Always fun to see a fellow Minnesotan out enjoying our state! When I was young my dad and I would travel the state visiting state parks and he always brought along a book about Minnesota geology. It's cool to see you talking about some of the same things I read in that book. Keep on the hunt!
You are a very good speaker . I think anyone who wants to try their hand in the Northern US and into Northern Ontario , could pick up a very good hobby from you .Minus the bugs . I`ve been at it for decades , yet I`ve learned more watching you .
Another great video! There was also a gold rush on Rainy Lake - which is now Voyagers National Park - but there are old mine shafts going into the bedrock and tailings piles which are really cool. I believe the miners in that area did find the quartz veins and followed them back. The old mine shafts are only accessible by boat now inside the park, but I've always wondered if there are any more gold bearing quartz veins outside the park for prospectors to find, it's a really beautiful area regardless and might make a good video.
There are dozens of old mines and prospects around Lake Vermilion that weren't part of the Soudan Mine - it's amazing how many people were trying to strike it rich in the iron market, after the gold rush died off.
I've been waiting for this video. When I looked into this area I saw one spot on the Canadian border that looked good for gold. There is a lot more platinum and copper and of course iron, than gold around here I would have thought the Vermilion river or the St. Louis would be better. A lot of the mines in this area are underground or deep. I've fished Vermilion a lot for musky and there is a huge difference between the west side and East side when it comes to structure. West has much more gravel and mud east is more rocky with boulders. Great video I like I get some laughs and knowledge out of your videos, a great mix.
The platinum and copper are locked in the sulfides. Need to be a chemist to get it out. There’s gold in the sulfides too but again, you need chemistry to get it.
A tip for you guy - the gold was found in Quartz veins out on some of the Islands in the middle of Lake Vermillion. The quartz was so hard that the miners had a very difficult time trying to extract it from the host rock And gave up after a few seasons - Michael
Can it get anymore minnesotan than using a menards bucket and a top the tater container? Excellent video, vermillion is by far my favorite lake, I live on the iron range. Never heard of the short lived gold rush up here.
This area is covered in glacial till, so you're right about the till, haha. A lot of the area's soil was scoured off by glaciers and when they melted we got lots of gravel and boulders instead.
The rivers and streams are full , literary, but Minnesota owns the mineral rights to it............. at least in my area, i turned to e-waste to get my free gold ...... good vids, it takes hours of work man, much respect
I found a nice chunk of silver on lake Superior in the UP between Silver City and Ontanogon. I was looking for black sand on the beach and then I saw a dime size chunk of silver. It looks like it came out of a rock.
You should have been trying off of Old HWY 77 on the north side of Daisy Bay by Gold Mine Circle. From what I was told years ago they did actually have a mine in that area. An old tourist map also mentions it.
Great video, really cool to see what you look for and explaining what you are doing when searching for gold. Especially the cow farmer thing. Lol , had to pause the video to laugh. Bet next time you will bring your rock pick. That was a nice looking piece of quartz. Your videos are giving me some ideas for around where I live. Thanks for the videos and keep em coming
Oh man, I was really hoping you’d have better success up there. I grew up in the tower Soudan area and I’m pretty sure I recognize that gravel pit that you were in.
An interesting fact about the iron that was mined from the same formation as the banded ones you showed, is that it has something like 60% iron content in the ore. The Soudan Mine gives underground tours during the summer, and they'll probably mention how you could use a hammer and break a chunk off the wall, then use a torch and weld it back to the wall.
I found lode while blasting Crane Lake RV Park last summer. Lots of pyrite too, kept my eyes flashing “squirrel”! after finding that lode in pink quartz. Prospected decades in Alaska, never got rich but lost a couple houses to the banks, lol. I’m retired on Vermillion now, you’re not getting me excited. Lets go in to the Boundary Waters!
Thank you for this video. i spend alot of time off roading in the iron range and was planning on doing some prospecting next summer. it was cool to see that you went to the 2 roads that the dnr did their sampling. i was wondering what it looked like over there. i was planning to look in mine tailings. there are visable quartz veins and contact zones in them.
@@GlacialGoldHunter Do you figure that a sluce box could have helped up there in the range? and are you up for giving the iron range another shot some day?
@@GlacialGoldHunter I have done it many years ago. But only a couple of times in Minnesota. The Minnesota Duluth Complex has gold locked up in it but it is very fine. This complex is extremely rich in minerals.
If you have yucky sticky clumpy dirt in your bucket, add water like you did at 23 min. in this video. The magic tool? (2 of them, actually) 1. ALWAYS put a few drops of JetDri in your bucket! With your fine flour gold, you MUST break the surface tension, or fine gold can actually float, and get panned out. 2. Bring a battery-powered drill along. Attach a paint mixer to it. Use it to pulverize the clay balls and loosen all material, freeing it up for more effective panning. Bring an extra battery just in case. LOVE your videos - haven’t heard that Midwest accent in many years… Makes me homesick!
your editing skills, narritive skills, pacing, everything--exceptional. remove the couple copyright items and you could print this straight to local tv. so glad your channel was recommended, awesome watching.
Hello, you got some good vibes from flour gold wiserd back awhile ago, of course you know that. I do like the wadders though, makes you look manly, hehehe ........ Ok just kidding with you, but the wadders look good and are functional. I am glad your in Wisconsin now ! Enjoy the area and keep making great video's. Yes we like the humor too...... Did I tell you why Minnesota women won't go out with Wisconsin men ? Oh well another time. Thanks for your great content ! 👋 😊
I belive @FlourGoldWizards is starting a bromance and is MADLY IN L💖VE! Or Jason wants to steal @GlacialGold 🍯 ho les. Or Jason wants to learn those big geologicaleololoal scienticical words so he can sound smearter. 😊 (miss spelling intentional) 💖 from Rush City MN 😎 I'd L💖VE to join you on a gold hunt some time. Questions: why don't you use the little ridges on gold pan and why no jet dry in the field?
@ I would bet you could find some at the Franz jevne state park and manitou rapids areas. Maybe even towards I Falls too. The river has much more gravel and rock on the Canadian side for most of the river.
You know what's going to be awesome? When a Chilean mining conglomerate with the world's worst environmental record builds a sulfide slough pond next to the Boundy Waters. I live up here, the long term effects of copper nickle mining will deviate this place, all for a few measly jobs and corporate profit. Destroying the environment is not our way of life. Love the videos.
Well I worked for Polymet as a field geologist. There is a lot of misinformation about the mine. It’s not in the boundary waters water shed. People always say that though to try to invoke a negative response. It’s strategic on their part but dishonest. Also, even if a Chilean company owns the rights to the mine, it is still run by Americans and American standards. It is heavily regulated by the DNR and EPA so, again invoking Chilean mining practices is another dishonest tactic to invoke a negative response. People will say “no mine!” Yet request all the resources required for “green energy” and their modern way of life. But instead of lobbying for safe clean mining practices, they just accept environmental destruction in places that have very little oversight or standards to get the resources. Instead of saying “no mine” it’s better to have an honest representation of it and ask, “how can we mine safely?” It can be done, and Polymet has done everything to meet the standards set by the DNR and the EPA.
I grew up just a bit north of virginia mn on the iron range and i remember there being a small amount of gold on an island my aunt owns on lake vermillion.
Another great video! Safety Squints are a crucial part of everyones safety kit and should be used frequently. With deer season on now, I am staying out of the bush and out of the creeks for a few weeks.. hopefully this nice extended fall continues and the prospecting season continues! I've got a few interesting places to check out lined up for my son and I as well, feel free to reach out if you want to run some material sometime. Recovery of that super fine gold can be done with mercury isnt that right? Obviously toxic and dangerous and to be avoided, but I can see why that might be chosen to recover that, if the gold just dissolves into it, and can be retrieved through another process later.
Yeah I don’t want to mess with mercury. It’s just way too toxic. My dad had severe mercury poisoning and it caused a lot of problems. The thing is each person has a different tolerance to it.
I love your channel! I live in Douglas County WI. I read the reports too about the testing that MNDNR was doing up by the Vermillion Range. I was under the impression that they were drilling deeper, and into bedrock. Again, that's how I took it, and I could be totally wrong here. I've been wanting to get up there myself to test some creeks, but since you did that, I wonder if you looked into finding, and testing rock outcrops, would you have better results? There was definitely something up there to spark a gold rush in 1865. In fact, that's how they discovered the vast iron ore deposits that made Minnesota an iron mining powerhouse.
I’ve heard of people finding gold bearing quartz veins in the bedrock but it’s very hard and too expensive to mine to be profitable. Im not sure what sparked the gold rush. Information about it doesn’t seem to be too plentiful. I wonder if the DNR has any published papers on their tests.
We had a pit north of duluth that we ran all the sand through.. would get an ounce every time we tried but its all dust. Never anything of size but it added up .. would take a few days to run through all the material. Its there just very fine.
Ya but the man hours to get it by the time your done isn't great. Figure at least 2 guys 3 full days to pull mats, clean, screen, run across a table 4x , wheel for a day.. Lots of time.😊
i live just down hwy 135 i find quartz under my house all the time (im digging a basment under it ) down in the snow melt creek got quartz boulders too that"d be something to find some gold for fun!
I was hoping that you were going to be like the Flour Gold Wizard and just like he doesn't wear gloves at anytime in the winter, I thought your trademark would be to wear flip flops and bare feet all year lol.... Hey I really enjoy your videos keep on going brother
Haha. No it’s getting a little too cold for my hands even. I’ve still got videos in the bank with leaves on the trees. I’m a slow editor. But my mining for the year is about done for me.
For anyone that wants to break rocks the easiest way to break a rock with a rock is put leaves on Top of the Rock that you want a break and then slam a big rock down on top of it the leaves will keep the shattered splinters from flying around and hitting you
@@GlacialGoldHunterlost my knife and had to clean some fish so I smashed a couple of rocks together to get a nice sharp piece to clean my fish with so yes I have done this I also got several shards that could have been used for arrowheads and one chunk that I could have chopped a tree down with
If you ever want to make another RUclips channel talking about rocks I'd subscribe, that banded iron is really cool. Also, what are your plans for winter, still going to go at it? Also also, good job wearing waders again!
I will shut down for winter. Unless I visit another state. I’ve got some projects like crushing and panning some quartz that I found, re running all the tailings I’ve saved to see how much gold I missed. Little projects like that but winter might be pretty quiet. I’ve still got a lot of videos to edit though. From the north shore of Lake Superior, to the UP. And other places in between.
I wonder how much gold copper and silver can be found in the flambeau River just south of the Old flambeau mine near Ladysmith. Research it. An amazing amount of precious metals came out of there. Since they were there, do you suppose any of them ended up in the watershed?
Obviously my favorite lake (my username) and I welcome anybody to come and pan for gold, troll for gold-scaled walleyes, come swimming, or camping, or canoeing, or all of the above!! The Soudan Underground Mine tour is awesome too!!
@GlacialGoldHunter It can be. North of the bridge close to embarrass, there is a bedrock slope of about 20 degrees that flows a couple hundred feet to a waterfall. To access it other than by boat, you need to go on the west side of the river and park on Mine land slashing (1992) This slope is right off 135, but you can not see it from the road. Google earth should possibly show it if you follow the river. Good clean water flows downstream from the slope/waterfall with a good gravel stream bed. Cheers!
@GlacialGoldHunter Also, I believe there is an ancient volcano that used to be near where Biwabick is today. Who knows if that is why so much platinum is in that area according to mining company reports. Kimberlite???
@@scottlund4562 yeah it was the a giant mafic intrusion that brought sulfide deposits. The platinum is in the pyrite. It’s mainly a copper nickel deposit but they won’t let them actually mine it.
@GlacialGoldHunter Kyle at candy mountain mining company is going to help me do that. If you ever find a spot he's the man to talk to he will help with claims to permits in every state.
@GlacialGoldHunter alot of times the exact location was off. Usually we have to find what they used as a reference point and go from there. I'm not sure if just the current maps with some old mapping made a little change in locations but it happens often. I'm not saying that's for sure the case but it happens. I found old workings 1/2 mile away from map points.
@GlacialGoldHunter and I definitely should have not said studies in my comment, but I heard it and typed it lol. Old mapping would be more like what I meant
Did you try contacting the DNR? Sometimes they can provide helpful tips, not promising anything but they may be able to give you some approaches they employed
I was expecting better results from the iron range. I seem to remember a flowage into the north part of Vermillion and then it dumps out elsewhere on the south side. I instinctively would have checked these. I believe the flowage in the north part to be near "Trout Lake Portage". I think its basically only accessible via boat.
@ absolutely! I actually just thought of a question, are your pan bottoms sanded? Or slightly roughed up? Definitely notice a huge difference between a brand new pan, and one that’s roughed up a bit.
@@GlacialGoldHuntervery nice, I’m a little used to panning out in California where there’s more pickers and placers that’s the only reason I asked! Happy panning buddy!
Find a Magnetic Survey USGS and remember Gold rides a iron Horse. Close Ology is best Geology in saving steps. Finding Land that Large mining Companies Own or Ounce Owned is another. Most the Time if you promise to share information they will let you prospect. You also have to ask the Right person like Company Geologist .
Sadly MN is not known for its gold deposits, just the wrong type of geology. We did get a crap ton of iron though. Enough that MN supplied approximately 70% of all the iron used in the US during WW2, and we still produce 75% of the iron used in the US.
@ Sorry, not just geology, but topography and glacial issues. Considering everything on the surface was scraped away by glaciers, there is little if any that has eroded to be found in streams. Also, our quartz tends to not have much in the way of gold in it, although some think we just haven’t found the lodes hidden in the bedrock yet. The small amounts of gold found are most likely left behind by glaciers, similar as to yooperlites on the upper peninsula are not actually native to that area, but were carried by the glaciers from Canada and deposited when they receded.
@@juangonzalez9848 what you see on the surface now were once the inside of mountains. Back when a fair amount of bedrock you see was actually formed it was a very topographic place. The penokean orogeny cause much of the metamorphism in the state. There is gold baring quartz in the greenstone belts with some past gold mining operations and some current gold prospects. Gold in the sulfides deposits in the Duluth complex is another source but that’s nothing you could pan. That has to be extracted chemically.
You need to come follow me where i dig. Ill just say south/central Mn. 507 area code. But it's probably the best in the state, Wisconsin too, definitely better than Nugget Lk. 100's of pieces in just 1 5gal bucket full classified to 3/8". Private message me and we'll go right after deer hunting is over. Then you can tell me why there's that much gold in this area. I've taken a few members out to my honey holes and they all became believers after they saw half my pan covered in gold when i fanned back the black sand. (P.M. me and we'll talk) If you're ever gonna do an episode on Minnesotas mother load, then this is the spot. Trust me. I haven't seen anyone in our State do better including Wisconsin. FGWizard is a puppy by the way
Always fun to see a fellow Minnesotan out enjoying our state! When I was young my dad and I would travel the state visiting state parks and he always brought along a book about Minnesota geology. It's cool to see you talking about some of the same things I read in that book. Keep on the hunt!
Minnesota has a lot of unique geology.
Awesome, you showed the banded iron formations up the Stuntz Bay hill. This is one of my favorite things to show people.
You are a very good speaker . I think anyone who wants to try their hand in the Northern US and into Northern Ontario , could pick up a very good hobby from you .Minus the bugs . I`ve been at it for decades , yet I`ve learned more watching you .
Nice to see your channel growing. Keep up the good work.
Another great video! There was also a gold rush on Rainy Lake - which is now Voyagers National Park - but there are old mine shafts going into the bedrock and tailings piles which are really cool. I believe the miners in that area did find the quartz veins and followed them back. The old mine shafts are only accessible by boat now inside the park, but I've always wondered if there are any more gold bearing quartz veins outside the park for prospectors to find, it's a really beautiful area regardless and might make a good video.
Sounds like a good trip. Might have to make it up there next year.
There are dozens of old mines and prospects around Lake Vermilion that weren't part of the Soudan Mine - it's amazing how many people were trying to strike it rich in the iron market, after the gold rush died off.
Gold mining is occuring across from International Falls north of Ranier. There are a couple commercial outfits prospecting the region today as well.
Great video’s, I just started prospecting and love it. Hope to see more soon
I've been waiting for this video. When I looked into this area I saw one spot on the Canadian border that looked good for gold. There is a lot more platinum and copper and of course iron, than gold around here I would have thought the Vermilion river or the St. Louis would be better. A lot of the mines in this area are underground or deep. I've fished Vermilion a lot for musky and there is a huge difference between the west side and East side when it comes to structure. West has much more gravel and mud east is more rocky with boulders. Great video I like I get some laughs and knowledge out of your videos, a great mix.
The platinum and copper are locked in the sulfides. Need to be a chemist to get it out. There’s gold in the sulfides too but again, you need chemistry to get it.
Awesome video. looking forward to watching the next adventure.
I'm glad I found your channel! New resident to MN and fascinating geology here!
@@TracyMillerStudioGallery oh it’s very unique geology for the lower 48. Not many places you can see Precambrian rocks so easily.
A tip for you guy - the gold was found in Quartz veins out on some of the Islands in the middle of Lake Vermillion. The quartz was so hard that the miners had a very difficult time trying to extract it from the host rock And gave up after a few seasons - Michael
Interesting. I’ll have to bring a boat next time.
great video! always fun watching, take a jewelers loupe along to look at the small specks
I’ve got one, I just forget things.
@@GlacialGoldHunter ooooh, yes, welcome to the 'forget things club' :)
Always look forward to your videos. Dude man another cool adventure. Your style is un matched
I don’t have a lot of gold so I gotta have style.
Your videos are so fun to watch. Thank you for the entertainment!
Glad you like them!
I had thought of doing this and following those charts a few years ago. Glad you got up there.
Great job all around fam. Keep on having fun getting that Au and living the dream. Gold Squad Out 🤠
Lots of interesting information with every video! Thanks!
Thanks for sharing 👍🤓✨👍
Can it get anymore minnesotan than using a menards bucket and a top the tater container? Excellent video, vermillion is by far my favorite lake, I live on the iron range. Never heard of the short lived gold rush up here.
Bring a pan next time you go fishing.
You are fun to watch . We liked it a lot. Blessings
Thanks for watching!
You've inspired me to look for gold in northeast sd. I don't have any prospecting tools but ima give it a go anyway.
The great thing is you just need a pan and a shovel and they aren’t that expensive.
This area is covered in glacial till, so you're right about the till, haha. A lot of the area's soil was scoured off by glaciers and when they melted we got lots of gravel and boulders instead.
The rivers and streams are full , literary, but Minnesota owns the mineral rights to it............. at least in my area, i turned to e-waste to get my free gold ...... good vids, it takes hours of work man, much respect
Pretty much exactly what I come up with here in Michigan. It's a lot of work, but man it's exciting.
Yep it’s fun to explore.
I found a nice chunk of silver on lake Superior in the UP between Silver City and Ontanogon.
I was looking for black sand on the beach and then I saw a dime size chunk of silver. It looks like it came out of a rock.
I think I might add casual gold prospecting to my warm weather hobbies. Looks like fun.😀
It sure is!
You should have been trying off of Old HWY 77 on the north side of Daisy Bay by Gold Mine Circle. From what I was told years ago they did actually have a mine in that area. An old tourist map also mentions it.
Unfortunately that’s all private land.
@@GlacialGoldHunter Never hurts to ask for permission.
Great video, really cool to see what you look for and explaining what you are doing when searching for gold. Especially the cow farmer thing. Lol , had to pause the video to laugh. Bet next time you will bring your rock pick. That was a nice looking piece of quartz. Your videos are giving me some ideas for around where I live. Thanks for the videos and keep em coming
Thanks for watching!
Oh man, I was really hoping you’d have better success up there. I grew up in the tower Soudan area and I’m pretty sure I recognize that gravel pit that you were in.
You might have better luck. You never know what you might find.
An interesting fact about the iron that was mined from the same formation as the banded ones you showed, is that it has something like 60% iron content in the ore. The Soudan Mine gives underground tours during the summer, and they'll probably mention how you could use a hammer and break a chunk off the wall, then use a torch and weld it back to the wall.
Wow. You can weld it! What’s super cool!
I found lode while blasting Crane Lake RV Park last summer. Lots of pyrite too, kept my eyes flashing “squirrel”! after finding that lode in pink quartz. Prospected decades in Alaska, never got rich but lost a couple houses to the banks, lol. I’m retired on Vermillion now, you’re not getting me excited. Lets go in to the Boundary Waters!
@@robertshears7591 I hear rainy lake had a gold rush too.
Keep working. Good Content
7:56 the empty Top the Tater container is totally a Minnesota move.
Haha. Maybe I should ask them to sponsor me.
I was gonna comment bout the tater too lol
Man top the tater is a gem of the area lol. My aunt from Michigan takes a couple back with her each time she visits lol.
Thank you for this video. i spend alot of time off roading in the iron range and was planning on doing some prospecting next summer. it was cool to see that you went to the 2 roads that the dnr did their sampling. i was wondering what it looked like over there. i was planning to look in mine tailings. there are visable quartz veins and contact zones in them.
Oh that sounds like a good place to look. It’s super hard digging. Don’t forget your rock hammer and safety glasses.
@@GlacialGoldHunter Do you figure that a sluce box could have helped up there in the range? and are you up for giving the iron range another shot some day?
We live in northern Minnesota and there are deep deposits of gold mostly in Ely Greenstone .
Do you ever go panning?
@@GlacialGoldHunter I have done it many years ago. But only a couple of times in Minnesota.
The Minnesota Duluth Complex has gold locked up in it but it is very fine. This complex is extremely rich in minerals.
Tip for the day. Every Grizzled Prospector should always carry a set of Safety Squints when out looking for gold.
That’s a good tip.
If you have yucky sticky clumpy dirt in your bucket, add water like you did at 23 min. in this video. The magic tool? (2 of them, actually) 1. ALWAYS put a few drops of JetDri in your bucket! With your fine flour gold, you MUST break the surface tension, or fine gold can actually float, and get panned out. 2. Bring a battery-powered drill along. Attach a paint mixer to it. Use it to pulverize the clay balls and loosen all material, freeing it up for more effective panning. Bring an extra battery just in case.
LOVE your videos - haven’t heard that Midwest accent in many years… Makes me homesick!
I’d use a drill but the law states that only non mechanical means of separation is allowed.
your editing skills, narritive skills, pacing, everything--exceptional. remove the couple copyright items and you could print this straight to local tv. so glad your channel was recommended, awesome watching.
RUclips lets you use short clips and calls it “fair use” I’ve never had a copyright claim but I don’t know about TV.
Hello, you got some good vibes from flour gold wiserd back awhile ago, of course you know that. I do like the wadders though, makes you look manly, hehehe ........ Ok just kidding with you, but the wadders look good and are functional. I am glad your in Wisconsin now ! Enjoy the area and keep making great video's. Yes we like the humor too...... Did I tell you why Minnesota women won't go out with Wisconsin men ? Oh well another time. Thanks for your great content ! 👋 😊
Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching!
I belive @FlourGoldWizards is starting a bromance and is MADLY IN L💖VE! Or Jason wants to steal @GlacialGold 🍯 ho
les. Or Jason wants to learn those big geologicaleololoal scienticical words so he can sound smearter. 😊 (miss spelling intentional) 💖 from Rush City MN 😎 I'd L💖VE to join you on a gold hunt some time. Questions: why don't you use the little ridges on gold pan and why no jet dry in the field?
@ I figure the fish wouldn’t like jet dry in the water. I can wait til I get home.
I really enjoy your videos !
Thanks for watching!
There are actually highly profitable and productive gold mines just across the border in Canada just north of baudette.
I wonder if there is gold in the river there.
@ I would bet you could find some at the Franz jevne state park and manitou rapids areas. Maybe even towards I Falls too. The river has much more gravel and rock on the Canadian side for most of the river.
I love your video. It’s gonna make me wanna do better on my videos
You know what's going to be awesome? When a Chilean mining conglomerate with the world's worst environmental record builds a sulfide slough pond next to the Boundy Waters. I live up here, the long term effects of copper nickle mining will deviate this place, all for a few measly jobs and corporate profit. Destroying the environment is not our way of life. Love the videos.
Well I worked for Polymet as a field geologist. There is a lot of misinformation about the mine. It’s not in the boundary waters water shed. People always say that though to try to invoke a negative response. It’s strategic on their part but dishonest. Also, even if a Chilean company owns the rights to the mine, it is still run by Americans and American standards. It is heavily regulated by the DNR and EPA so, again invoking Chilean mining practices is another dishonest tactic to invoke a negative response. People will say “no mine!” Yet request all the resources required for “green energy” and their modern way of life. But instead of lobbying for safe clean mining practices, they just accept environmental destruction in places that have very little oversight or standards to get the resources. Instead of saying “no mine” it’s better to have an honest representation of it and ask, “how can we mine safely?” It can be done, and Polymet has done everything to meet the standards set by the DNR and the EPA.
I grew up just a bit north of virginia mn on the iron range and i remember there being a small amount of gold on an island my aunt owns on lake vermillion.
Was it in quartz or in the sediment.
@GlacialGoldHunter it is in a vein of quartz
Another great video! Safety Squints are a crucial part of everyones safety kit and should be used frequently. With deer season on now, I am staying out of the bush and out of the creeks for a few weeks.. hopefully this nice extended fall continues and the prospecting season continues! I've got a few interesting places to check out lined up for my son and I as well, feel free to reach out if you want to run some material sometime. Recovery of that super fine gold can be done with mercury isnt that right? Obviously toxic and dangerous and to be avoided, but I can see why that might be chosen to recover that, if the gold just dissolves into it, and can be retrieved through another process later.
Yeah I don’t want to mess with mercury. It’s just way too toxic. My dad had severe mercury poisoning and it caused a lot of problems. The thing is each person has a different tolerance to it.
I love your channel! I live in Douglas County WI. I read the reports too about the testing that MNDNR was doing up by the Vermillion Range.
I was under the impression that they were drilling deeper, and into bedrock. Again, that's how I took it, and I could be totally wrong here.
I've been wanting to get up there myself to test some creeks, but since you did that, I wonder if you looked into finding, and testing rock outcrops, would you have better results? There was definitely something up there to spark a gold rush in 1865. In fact, that's how they discovered the vast iron ore deposits that made Minnesota an iron mining powerhouse.
I’ve heard of people finding gold bearing quartz veins in the bedrock but it’s very hard and too expensive to mine to be profitable. Im not sure what sparked the gold rush. Information about it doesn’t seem to be too plentiful. I wonder if the DNR has any published papers on their tests.
Love the sweatshirt ❤
Love your videos!
This is an awesome video. Have you ever done any gold hunting in the BWCAW?
I never have but I would sure bring a gold pan if I ever went there.
We had a pit north of duluth that we ran all the sand through.. would get an ounce every time we tried but its all dust. Never anything of size but it added up .. would take a few days to run through all the material. Its there just very fine.
An ounce is a lot of gold!
Ya but the man hours to get it by the time your done isn't great. Figure at least 2 guys 3 full days to pull mats, clean, screen, run across a table 4x , wheel for a day.. Lots of time.😊
@jeremyrobertson81 still damn good for Minnesota 👍
8:04 top-o-the-tater!
i live just down hwy 135 i find quartz under my house all the time (im digging a basment under it ) down in the snow melt creek got quartz boulders too that"d be something to find some gold for fun!
It’s possible that there is some gold in it!
I was hoping that you were going to be like the Flour Gold Wizard and just like he doesn't wear gloves at anytime in the winter, I thought your trademark would be to wear flip flops and bare feet all year lol.... Hey I really enjoy your videos keep on going brother
Haha. No it’s getting a little too cold for my hands even. I’ve still got videos in the bank with leaves on the trees. I’m a slow editor. But my mining for the year is about done for me.
I found gold in a lot of places in Minnesota mostly along the iron range
Any gold in the Saint Lewis River?
For anyone that wants to break rocks the easiest way to break a rock with a rock is put leaves on Top of the Rock that you want a break and then slam a big rock down on top of it the leaves will keep the shattered splinters from flying around and hitting you
Sounds like you’ve done this.
@@GlacialGoldHunterlost my knife and had to clean some fish so I smashed a couple of rocks together to get a nice sharp piece to clean my fish with so yes I have done this I also got several shards that could have been used for arrowheads and one chunk that I could have chopped a tree down with
If you ever want to make another RUclips channel talking about rocks I'd subscribe, that banded iron is really cool. Also, what are your plans for winter, still going to go at it? Also also, good job wearing waders again!
I will shut down for winter. Unless I visit another state. I’ve got some projects like crushing and panning some quartz that I found, re running all the tailings I’ve saved to see how much gold I missed. Little projects like that but winter might be pretty quiet. I’ve still got a lot of videos to edit though. From the north shore of Lake Superior, to the UP. And other places in between.
6:39 Q: Why is one side of a “V of Geese” longer than the other sometimes?
Because there’s more geese on that side 😄
@ Nailed It 😊
Hey, Thanks for the new Video. How did I find it so soon after posting? Lucky me! Thanks
Sometime we get lucky like that!
SAFTY Squint for the win. thanks for the share. stay awesome.
Water water water Was that school house rock?
Educational and enjoyable. Thanks!
It an old song from Sesame Street. Been stuck in my head for over 30 years.
I recognized it. Kind it on good ok RUclips. Looked up new way to walk (walk walk) too. Good times. Thanks!
The gold is deep there.
How deep?
Check out the 1983 Rainy Lake gold rush.
Seems like everything up there is a state park. So it kind of limit what I am allowed to prospect.
I wonder how much gold copper and silver can be found in the flambeau River just south of the Old flambeau mine near Ladysmith.
Research it.
An amazing amount of precious metals came out of there. Since they were there, do you suppose any of them ended up in the watershed?
I plan to do a video on that. Probably next year though.
@GlacialGoldHunter excellent!
Minnesota gold is deep down
That would make sense. Bottom of swamps probably
Watch out for squatches and those wendigo thingys up there 😮
Oh that’s the last thing I need is to fight a Sasquatch for my gold.
Obviously my favorite lake (my username) and I welcome anybody to come and pan for gold, troll for gold-scaled walleyes, come swimming, or camping, or canoeing, or all of the above!! The Soudan Underground Mine tour is awesome too!!
I’ve never done the underground tour but I guess that just means I’ll have to go back.
Just started watching, hope to heck you check the pike river south of Tower on 135 north of Embarrass 🤙
Is it fast moving?
@GlacialGoldHunter It can be. North of the bridge close to embarrass, there is a bedrock slope of about 20 degrees that flows a couple hundred feet to a waterfall. To access it other than by boat, you need to go on the west side of the river and park on Mine land slashing (1992) This slope is right off 135, but you can not see it from the road. Google earth should possibly show it if you follow the river. Good clean water flows downstream from the slope/waterfall with a good gravel stream bed. Cheers!
@GlacialGoldHunter Also, I believe there is an ancient volcano that used to be near where Biwabick is today. Who knows if that is why so much platinum is in that area according to mining company reports. Kimberlite???
@@scottlund4562 yeah it was the a giant mafic intrusion that brought sulfide deposits. The platinum is in the pyrite. It’s mainly a copper nickel deposit but they won’t let them actually mine it.
Since you put multiple hours and dollars into this product, I will watch minute long commercials.
Well I do appreciate that! It pays for the outings.
Same
Top the Tator…. 👍
It’s the best.
I've found 20 + flakes in a pan up there I'm going to do a yard test in the spring if it's consistent I'm staking a claim.
Wow that’s a good count! Maybe Freddy and Juan will come help you get your claim dialed in.
@GlacialGoldHunter Kyle at candy mountain mining company is going to help me do that. If you ever find a spot he's the man to talk to he will help with claims to permits in every state.
@GlacialGoldHunter if I end up staking that claim I'll let you come up and film a episode and blow people's minds
@ heck yeah! That would be super fun!
Candy Mountain mining company told me if it checks out they will get the permits and supply me with a dredge that would be some cool shit to film.
Have you ever tried panning around the Big Falls area?
I never have.
Alot of the old studies were off a bit but they give a good starting point
What was off about the studies?
@GlacialGoldHunter alot of times the exact location was off. Usually we have to find what they used as a reference point and go from there. I'm not sure if just the current maps with some old mapping made a little change in locations but it happens often. I'm not saying that's for sure the case but it happens. I found old workings 1/2 mile away from map points.
@GlacialGoldHunter and I definitely should have not said studies in my comment, but I heard it and typed it lol. Old mapping would be more like what I meant
Snakes !!!! 🐍
You never know what you will un cover out there.
Did you try contacting the DNR? Sometimes they can provide helpful tips, not promising anything but they may be able to give you some approaches they employed
I’ve thought about asking them about their test methods.
look in the area east of Bigfork MN. according to recent state records.
I look into that.
I was expecting better results from the iron range. I seem to remember a flowage into the north part of Vermillion and then it dumps out elsewhere on the south side. I instinctively would have checked these. I believe the flowage in the north part to be near "Trout Lake Portage". I think its basically only accessible via boat.
I’m also limited to public land that is not a state park.
But how do you find the perfect clips? I'm amazed lol
This is why editing takes so long. I have videos with greed leaves that won’t be put out until there is snow on the ground.
Jeff william definitely knows
He knows a lot
If there was gold, folks would be on it. There is flour gold along Lake Superior .
Oh there is gold up there just not profitable gold.
What? No flip flops?? Almost sacrilegious. Lol. Enjoy your videos.
😆 there are fewer leaches with waders.
They say there is gold up in voyagers out by international falls; clearly u can’t pan in voyagers but u should be able to find something near by.?
I’ve heard there was a gold rush up there by rainy lake.
Were you up by cook or tower?
Closer to Tower.
@GlacialGoldHunter i grew up in angora a town kind of between them but my folks used to own the south switch bar on hwy 22 back in the day.
You might want to get a Jeweler's loupe 10x ?
I’ve got one. Sometimes I forget it.
If you’re ever going to the northwoods I’d love to meet up and pan with you! Eh, I know it’s a pipe dream
Keep an eye out. I have been spotted in the wild.
@ absolutely! I actually just thought of a question, are your pan bottoms sanded? Or slightly roughed up? Definitely notice a huge difference between a brand new pan, and one that’s roughed up a bit.
@ the one I use in the field is rough but the one I use in the final shots is pretty smooth because I think it films better.
@@GlacialGoldHuntervery nice, I’m a little used to panning out in California where there’s more pickers and placers that’s the only reason I asked! Happy panning buddy!
I have a theory 🤔. The DNR was working in conjunction with the board of tourism, and technically not lying, but misleading for tourists money 🤑
It’s a conspiracy!
If I were to spend that much money and time on lake vermillion, I'd spend it fishing muskies!
Maybe next time
Why not dig into the band of gravel where the heaviest material is?
That’s the idea.
@GlacialGoldHunter Looked like most of the material you washed was super fine clay/silt from the layer above the gravel seam.
Looked dry enough to dry classifying
It was still kind of sticky.
Why no river mouth
Because the spots that aren’t state parks or private land are few and far between around that lake. Can’t just pan anywhere.
Cow farming more valuable ()!
Some say that.
That looks like pyrite
I don’t think it is.
At least you can bring a pet home for your wife....
Oh yes there is always a plus 😆
Dig in the creek you'll find more gold
Not too many creeks to pick from around there.
14:40 go back to that quartz
Pan into another pan in the tub. Then you can dump your catch pan.
That’s a good tip.
Find a Magnetic Survey USGS and remember Gold rides a iron Horse.
Close Ology is best Geology in saving steps. Finding Land that Large mining Companies Own or Ounce Owned is another. Most the
Time if you promise to share information they will let you prospect. You also have to ask the
Right person like Company Geologist .
I was looking at some land to prospect that was owned by a mining company. Never thought to ask if I could pan there.
Sadly MN is not known for its gold deposits, just the wrong type of geology. We did get a crap ton of iron though. Enough that MN supplied approximately 70% of all the iron used in the US during WW2, and we still produce 75% of the iron used in the US.
It’s got the right type of geology, just the wrong geochemistry. It was close to being a good gold producer. It did win the iron lottery though.
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Sorry, not just geology, but topography and glacial issues. Considering everything on the surface was scraped away by glaciers, there is little if any that has eroded to be found in streams. Also, our quartz tends to not have much in the way of gold in it, although some think we just haven’t found the lodes hidden in the bedrock yet. The small amounts of gold found are most likely left behind by glaciers, similar as to yooperlites on the upper peninsula are not actually native to that area, but were carried by the glaciers from Canada and deposited when they receded.
@@juangonzalez9848 what you see on the surface now were once the inside of mountains. Back when a fair amount of bedrock you see was actually formed it was a very topographic place. The penokean orogeny cause much of the metamorphism in the state.
There is gold baring quartz in the greenstone belts with some past gold mining operations and some current gold prospects. Gold in the sulfides deposits in the Duluth complex is another source but that’s nothing you could pan. That has to be extracted chemically.
Hey I k ow where you are! Cone up to Ely ill bring you to some spots
I’d be up for that! You can be in the video!
Pixie Dust nice try hunting!
I think you need to find a different location,
It’s a prospecting trip. That’s the point of prospecting.
You need to come follow me where i dig. Ill just say south/central Mn. 507 area code. But it's probably the best in the state, Wisconsin too, definitely better than Nugget Lk. 100's of pieces in just 1 5gal bucket full classified to 3/8". Private message me and we'll go right after deer hunting is over. Then you can tell me why there's that much gold in this area. I've taken a few members out to my honey holes and they all became believers after they saw half my pan covered in gold when i fanned back the black sand. (P.M. me and we'll talk) If you're ever gonna do an episode on Minnesotas mother load, then this is the spot. Trust me. I haven't seen anyone in our State do better including Wisconsin. FGWizard is a puppy by the way
I’m not sure I can PM you through RUclips but you can send me your email. Sounds like a worth while trip.
You look like Jerry Lewis when he was your age. Remember fill your holes!😮
Haha. That’s the first time I’ve Ben compared to him.