what an amazing Birthday present my wife gave me .... always love going to Virginia City .....must be a past life there . Hope you enjoy the adventure and let me know what you think all that mining equipment is called. Watch to the end for your chance to get some Nevada Silver to... So you know what I am gonna say huh ....oooooh you better ....So C'mon...let's Go !!!!!!
Happy Birthday Jeff! You and your wife make an incredible team, the video you both made knocked my socks off! You should both give yourselves pats on the back this one was a real gem. Thank you for your passion to make such brilliant content, I love learning about geology and the nuanced history. The best is seeing you joke around and hearing your wife giggle in the background! I haven't become a patreon yet but I'm going to today as a birthday present to you and a thank you for everything you do Jeff. God bless! P.S. I think that flat wheel with the blades was to break up the soft ore???
This is my hands down most favorite place on the planet! Idk what it is about it there but I have been obsessed with it for years ive never been called back to a place like this one calls me back I feel connected to it. During Covid my me my wife and son went there every weekend and I still can’t get enough of it!
a few things i recognized 5:13 hydro-sluice cannon 5:27 hydro-electric generator/inverted into a water pump 5:44 the chain with the catch plate on the ore bucket, possibly has a dual function, firstly it might act as a trip mechanism to cut power to the drum wheel raising and lowering the bucket, secondly it could be put there to catch upon a fork setup which tips the bucket at the surface(or into an adit), into waiting mill carts. great show jeff.
Time out, how the beep do you know, you claim jumper. 5: 13 some metal kabob 5: 27 some metal thinga ma Jimmy 5: 44 an Ole wash bucket Congrats on your answers
@@americanshad8396 i live in an old tin mining town, in tasmania. we got one of them hydro sluice nozzles at the local lapidary club. theres old mining equipment strewn all over my town. history and experience will always win :) thanks
Steam hoist, centrifugal separator, nozzle for hydraulic mining,, a Pelton wheel, the plate hung up to dump the bucket, Im sure they line the shaft with timber or even corrugated steel pipe
I don't even know where to begin. I'll start with a holy crap man.. What a well built video. The amount of information you just walk around with and casually decide to put into one video is absolutely astonishing. Information overload, but in a good way. I'll have to save this video and study it. Microwave dynamite, that really stuck in my head though because you never know until you try. He took one for the team! Can't thank you enough for all you do. Great video, thanks for another one Jeff!
the big ole bucket has a chain on the end of it so that the miners can hitch a rid with all that ore that they mine great vidddd jeff keep it up hopefully my guess is right
Another great tour of my favorite mining town ! Thanks for the geo and history lesson ! Okay, this Smart Feller going to answer the questions. LOL ! 0:32 Elevator hoist 1:05 Cyclone 1:10 Thickner 5:20 Hydro Monitor 5:28 Archimedes pump driver 5:40 Tip stop 8:28 Square Set Timbering We smashed that LIKE button real hard ! And we stopped eating potato chips for Doritos !!!
CC my home town. How can you not love CC and VC? We used to ride our horses from CC to VC for the parade every year. Heck of a ride up and back....grueling! The CC Mint first produced coins (silver dollars were the first coins struck) on Friday Feb 4, 1870, more than a decade after the Comstock began producing ore. In that ten years prior to opening the Mint the ore was milled on the Carson River and then shipped, via rail, to San Francisco to produce coins.
My Son and I toured the Chollar Mine last summer and it was an Awesome experience to say the least. It was very educational as there are so many things to see on the site and the tour into the mine shouldn't be missed when your up that way.............So C'mon get up there!!!!!
A friend of my dad has 6 $20 double eagle Carson city gold coins! And they are the rare ones. Sold 3 of them for 57k. I'd be lucky to find a CC Morgan. Found two 1880 O and 1921 O Morgans last year with the equinox 800
Ok start with the chain on the bottom of the ore skip bucket that chain is attached to a rope / chain to keep the ore skip bucket from banging around sides of mine shaft and to keep bucket steady. I believe some miners from what I gather may even have a counter bucket to offset the weight going up and down in a counter shaft
5:27 - Not just a turbine, but a Pelton reaction turbine, indicated for small volume and high pressure water (big diference of high between the tube intake and the nozzle). The water jet hits exactly on the little "crest" in the padle's center. There, the jet splits in in two lateral jets. Fascinating design.
I really enjoyed this video, even more so having gotten a better understanding of mining and geology from watching several of your previous videos. We visited Virginia City several years ago and took the train tour that provided some information about the various mines along the route. I can see we need to go back and check out the mining museums.
1:06 My first thought would be some type of de-watering unit or clarifier, but I see some suggestions that it is used to break up clay balls or used in sodium cyanide leaching, I like those ideas too.
Hi Jeff, This has got to be your best Virginia City video yet! Your Virginia City history lessons are phenomenal as always filled with little known facts and oddities. Thank you, take care my busy friend.
Thanks Steve , was starting to worry about you guys ...we always love going there and feel right at home down there .....hope all is well and would love to see ya some time so you know what I am gonna say huh .....
wife again...u can call me 6strings....i play guitars!!!when im not looking for gems....i study earth science and watch your show for inspiration. ADDICTED TO rocks since i was a grasshopper knee high.... i want GOLD now that im old....Best wishes to you and yours Jeff.
That was fun Jeff. When i seen CC, i thought oh very nice. I have many Morgans and a few CC Morgans, them be the very expensive ones. Of course San Francisco and Philadelphia minted Morgans as well. Thanks for all the energy Jeff, you have a lot of it.
Belated happy birthday Jeff, a real Classique was that locomotive Lila, you're like a living library Jeff, incredible scale of knowledge, you're worth ten times your weight in the proverbial,lol. Excellent tutorial once more Jeff,most informative. Thankyou and all the best regards from here on the West Coast side of Australia 🌏
Hello Jeff , that was a great mini tour Jeff , and you are super informative . And what a treat to see the mines , watch that first 3000 foot step ... Just ask Slim he'll tell ya. No wonder you'r such a great Geologist. thanks for the tour Jeff it was a lot of fun . See you soon . Cheers
Loved the video I grew up in Carson and my dad had a fab shop there. He even made a rot iron fence that used to go around the mint. My grandfather made some of the big metal shutters that was in the windows of the mint. My uncle use to teach music at the high school in Virginia city. It really was neat to see all that again.
Jeff, thanks for the video tour and sparking the memories of when I was young visiting my uncle who lived in Carson City. I love Nevada and all the history which is so unique there.
I live in Carson City. It's always fun to go to the museum and see what's new there. Virginia is just a tourist trap for me. Nice video Jeff of the area around V.C. "Come on let's go"
Thanks again Jeff for the leason son! I love having this history and VC in my back yard (I'm in Sparks). I too feel like this must be my past life. Hope to see you one day around VC. Going to do some mine tours this month too.
Holy crap Sonny Jim. Geology, Mining History, and Carson City Morgans. That’s a Birthday Dream come true. I’m glad I kept my pants on waiting for this one. Thank you Jeff.
Great video Jeff! The Comstock has a never ending history! I love to call it home. Looks like you were at the site of the old American Flatts mill. I used to play there as a kid lol very dangerous place. Wish they didn't demolish it.
Always good mi amino. All my roommates in college were geologists you do a great job. Wrote my thesis in history about Sherman silver purchase act mainly because going to VC since I was 4. Grew up in glenbrook where all the wood for the square setting came from. Thanks for giving solid history and geology .....funny I ended up in quarrying of dimensional stone business. Somehow VC mining pushed me In that direction.
1:06 is it some sort of pulveriser? the blades turn and crush small rocks into powder like a milling wheel. looks like its positioned on the outflow of a rock breaker, so looks like thats an extra steps that gets it really fine
Well, a couple of the objects I recognized were the monitor and Pelton wheel. I mostly dealt with surface placer mining and hydraulic mining evidence as an archaeologist in California. That stuff is supposed to be recorded and evaluated for its eligibility and importance as historic resources under CEQA, and Federal law (not always).
That was a monitor. The other wheel with scoops hooked up to it is a BWE/ Bucket Wheel Excavator. Those process lot and lots of material. There is a giant abandoned one in Alaska but I forgot the name of it.
Jeff your are best hands down your knowledge of the minerals and the history of the equipment and the miners who worked so hard to extract the deposits they were looking for are priceless. Keep up the great work and (My names Jeff) 🤣🤣👍
You make me want to get out and explore our state a lot more. Fascinating history all around if you know where to look (and what you are looking at). Just visited the Old Spanish Trail route last week and had so much fun. Thanks for the video and Happy Birthday again! How was that first social security check? Lol
Hi Jeff. Guess I miss the part where is that old mine with big wheels and extractor looking singing mcbob CONTRAPTIONS were at? Make for a good road trip from Florida. When fuel price's drop.. Thank you for your time and loads of energy for your vedios.. They mine here in Florida. With huge electric drag line monster's for phosphate for fertilizer. Thank you for sharing your experience.🤠
hey Jeff Williams...its on my bucket list to get out west to one of your group outings..time will tell...love all the vids & geology lessons...now is it me or do I hear a lil Foghorn Leghorn in your delivery..."I say, Isay listen to me when I'm talking to ya boy"..anyway thanks as always for keeping us educated and entertained..btw ..my guess(a wild swing at it) on that big horizontal wheel ..is an arrista(?) miĺl..dunno if I spelled it right
@@Askjeffwilliams 10/4! ..I've explored some the works here in North Georgia..most of the underground works were either capped, flooded or caved in..I've come across a few accessible underground works..mostly exploratory adits, and nothing remarkable about them, except the amount of hand labor it took, with absolutely no return on most...but some I've found were purpose-driven to quartz veins...regardless of the value..it never ceases to amaze me how accurate there bores were..almost perfectly intersecting the veins!..we're talking 1830's and these guys drove right to it..its a shame they were barren quartz, except with black manganese staining..I sampled and crushed some and there was no visible Au..but still a lot of fun to go in these works...its like taking a time machine back to that era
Thank you for another fascinating video. I only wish your videos were longer because of all the cool information you share in each one. I could watch and listen for hours. Thank you ! Wow !
The cool thing is I’ve used winches identical to those in real life, on live steam and they are amazing machines! Simple, same design used for a century and powerful. It was amazing using a couple of small steam valves and a lever, basically two hands to move ten thousand tons of steamship along a dock using these winches.
Awesome video Jeff, totally enjoying the informational lectures in the location of the mines, the geology always is interesting 👍, a big thumbs 👍 👍up. 🇦🇺🇺🇲
I don't know Jeff, I smashed the heck outta my cell phone trying to get that dang like button to turn dark....Didn't work, I would call you but now my cell is in pieces! Great video again......
Hay Jeff, great video... We have been to Virginia City and Silver City really cool towns to visit. Have you been to Jerome AZ and then to the Gold King Mine? That place has working old gold mining equipment working. There was a group that is wanting to make the mine completely working using the old machinery. 👍
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what an amazing Birthday present my wife gave me .... always love going to Virginia City .....must be a past life there . Hope you enjoy the adventure and let me know what you think all that mining equipment is called. Watch to the end for your chance to get some Nevada Silver to... So you know what I am gonna say huh ....oooooh you better ....So C'mon...let's Go !!!!!!
V.C. makes a lot of us feel 'connected' to the place. There's no place like it. Your wife has excellent taste. 👌
Was it a nut cracker or rock washer ?
You asked what is this. The first time
Is it a brake or centriphical clutch?
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday Jeff! You and your wife make an incredible team, the video you both made knocked my socks off! You should both give yourselves pats on the back this one was a real gem. Thank you for your passion to make such brilliant content, I love learning about geology and the nuanced history. The best is seeing you joke around and hearing your wife giggle in the background! I haven't become a patreon yet but I'm going to today as a birthday present to you and a thank you for everything you do Jeff. God bless!
P.S. I think that flat wheel with the blades was to break up the soft ore???
This is my hands down most favorite place on the planet! Idk what it is about it there but I have been obsessed with it for years ive never been called back to a place like this one calls me back I feel connected to it. During Covid my me my wife and son went there every weekend and I still can’t get enough of it!
5:48 the chain and plate help keep the bucket up right and from spilling.
a few things i recognized
5:13 hydro-sluice cannon
5:27 hydro-electric generator/inverted into a water pump
5:44 the chain with the catch plate on the ore bucket, possibly has a dual function, firstly it might act as a trip mechanism to cut power to the drum wheel raising and lowering the bucket, secondly it could be put there to catch upon a fork setup which tips the bucket at the surface(or into an adit), into waiting mill carts.
great show jeff.
Time out, how the beep do you know, you claim jumper.
5: 13 some metal kabob
5: 27 some metal thinga ma Jimmy
5: 44 an Ole wash bucket
Congrats on your answers
@@americanshad8396 i live in an old tin mining town, in tasmania. we got one of them hydro sluice nozzles at the local lapidary club. theres old mining equipment strewn all over my town. history and experience will always win :)
thanks
Steam hoist, centrifugal separator, nozzle for hydraulic mining,, a Pelton wheel, the plate hung up to dump the bucket, Im sure they line the shaft with timber or even corrugated steel pipe
wow ....very good my friend ....you sound like you know a thing or two about mining . Lol
@@Askjeffwilliams Just an old MSHA guy :)
5:19 is a little giant monitor for hydraulic mining. That's common around our stompin grounds.
I don't even know where to begin. I'll start with a holy crap man.. What a well built video. The amount of information you just walk around with and casually decide to put into one video is absolutely astonishing. Information overload, but in a good way. I'll have to save this video and study it. Microwave dynamite, that really stuck in my head though because you never know until you try. He took one for the team! Can't thank you enough for all you do. Great video, thanks for another one Jeff!
you betcha Wheelie
the big ole bucket has a chain on the end of it so that the miners can hitch a rid with all that ore that they mine great vidddd jeff keep it up hopefully my guess is right
Wow Virginia city it's so full of, history, gold, silver, and what else happy birthday 🎂
Another great tour of my favorite mining town ! Thanks for the geo and history lesson ! Okay, this Smart Feller going to answer the questions. LOL !
0:32 Elevator hoist
1:05 Cyclone
1:10 Thickner
5:20 Hydro Monitor
5:28 Archimedes pump driver
5:40 Tip stop
8:28 Square Set Timbering
We smashed that LIKE button real hard ! And we stopped eating potato chips for Doritos !!!
hahhahha now thats pretty good Allan ...we love that town too and you got them all ....you must be one of them smart feller's .... Lol
@@Askjeffwilliams hahaha !!!
CC my home town. How can you not love CC and VC? We used to ride our horses from CC to VC for the parade every year. Heck of a ride up and back....grueling! The CC Mint first produced coins (silver dollars were the first coins struck) on Friday Feb 4, 1870, more than a decade after the Comstock began producing ore. In that ten years prior to opening the Mint the ore was milled on the Carson River and then shipped, via rail, to San Francisco to produce coins.
So cool!
If I recall correctly they use that MillIng device for breaking up concreted Sandstone to get the gold out of it
At a min an 9 sec. It looks to be a fine grinding instrument to make it a hundred mesh orless
My Son and I toured the Chollar Mine last summer and it was an Awesome experience to say the least. It was very educational as there are so many things to see on the site and the tour into the mine shouldn't be missed when your up that way.............So C'mon get up there!!!!!
A friend of my dad has 6 $20 double eagle Carson city gold coins! And they are the rare ones. Sold 3 of them for 57k. I'd be lucky to find a CC Morgan. Found two 1880 O and 1921 O Morgans last year with the equinox 800
Ok start with the chain on the bottom of the ore skip bucket that chain is attached to a rope / chain to keep the ore skip bucket from banging around sides of mine shaft and to keep bucket steady. I believe some miners from what I gather may even have a counter bucket to offset the weight going up and down in a counter shaft
I love learning new things at 62 years old. I enjoy your videos.
Im 62 going to be 63. Keep that child like adventure spirit ! Helps one from growing old.
Glad you like them!
5:27 - Not just a turbine, but a Pelton reaction turbine, indicated for small volume and high pressure water (big diference of high between the tube intake and the nozzle).
The water jet hits exactly on the little "crest" in the padle's center. There, the jet splits in in two lateral jets. Fascinating design.
I really enjoyed this video, even more so having gotten a better understanding of mining and geology from watching several of your previous videos. We visited Virginia City several years ago and took the train tour that provided some information about the various mines along the route. I can see we need to go back and check out the mining museums.
1:06 My first thought would be some type of de-watering unit or clarifier, but I see some suggestions that it is used to break up clay balls or used in sodium cyanide leaching, I like those ideas too.
Great video. Fun seeing all that antique iron, make you appreciate the hard work a miner did to get that gold.
Hi Jeff, This has got to be your best Virginia City video yet! Your Virginia City history lessons are phenomenal as always filled with little known facts and oddities. Thank you, take care my busy friend.
Thanks Steve , was starting to worry about you guys ...we always love going there and feel right at home down there .....hope all is well and would love to see ya some time so you know what I am gonna say huh .....
wife again...u can call me 6strings....i play guitars!!!when im not looking for gems....i study earth science and watch your show for inspiration. ADDICTED TO rocks since i was a grasshopper knee high.... i want GOLD now that im old....Best wishes to you and yours Jeff.
Loved the video! History, mining and geology are my three favorite topics!
That was fun Jeff. When i seen CC, i thought oh very nice. I have many Morgans and a few CC Morgans, them be the very expensive ones. Of course San Francisco and Philadelphia minted Morgans as well. Thanks for all the energy Jeff, you have a lot of it.
Thanks for watching! I know...right ....love them Morgans
@@Askjeffwilliams oh, I love them too. They are still affordable to buy.
Those were Pelton water wheels and next to those was a water monitor for hydraulic mining and riding too!
Jeff great video. Been there and Virginia City many times as a kid. Thanks for bringing us along.
OK, I am going all in with this one. 1:06, Arrastra.
Belated happy birthday Jeff, a real Classique was that locomotive Lila, you're like a living library Jeff, incredible scale of knowledge, you're worth ten times your weight in the proverbial,lol. Excellent tutorial once more Jeff,most informative. Thankyou and all the best regards from here on the West Coast side of Australia 🌏
Many thanks Avon
Hello Jeff , that was a great mini tour Jeff , and you are super informative . And what a treat to see the mines , watch that first 3000 foot step ... Just ask Slim he'll tell ya. No wonder you'r such a great Geologist. thanks for the tour Jeff it was a lot of fun . See you soon . Cheers
Thanks 👍
Loved the video I grew up in Carson and my dad had a fab shop there. He even made a rot iron fence that used to go around the mint. My grandfather made some of the big metal shutters that was in the windows of the mint. My uncle use to teach music at the high school in Virginia city. It really was neat to see all that again.
Very cool!
Jeff, thanks for the video tour and sparking the memories of when I was young visiting my uncle who lived in Carson City. I love Nevada and all the history which is so unique there.
you betcha
I live in Carson City. It's always fun to go to the museum and see what's new there. Virginia is just a tourist trap for me. Nice video Jeff of the area around V.C. "Come on let's go"
Thanks again Jeff for the leason son! I love having this history and VC in my back yard (I'm in Sparks). I too feel like this must be my past life. Hope to see you one day around VC. Going to do some mine tours this month too.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great mix of history and geology, another really good video! Happy birthday buddy!
Thanks a ton!
Man, I love this stuff. Thanks Jeff.
you betcha
The show is very educational.
Fantastic narration. Lots of great information. Great birthday gift for all of us.
Glad you enjoyed it
Oh man. I got another ‘shout out’ at 8:33. Thanks Jeff!!
and the Shout outs just keep a coming
Super awesome!, that was really great information and history and I appreciate the tour.
Stay safe and live well.
Holy crap Sonny Jim. Geology, Mining History, and Carson City Morgans. That’s a Birthday Dream come true. I’m glad I kept my pants on waiting for this one. Thank you Jeff.
You and me both!
Love the old history and tools used to mine gold and silver. Took real hard work.
the plate is for tipping the bucket over and empty it. load the bucket with ore, haul it out of the shaft, and empty it.
1:01 It's a Cotton Candy Machine! 5:19 Hydraulic Mining Nozzel thingy. It's nice that you have a film crew today.
Your content always keeps me engaged thank you for making learning so much fun.
you betcha V
Great video Jeff! The Comstock has a never ending history! I love to call it home. Looks like you were at the site of the old American Flatts mill. I used to play there as a kid lol very dangerous place. Wish they didn't demolish it.
thanks and I know ....right
I would say a specific area in mono County fits that geology!
Always good mi amino. All my roommates in college were geologists you do a great job. Wrote my thesis in history about Sherman silver purchase act mainly because going to VC since I was 4. Grew up in glenbrook where all the wood for the square setting came from. Thanks for giving solid history and geology .....funny I ended up in quarrying of dimensional stone business. Somehow VC mining pushed me In that direction.
you betcha
Thanks Jeff, cool history I smashed the like button and shared on FB.
1:06 is it some sort of pulveriser? the blades turn and crush small rocks into powder like a milling wheel. looks like its positioned on the outflow of a rock breaker, so looks like thats an extra steps that gets it really fine
Oh that's a good idea. Maybe breaking up the clay booklets to liberate the silver and gold. Reading all the comments to find the answer...
Awesome content, I never stop learning with you Jeff! And one of those Morgan’s would look good traveling back to Canada with me next month!
Great video as always Jeff! I really want to get down that way this summer.
Very Nice Birthday present Jeff! I only have 1 CC coin it's a 1875 Twenty cent piece! Some day I'll Get me that CC Morgan!! Let's GO!! :) JJ
5.27 . they are turbins for hydroelectric plants :)
I was literally eating chips when you said “get off the couch and stop eating those chips”. Eating them at work though, not on the couch!
thanks for bringing us along bud! I truly appreciate the knowledge you share with everyone including me! keep up the the great content 👏 👌🏻 👍
I’d say the bucket chain was used to link buckets together and pull more ore to the surface.
Enjoyed watching your videos on the history of mining and geology.🙂🙂🙂
Hey Jeff I’m a new subscriber to your channel, I do have to say your videos are pretty cool. I do learn a lot in each video.
thanks, and welcome aboard ....we always love hearing that
Well, a couple of the objects I recognized were the monitor and Pelton wheel. I mostly dealt with surface placer mining and hydraulic mining evidence as an archaeologist in California. That stuff is supposed to be recorded and evaluated for its eligibility and importance as historic resources under CEQA, and Federal law (not always).
That was a monitor. The other wheel with scoops hooked up to it is a BWE/ Bucket Wheel Excavator. Those process lot and lots of material. There is a giant abandoned one in Alaska but I forgot the name of it.
Very good video Jeff I like it can't wait to hear how I might possibly win one of those silver Morgan coins
well you won't have to wait very long
Very enlightening video I liked it a lot especially knowing that that's the reason why they call it the silver State.
Was just there last weekend, didnt see you hangin with Bill! (tour Guide). Sad day in America, no Jeff or Slim.......
Always a good day when I see your video.
Great information and entertaining as always!
Your a wealth of information. I always learn something from your videos. Keep up the good work
I appreciate that!
Jeff your are best hands down your knowledge of the minerals and the history of the equipment and the miners who worked so hard to extract the deposits they were looking for are priceless. Keep up the great work and (My names Jeff) 🤣🤣👍
thanks Matt , really appreciate that ....will do
A wonderful geology lesson, learnt a lot from this !
You make me want to get out and explore our state a lot more. Fascinating history all around if you know where to look (and what you are looking at). Just visited the Old Spanish Trail route last week and had so much fun. Thanks for the video and Happy Birthday again! How was that first social security check? Lol
hahaahaa
Hi Jeff. Guess I miss the part where is that old mine with big wheels and extractor looking singing mcbob CONTRAPTIONS were at? Make for a good road trip from Florida. When fuel price's drop.. Thank you for your time and loads of energy for your vedios..
They mine here in Florida. With huge electric drag line monster's for phosphate for fertilizer.
Thank you for sharing your experience.🤠
you betcha
It's such a cool place. Thanks for the geology lesson, too.
Our pleasure!
Don't know what it is at 1:07 but I'll guess some sort of centrifugal density separator. Cool stuff!
hey Jeff Williams...its on my bucket list to get out west to one of your group outings..time will tell...love all the vids & geology lessons...now is it me or do I hear a lil Foghorn Leghorn in your delivery..."I say, Isay listen to me when I'm talking to ya boy"..anyway thanks as always for keeping us educated and entertained..btw ..my guess(a wild swing at it) on that big horizontal wheel ..is an arrista(?) miĺl..dunno if I spelled it right
hahhahaha you will love them tours and you just might be a hearing some Foghorn in there ....very few catch that
@@Askjeffwilliams 10/4! ..I've explored some the works here in North Georgia..most of the underground works were either capped, flooded or caved in..I've come across a few accessible underground works..mostly exploratory adits, and nothing remarkable about them, except the amount of hand labor it took, with absolutely no return on most...but some I've found were purpose-driven to quartz veins...regardless of the value..it never ceases to amaze me how accurate there bores were..almost perfectly intersecting the veins!..we're talking 1830's and these guys drove right to it..its a shame they were barren quartz, except with black manganese staining..I sampled and crushed some and there was no visible Au..but still a lot of fun to go
in these works...its like taking a time machine back to that era
great video.How did you know that i was going to be in reno this summer and was looking for a place to take my grandboys now i know thanks
you betcha
Great.... Guru... I wish all that I learn from you can be implemented.... love from your die hard follower since 6 years...
thank you HH
BIG HELLO..ANOTHER GREAT TOUR BY JEFF,FANTASTIC! STAY WELL..
1:06 looks like a power trowel for concrete so I'm guessing it was used to break up clay so the gold and silver could be washed out.
I think the first item you asked about was a vintage cotton candy machine. 😀
hahahhahahaha love me some of that cotton candy
Thank you for another fascinating video.
I only wish your videos were longer because of all the cool information you share in each one. I could watch and listen for hours. Thank you !
Wow !
Thanks Jim
Steam winch for the head frame, looks like a pulverizer type machine too
The cool thing is I’ve used winches identical to those in real life, on live steam and they are amazing machines! Simple, same design used for a century and powerful. It was amazing using a couple of small steam valves and a lever, basically two hands to move ten thousand tons of steamship along a dock using these winches.
I was so hoping that Lila was going to show us what was in the front of that train, and then....CUT. DANG. Thanks for another enlightening video Jeff!
she did but they said no no no
Great video I have some of that CC silver and gold good luck to everyone trying to get that silver!!
Thank you Jeff for sharing and bringing history alive...
you betcha
When it comes to old mining history you're probably one of the fartest smellers there is! Great video👍⛏
hahhahhaha
One smart fellow he felt smart.
Awesome video Jeff, totally enjoying the informational lectures in the location of the mines, the geology always is interesting 👍, a big thumbs 👍 👍up. 🇦🇺🇺🇲
thanks
Heck ya Jeff Williams just intime for happy hour. It's a wash table. Water Monitor. Chain on bottom so they could dump it.
Great video. Always informative.
As always never a dull moment Enjoyed the video brother. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it
The chain on the plate it's for tipping the bucket to empty them
yep
Thank you for your hard work, An I really appreciate your your knowledge.👍
thanks
Schweet Jeff ,instructional as usual,and bloody entertaining
Really enjoyed this episode Jeff.
Thanks
I don't know Jeff, I smashed the heck outta my cell phone trying to get that dang like button to turn dark....Didn't work, I would call you but now my cell is in pieces! Great video again......
hahhahahaha Thanks
Wish I would of seen you there to say Thank You for all you do! Live very close there Great gift indeed 😎
Hay Jeff, great video... We have been to Virginia City and Silver City really cool towns to visit. Have you been to Jerome AZ and then to the Gold King Mine? That place has working old gold mining equipment working. There was a group that is wanting to make the mine completely working using the old machinery. 👍
yes many times
Chollar mine tour is the business!!! Highly recommended!!! Worth every penny.
exactly
Always interesting.
Thanks, Jeff!☆
You bet
Awesome video Jeff! Always appreciate a good geology lesson ,especially at the comstock! ⛏🤘🏼 happy birthday
Thanks 👍
Crazy man is full of history. Keep it coming. Bring Lila next time....