Knowing the Geology of any given area is the key to finding hidden Gold deposits and these particular rock structures will always support Gold deposition over the others. So look for these types of Rocks in the field if you want to locate new Gold deposits on your own . Geological maps and overlaying fault lines especially where the faults intersect are key factors that make favorable conditions for Gold concentrations in lode deposits. For more vids on the Geology of Gold watch this video ruclips.net/video/4AbXOAeO-Lc/видео.html and smash that like button ....SMASH IT HARD
Hi Jeff love the channel been watching your stuff for a little while and I love your energy, mate what happens in the video around 15:25, an audio issue?
Well the other side of this mountain many mines in the white material I found on next mountain over. I just have issues with sampling gold and its not that easy if you are in the bigger wash area's. And it seams like the gold monster 1000 picks up on about every good looking rock it goes off its easier to dig up ground and process the dirt rather look at thousands of rock I tried posting service but it didn't work out because of approval time and money to get there and then the back and forth..so many people who try to stirring you in the wrong direction. Now just marked off one for a guy who is buying it from me have 2 more to do when the approval is done. I had talked with you about finding a quartz vein structures at sawyer springs I went back last year and there was nothing left some one had completely dug it out and nothing is left its funny that you can't tell anyone about the area you find out there is gold or ore then it is over and gone.
Never stop talking geology Jeff! You're educating a whole generation of kids who will have post secondary aspirations because of geology. Keep hammering home those fundamentals no matter how repetitive.
I have noticed that most of your mining takes place in NV. As a kid, late 1950s early 1960s, my father and I would go pickup a couple of boxes of Dynamite from a local hardware store in South eastern San Leandro, CA. We would that the "toys" up to Grandpa Robert Harden Thrasher, who had a mining camp every Summer on the American River, about 15 miles Northeast of where Folsom lake is now located (Right near where the Sutter Mill was originally located). Grandpa would pull out about $25,000 in gold every summer and could live without working the rest of the year. What a hard ass man he was...tough as nails and had stories of gold strikes that I wish I knew about now, 50 years later
we also like AZ .... good times right there ...imagine picking up a cases of powder , caps and fuse and heading out to the mines and not getting hassled .... those were the good old days huh
That’s so cool. If he took out $25000 did he sell that to the mint or how was raw gold since it was illegal to own except old coins? I remember reading in the 1950s the U.S. flew airplanes loaded with gold to Saudi Arabia to pay for oil. People today says oh gold is so inconvenient and hard to transport. It’s like actually the U.S. literally flew gold haha. What’s fascinating was I read Saudi Arabia took the gold and sold it for $70 an ounce on the international market so it was double what the fix the U.S. had in the U.S. of $35 an ounce. It makes sense though. If gold was $35 an ounce before WW2 the U.S. really should have devalued the dollar against gold if they did print or double the supply of dollars in existence. Anyways I’m just saying this cause even if he found 25,000 back then and sold it here or abroad that’d be cool. Ya I bet he could live the rest of the year without working or just doing hobbies. Makes me think of the song copperhead road. On the other side of the country people made a drink in the hills in the summer and then didn’t have to work much the rest of the year hahaha.
Fantastic video Jeff, it's never just a Geology tour with you, but a full history tour too, It's always a great time wherever you take us. Your energy and enthusiasm never ceases to amaze me. Keep up the good work Jeff!
Thanks so much Jeff! Much of our gold here in interior Alaska is placer. The old dredges here would have to remove sometimes a hundred feet of overburden gravels or more to get down to that lowest 12" of pay just above bedrock in the valleys. But how they did it was very unique - implementing an immense trommel, a complex series of sluice boxes and on the secondaries copper plates coated with mercury. The mercury would be collected and scraped up during cleanout. The mercury with the gold fines - which would essentially be a white sludge - would be furnaced and retorted again in Fairbanks. which would melt the gold and the mercury would be recycled for reuse by FE Company in the old Fairbanks mining district. Dredges would operate until the sub zero temps prevented it in the winter. In Springtime, the miners would cut the ice or blast it to get water running to the dredges as soon as physically possible.
I'm glad you went into more geology with a sprinkling of actually mining. People pay more to attention to geology when more knowledgeable. Very cool Jeff.
See Jeff and Lila.. this right here, especially the first 3 1/2 mins really floats my boat. Rarely do you get to see first hand such clear/detailed examples. The schooling is what I live for. Thanks once again
I took my boys camping at the base of Rich Hill near Stanton, Az recently. My 6YO noticed the claims everywhere and became fascinated. Since we live in the area, we wanted to learn more and maybe try some prospecting for ourselves! We came here and found your channel, and the learning experience has been awesome. Thanks!
really happy to hear that ....we offer 3 day Gold mining Adventure tours in AZ if you want to sign up to go and yes the kids are welcomed to go ....mostly metal Detecting and Drywashing
Thanks Jeff. Im an old disabled vet but one day Im gonna join your patreon and go out prospecting with you. Probably not cause I cant afford it but its on my bucket list.
First gold rush was in Carolinas. Didn't hear much about this when growing up in school. The 49 er's 20:52 rush always took center stage. Not much being said about any prospects of finding gold in the Eastern parts because of the geology of this part of the continent. Strange to me because part of the treaty sighed after the revolutionary war that the king would retain some percentage of the gold found in America. This was way before the gold rush out west. I got a sneaky suspicion that the amounts of gold in the Carolinas, Alabama and Tennessee are being keep secret from the public for some unknown reasons.
I recognized the Katherine Mine, as soon as I saw those tank foundation columns. I don't think I've ever seen any other processing plant with that feature.
What! the red worms! Love the history you provide Jeff with the geology, can't ever get enough, had my daughter slow down a bit, she helped me holler at you yesterday so I hope I got it right, also seen Lila on her own short video, where's she been all this time, Lol! Filming your adventures! Keep it happening....⛏️⚒️⚖️🤠
Love the videos Jeff. I'm far from being a geologist. It's nice to have professional references and explanations to help me along. Thank you gold brother🙏👊
Good explanation. In my area of West Victoria, Australia there occasionally is one type of large, rounded pebble in the wash of the deep lead mines I couldn't work out. Obviously not quartz, but hard and very tough to break. I wonder now if it's the dacite you talk about early in the vid? There are granite and hornfels hills in the area.
Fascinating video. Wouldn't it be interesting if you could chase down where all that gold ended up? In jewelry, in people's teeth, in electronics, in fort Knox.
My cousin use to take us to a room inside the mine and we had goosebumbs books and candles my family has owned a house near thst mine since the late 70s
GM Jeff, another great video Brother very educational as always and cool use of AI to tell the story of the Catherine mine. Watching you for years now and always learn and come away with something. Great stuff all round. Hope your staying cool down your way . Maybe a good time to be under ground where it's cooler. Thanks Brother appreciate your knowledge🍄💚
When I first started watching you I thought I will never remember the names of those rocks, and I still don't,no I've learned a lot.I remember when I was sixteen I had a girl friend from Sacramento she asked me how I knew the names of all the trees around here like dug fir and hemlock red cedar pencil cedar big leaf maples I grew up here and you grew up there. Sometimes we think I can never learn that, just remember something you know and apply it to something new.
Going up hwy 68 from bullhead to golden valley near the top of the pass you can see waste piles on the left and a structure on the right close to the road. Is that a stamp mill frame, head frame, or a tram structure?
Well Jeff, you stumped me on your location this time. I have never been to this homestead, so I only have guesses from your hints. Do you know the Old Kingman Highway near the big bend in Hwy 68.
@Askjeffwilliams The US Topo Map Android App really helps me find places to explore (mines, Petrogylophs, etc), and jumping between Google Road Maps, old scaned Topo Maps, and aerial photos is awesome. Newer maps tend not to have the mine names (just the mine symbol) while the scanned Topo Map app has the mine names... this really helps to learn the mining history and date the mine. Before the app, I would date the site by examining the trash piles, look for square/round nails, and other junk left around the site. Enjoy
Hi Jeff i I watched every video of you, how do you know what free mill gold looks like through the jewellers loop. What should I be looking for, if its not clearly visible?
I'm envious sometimes of other areas' geologic fun. Though I have lived most my life in one of the most unique geologic locations on the planet, among our geology is NOT metals, and cool rocks, but buttloads of a couple miles deep basalt flows and coulees ripped into it. Coulees may tip my location off. 30 miles North, and there's most any mineral you could name in at least sparse concentrations, with some super rich zones. Always entertaining and educational. Keep doing what you do.
Hi i have something i found in the gold feilds near me but have no idea what it is. Someone had buried over 20 lbs of it intentionally and i have no idea why. Its looks like some kind if pyrite but not like any pyrite I ever seen in the area. Would love your help in identifying it so i can understand why someone would hide so much of it to keep. I can explain better if we can talk and i can send you a sample to see in person. I would love your help in identifying it. It was in a old clay jug when i found it.
Amazing video friend thank you so much Jeff so much information about beautiful gold please friend keep the great videos coming friend. From Scotland 😊🎉❤😊
Do you have a flow chart of what rock/mineral is like farthest away from finding gold to like crystal or some of what you've mentioned and I can't remember.
If anyone ever sells a claim, get some cash up front of course and if the buyer is a public company get as much stock as possible, and possibly with a performance based structure so you get more if the buyer takes the project through various stages towards production, and try to keep an NSR royalty and make sure the royalty is ''assignable'' which basically means you can sell it to other entities. If you will get more stock based on project milestones, make sure that your stock that is contingent is protected so that if the buyer issues more stock to the general market to raise money (before all your contingent shares are issued), that your contingent shares grow at an equal percent so you are not diluted. Not sure what a typical NSR is on a gold claim but in my neck of the woods its 2% and its becoming more common that it can be bought back for X amount by the buyer.
Yeeeee Haaaaa. Now that’s what I’m talking about.. Just got home from Gold Prospecting Jeff. Three weeks of it..I sent you photos..on your email.. Great Geology lessons. Say hi to Lila. Cheers Famo59 👍⛏️
TONY !!!!!!!! we saw the pics ...great job ..Congrats and love that Specimen Gold ...will do and say hi to Wendy and all the folks out there in the land down under with vegemite sandwiches
Jeff, in the beginning, you said that gold in the Oatman and Katherine mining districts is found at a contact of volcanic rocks, rhyolite and trachyte. First Question, what is trachyte and what is its signficance to gold formation? Then you mentioned andesite and dacite (I'm not sure exactly why) and at the end of the video you talked about lots and lots of gold being found in sulfide rich quartz veins in plutonic rocks or granite of the Katherine Mine which was largely cyanided. Should I assume that if I were out with a metal detector looking for coarse free gold, that I would look in all these rock types where ever the minerals hematite and quartz come up thru them? Final question, what is the significane of olivine saturated rocks you called peridotite to your story of gold formation? Thank You...
it is in the Andesite family an either be a basement rock or can be altered by hydrothermal fluids ...... its appearance is that of Andesite but with larger white dots in it which are alkali feldspar with minor amounts of dark-coloured minerals such as biotite, amphibole, or pyroxene. In that mining District I would look mostly in red stringer veins of quartz and calcite in outcrops of Rhyolite and Katherine Granite...... its always a good indicator mineral to find either chlorite, epidote or Dunite ( Peridotite family )
If you do your research for freed up land, physically study the ground prospecting in 20-acre plots, file the appropriate paperwork with the BLM along with marking off your ground, mixed with a bit of luck, you will discover a percentage of the grounds worth and I wouldn't get your hopes up expecting to find much simply because your only at the first phase of claiming a spot and renting it from the state. No stories I like better than the ones where someone finds a lot of gold. They hold so much power over our psyche.
Right on Jeff Brother you are so awesome I really appreciate every time I get to learn something new about mineing that's what I love to do see ya later 🎉
Jeff, you should come out to Australia and do a few episodes. There is so much wild country here and there is still a lot of gold being found. Big gold! Places like Cape York. Western Australia. Even in the golden triangle of Victoria from the gold rush days hold a bunch of gold.
@Askjeffwilliams Oh wow! That is amazing! I totally get that an understanding of the geology and being able to read it is the key. I have been reading or really just started to read The Handbook of Gold Exploration and Evaluation by E. H. MacDonald. Looks really great but combined with a field course such as you provide is priceless. I think we are lucky here for being able to go out and use detectors to find big gold if you are knowing your stuff. Not sure how many other places around the world are just like that. Really love your energy you exude. I can see you have totally got gold fever. But more so got Geology fever. A passionate teacher is truly a joy to behold. I was blessed to have some in my life. They really gave me my answers and showed me the techniques I really wanted to learn. Now it's about the rocks. Be totally keen to learn any more about down under. For now I will be watching and re watching the videos. And smashing that like button. Rock your day Jeff!
Another great video Jeff! That sounds like a very hot day. But you found some shiny! Hopefully when you get a chance you can answer my question that you asked me?. Be safe out there brother!
Great info Jeff thanks again. Question for you I had a placer mine and one day I found a kid from Exxon taking sample from the washes on my claim. He was sent by Exxon, to collect samples ( looking for uranium . ) They had flown over the area (Northern Nevada) gave him a map and said fetch. Was this legal for them to do. I know the is uranium in the area as it wiped out some of my 35mm camera film when I was hiking around.
Was just out there in Golden Valley. Will probably be my last time out there near the Colorado river Arizona nevada areas. I love it out there but life has made other decisions for me.
Looks and composition are worlds apart. Dacite has quartz, where as limestone, depending on placement during deposition, is predominately Calcium Carbonate, with usually, very little sand ( Quartz ). Dacite is Ignaeus, whereas Limestone is sedimentary. Takes some knowledge to determine what is what. Put an acid on Limestone, it fizzes (usually, not in on Carlin type deposits though ), no fizz on Dacite.
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Knowing the Geology of any given area is the key to finding hidden Gold deposits and these particular rock structures will always support Gold deposition over the others. So look for these types of Rocks in the field if you want to locate new Gold deposits on your own . Geological maps and overlaying fault lines especially where the faults intersect are key factors that make favorable conditions for Gold concentrations in lode deposits. For more vids on the Geology of Gold watch this video ruclips.net/video/4AbXOAeO-Lc/видео.html and smash that like button ....SMASH IT HARD
I use to run around the desert for TR-Engineering , wish I had a few of these educational videos under my belt, thanks.
@askjeff how do I get in touch with u. I have something that alot of people say is heresy, but it is basically untapped gold in northeast Arizona
Hi Jeff love the channel been watching your stuff for a little while and I love your energy, mate what happens in the video around 15:25, an audio issue?
Hey Jeff, how about doing a video on the Tyro mine? Personally, I think it's one of the more interesting mines in that district.
Well the other side of this mountain many mines in the white material I found on next mountain over. I just have issues with sampling gold and its not that easy if you are in the bigger wash area's. And it seams like the gold monster 1000 picks up on about every good looking rock it goes off its easier to dig up ground and process the dirt rather look at thousands of rock I tried posting service but it didn't work out because of approval time and money to get there and then the back and forth..so many people who try to stirring you in the wrong direction. Now just marked off one for a guy who is buying it from me have 2 more to do when the approval is done. I had talked with you about finding a quartz vein structures at sawyer springs I went back last year and there was nothing left some one had completely dug it out and nothing is left its funny that you can't tell anyone about the area you find out there is gold or ore then it is over and gone.
Never stop talking geology Jeff! You're educating a whole generation of kids who will have post secondary aspirations because of geology. Keep hammering home those fundamentals no matter how repetitive.
thanks Antonio , we will
Well said Sir
Agree 💯
I have noticed that most of your mining takes place in NV. As a kid, late 1950s early 1960s, my father and I would go pickup a couple of boxes of Dynamite from a local hardware store in South eastern San Leandro, CA. We would that the "toys" up to Grandpa Robert Harden Thrasher, who had a mining camp every Summer on the American River, about 15 miles Northeast of where Folsom lake is now located (Right near where the Sutter Mill was originally located). Grandpa would pull out about $25,000 in gold every summer and could live without working the rest of the year. What a hard ass man he was...tough as nails and had stories of gold strikes that I wish I knew about now, 50 years later
we also like AZ .... good times right there ...imagine picking up a cases of powder , caps and fuse and heading out to the mines and not getting hassled .... those were the good old days huh
That’s so cool. If he took out $25000 did he sell that to the mint or how was raw gold since it was illegal to own except old coins?
I remember reading in the 1950s the U.S. flew airplanes loaded with gold to Saudi Arabia to pay for oil. People today says oh gold is so inconvenient and hard to transport. It’s like actually the U.S. literally flew gold haha.
What’s fascinating was I read Saudi Arabia took the gold and sold it for $70 an ounce on the international market so it was double what the fix the U.S. had in the U.S. of $35 an ounce. It makes sense though. If gold was $35 an ounce before WW2 the U.S. really should have devalued the dollar against gold if they did print or double the supply of dollars in existence.
Anyways I’m just saying this cause even if he found 25,000 back then and sold it here or abroad that’d be cool. Ya I bet he could live the rest of the year without working or just doing hobbies. Makes me think of the song copperhead road. On the other side of the country people made a drink in the hills in the summer and then didn’t have to work much the rest of the year hahaha.
It's nice to learn from a true experienced and knowledgeable geologist.
much appreciated
I like how graceful Jeff is when he runs/slides down hills
Fantastic video Jeff, it's never just a Geology tour with you, but a full history tour too, It's always a great time wherever you take us.
Your energy and enthusiasm never ceases to amaze me. Keep up the good work Jeff!
Always love learning about geology. One day it will all stick in my head
Best explanation of rocks IDENTIFIED and gold they hold..
I love the history of gold mining another great video Jeff ❤
That glitch reminds me of a horror movie where Jeff steps out of the screen and yells at me about rocks. 😆
I thought max headroom was going to take over for a second there 😅
I've been thinking about that at work but forgot the name lol. Thanks
I always look forward to seeing you cover my "back yard" 😂 thanks for the tips Jeff. 👍 So come on, LET'S GO !
you betcha
Great information, as well as great entertainment, never gets old! Thanks, Jeff!
Glad you enjoyed it my brother
Thanks so much Jeff! Much of our gold here in interior Alaska is placer. The old dredges here would have to remove sometimes a hundred feet of overburden gravels or more to get down to that lowest 12" of pay just above bedrock in the valleys. But how they did it was very unique - implementing an immense trommel, a complex series of sluice boxes and on the secondaries copper plates coated with mercury. The mercury would be collected and scraped up during cleanout. The mercury with the gold fines - which would essentially be a white sludge - would be furnaced and retorted again in Fairbanks. which would melt the gold and the mercury would be recycled for reuse by FE Company in the old Fairbanks mining district. Dredges would operate until the sub zero temps prevented it in the winter. In Springtime, the miners would cut the ice or blast it to get water running to the dredges as soon as physically possible.
thats great and thank you for sharing that ....would love to see them in operation
I'm glad you went into more geology with a sprinkling of actually mining. People pay more to attention to geology when more knowledgeable.
Very cool Jeff.
See Jeff and Lila.. this right here, especially the first 3 1/2 mins really floats my boat. Rarely do you get to see first hand such clear/detailed examples. The schooling is what I live for. Thanks once again
Glad you enjoyed it! We have more on the way
Nice bit of history there Jeff 🤠⛏️ Hope you have a great weekend. God Bless 🙏
I took my boys camping at the base of Rich Hill near Stanton, Az recently. My 6YO noticed the claims everywhere and became fascinated. Since we live in the area, we wanted to learn more and maybe try some prospecting for ourselves! We came here and found your channel, and the learning experience has been awesome. Thanks!
really happy to hear that ....we offer 3 day Gold mining Adventure tours in AZ if you want to sign up to go and yes the kids are welcomed to go ....mostly metal Detecting and Drywashing
@@Askjeffwilliams thanks! I’ll check it out!
Wish the national news broadcasts were as through about what is happening in the world as you are about what is happening in your videos Thank you.
There's a reason that they are not thorough. Not even close to truth in fact. Propaganda forming viewers reality.
Jeff's videos not only educate people about gold mining, history and geology, but he takes us to wonderfully obscure beautiful places .❤ Godspeed Jeff
thanks
Thank you for breaking this down in a direct manner! Super valuable info. 😊
Jeff, I always enjoy your videos. They seem to get better each time.
Just want to thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I appreciate that!
Thanks Jeff. Im an old disabled vet but one day Im gonna join your patreon and go out prospecting with you. Probably not cause I cant afford it but its on my bucket list.
we hope to see you out there
This video was a really big shoe lots of good information thanks Jeff
hahahhahaha
I really appreciate the volume of information.
you betcha Clint
I love your idea of teaching geology through the lens of gold prospecting. I really enjoy your videos. Thanks.
you betcha
First gold rush was in Carolinas. Didn't hear much about this when growing up in school. The 49 er's 20:52 rush always took center stage. Not much being said about any prospects of finding gold in the Eastern parts because of the geology of this part of the continent. Strange to me because part of the treaty sighed after the revolutionary war that the king would retain some percentage of the gold found in America. This was way before the gold rush out west. I got a sneaky suspicion that the amounts of gold in the Carolinas, Alabama and Tennessee are being keep secret from the public for some unknown reasons.
you would be right
I recognized the Katherine Mine, as soon as I saw those tank foundation columns. I don't think I've ever seen any other processing plant with that feature.
What! the red worms! Love the history you provide Jeff with the geology, can't ever get enough, had my daughter slow down a bit, she helped me holler at you yesterday so I hope I got it right, also seen Lila on her own short video, where's she been all this time, Lol! Filming your adventures! Keep it happening....⛏️⚒️⚖️🤠
you betcha Donald ...thanks
Love the videos Jeff. I'm far from being a geologist. It's nice to have professional references and explanations to help me along. Thank you gold brother🙏👊
Good explanation. In my area of West Victoria, Australia there occasionally is one type of large, rounded pebble in the wash of the deep lead mines I couldn't work out. Obviously not quartz, but hard and very tough to break. I wonder now if it's the dacite you talk about early in the vid? There are granite and hornfels hills in the area.
Thanks for another great lesson Jeff
Fascinating video. Wouldn't it be interesting if you could chase down where all that gold ended up? In jewelry, in people's teeth, in electronics, in fort Knox.
I've been waiting 10 years for your camera to be so clear! Thank you 😆
you betcha
I can literally see this whole area from my front yard. Nice to know the history and geology of the area around Bullhead City.
so much history there
My cousin use to take us to a room inside the mine and we had goosebumbs books and candles my family has owned a house near thst mine since the late 70s
you can still get into it
the drone footage was awesome. man I want to see that
GM Jeff, another great video Brother very educational as always and cool use of AI to tell the story of the Catherine mine. Watching you for years now and always learn and come away with something. Great stuff all round. Hope your staying cool down your way . Maybe a good time to be under ground where it's cooler. Thanks Brother appreciate your knowledge🍄💚
thanks and always our pleasure my brother
I like all your videos but I especially love the history and geology
When I first started watching you I thought I will never remember the names of those rocks, and I still don't,no I've learned a lot.I remember when I was sixteen I had a girl friend from Sacramento she asked me how I knew the names of all the trees around here like dug fir and hemlock red cedar pencil cedar big leaf maples I grew up here and you grew up there. Sometimes we think I can never learn that, just remember something you know and apply it to something new.
word association my brother
Jeff you just keep on dropping the value!!
I thought you were going to say my pants hahhahahahahaha
@@Askjeffwilliams LOL
Going up hwy 68 from bullhead to golden valley near the top of the pass you can see waste piles on the left and a structure on the right close to the road.
Is that a stamp mill frame, head frame, or a tram structure?
you know it brother
Jeff looked like Max Headroom with a beard in the first part of the video when his camera was screwing up from the heat! Lol😂
Well Jeff, you stumped me on your location this time. I have never been to this homestead, so I only have guesses from your hints.
Do you know the Old Kingman Highway near the big bend in Hwy 68.
yes we do
@Askjeffwilliams
The US Topo Map Android App really helps me find places to explore (mines, Petrogylophs, etc), and jumping between Google Road Maps, old scaned Topo Maps, and aerial photos is awesome.
Newer maps tend not to have the mine names (just the mine symbol) while the scanned Topo Map app has the mine names... this really helps to learn the mining history and date the mine.
Before the app, I would date the site by examining the trash piles, look for square/round nails, and other junk left around the site.
Enjoy
Was the issue me naming the app that I used?
I just want to know for future reference.
Hey Jeff thinking of using a rock tumbler as a rod mill. Should I run water in the rock tumbler as ore is being crushed? Thank you
great idea ...you can add water and seal it like a batch mill
Hey Jeff! Where is the link to the Assay place you mentioned??? Im in need of one! Im having a time trying to find one! Thanks for all you do!
www.reedlab.altervista.org/
Hell ya Saturday morning video from the man the mith the legend. Thank you Jeff for bringing us along be safe out there 🙏
always our pleasure Bill
Hi Jeff i
I watched every video of you, how do you know what free mill gold looks like through the jewellers loop. What should I be looking for, if its not clearly visible?
you can see it in the host rock and definitely when you pan it out after crushing and grinding
I love your excitement and enthusiasm. I love this kind of stuff !!!
thanks
I need a pocket sized Jeff book of rocks that I can take with me out prospecting. Hint hint wink wink.
great idea
I'm envious sometimes of other areas' geologic fun. Though I have lived most my life in one of the most unique geologic locations on the planet, among our geology is NOT metals, and cool rocks, but buttloads of a couple miles deep basalt flows and coulees ripped into it. Coulees may tip my location off. 30 miles North, and there's most any mineral you could name in at least sparse concentrations, with some super rich zones. Always entertaining and educational. Keep doing what you do.
thanks ...much appreciate
Yeehaw! Hello Jeff & Lila and of course Slim. Thank you for these awesome geology classes.
And history too!
you betcha
you should do a video about the geologic maps you always reference in videos.
Hi i have something i found in the gold feilds near me but have no idea what it is. Someone had buried over 20 lbs of it intentionally and i have no idea why. Its looks like some kind if pyrite but not like any pyrite I ever seen in the area. Would love your help in identifying it so i can understand why someone would hide so much of it to keep. I can explain better if we can talk and i can send you a sample to see in person. I would love your help in identifying it. It was in a old clay jug when i found it.
just send us some pics to this link ....thanks ajwaugustin@gmail.com
@@Askjeffwilliams Wouldn't it be killer to find out it is amalgam? I hope the jug is muey largo.
Amazing video friend thank you so much Jeff so much information about beautiful gold please friend keep the great videos coming friend. From Scotland 😊🎉❤😊
Glad you enjoyed it
Do you have a flow chart of what rock/mineral is like farthest away from finding gold to like crystal or some of what you've mentioned and I can't remember.
yes we can post that
🙂Good to see you , enjoyed the tour. Thanks
Lesson #4 Igneous rocks 😂with Rhyolite.
Your knowledge is priceless! Keep up the great work and videos
thanks
Guess there hasn't been any new videos made recently since this was a reupload. Still watched it again because it's great history & information. 😁
If anyone ever sells a claim, get some cash up front of course and if the buyer is a public company get as much stock as possible, and possibly with a performance based structure so you get more if the buyer takes the project through various stages towards production, and try to keep an NSR royalty and make sure the royalty is ''assignable'' which basically means you can sell it to other entities. If you will get more stock based on project milestones, make sure that your stock that is contingent is protected so that if the buyer issues more stock to the general market to raise money (before all your contingent shares are issued), that your contingent shares grow at an equal percent so you are not diluted. Not sure what a typical NSR is on a gold claim but in my neck of the woods its 2% and its becoming more common that it can be bought back for X amount by the buyer.
Thanx, cous' ....... good info.... you've set me off on my own exploration ...
That dome way, way back in time must have been quite interesting, surprised it was not discovered for gold a lot earlier. thank you ALL stay safe.
I know...right .. people had walked right past it
There are a lot of people joking about arrows pointing to the obvious. Your arrows are quite useful. 😊
thanks
JEFF
thats me
Yeeeee Haaaaa.
Now that’s what I’m talking about..
Just got home from Gold Prospecting Jeff.
Three weeks of it..I sent you photos..on your email..
Great Geology lessons.
Say hi to Lila.
Cheers Famo59 👍⛏️
TONY !!!!!!!! we saw the pics ...great job ..Congrats and love that Specimen Gold ...will do and say hi to Wendy and all the folks out there in the land down under with vegemite sandwiches
Thanks Jeff buddy, I really enjoy your videos, I appreciate how you teach everyone. Sent from NL, Canada.
Very welcome
Jeff, in the beginning, you said that gold in the Oatman and Katherine mining districts is found at a contact of volcanic rocks, rhyolite and trachyte. First Question, what is trachyte and what is its signficance to gold formation? Then you mentioned andesite and dacite (I'm not sure exactly why) and at the end of the video you talked about lots and lots of gold being found in sulfide rich quartz veins in plutonic rocks or granite of the Katherine Mine which was largely cyanided. Should I assume that if I were out with a metal detector looking for coarse free gold, that I would look in all these rock types where ever the minerals hematite and quartz come up thru them? Final question, what is the significane of olivine saturated rocks you called peridotite to your story of gold formation? Thank You...
it is in the Andesite family an either be a basement rock or can be altered by hydrothermal fluids ...... its appearance is that of Andesite but with larger white dots in it which are alkali feldspar with minor amounts of dark-coloured minerals such as biotite, amphibole, or pyroxene. In that mining District I would look mostly in red stringer veins of quartz and calcite in outcrops of Rhyolite and Katherine Granite...... its always a good indicator mineral to find either chlorite, epidote or Dunite ( Peridotite family )
If you do your research for freed up land, physically study the ground prospecting in 20-acre plots, file the appropriate paperwork with the BLM along with marking off your ground, mixed with a bit of luck, you will discover a percentage of the grounds worth and I wouldn't get your hopes up expecting to find much simply because your only at the first phase of claiming a spot and renting it from the state. No stories I like better than the ones where someone finds a lot of gold. They hold so much power over our psyche.
Right on Jeff Brother you are so awesome I really appreciate every time I get to learn something new about mineing that's what I love to do see ya later 🎉
We watch! We learned while smiling 🎉
Jeff, do you use the same indicators across all Southwestern mining districts?
they vary from district to district but these are a good baseline
"Underneath a road sign
Everyone passes through
I'm your little goldmine
I'm gonna bring it all back to you" - gold mine by i draw slow
Hi Jeff, so why cant the cahterine mine be reopened? or how much would it cost?
it would cost a lot with todays regulations and bureaucracy
Great Presentation and advice Jeff!
Thanks for your great information,from Philippines
Jeff, you should come out to Australia and do a few episodes. There is so much wild country here and there is still a lot of gold being found. Big gold! Places like Cape York. Western Australia. Even in the golden triangle of Victoria from the gold rush days hold a bunch of gold.
we are working on that
@Askjeffwilliams Oh wow! That is amazing! I totally get that an understanding of the geology and being able to read it is the key. I have been reading or really just started to read The Handbook of Gold Exploration and Evaluation by E. H. MacDonald. Looks really great but combined with a field course such as you provide is priceless. I think we are lucky here for being able to go out and use detectors to find big gold if you are knowing your stuff. Not sure how many other places around the world are just like that. Really love your energy you exude. I can see you have totally got gold fever. But more so got Geology fever. A passionate teacher is truly a joy to behold. I was blessed to have some in my life. They really gave me my answers and showed me the techniques I really wanted to learn. Now it's about the rocks. Be totally keen to learn any more about down under. For now I will be watching and re watching the videos. And smashing that like button. Rock your day Jeff!
Is that French Technique the way you fly down the steep, rocky slopes at 3 minutes? Very cool!
exactly
Love love love the history episodes mixed with technique.
Find the Lost Dutchman Mine Jeff. Bet you could.
You could solve the mystery of the Miner 49er all over again!!!!!
Another great video Jeff! That sounds like a very hot day. But you found some shiny! Hopefully when you get a chance you can answer my question that you asked me?. Be safe out there brother!
Great storytelling, Thanks.
Most ore in the area went to the Needles Smelter.
Needles was the Center of commerce during the hay day of mining ⛏️ .
Heck yeah jeff bud! thanks for the cool vids! and geology!
You are a good Geology because you know the good structure of gold rocks
Great info Jeff thanks again. Question for you I had a placer mine and one day I found a kid from Exxon taking sample from the washes on my claim. He was sent by Exxon, to collect samples ( looking for uranium . ) They had flown over the area (Northern Nevada) gave him a map and said fetch. Was this legal for them to do. I know the is uranium in the area as it wiped out some of my 35mm camera film when I was hiking around.
no , he was claim jumping
Thanks again
This was very knowledgeable! 👍👍👍Good vid
Very freaking interesting 🎉🎉🎉thanks mr jeff
I assume that’s all lake Mead recreation area around the Katherine mine
Bingo
Was just out there in Golden Valley.
Will probably be my last time out there near the Colorado river Arizona nevada areas.
I love it out there but life has made other decisions for me.
That looks like them hills between Kingman & Vegas
bingo
Dacite looks like limestone. Are they related? If you took the chemical composition of both, are they similar?
Looks and composition are worlds apart. Dacite has quartz, where as limestone, depending on placement during deposition, is predominately Calcium Carbonate, with usually, very little sand ( Quartz ). Dacite is Ignaeus, whereas Limestone is sedimentary. Takes some knowledge to determine what is what. Put an acid on Limestone, it fizzes (usually, not in on Carlin type deposits though ), no fizz on Dacite.
Ha! ☝️ think your wrong I believe I recall Gly talking about them adjustable foundation bolts! 😆 but a refresher never hurts 😆 ✌️🤙
This is a special place. There is a long tunnel that takes you to the other side of the Highway…. Filled with caves.
Hi Jeff. Has anyone else said anything about getting a jittery picture ?
a few
@@Askjeffwilliams : yeah every now and then it happens but i love this channel so its no off putter to me.
That would be an awesome sight to see a Model A and a 32 come to get gas.
❤ don't stop bro. Promise. Your the best geology school and history. Your fans look so far ward to sat and sun. Happy trails. ❤❤
thanks Rick , much appreciated my brother
Damn you skated down the hill like a Canadian, respect.
thanks