortez Gold Mines in Crescent Valley, Nevada. Our shovels,electric powered, scooped 76 tons in one scoop. The smallest haul trucks were 240 tons. We had 240 ton,300 ton and 400 ton trucks. That's the load they carried. Those trucks run 24 hours a day,7 days a week. That's a lot of material being moved. There is a LOT of overburden to remove to get to the gold ore. They produced,on average, 76,000 ounces of gold a month from a big deposit. The ore contained microscopic gold. When I was there,from 2003 til 2005, gold was around 400 dollars an ounce. We were awarded gold,from 10grams to 1/2 ounce to 1 ounce coins for safety bonuses. Don't know if they do that now. At any rate, Barrick Goldstrike Mines bought out Cortez. Just a little info from me. Sorry for dragging on.

The story is told about a miner who struck gold and carried his bag of nuggets with him everywhere. One day he died and went to heaven, still carrying his precious nuggets. When he arrived, an angel asked him why he was carrying asphalt. “This isn’t asphalt,” he explained, “it’s gold.” To which the angel replied, “On earth it’s called gold, but here in heaven we use it to pave our streets.”

I didn't expect to watch all 40 minutes continually but I could not stop watching. Thank you for the information. Very well done video.

Hello Chris, I remember pestering my dad when i was a child Dad is this gold is this gold is this gold , he would take a quick glance lob it back on the floor Nope. Well Dads been dead for 20 years and after four brain operatios I've been disabled for the last 16. After watching this video tonight and many nights to come I will be dreaming a different life for our family .Thank you Chris

That was great!! The bit where your missus came in was hilarious. Shows you are a decent bloke willing to share your life and knowledge. Thanks mate. 👍👍

That was nice of both of you to understand you was in a project ,and would give her full attention to her later. Then she understood. Now that's true gold. You both truly love eachother...<3...Now thats golden,,,

Another fine video Chris. Thanks for taking the time to teach the rest of us. Great book too.

WOW. Best vid I've seen on this subject. I've lived in Tucson for 50yrs and have been an avid hunter and fisherman. I know Southern and central Az, as well if not better than most alive today. Its just been recently that I've started having an interest in gold because of you tube. After watching this vid I should have gotten interested in gold sooner as I'm certain I've chucked some quartz that had gold in it back down because it had pyrite as well and I thought gold and pyrite didnt come together like that. I saw pyrite for sure so I figured the other gold there was also pyrite and chucked back down. Thanks for this vid. I learned a lot!

Few year's ago I was gold hunting in the high desert of California by tehachapi and found a old solid gold tooth. Great video

Love the conversation with your Wife. Perfect.

Well, 5 years later and gold being a $1000 more, here I am. Your trove of knowledge is duly appreciated... fascinating world, and great work

Thank you for showing specimens in their raw state/ore. This is very helpful.

I had a young fellow from England working for me at northern Alberta we burnt a big barn down that had big rocks for a foundation .one rock split up from the heat and you could see gold in it He got gold feaver and was trying to look for more rocks I had to pull him away when he was getting on the plane to go home his suitcases weigh a ton .he had put most of the big rock in them

Thank you for this video. I watch a lot of mine exploring videos, in fact I watched a tour of the 16-1 mine yesterday and always wondered about what it looked liked when the miners see it in the ground.

I love how you ask the question people don't know to ask and answer the questions with clarity great videos and information.

Exactly, gold ore identification with a metal detector is the new way to mine. Thanks for the informative video. I was looking for some Black Hills green schist. - Doug

Excellent video, this is exactly what i was looking for after getting hooked on watching old mining videos etc... very nice!

Thank you! That was such an interesting video about identifying gold in ore. I sat here with my magnifying glass. Very nice, thanks again. 😀

Chris, thank you for showing us all that high grade gold ore...it's a special treat because most of that material went thru the mill and was turned into gold bars.

I was very fortunate to be able to buy two small rocks with gold in them. Beautiful quartz rocks with gold vein running through them.