After watching the hard work that goes into mining and extracting precious metals like gold and silver, I understand why my old man always said that the stock market is the closest man has gotten yet to alchemy. Creating stupendous amounts of money out of thin air. Humanity always wanted it easy lol!
@@johnnyellis8928 Not so fast. I have done my fair bit of prospecting in there. Lost over $30,000. I can conclusively say that it didn’t PAN OUT well for me :)
@@gemmabarese2483 Lol. Tell that to the Warren Buffet’s and Charlie Munger’s. Actually some others are good. Cathy Wood predicted a rise in oil prices due to the Ukraine situation. My own adviser Mary Elizabeth Huxley also predicted that precious metals will go up during a recession after the pandemic. My portfolio has grown over $400,000 in 8 months so I guess some are better at prospecting stocks than others
I really enjoyed this video. When I was young I learned that my great Aunt & uncle bought a silver mine out west and did pretty well. I think maybe Arizona, was a long time ago. I didn't know anything about silver mining till your video. Looked like Beau was enjoying himself. Thanks
Enjoyed watching. I like how that silver polished up. Thanks for sharing another great adventure you had with a couple great people and one awesome dog. Take care.
I bet it is hot detecting there in the summer. I remember sitting on a seat belt in a car that was parked outside one of the casinos in July. I think I still have the mark.
I read about how to make an industrial tumbler out of a rear axle of a big semi truck with the rims and tires in place. You want to cut an opening in the highest part of the rim to load rocks. The article said a cover is not needed but I always thought if I was going to do one I would have a hinged door sealed with inner tube rubber. The idea is to set up a motor geared down so the tires rotates slowly and all the rocks stay in the lowest part of the tire at all times tumbling over each other. Each tire can hold about 100 lbs of rocks and you have 4 tires going at all times each one with a different grit. Always use same tire for the same grit. You rotate the rocks once a week and you have a 100 lbs of polished tumbled stones each week. I have been wondering if you could use quartz sand as grit for the first stage to do the rough rounding off? I am posting this on all videos about rock hounding to spread the idea, if this is you channel and you do not like that let me know.
Wow that's some neat looking specimens out of that tumbler. I'll have to keep that in mind if I ever get to locate a producing vein ? Awesome man Thanks for the video
@@meMiner Yeah I'm new to all this prospecting stuff. I'm in a area that has nothing but junk Cretatious fossils and have been studying the hell out of everything prospecting. I'm planning on going to Alaska from Texas. Drive my butt up there next year. Was supposed to be this year but "Life" happens so fingers crossed for next year. If I come across anything in my adventures I'll definitely get myself a tumbler and put some specimens through it. That looks like a good way to sell them.
That's a terrific video !! I really enjoyed seeing you and Daisy again - she is looking good. Greetings to the family, I hope you all are doing well !!
@@meMiner come on.. you know how much I looooove digging lmao I'm the guy that stands around cracking jokes hahaha But if you wanna go on the most ridiculous adventure of your life, I got you lol
That looks like so much damn fun. Why don't we have anything like that down here in Texas? Urrggh, damn Canadians with their free health care and free rockhounding.
Wow! That's a awesome place, now I know why you and the Chigg were playing in the water that day in your truck, 😊 that silver came out beautiful. I shined up a peace of stone for my wife, because she likes the color of it, and it has a small vein of silver in it. It shines so beautiful, but she said I can't have it back now. Lmao I really enjoyed your video, and I hope you have a great day.
@@meMiner Dude! That's my kinda day, FISHING! Lol For real, that really sounds like a great day, you can have lots of fun...... and bring home dinner too. Y'all have beautiful water, clean and clear. We have dirty water, but lots of fish, I don't swim in the water down here, because of all the flooding up North, we get all their drainage. It's probably polluted. Y'all have your great day, and we have ours on the 4th. I hope you catch a really big 🐟. Happy Canada day! 🇨🇦 🏊 🐟 😊
so much heavy stone , gives me the Willys just being in those areas, like I can sense the weight, thanks for being such a great teacher ! be safe up there h.h.
What a cool place! There is just so much to explore there. Is that open to the public, or did you need special permission to go there? It looks pretty dangerous.
There's this stuff called Dexpan Expansive Demolition Grout. You can drill a hole in the rock and put the stuff in. 24 hours later it should have expanded and broken the rock up for you. I have never used it but read about it. Also, you might invest in a demolition hammer. They make smaller electric ones. I'm looking at getting one myself.
One cannot do either here legally. Hand tools only, unless you own the claim and have necessary permits. Dexpan works well, but you wouldn't want to set it up in a place where rocks will fall on someone else when you are not there.
I was pleased with the results. Usually, I am not sure what to do with small pieces other than stack them up for melting. Now, I will rethink that approach as I really like the look of them after a short tumble.
Great video, looks like a lovely place to spend an afternoon hunting 😃 I have a few pieces of dendritic silver ore with a little bit of pink staining on it, I guess it could be cobalt 🤷♂️
Great video what a amazing place. What is the best way to get the silver from the rock and to separate it from lead and zinc at home can it be done without using any chemicals.
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Great video, thank for sharing. When you find silver I broken rock you can always tell by feel.run your finger over the rock and there will be a catch. Like little barbs grabbing you skin.
The great thing for the hobbyist is that, most mines aren't abandoned because there's no gold, silver, etc. left there. It's just that it's not "commercially viable". Again, for the hobbyist, this means *nothing,* because we don't have the overhead of a large operation! 😁
Nice I did t no that old cleaner could be used in the burnish stage. I new dish soap but not the borax. I think I am going to attempt to build a lap plate for polishing the cuts of larger pieces. But I might put the old cowboys and Indian figures instead of hockey cards;-)
And now the rest of the story: I left my hammer/chisel in the truck, assuming I would use Beau's, but then we separated when the climb was too much for Daisy. I thought I would be detecting loose rock and didn't expect to find veins to extract. You can only carry so many tools or when rocks are found, there is no room and too much weight. I now have a reason to go back.
meMiner Uummmm, I think that was a deliberate ploy so you could go back on your own and claim all that bounty, poor old Daisy used as an excuse because you were scared of going higher and worried about doing something childish in your pants. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂
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After watching the hard work that goes into mining and extracting precious metals like gold and silver, I understand why my old man always said that the stock market is the closest man has gotten yet to alchemy. Creating stupendous amounts of money out of thin air. Humanity always wanted it easy lol!
Hahaha. Very true. The big brains behind that money machine sure do know how they did it.
@@johnnyellis8928 Not so fast. I have done my fair bit of prospecting in there. Lost over $30,000. I can conclusively say that it didn’t PAN OUT well for me :)
@@gemmabarese2483 Lol. Tell that to the Warren Buffet’s and Charlie Munger’s. Actually some others are good. Cathy Wood predicted a rise in oil prices due to the Ukraine situation. My own adviser Mary Elizabeth Huxley also predicted that precious metals will go up during a recession after the pandemic. My portfolio has grown over $400,000 in 8 months so I guess some are better at prospecting stocks than others
Well said!
I love that
Wow, the scenery is breathtaking ..like postcard material..love the shiny shiny...thanks for sharing!
It is like out of this world in there, eh?
I really enjoyed this video. When I was young I learned that my great Aunt & uncle bought a silver mine out west and did pretty well. I think maybe Arizona, was a long time ago. I didn't know anything about silver mining till your video. Looked like Beau was enjoying himself. Thanks
My great grandfather went west for gold. I don't think he did very well, but a creek was named for him. I tried to get a claim on it (unsuccessfully)
Is the mine still in your family? Thats pretty cool.
The video is beautiful and the explanation is clear and the photography is classy thank you friend
Wow. Thanks for the such nice comment. It means a lot.
Enjoyed watching. I like how that silver polished up. Thanks for sharing another great adventure you had with a couple great people and one awesome dog. Take care.
Even my wife liked it when shiny. ;-)
Thank you for the demo. I recently took up this addictive hobby.
Another great time out in the wilds. Very kool area.
Thanks for sharing.
Keep having fun.
🙏👍❤️🍺
this is super helpful because I live in vegas and I'm surrounded by abandoned silver mines and my friends and I get really bored during summer break
I bet it is hot detecting there in the summer. I remember sitting on a seat belt in a car that was parked outside one of the casinos in July. I think I still have the mark.
meMiner yea I have several of those 😂😂😂
These are gorgeous tumbled and polished. Love the Celtic music too.
It makes my Scottish heart happy to hear the music, even though my family has been here since the 1850's. ;-)
I read about how to make an industrial tumbler out of a rear axle of a big semi truck with the rims and tires in place. You want to cut an opening in the highest part of the rim to load rocks. The article said a cover is not needed but I always thought if I was going to do one I would have a hinged door sealed with inner tube rubber. The idea is to set up a motor geared down so the tires rotates slowly and all the rocks stay in the lowest part of the tire at all times tumbling over each other. Each tire can hold about 100 lbs of rocks and you have 4 tires going at all times each one with a different grit. Always use same tire for the same grit. You rotate the rocks once a week and you have a 100 lbs of polished tumbled stones each week. I have been wondering if you could use quartz sand as grit for the first stage to do the rough rounding off? I am posting this on all videos about rock hounding to spread the idea, if this is you channel and you do not like that let me know.
So cool! Everyone is looking for gold when silver is probably much more fun
For sure I can collect pounds of silver with the same effort that I can get grams of gold
Always amazing adventures.
It was fun. I cannot wait to see Beau's and Ty's videos to see what I missed underground. Still Daisy and I had our own fun.
Very nice...enjoy your creations....the tumbling does the trick on silver rock for sure!
So this is actually how to play minecraft in real life.
real life is better. ;-)
Or skyrim
@@zaire3052 yea but Minecraft is well known for the mining things
Pioneer Pauly brought me here. Nice channel.
Nice. Welcome.
Man! That raw silver is beautiful! Great vid. Stay safe, enjoy yourself and please keep sharing. 👍
Nice hunt. Great specimens. Thanks.
It was fun. Thanks for joining me on the adventure
Always a knowledgable interesting show. Thx for sharing, shawn!
It was a fun time for Daisy and me. I cannot wait for a video from Ty and/or Beau to see with I missed on their adventure.
Wow that's some neat looking specimens out of that tumbler. I'll have to keep that in mind if I ever get to locate a producing vein ? Awesome man Thanks for the video
Also works great on rocks from old silver mines found in tailings.
@@meMiner Yeah I'm new to all this prospecting stuff. I'm in a area that has nothing but junk Cretatious fossils and have been studying the hell out of everything prospecting. I'm planning on going to Alaska from Texas. Drive my butt up there next year. Was supposed to be this year but "Life" happens so fingers crossed for next year. If I come across anything in my adventures I'll definitely get myself a tumbler and put some specimens through it. That looks like a good way to sell them.
Loved watching your video, looks like a lot of fun. Stay safe, keep making videos!
Maybe someday.
Mr.MeMiner Nice Tumblers you fine work!!!; )
It has taken me a long while to figure out how to clean silver. This is the best way I know.
That's a terrific video !! I really enjoyed seeing you and Daisy again - she is looking good. Greetings to the family, I hope you all are doing well !!
Thanks my friend. Daisy and I are ready for another adventure soon.
Glad to see you hooked up with the chigg!!! Maybe you can teach him something or he can learn what a great miner you are!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
And I can learn how to dig from him. He can make hole faster than anybody I have ever seen.
@@meMiner come on.. you know how much I looooove digging lmao I'm the guy that stands around cracking jokes hahaha But if you wanna go on the most ridiculous adventure of your life, I got you lol
I really like seeing metal & minerals attached in a matrix. Those are really cool finds. Super jelly!
Thanks for dropping by and the nice comment.
I swore I heard drums from the depths after the rock hit the bottom
Wow that's a decent amount of silver you found.
Such a cool place too !
Great adventure meMiner. The landscape looks a bit harsh but it's beautiful...and treacherous. Those specimens turned out NICE.
Not a place to stumble around in the dark.
@@meMiner Me may I buy the piece (plate silver) you said "has the look and feel of a nugget" from you?
Very cool video, thanks for sharing!
Awesome silver! Thanks for the video!
It was a good day. ;-)
Loved the video! Gonna watch more later! Thanks and subbed
Thank you. Glad to have you join us. ;-)
That looks like so much damn fun. Why don't we have anything like that down here in Texas? Urrggh, damn Canadians with their free health care and free rockhounding.
We need the heath care when we rockhound. LOL
We gotta fight malaria and other mosquito transmitted diseases lol
That's a fair amount of silver! Very nice!
Any day you find shiny silver is a good day. ;-)
I would agree with that!
Thank you so much for bringing us along!
Thanks for joining me. Did the bugs bite you as badly as Daisy and me? LOL
@@meMiner No but you are more used to that climate!
The locals up there ran away. LOL
Nice video,,, love the music at the end... which you well!
Thanks 👍
Super cool video!
Great music choice for this video😀
Wow! That's a awesome place, now I know why you and the Chigg were playing in the water that day in your truck, 😊 that silver came out beautiful. I shined up a peace of stone for my wife, because she likes the color of it, and it has a small vein of silver in it. It shines so beautiful, but she said I can't have it back now. Lmao
I really enjoyed your video, and I hope you have a great day.
I should have taken more video of us just playing around. We had a blast and it would have been fun sharing some of that.
@@meMiner Happy Canada day! I hope you have a great day with your family celebrating Canada day. 🇨🇦
Walking down to the lake now for a swim and then going fishing. Amy has been hammering the bass, so we will probably get some for supper.
@@meMiner Dude! That's my kinda day, FISHING! Lol For real, that really sounds like a great day, you can have lots of fun...... and bring home dinner too. Y'all have beautiful water, clean and clear.
We have dirty water, but lots of fish, I don't swim in the water down here, because of all the flooding up North, we get all their drainage. It's probably polluted. Y'all have your great day, and we have ours on the 4th. I hope you catch a really big 🐟. Happy Canada day! 🇨🇦 🏊 🐟 😊
I love you, Chigg, Daisy! Cool video 👌😎👍
Aw shucks. You made me smile.
Those rocks are mesmerizing.
so much heavy stone , gives me the Willys just being in those areas, like I can sense the weight, thanks for being such a great teacher ! be safe up there h.h.
There were some interesting places that I would have loved to explore, but looked too dangerous. No rock collecting is worth getting crushed.
Too cool! At least I know I'm not alone, I'm always forgetting my something! Lol. Great video. Thanks for sharing
One can only carry so much stuff. Whatever you leave behind is what you think you need. LOL
@@meMiner yes without fail. Lol. I'm leaving out Wednesday. I'll be posting videos as "pebbles in the creek". Cant wait to get started
What a cool place! There is just so much to explore there. Is that open to the public, or did you need special permission to go there? It looks pretty dangerous.
I was just trying to find my dog.
The Chigg really gets around , he’s every where !
Awesome adventure sweet looking area daisy would have not liked that area wow some beautiful finds to fantastic be safe
Daisy doesn't like when I disappear into holes and has trouble walking on big rocks. So having her with me keeps me in the "safe" areas of the mine.
I recently sold 5 bars of 5 kilos each...took me years working on my grandpas ranch to process silver in my family's ranch
Nice size bars. You made someone happy
NIce, especially that one with the white stuff on the top !
The white is calcite. In this area, the best silver formed on the outside of the calcite against the existing bedrock.
There's this stuff called Dexpan Expansive Demolition Grout. You can drill a hole in the rock and put the stuff in. 24 hours later it should have expanded and broken the rock up for you. I have never used it but read about it. Also, you might invest in a demolition hammer. They make smaller electric ones. I'm looking at getting one myself.
One cannot do either here legally. Hand tools only, unless you own the claim and have necessary permits. Dexpan works well, but you wouldn't want to set it up in a place where rocks will fall on someone else when you are not there.
Is this in the UP? @@meMiner
@@foxmulder7616 No Ontario Canada
Lol! I got kinda dizzy when you tossed that rock in the hole. that natural silver is soooo beautiful tumbled out like that. great video man.
Thank you! Cheers!
The place looks almost medieval..Nice work mate
It would be a great place for an "out of this world" movie.
Your working the chigg hard, he looks stiff...great vids, keep em coming!
I have more video from the trip to edit and post. ;-)
11:35 dude, there's definitely a skull-shape piece there! Awesome video man! 👍👍👍
Looking at it again, you are correct. A skull. ;-)
Awsome video, love the end results 😍
I was pleased with the results. Usually, I am not sure what to do with small pieces other than stack them up for melting. Now, I will rethink that approach as I really like the look of them after a short tumble.
meMiner
They would make good pendant stones in a necklace. Maybe weave them in.
There is a big rock like this in my town but no one know how to do with it
Excellent specimens
Great video. So you have the "bo ty" team .lol have a good day.
Wow! Just subscribed
Very nice find
Thanks 👍
Great video, looks like a lovely place to spend an afternoon hunting 😃 I have a few pieces of dendritic silver ore with a little bit of pink staining on it, I guess it could be cobalt 🤷♂️
In this area, pink is cobalt.
The Chigg! Hey meMiner, I finally sent you my edited video to your email. THANK YOU so much again!!
I am behind in emails. I will look for it.
Awesome video
thanks
Always enjoy your vids! Your easy, laid back attitude is relaxing :) hey, do you sell any of your nuggets? I'd sure like to buy one :)
I don't have a store. I collect for fun. ;-)
Chigg & me miner out detecting silver! This is gonna be a good one!
Love that place :)
Good job! Those the time you put into those specimens should fetch a lot more than the melt value of the silver.
👍
Good to see Chigs and Ty, too.
For sure. ;-)
I see me all the time :) this was a great day!
Nice cleanup
It worked out OK, eh? Even my wife likes this silver, which says a lot. ;-)
i really like this video
No.
Do you know how rich those ore claims had to be to make it a profitable mine, before modern times. Nice stuff.
Super cool!
Great hunt more Silver !!!!!! 👍
It was fun, but the rocks destroyed a good pair of boots and I had to go into town to buy another pair. Daisy was not crazy about it either.
@@meMiner I bet she wasn't !!!!! keep hammering the Silver
meMiner
Looks like sharp rocks for tender dog feet.
12461 blowingleaves they make dog boots !!!
Well that’s awesome to hear good daisy she is one smart dog
A dog takes on the owner's personality. LOL
@meMiner
And vis versa. You're a good egg and all, but I'm going to give Daisy most of the credit here. Ha! lol.
That's awesome!!!
Thanks!
Great video what a amazing place.
What is the best way to get the silver from the rock and to separate it from lead and zinc at home can it be done without using any chemicals.
Some things will burn off but to do it properly you really need to do a multistep process using chemicals and heat
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Huge open stope.....cool!
I thought it was a pit (dug into where the oldtimers had their adits), but open slope is a good description. ;-)
Hehehe more tips and tricks heheheeeeee oh my 😆 cheers mate
It was a fun time.
That's awesome I want to do that too 😉
Great video, thank for sharing. When you find silver I broken rock you can always tell by feel.run your finger over the rock and there will be a catch. Like little barbs grabbing you skin.
Not always but it is certainly a good indicator
how did they find silver in the 1800s without electronic gadgets?
They eyeballed it and made lots of mistakes.
Shined up kinda nice , I like.
Pretty good process, eh?
@@meMiner that's an amazing process, I love the silver mixed with Calcite pieces .
@@highenergyog When I see you, I will give you one.
@@meMiner 😁
Could you get an audit in an adit?
Audit the silver in the adit. LOL
meMiner then edit the audit of adit so silver addict don't dig at it
@@meMiner ...and after you audit the adit, then dig at it, add it... to your collection. 😊
Another awesome video me miner! Is this colonial mine? Or someplace else
Not the Colonial. Other side of town past the old arena.
For getting that ore out you want a five pound sledge and a steel pin
Cleaned up nicely, wonder how some copper ore would turn out.
Copper nuggets are excellent to tumble.
The great thing for the hobbyist is that, most mines aren't abandoned because there's no gold, silver, etc. left there. It's just that it's not "commercially viable". Again, for the hobbyist, this means *nothing,* because we don't have the overhead of a large operation! 😁
True that
😮OH!!! THIS LOOKS FUN!!! 😊
Had a blast there. Ruined a pair of shoes and had to go to town to buy another. It was tough on poor Daisy;s paws
I heard Daisy panting. All the stones and broken rock....hard on the entire body. She's so devoted🐶😊
For sure, she likes the forests better, especially if there are bunnies and partridge to sniff up.
what is the orange tester your using called, id never seen those before.
It's a pinpointer. They are very sensitive and work in all metal mode. I bought this one from Garrett. For obvious reasons, it is called "the carrot"
@@meMiner thank you
You have the best luck.
A essas coleção muito boa dessas Pera aí viu
Obrigado meu amigo
Pretty neat.
What is the rock surrounding the cobalt veins, limestone? Sorry, not familiar with this area's geology.
Within most of the veins is calcite or dolomite.
@@meMiner exactly what i wanted to hear. Not all mines were found. There are legends and thats my thing.
Nice I did t no that old cleaner could be used in the burnish stage. I new dish soap but not the borax. I think I am going to attempt to build a lap plate for polishing the cuts of larger pieces. But I might put the old cowboys and Indian figures instead of hockey cards;-)
I usually use irory soap flakes, but the borax works pretty good
Is there actually money in this or it's more of a passion/hobby? Looks like fun regardless
I do this for fun. I love exploring and finding interesting things. I leave it to others to monetize their treasures.
Not much I can say about that really, some real beauties there, very impressive.
I was told afterwards that some locals took off some of the easy silver plate with shovels in there. That must have been impressive.
meMiner
Maybe next time you won't forget your hammer and chisel.
And now the rest of the story: I left my hammer/chisel in the truck, assuming I would use Beau's, but then we separated when the climb was too much for Daisy. I thought I would be detecting loose rock and didn't expect to find veins to extract. You can only carry so many tools or when rocks are found, there is no room and too much weight. I now have a reason to go back.
meMiner
Uummmm, I think that was a deliberate ploy so you could go back on your own and claim all that bounty, poor old Daisy used as an excuse because you were scared of going higher and worried about doing something childish in your pants.
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂
Background pipes?
Wish i knew were there are places like this in bc, not much where i live up here in the north east
I remember stumbling across one lode mine in the Cariboo years back. I am not sure I could even find it again.
Any tips for amateur prospectors? We don't live too far from you actually, just 20 mins south.
I live 6 hours drive from there. ;-)
Yes, I like!
You like, I like...I like it a lot. LOL
I love the way silver looks Daisy told me she has a paw in the way silver shines but she wouldn't tell me how,,, ,,yeah.🤔
How can we find the silver ore vein in the sand soil
It is not usual in sand which generally means erosion.