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Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate your basic comprisal of what we saw. There were veins that were far beyond stringers (which we have a ton of in our active gold/silver mine), and most of the rocks we saw showed signs of a secondary hydroclastic push resulting in a compressed sheen and lack of vugginess. But what do we know? Not much. I do know that the Producer and Playwright, Norman Lear, was quoted as saying, "Nobody ever built a statue to a critic.". I truly hope you enjoyed the video and did not experience excessive symptoms of nausea or mental confusion.

Thanks. It was amazing. I wish the camera could capture how the drift lit up.

Thanks for watching. We appreciate you!

We're so glad you're here, and be safe out there too!

The area was just begging to be explored.

You bet, we are just getting started.

We were all tempted to carry away a few pounds of ore but we left them for the next prospectors to find. I will be all over BLM's MLRS system looking for at least one square foot that is unclaimed!

We are just getting started. Stay tuned!

We are just trying to follow your example sir!

We were out there for as long as we could stand it!

@chrisbrowne4669 - as I understand it, the previous claimnant took millions off of that hillside.

@@themahoneymine Exactly

It was a good day to be in the dirt!

We've seen some incredible things down there!

I know the family that previously had this claim.

We are still trying to get our heads around it.

Not of this ore. I know the history of the area and it is quite gold rich.

We are blessed.

That would be cool!

Crazy ore everywhere. It was an amazing outing.

Thanks for the kind words. Yes, that was the smelting superstar himself. We appreciate you being here. Cheers!

It was so much more amazing than film can show. We were sitting in the midst of it with our jaws on the ground.

We got just enough to make it all white and pretty.

I don't understand.

@@themahoneymine the theme song you used was the song the Andy Griffiths show used years ago.(50's-60's)..no-one else has used it since that l know of

@drewclarke5920 - Thanks, wasn't sure which Andy you meant. It is copywritten material and we had to get permission.

do a youtube search of andy griffiths show .... not only is it his theme song but you will see the opening scene is also copied... andy and son Opi walking on a path with fishing poles..so somebody remembers it.....

@drewclarke5920 - ummmmmm.... That's why we did that?

We hit a ledge and assumed we were at the bottom. Battery went dead so we couldn't view the playback onsite. We are going back to see what is down there! Stay tuned.

@@agentbertram4769 - Mayyybe.

We warned ya'!

Glad you liked the intro!

That’s funny Bob 🤣🤪🤣

Very nice Douglas, the intros were great. I like the big bite you got 🤗

@@ErnieDionne I wonder where the idea came from? 😃

@ 🤔 😂

@oliviacolorado9812 This mine was very bland. Our mine has rolling veins all through it. This looked entirely like a base andesite and I have no idea why they drove the audit. Look at our video about the 900ft shaft we explored and you'll see amazing mineralization. Thanks for tuning in.

@themahoneymine ok tyvm. Please keep the videos coming. We all love to learn!

Yes it has!

MM as marshall mint?

@rarecj8jeep187 - Mahoney Mine - West Comstock District

@@themahoneymine nice. several times driven by ur operation north side of the 'creek' (to keep it ambiguous) and hope to stop by if some is on site, but keep drawing spades.

@rarecj8jeep187 We look forward to meeting ya. Site is closed for winter so other than occasional random site checks we won't be up there the majority of time until spring.

Welcome! Glad to have you aboard! Stay tuned for much more. We are glad you are here.

Great question. We have never had much success sluicing or panning silver.

@@themahoneymine So even though I'm not getting any silver in my samples from panning, I may have lots of silver in my ore? Most mines around here had more silver than gold, and it does look like it may have some but I'm not good at IDing it in the rock.

@WildernessMedic - OK. Sit down. Relax. This is going to be a LONG reply. Silver is one of the most amazing of the precious metals. Gold looks like gold. Not much in the way of variants. But then there is silver. Our ore, in sweet spots assays at over 500oz per ton. No big surprise. Our ground is known as some of the richest in the world. We still don't know what to look for in the raw ore. Silver can be slivers, feathers, or spires so pure it looks like processed ore. It can be black, grey, greyish-blue, or whitish in color. The silver ore in one mine can look entirely different than the silver ore on the next ridgeline. Processing it is an entirely different beast. Depending on the ground it is taken from the process and optimal way to process it can vary widely. We are blessed to have a significant amount of gold in our mine, because we still don't have the whole silver thing worked out. We have used some of the tailings for our driveway and joke that it's paved with silver.

@@themahoneymine Thanks for the detailed reply. I just want to make sure I'm not throwing out good silver while processing gold! As soon as it thaws out I'm going to have some assayed. I know from the area history I could have more silver, but I guess an assay is the only way to tell, if it wont free mill like gold.

No, not like gold at all. We have been doing this for quite a while and have never overcome the silver paradox. But we will.

I totally agree. Just a ladder leaning over the hole and up to the next level would do it. I see a lot of "part 2" episodes in our future.

@ Yes sir…a lot! I love it! Also, Bob Silva’s crew are open to go free mill hunting with us on “Quartz Hill.” 🤗

C’mon views…I need those Cougars to like my butt 🤣🤣🤣

That would be awesome. We'll keep you posted!

Still recovering from covid 24

@gitnitdun - not good. Tonya is in bed sick and Ernie is just recovering. Did we pick up a 150 year old flu bug down one of those shafts? 😆

@@themahoneymine I think we did! I’m sick again today 😂 I’m struggling to finish my devotional video and somehow I lost all my sound 😳

@ErnieDionne - Tonya is down and out. J.B. is sick. You're sick. What the heck is going on with that!

Look at our other videos, and you will see lots of it!

THAT, sir, is a GREAT question. I have no idea. Really. I don't know. This is taken out of the second and currently richest vein in the mine. We do not salt it or analyze it. We have hit areas that average 18g/ton AU and over 500oz/ton AG. Close to Bonanza grade values. This is the same ore we process. Last weekend at home, I crushed less than 20lbs of ore, and after I panned it, there was a good solid ring of gold in the pan. We are on the gold for sure. We make no guarantee of what you will get because this is the raw - real deal.

@themahoneymine MODERN YOU TUBE GOLD MINES ARE FROM SELLING PAYDIRT EITHER SALTED OR TAKEN FROM MINE DUMPS, WHICH MAKES THE BUYER A SUCKER. YOU SHOULD KNOW THE VALUE PER TON OF YOUR OWN MINE THROUGH THE ASSAYS. YOUR ANSWER DRAWS QUESTIONS. JASONS ORE WAS THE SAME A LOT OF HYPE AND THE ROI WAS NON EXSISTANT

I have been as honest as possible. I stated the assay values we have received on the vein we are on. We don't salt or misrepresent the ore. The reason I crushed/panned 3 little rocks last weekend was that i saw a video of someone processing Jason's ore. I wanted to see if ours was better and my results - with much less ore - were definitely better. I can't tell you exactly what the ROI will be unless I process it for you and send you the results. Mother Nature just doesn't work like that.

They are available all over. Go to ebay or Amazon and search for "blacklight flashlight". Hope this helps!

No worries. We were not intending on going where rappelling would be needed. We had the gear and chose to leave it at the surface with the Safety Officer. Next time we will know exactly what gear to take down with us. Baby steps in things like this. We're not done with this one yet!

Channels? Lose your taste for all shuttered industry and actually explore with the National Speleological Society. Also, the British Columbia Speleological Federation. Me? I have what is inside glaciers found on an active volcano.

@@themahoneymine awesome,

We are glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

@kitfrancek979 - we are going back. We descended 2-3 hundred feet to the first crosscut. The shaft gets much more vertical from there, so it will take much more additional gear. That is the point where I think most mid-skill explorers with any sense would stop. Part 2 will be pushing to reach the bottom.

Awesome stuff.

@@SilvasSmallMining - thanks!