Tasmania's Largest Gold Nuggets, James Mcginty and the Rocky River!!
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- Long before land exploration of Tasmania's west coast the early mariners while passing along the rugged coastline between Corinna and Sandy Cape noted how the erratic behaviour of there compasses suggested a large mineral field may have existed not to far inland.
In 19872 a young 22 year old Charles Sprent was appointed surveyor of the Wynyard and north west region of Tasmania. His timing was precise as James Philosopher Smith had just discovered the rich tin deposits of Mt Bischoff.
One of Sprents first assignments was to officially survey Smiths lease which then ultimately led to Sprents keen interest in the geology and mineral potential of Tasmania's west coast. In February 1877 Sprent and his four man team were exploring the thickly forested banks of the Savage River. He says,
"We began noticing pebbles of iron or, we traced the gullies up and soon came across an immense quantity, thousands of tons strewing the ground"
Soon after Sprent discovered gold in the Whyte river which led to the small gold rush that began in the Corinna area. The goldrush was short lived and only a few selected by chance ever uncovered the areas of rich potential. In this video I head back to these forgotten places and bring back to life the storys of old.
In February of 1883 James Mcginty while working alongside his two mining partners D Neil amd T Richards unearthed a whopping huge gold nugget of 243 ounces 7 kilograms. The party buried the nugget nearby and continued working for another week when they struck another nugget weighing 39 ounce or 1 kilogram.
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Fascinating to retrace the steps and retell the stories of the early gold miners in Tasmania. Definite thumbs up! Great video!
Cheers Alan
Thanks Levi
Very interesting , and Wow what conditions those prospectors had to work ! - tough enough to walk and find let alone too work .
Awesome video Levi. Best gold prospecting channel on RUclips. Great history lesson. Your videos always bring me up when I’m feeling down. Keep up the awesome work and cheers from California. Hope all is well with you and your family!
100% agree with you there Tony👍🏻 Amazing channel⛏🏴
Agreed!
Thanks Tony appreciate all doing well over here cheers mate
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Hello Levi, there is hardly anything more exciting than watching you on such a "boring" walk. Once again one of the best videos I've seen. So much history and heart and soul in one man is contagious. Pretty environment. Maybe I'll come to New Zealand, then I'll rock the Rocky river (joke) that's really a mammoth task to move through the beautiful nature there. Thank you. Greetings Tom
Pure Adventure!
Thanks for the tour and history of that area Levi. There's nothing like prospecting in an area where you know big gold has been found 👍🏾 Stay safe and happy hunting ⛏
That was a great video. I always enjoy knowing more about the history of prospecting. My back aches after just a day on the river, can't imagine living on the river and doing it every day. Let alone digging water races and river diverting tunnels!
Thanks for your efforts mate, much appreciated.
It’s crazy hey hard to comprehend the work thanks mate
Thank you Levi. A very interesting video as always. Both of us at a combined age of 171 years are beyond the type of trekking you do but are able to sit in our recliners and see new parts of our beautiful state and enjoy what you do. Thanks for sharing.
You do an excellent job explaining a variety of interesting topics of Tasmania... Great job Levi... you Rock!!!
Next level Levi !! Been watching a fair while now but this one adds even more gold than what you have been pulling out for our entertainment over time...the history is absolutely captivating...thankyou, love it 👍👍
What a fabulous fragment of history. I would love to explore the old Tassie gold mines. It looks fascinating.
I love these walk in the past videos!!
Just finished watching your last video re Rocky River. Fantastic balance between adventure and history. Photography up to the usual standard of excellence.
That was a great hike and history visit,I always enjoy seeing your rivers and woods,and wow the old timers were tuff men
Lots of history there. Interesting seeing the differences and similarities in mining techniques around the world. I grew up in the gold mining town of Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada.
I love the history, it's awesome 👌 thanks for sharing those old story's
It’s amazing trying to spot where the old timers had their base. It’s a beautiful setting Levi its like nothing else ive ever seen, not even in NZ, probably get my head chewed off for that.
I enjoyed the history lesson Levi! Great stuff as usual!
I love the history of Tassie. It’s such a beautiful place
Like? What's not to love? That was so refreshing! All you hear over here is; How many buckets I've run, or about this pay dirt or that one. Gets boring after awhile. Now history? Oh yea! something you can sink your teeth into? That my friend i love, and always will. Thanks Levi, as always; great stuff.
I really loved it Levi! I’ll take all the history of Australia. Love to know about your country and gold hunting, etc. Just be careful.
Great change of video, love hearing Tassie's gold mining history and ypu are a great host. Would be great to see some more!
Great vid! Love hearing about our Tasmanian gold history.
Awesome trip man, they were really tough old dudes. My grandfather was a gold assayer in the 1930s and a keen prospector. Had many interesting stories from my mum,never met him. Mainly prospected around the Shoalhaven and Jenolan areas I believe.
That’s cool there’s some great stories in all that mining of old
Appreciate the time and efforts on your videos. Interesting look back at gold history. Just amazing how these old timers worked so hard to find the gold. I love watching gold videos but yours I look forward to the most. Keep on keeping on Levi 👍
Thanks so much Richard
It's a living museum, thanks for showing this excellent video. I love learning about our history, looking forward to seeing you next time. It's the Kings gold now. Stay safe and well form Queensland 👍💖
Many thanks Levi for the history in such a very beautiful area, your standards of production and filing are getting high and higher, thanks for sharing
I love the history videos, it’s amazing how the old timers used to do things. They really worked hard for minimal reward
Fascinating history, although that tunnel made me very uneasy. Glad you didn’t go too far in! 😱
Yep very dangerous, not only the risk of rock falls and collapses but there can also be deep pits in the floor that you can't see under the rubbish and water. Mate nearly stepped in such a hole when we where poking around an old adit across the Whyte from the Mt Cleveland mine at Luina. Was across from the tailings dam at the mine site (I worked there in the late 1970s). Nice video Levi with lots of info, well done.
Very interesting trip. Thanks for taking us along!
Im the same always keep going back to explore the area. I want to trek thru Paradise when time permits. What a place.
Great stuff mate! Can’t believe people were out there back then, it’s remote now, so back then it would have been the end of earth. Crazy to think about the effort digging that tunnel too, Unfathomable!
Epic adventure Mate Thanks for sharing. please stay safe and God bless you and yours always
Love a good history vid about the old timers!
Great to see your enthusiasm for the exploration of au in Tasmania
Awesome, can't help thinking of my ancestors who followed the minerals trail, Avoca, Mathinna, Lefroy, Zeehan, Savage and more. We know so little of their exploits other than my great grandfather came back from
the West coast and purchased property at Latrobe, opened a business and went on to raise a family. A brother stayed on the West and yet another ended up at Bangor. Tough is the word. Thanks Levi, enjoy you bringing this to life.
Fantastic video thanks Levi, love the history of our country. You’re right very tough men to be out there doing all that hard work.
Great video Levi, very beautiful but also very rugged country. Thanks for taking the time & showing
us the old trails & beautiful rivers. Be careful, be safe & have fun.
Absolutely love the history trecks man. Keep up the good work
Thanks Levi, it's amazing what they did in the 30's. I think it's hard trekking around the golden triangle. Then I watch your videos and remind myself I have it easy! 😄
Love you vids Levi😀 Always entertaining and learn so much⛏🏴
I’m blown away at the places you take us to Levi. I love the information and history too. Keep safe on your adventures, from this old lady in England x
Awesome mate
Thanks for taking us along
You need a z with the biggest coil you can fit between the bushes and some good digging tool's and grid mcgintys area over a week or two.
Hey Levi, that was fantastic .... Awesome trace of the oldtimers work .... honestly, those guys were amazing for the work thre did with the tools they had, just unbelievable!! ....... I love following your videos ....you have a wonderful life!! ..... Best regards to you and your family
I like your episodes, I look forward to watching them every week
Very cool. Love seeing what the old boys did.
Those water races remind me of the Levadas canals on Madeira Island.
Your documentary & production skills are pure gold, Levi!
Cheers!!
Love the history videos. Really helps give us all a better idea of the areas your working.
Great vid Levi, loved learning about the history of the wild west gold. Thankyou.
This is a really interesting watch, thank you!! Gives me yellow fever 😂 and I’m surprised (yet shouldn’t be) how similar the Tasmania bush is to the bush in NZ, felt like I was back out at work possum monitoring.
Wow... what a fantastic walk down the history lane of past prospectors.
Can't even imagine what it would've been like to find nuggets of that size. Incredible.
Thanks again mate for the awesome video.👊
Beautiful spot. I love the history of Tasmanian old timers you talk about in your videos. Keep em coming.
Great time out fam. Nice au indeed fam. Keep on having fun and living the dream fam. Gold Squad Out!!!
Great vid mate, always good seeing parts of our history here!
That was next level stuff Levi, awesome vid! 👍
great video as always mate,i find them very relaxing,and the picture quality is top notch🙂
Love these guided tours!
Awesome watching you go out and trek where the old timers went. Love all your vids Levi and fam!
I have been watching your videos since the beginning and always find them interesting and leaves me dreaming of Tassie, but this doco was fantastic and well done. Maybe this is what you might be doing in the future when the creeks and rivers become to cold and your bones ach.
The real gold here is your videos mate, i'm a tasmanian as well and I never knew it was possible here
Brilliant video, as always.
Love love love the history... awesome video Levi 😁 thanks!
This is an extremely interesting video! The tremendous amount of work you went through to show everyone the landscape and history of the old timers prospecting. Love it!
Thanks for the guided tour, I have often wondered what the rivers looked like in that area.
I really enjoyed that history lesson. You are correct, the old timers were some tough guys!
Great video. Can’t wait to see what you find😀
Great video Levi, thanks for taking us along!
Love everything on you channel Levi . I really like when your sniping but you definitely still had my attention taking us back in history and explaining how the ol timers went after it back then . Very interesting. Thanks for the journey!
Great video Levi. These places you go look so remote.
I loved the history of your video. I love the look of Tasmania's forrest. 😁
What's not to like!? Levi where else would an Irish man of modern times get that sort of history? And brought to see the locations and see the conditions? Wikipedia? Google! Not. So I for 1 love ❤️ 😍 seeing your adventures, your reason's and passion for doing them. It's important work you do for more than just posterity. If I was you I would make sure all your files and uploads are backed up twice! Cos there's videos on RUclips that I watched 5 years ago that I for the life of me cannot find now. Don't think that because it's on RUclips it's there forevermore. I'm sure they delete unveiled videos all the time. And you have a valuable body of work and source of information worth protecting. Love and luck from Ireland 🇮🇪
What a fantastic trip in your stunning country, truly some of the most beautiful I’ve seen. I also appreciate the time and effort you put into filming and editing! Great show and I am excited for the next trip! Thank you Levi.
Excelente historia, bueno para aprender de los antiguos mineros!!!
Thank you very much Levi. Loved the history of your area. I live now in NSW but my mother came from Burnie. I am soon I hope going to explore a very old set of mines myself. Just waiting on the original landowners approval. I have a meet up organised by the landowners due in a months time. Keep hunting for shiny stuff and a shout out to your family.
👍🏼G'Day Levi,,awesome History. I Believe there are More Large Nuggets just waiting for You to find. Hope You're the One to Break their Record👍🏼Stay Safe.✌🏼
Thanks for taking us along on an awesome adventure with a great history lesson. God Bless
Thankyou for another interesting video, even better was the fact you mentioned one of my ancestors, he was my grandmother's uncle, James Philosopher Smith, amazing really as I have only just heard of him in the last couple of weeks😁
I really liked it buddy cheers 🎉 keep the videos rolling 😊
Crazy to think of all that effort they put themselves through (after McGinty and Co.) for bugger all in return! Enjoyed that history tour Mate, amazing stuff! Cheers for that.
Always enjoy viewing his shows 😊
Love your channel keep up the good work my friend.
Great video Levi. Just can't stop watching and learning..
I love to hear of old workings. Makes me think that after a considerable amount of human years (150+ years) that the earth would precipitate more gravels and gold from below. Very lovely country your in, great forest. The growth and plants displayed reminds me of the US pacific NW (Washington/Oregon). Keep up the good works!
It’s always cool learning of the history of places and the fact that huge nugget’s were found there .
One of the best videos I’ve seen on this subject!
I am very impressed how your gold knowledge is growing.
That’s a good spot very hard to get your detector on the ground!
That took a lot of work!
You’re in the learning phase so the more spots you have the better so you can work with Mother Nature.
The old timers didn’t get all the big ones !
There’s a reason why gold miners are very secretive!
Awesome video Levi, thanks for taking us on the journey, don't know how you get through that bush mate, bloody fearless LOL
Great video great content as always Levi! 👍
Another great video in the wilds of Tassy. Sitting in my spray rig is very cossy but I wish I was out checking on our history with you. Once its gone its gone. The old boys blow my mind how they did what they did! Lifes so precious, too precious to spend every day watching it pass by. All the SA mines are either fenced off or under new tenement. Keep living life amongst it brother and if you ever want a camera man sing out
Thank you for showing a little bit history of our little state they were tough ppl back then
Yes sir the old boy where tough. Great adventure. Love history
Absolutely loved it mate, It’s a special part of the world down there.
Fun stuff, thanks for taking the time to share your stories and life. Love the content.
Love the content and the history. I'm keen for more
Great stuff Levi.
Thank you.
Andy
Awesome video mate. You have an amazing work space over there, very different to central Vic. Thanks for sharing Levi😀
Thanks Levi, really enjoyed that one mate. It always amazes me to see how extensive the old timers workings were in what are now fairly inaccessible areas. Of course back in the day, the country used to be more open and accessible thanks to indigenous management practices. Nonetheless, incredible the places the old timers covered and it's always impressive to see too how nature can reclaim these too.
An absolutely stunning part of the world you get to explore mate. I've only been out in the north west once, but hanging out to cross Bass Strait for another adventure. Cheers mate.
She’s a great state to explore
Great video thanks Levi, man I reckon ya musta came homes with a few scratches. Digging those trenches in the old days omg, the roots of them trees would have been murder. Cheers for letting us come along.
Always a like brother
Love the history Levi. I have always love to hear about the history mind the mining back in the day. So cool!
I absolutely love mining history, I am sure you put quite a bit of time into this. I am currently researching the mining activities of southwest Montana, and it's not easy to find the information. Keep up the hard work. You're an inspiration to many. Thanks, Leonard Lyman.
A really informative video mate, keep up the good work buddy👍👍👍
Incredible what they did back in the day. Always blows my mind