Would you come down and work an entire day in the Drift mine and keep all the Gold you can carry out. Let us know...( wink wink ) Watch our 7 year project video " Exploring Nevada's Ghost Towns and Mining Camps " starring my Pop's ruclips.net/video/5GSMOMXsPUM/видео.html and smash that like button ...SMASH it HARD !!!!
Yes I would I'm a little taller than you but for the opportunity to meet you and check out your operation would be worth my weight in gold. Which at today's price would be about a billion dollars LoL
I’ll bring the beans! You’re makin me wanna start a drift on a secret spot of mine that is said to have values at bedrock, wherever that is. Never been explored by humans but multiple reports make good mention that it should be investigated. Lemme know if you get bored over your way, you can come help me. 🤪
So, you’re just going to ignore the fact that you found a washer below the level you expect to find dinosaur bones? No big deal, a T-Rex probably dropped it and couldn’t pick it up with its short arms.
Always keeping the enthusiasm high..... Nice to see how you and wife work together on these projects. Happy spouse, happy house. Happy drift mine, happy Valentine.
Thanks for the photos of a few years back... It was good to see the shots of when you were a "wee" one and seeing your Dad's photos was awesome !!! Best Wishes And Thanks Again !!!!
Richard ....thanks my brother ...that pic of me at the hoisting works with long hair is at the Duplex mine in Searchlight .... the Coltons were restoring the building
I own an old tungsten mine in AZ near Bagdad with 9 other guys that’s 300 acres. It was founded in 1941 and closed down in 1962. Some of us have metal detectors and we find small gold nuggets in the washes after it rains hard. It’s a lot of work to dig out though. If we had nuggets like that I’d be there more. Jeff was the washer a joke? How did it get imbedded in rock?
Jeff I think you could build a box the same dimension as the bottom of your sump that has tie ins at all 4 corners and just leave it at the bottom. Then when you need to clean the bottom, you just pull the box up.
Hey brother,,,, I love the fact your showing the real behind the scenes work of working underground mine. I make my kid watch your channel to show her what her father does to put food on the table and pay for her education & life needs .
I wish i had time to go pillage and plunder my local goldfields, thanks for keeping the bug alive through your vids, excelent and emotional episode. BS y FP
Never before did I do the nugget dance right along with you! Love,love,love the drift boss! Dig baby dig. And don't be such a baby about that red thing. Someday they might name it after you!
Jeff you love using your little scooper so much, all the back and forth to the detector. You should create the first pin pointer metal detector scooper??? Great find!
We are all about the realism of your videos, whether you're mining, taking a walk showing us stuff. We were hoping for a video about what you do when you get your hands dirty in the mine... Keep them coming Jeff, we are getting into doing it so we need your stuff. Lol
Jeff, I'm in Western Colorado. I bought some books and they say they used to find placer gold in the San Miguel River. But I'm still recovering from surgeries. Couldn't walk at all for a while but now I'm back on my feet, barely. I sure wish I was young again. I'm gonna have to do it vicariously through you and Lila! Rock on!
Your dad had great forsight. He took care of you in countless ways. In facj he still is in my opinion. Jeff i know you miss him. I still miss my dad and its been 40 years.
Those of us that actually wanna do that love seeing the details like that. Ive been watching you since about 2014. My biggest problem is i live in Central Arkansas and not a lot of gold found here. I have panned in the black hills of SD, Sanda Fe NM, and W Texas but I was already in those places for work. Gonna have to plan some trips for fun soon as i finish my dredge and trommel. Thanks a bunch for all you share!!
Say Sunny Jim, glad to see you still have your mine....Be very careful, when your mucking...Ya dont go to fast.....Have you seen any worm people?....Maybe the green stuff is there grass..lol.......How many years have you been working that mine?.. Nice size nugget....Thanks Sunny Jim for the video........................JB.
Idea; Decorate your entrance with some creative looking gold paint. Basically paint what a thick horizontal gold vain would look like. Maybe not a river but at least a creek of gold…
I just ran an underground electrical conduit 28 feet through equally hard caliche. One entire 9 hour day to dig a 12 inch deep trench. Top 6 inches was soft, desert soft and fluffy. The bottom 6 inches,,,, it would have been easier to dig through a concrete sidewalk. Pick and heavy steel spud bar, I feel for you ,Jeff. 63.7 million year old washer.
Hey Jeff, I always watch your new video each week and as I was watching this one my daughter was sitting at the kitchen table. It seems you have discovered a new entertainment genre. As you were using the pick and making the metal detector go crazy, my daughter said, it sounds like Jeff is playing Gold Miner Techno! So congratulations on your new music career!
I would leave the cold PA weather . It is to be 9F on Tuesday here. Don't know if I could do it again but sure it would be an experience I would never forget.
You could use a screw type conveyor like Jason's mbmm for his waste straight into your cart. I'm sure he would make you one for a decent price. Won't need to be big. Just aim and reposition 👍💚💛❤️
Thank you Jeff for all the videos! I lived in Prescott Arizona for 14 years and fell in love with panning. Never found much but some dust and a lot of fun times♥️
Jeff is going to pull out that $6,000,000 nugget one of these days. Heck with that pick. That hammer drill is the way to go! Congrats on that nugget Jeff!!!
Entire video is great. More about mine construction - particular to physics like those that a highschooler would need to know. Your videos on geology are educationally amazing
I wasn't More than 20 seconds in to this video and it brought me back to the video of your father, which you Produced and Directed of him Riding in on a horse , perfect, Dressed to a T , talking about the Pioneer saloon , GALENA..."Lead for you tinhorns" etc... UNFORGETTABLE Jeff , you know the video .....I think you should link that to this post on your channel for all to see.Just my opinion🎉 I loved it and I miss that dude . Your Buddy Rick , a subscriber for over a decade!
Jeff, This is one of your best show and tell you have done of late, not meaning that the past haven't been great info, but thanks again for the interesting video and the story telling...Later
My ideas would be an electric walk behind skid loader and a mini electric excavator with a hammer attachment. No need for a track system and less back breaking work. Although your tunnels would need to be made slightly larger for the machines to fit and turn around. I would also recommend putting a jumbo sand and sample bag lining the sump to catch anything that misses the skip bucket. When it needs cleaned out, just remove the bucket and hoist the bag up to the surface
I took an old little kid Barbie Jeep, removed all the plastic and seats off...now just a 12 volt powered flatbed cart. Lengthened the gas pedal wires and steering. It'll haul me no problem at 200#😊
Thank you for showing your history. I love to hear this. You certainly have some history on VHS that is worth something. Have you ever heard of an old-timer building a home on top of a mine? To be inconspicuous
Jeff, you have had such an amazing life! It is truly a blessing to the world for you to share such valuable treasures with us. Your videos are always a joy. Keep up the hardwork and may 2025 be your best year yet!!
Oh Yeah Desert Magazine and International California Mining Journal! That's what got me started with Gold Fever Bug back in 1987, Those two magazines and the Eagle Cliff Mine in Joshua Tree!
Mr. Jeff Williams... you're the most entertaining dude ever and now knowing your background... can't wait to watch your early adventures with your father... and you are going to find that river of gold soon... lol... absolutely love your videos!!
Jeff, you should try 2 inch 3 inch wide paddle bits for your jackhammer. I think they work better and hard packed Gravel type stuff. You could also try 4 to 6 inch paddle bits. I feel that pointed bits have a tendency to get stuck and highly compacted gravel situations
Hey, Jeff I wanted to give you a Little help on the clean up on the muck. Use a flat trowel and a margin trowel to help scrape up the fine muck then use your shovel. ( I’m only mentioning it as i seen you using your hands.)
Hey Jeff, that winch has a Six Million Dollar Man theme all its own while the motors running. BEWARE THE RED WORMS , they eat gold while the mine is dark and quiet. You better install security cameras!
😂😂😂 dedication to your channel! Carrying a VHS tape down into your mine to visually describe your mining background 😂😂😂 that is the definition of "fully invested" Love it 👌
Good thing I smashed that LIKE button real hard, so I could see you find that awesome nugget ! Wow, they just keep on coming. Yeehaw !! What if you fitted that sump with a heavy canvas tarp with ties on each corner ? That way you could easily lift all those rocks at once. Just a thought. Thanks for another great video, Brother !
thanks my brother ....love them monster nuggets ...got a small scar on it ....yes they do ..................we were thinking the same thing ...imagine what would be hiding under it hahhahahaha you betcha my brother and enjoy that retirement
I love the working of the mine. Don’t change a thing. The gold is the payoff, but there is a 💩load of work beforehand. This is the reality of basically hard rock mining. Been watching you for years. Your drift mine is one of my favorites.
Jeff, I thought you were over the top back when I first found you! But I gave you a chance anyway 😊 Over the years watching, I have found that you are are very smart nut!!! Thanks for sharing your adventures, you are a trip 😂 ❤
JIM!!!! You just hit my nostalgia button... When I first moved to Las Vegas (The second time.) in 1976, my wife and I used to explore the desert around the area. I got my pilot's license in 1977 and I would fly around out in the middle of nowhere and find things like MINE SHAFTS, then mark them on the SECTIONAL and drive back and explore them. We were out shooting on the dirt road that leads from Goodsprings to Sandy Valley, when we stumbled on some mine remnants and a piece of corrugated sheet metal on the ground that I lifted up looking for SNAKES. What I found was a vertical shaft which went straight down about 80 feet. The ladder was made out of coal car tracks. We drove into Vegas and bought battery operated head lights and canteens and headed back down the mine shaft. When we got to the bottom, the tunnels were from 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide to about 7 feet tall and we found coal cars, even a newspaper that had the headline, "ROOSEVELT DIES TODAY!" and a blue jar of Vicks Vapor Rub. Lots of coal car rail spikes and a room that was about 12 x 14 feet. We walked for four hours until we found a wall that was closed by a cave-in and realized that was as far as we could go. It took another four hours to get back up, we had spent the entire day down there. There was a pole with a TOBACCO CAN on it and inside the can was a document that read, "Yellow Tail Mine, Provo, Utah." Not exactly sure about the Provo part, but I think that is what it said. Definitely said UTAH. It had a date on it, but I cannot remember the date. My friend, my wife and a Black friend we worked with returned and explored the mine about a week later, but about 1/2 the way through the mine, the overhead beam which looked to be about a 12 x 12 was broken, we think there was an earthquake between our visits and I would not let my wife go beyond the broken beam, she stayed on the other side in case something went wrong, she could get out. My Black friend joked that he might have been the only Black man to ever go down into that mine. I know NOTHING about MINES or MINING, I have been a professional photographer for over 50 years, but I have explored a few mines when I stumble across them. WONDERING IF THE MINE WE EXPLORED IN 1977 WAS THE SAME MINE YOU SPENT TIME IN BETWEEN GOODSPRINGS AND SANDY VALLEY? dizeman.com
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Would you come down and work an entire day in the Drift mine and keep all the Gold you can carry out. Let us know...( wink wink ) Watch our 7 year project video " Exploring Nevada's Ghost Towns and Mining Camps " starring my Pop's ruclips.net/video/5GSMOMXsPUM/видео.html and smash that like button ...SMASH it HARD !!!!
20 years ago maybe, but at this point I'm so old I'm farting dust and pissin rust 😎
Yes I would I'm a little taller than you but for the opportunity to meet you and check out your operation would be worth my weight in gold. Which at today's price would be about a billion dollars LoL
Just let me know the day and I will be on the way for that giant pay day :)
I’ll bring the beans! You’re makin me wanna start a drift on a secret spot of mine that is said to have values at bedrock, wherever that is. Never been explored by humans but multiple reports make good mention that it should be investigated. Lemme know if you get bored over your way, you can come help me. 🤪
Sounds like a mr.beast challenge I wouldn't mind.
Drift mine videos are always my absolute favorite thank you so much Jeff and family
you betcha my brother
Agreed
Unfortunately I couldn't go in the mine or go down and clean that for ya I would freeze up and probably croak😂😆🤣
Jeff, don't change a thing, love the shouts, cowboy coffee, beans and eggs with eggshells, and big nuggets. Thank you! Keep digging!
Yes!
Yes, this
Exactly with the eggshells 🤣👌💯👍💚💛❤️
Back in the MINE finding BIG CHUNKS OF GOLD! And prehistoric washers.
Thank you, Jeff, & Lila!
The 6 million dollar man is my favorite part of the show! Other than your fine wife pulling out those hunker nuggets!! Love you guys...
So, you’re just going to ignore the fact that you found a washer below the level you expect to find dinosaur bones? No big deal, a T-Rex probably dropped it and couldn’t pick it up with its short arms.
65 mil years old washer, nothing to see here 😏
And right next to an oz nugget ...how is it possible?
😂😅😂😅😂😅😂
I've got rock's with nails and bolts inside of them. Makes you wonder if history is repeating itself don't it?💚💛❤️
it takes 65 million years to mess up the layers ,
Always keeping the enthusiasm high.....
Nice to see how you and wife work together on these projects.
Happy spouse, happy house.
Happy drift mine, happy Valentine.
I didnt think it was boring at all. I appreciate you sharing.
I miss this stuff. Even the 'boring' parts.
Woooo! The drift!!!!
I always enjoy watching you down in the drift mine.
Been watching from the beginning.
Great stuff Jeff
thanks my brother ....much appreciated
NEVER tire of the 6 Million Dollar Man segments! Always the highlight of my week, totally energizes me to get moving when I feel lazy!
Soooooooo stoked for the VHS footage!!!!
Thanks for the photos of a few years back... It was good to see the shots of when you were a "wee" one and seeing your Dad's photos was awesome !!! Best Wishes And Thanks Again !!!!
You’re welcome my friend
As a child of the 80's I came for the gold but stayed for the music!!! Go Jeff...better...stronger...faster!!!
The long hair with bangs was a rad picture!!! Heavy Metal all day!!
you know it brother
Thanks!
Richard ....thanks my brother ...that pic of me at the hoisting works with long hair is at the Duplex mine in Searchlight .... the Coltons were restoring the building
@Askjeffwilliams I use to rent a trailer from them up behind the store. Even worked around there off and on for them.
Awesome dig Jeff..! Also shows good depth from the gold monster… well done…!
thanks and it does get some good depth
I own an old tungsten mine in AZ near Bagdad with 9 other guys that’s 300 acres. It was founded in 1941 and closed down in 1962. Some of us have metal detectors and we find small gold nuggets in the washes after it rains hard. It’s a lot of work to dig out though. If we had nuggets like that I’d be there more. Jeff was the washer a joke? How did it get imbedded in rock?
The dinosaurs pockets had holes in them.
Jeff I think you could build a box the same dimension as the bottom of your sump that has tie ins at all 4 corners and just leave it at the bottom. Then when you need to clean the bottom, you just pull the box up.
or a heavy duty tarp
Material handling bags that are durable and can handle rock sand gravel etc. Most have load rated lifting straps.
@@Askjeffwilliams Kevlar bags do the trick, they are tough and don't shred.
Hey brother,,,, I love the fact your showing the real behind the scenes work of working underground mine.
I make my kid watch your channel to show her what her father does to put food on the table and pay for her education & life needs .
thanks my brother , really glad you guys are digging them
Wow! Jeff you sure do honor your Father with your work.
You ROCK!🪨✨
thank you ...he was and always will be the very Best Pops a son could ever hope to have
I ENJOYED IT JUST WELL,SO DONT CHANGE..HANGING OUT IN A WORKING MINE,I DIG IT..HAPPY NEW YEAR YOU 2,BEST WISHES.
As an amateur carpenter, I'm impressed. As an amateur gold miner, IM IMPRESSED.
But how did that washer get there?!
Last comment: getting that nugget with a Jeff Williams mining scar would make it x10 more valubale in my opinion!
Neat all the sashimono techniques in mine infrastructure, eh? :-)
I wish i had time to go pillage and plunder my local goldfields, thanks for keeping the bug alive through your vids, excelent and emotional episode. BS y FP
Morning my guy. Have a blessed day!
Never before did I do the nugget dance right along with you! Love,love,love the drift boss! Dig baby dig. And don't be such a baby about that red thing. Someday they might name it after you!
Jeff you love using your little scooper so much, all the back and forth to the detector. You should create the first pin pointer metal detector scooper??? Great find!
great idea
We are all about the realism of your videos, whether you're mining, taking a walk showing us stuff. We were hoping for a video about what you do when you get your hands dirty in the mine... Keep them coming Jeff, we are getting into doing it so we need your stuff. Lol
Yes mining is 99% tedius maintenance, a bit like war 99% boredom, 1% action
Yes, but there is nothing more dangerous than a bored Marine.
Watching you work so hard on a Sunday is always a pleasure! 💪🏻😉 YELL MORE!!! Maybe I’ll retain the lessons. Thanks Jeff!
Jeff, I'm in Western Colorado. I bought some books and they say they used to find placer gold in the San Miguel River. But I'm still recovering from surgeries. Couldn't walk at all for a while but now I'm back on my feet, barely. I sure wish I was young again. I'm gonna have to do it vicariously through you and Lila! Rock on!
I'm down in the San Luis Valley and I'll post some videos if and when I find something
thanks and heal up quick my brother ....there is Gold waiting to be found
Jeff and your wife you're doing a great job, keep up all the hard work . Thank you very much.
Morning Jeff. Howdy from Georgia.
good morning
I appreciate the OLD SCHOOL music! Old school is better than new school!😂❤😎🤠Great video!
Let's get those vcr into digital!
you know it brother
Your dad had great forsight. He took care of you in countless ways. In facj he still is in my opinion. Jeff i know you miss him. I still miss my dad and its been 40 years.
@@johnramirez5032 yes he did and yes he is ..... we will see them again
Those of us that actually wanna do that love seeing the details like that. Ive been watching you since about 2014. My biggest problem is i live in Central Arkansas and not a lot of gold found here. I have panned in the black hills of SD, Sanda Fe NM, and W Texas but I was already in those places for work. Gonna have to plan some trips for fun soon as i finish my dredge and trommel. Thanks a bunch for all you share!!
you betcha Bobby
Jeff look out for those 'Dune' type worms down there!
Why is he so creeped out by a red worm?
@@aaronsellers8311 not one but millions of them
@@Askjeffwilliamsahh yeah that would be creepy.
Say Sunny Jim, glad to see you still have your mine....Be very careful, when your mucking...Ya dont go to fast.....Have you seen any worm people?....Maybe the green stuff is there grass..lol.......How many years have you been working that mine?.. Nice size nugget....Thanks Sunny Jim for the video........................JB.
not lately but have not dug deep to look for them ..... been there a few years.... Lol yes it was ...looking for the 5 ounce Nuggets
Idea;
Decorate your entrance with some creative looking gold paint. Basically paint what a thick horizontal gold vain would look like.
Maybe not a river but at least a creek of gold…
I just ran an underground electrical conduit 28 feet through equally hard caliche. One entire 9 hour day to dig a 12 inch deep trench. Top 6 inches was soft, desert soft and fluffy. The bottom 6 inches,,,, it would have been easier to dig through a concrete sidewalk. Pick and heavy steel spud bar, I feel for you ,Jeff. 63.7 million year old washer.
What an awesome find. Congratulations, listening to the wife is paying off!
You know it, she always knows where to look
Always a pleasure watching your videos. Entertaining and educational, love it. Thanks Jeff, been watching you since 2015.
Nice video Jeff.
How did that washer get in there?
Very nice nugget.
Thanks for sharing the adventure. 👍
not sure but we think it was either stuck to the hammer drill or the pick hammer as it has a magnet on the end of it ....
@Askjeffwilliams Thanks again Jeff! 👍💥
DON'T change a thing!!! Great videos as always 🤟
appreciate it
Hey Jeff, I always watch your new video each week and as I was watching this one my daughter was sitting at the kitchen table. It seems you have discovered a new entertainment genre. As you were using the pick and making the metal detector go crazy, my daughter said, it sounds like Jeff is playing Gold Miner Techno! So congratulations on your new music career!
thats great and me and Slim will have to work on a tune ...tell your daughter thank you for us and rock on .....
I would leave the cold PA weather . It is to be 9F on Tuesday here. Don't know if I could do it again but sure it would be an experience I would never forget.
You could use a screw type conveyor like Jason's mbmm for his waste straight into your cart. I'm sure he would make you one for a decent price. Won't need to be big. Just aim and reposition 👍💚💛❤️
Remember be a Smart fella not a fart smeller 😅😂💚💛❤️
Thank you Jeff for all the videos! I lived in Prescott Arizona for 14 years and fell in love with panning. Never found much but some dust and a lot of fun times♥️
Jeff is going to pull out that $6,000,000 nugget one of these days.
Heck with that pick. That hammer drill is the way to go!
Congrats on that nugget Jeff!!!
WOW AMAZING FIND CONGRATULATIONS JEFF
Thank you Jeff for all your adventures and enthusiasm. You make my day!
Love the old pics! Thanks for sharing parts of you and your Pop's journey! It's so amazing and educational at the same time.
you betcha Michael
Entire video is great. More about mine construction - particular to physics like those that a highschooler would need to know. Your videos on geology are educationally amazing
thanks ....we can do that
....NEVER EVER boring jeff...thanks for sharing your knowlege.
3:38 down there burning candles and talking about blood sacrifice to the mine worms 😂💀 turning into a scooby doo villain
for a Scooby Snack
Not boring at all, Jeff. Appreciate the reality of it all. Keep er up.
I wasn't More than 20 seconds in to this video and it brought me back to the video of your father, which you Produced and Directed of him Riding in on a horse , perfect, Dressed to a T , talking about the Pioneer saloon , GALENA..."Lead for you tinhorns" etc... UNFORGETTABLE Jeff , you know the video .....I think you should link that to this post on your channel for all to see.Just my opinion🎉 I loved it and I miss that dude . Your Buddy Rick , a subscriber for over a decade!
we did put a link it the top pinned comments for all to watch .... thanks for the Sub Rick
Can you explain the washer? Are they falling off some of your equipment?
Ya that washer business gives me the Willies .?????
Mad respect brother 🤘
Your dad has a killer stash
yes he does
Jeff, This is one of your best show and tell you have done of late, not meaning that the past haven't been great info, but thanks again for the interesting video and the story telling...Later
My ideas would be an electric walk behind skid loader and a mini electric excavator with a hammer attachment. No need for a track system and less back breaking work. Although your tunnels would need to be made slightly larger for the machines to fit and turn around. I would also recommend putting a jumbo sand and sample bag lining the sump to catch anything that misses the skip bucket. When it needs cleaned out, just remove the bucket and hoist the bag up to the surface
great idea
I enjoy the energy you have, It is awesome. Keep it up
Wow, you are lucky to have all those memories of your dad and lots of VHS videos to watch and relive the past!!! ❤
yes I am.....
Congrats Jeff. Keep on digging
Sheesh. You are the OG. Original Gangsta, and Original Gold (Magnet).
don't you know I am loco hahhahahaha
These are my favorite types of videos .....drift mining!!! Excellent find. Keep up the great work and stay loud😂😂😂
I took an old little kid Barbie Jeep, removed all the plastic and seats off...now just a 12 volt powered flatbed cart. Lengthened the gas pedal wires and steering. It'll haul me no problem at 200#😊
great idea
I can't thank you enough for mentioning Lawrence Welk!
Nice of you to help Colin Furze out with his tunnel.
Thank you for showing your history. I love to hear this. You certainly have some history on VHS that is worth something. Have you ever heard of an old-timer building a home on top of a mine? To be inconspicuous
yes we have ...many times
Jeff, you have had such an amazing life! It is truly a blessing to the world for you to share such valuable treasures with us. Your videos are always a joy. Keep up the hardwork and may 2025 be your best year yet!!
Thank you so much, I appreciate the kind words!
Dinosaurs never existed but dragons did. They renamed them. They weren't in old dictionaries until recently. Fun fact 🤔👌💯💚💛❤️
I love your videos of the daily upkeep that shows the reality of mining , and ya I would get down there and work and learn so much.
I remember watching my grandfathers VHS mining videos in the 90's that I swear had you in them Jeff.
probably ...we have been around for a while
Yes I'm seeing 👀 it . That gold puppy is barking all the time . Wow . 😅 😂congratulations genius
Perhaps line the sump with a heavy duty tarp and then use you crane to lift it with the overburden?
great idea
Noooice! You get a new cam? looks all good man. Btw, how does a metal washer end up in that hardpack..... dinosaurs building stuff? 😅
The washer fall off your pick hammer the Second Last hit you gave before getting the jack hammer
thanks that was driving me crazy
Can’t wait to see all your old VHS 📼 footage! Keep up the amazing work brother!
will do my brother
Always suspenfull of what you two will find. Thanks for sharing. Keep us engaged with your work 😊
thanks Tina
Awesome thanks
Oh Yeah Desert Magazine and International California Mining Journal! That's what got me started with Gold Fever Bug back in 1987, Those two magazines and the Eagle Cliff Mine in Joshua Tree!
And yes it would be fun to see those old videos!
This is great! These are the nuts and bolts of the workings that I have always wanted to know more about.
Mr. Jeff Williams... you're the most entertaining dude ever and now knowing your background... can't wait to watch your early adventures with your father... and you are going to find that river of gold soon... lol... absolutely love your videos!!
thanks
Thankyou for posting more than just the "good" stuff. Lots of little tricks to learn!
She sure does know which way to bend the curve. Its even better when its prosperous. Lucky man😂
Jeff, you should try 2 inch 3 inch wide paddle bits for your jackhammer. I think they work better and hard packed Gravel type stuff. You could also try 4 to 6 inch paddle bits. I feel that pointed bits have a tendency to get stuck and highly compacted gravel situations
I think your right
Educational and entertaining. That's what I love about your videos.
Hey, Jeff I wanted to give you a Little help on the clean up on the muck. Use a flat trowel and a margin trowel to help scrape up the fine muck then use your shovel. ( I’m only mentioning it as i seen you using your hands.)
A muck sheet would be awfully handy too!
@@ElementofKindness we have a muck sheet ( wood )
It's why I like panning for gold. You have to dig to find Colorado gold. I always wanted to actually help out in a gold mine.
hear in australias opel fields they tend to use large vacumes fitted on the back of a truck or even a bus
Hey Jeff, that winch has a Six Million Dollar Man theme all its own while the motors running. BEWARE THE RED WORMS , they eat gold while the mine is dark and quiet. You better install security cameras!
😂😂😂 dedication to your channel! Carrying a VHS tape down into your mine to visually describe your mining background 😂😂😂 that is the definition of "fully invested"
Love it 👌
thanks and you know it my brother
You could always put a pan in the red worm hole with a hook so when overburdened does start to fill up you pull it out and dump that saving time
Hey Jeff would you mind making a video showing the process once you dump the material into the barrel and sending it to the surface
we have made many vids on that but we can make more
Good thing I smashed that LIKE button real hard, so I could see you find that awesome nugget ! Wow, they just keep on coming. Yeehaw !! What if you fitted that sump with a heavy canvas tarp with ties on each corner ? That way you could easily lift all those rocks at once. Just a thought. Thanks for another great video, Brother !
thanks my brother ....love them monster nuggets ...got a small scar on it ....yes they do ..................we were thinking the same thing ...imagine what would be hiding under it hahhahahaha you betcha my brother and enjoy that retirement
Oh, I didn't think about ?
I love the working of the mine. Don’t change a thing. The gold is the payoff, but there is a 💩load of work beforehand. This is the reality of basically hard rock mining. Been watching you for years. Your drift mine is one of my favorites.
thanks
Jeff, I thought you were over the top back when I first found you! But I gave you a chance anyway 😊
Over the years watching, I have found that you are are very smart nut!!!
Thanks for sharing your adventures, you are a trip 😂
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thanks Ron
JIM!!!! You just hit my nostalgia button... When I first moved to Las Vegas (The second time.) in 1976, my wife and I used to explore the desert around the area.
I got my pilot's license in 1977 and I would fly around out in the middle of nowhere and find things like MINE SHAFTS, then mark them on the SECTIONAL and drive back and explore them.
We were out shooting on the dirt road that leads from Goodsprings to Sandy Valley, when we stumbled on some mine remnants and a piece of corrugated sheet metal on the ground that I lifted up looking for SNAKES.
What I found was a vertical shaft which went straight down about 80 feet.
The ladder was made out of coal car tracks.
We drove into Vegas and bought battery operated head lights and canteens and headed back down the mine shaft.
When we got to the bottom, the tunnels were from 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide to about 7 feet tall and we found coal cars, even a newspaper that had the headline, "ROOSEVELT DIES TODAY!" and a blue jar of Vicks Vapor Rub.
Lots of coal car rail spikes and a room that was about 12 x 14 feet. We walked for four hours until we found a wall that was closed by a cave-in and realized that was as far as we could go. It took another four hours to get back up, we had spent the entire day down there.
There was a pole with a TOBACCO CAN on it and inside the can was a document that read, "Yellow Tail Mine, Provo, Utah." Not exactly sure about the Provo part, but I think that is what it said. Definitely said UTAH.
It had a date on it, but I cannot remember the date.
My friend, my wife and a Black friend we worked with returned and explored the mine about a week later, but about 1/2 the way through the mine, the overhead beam which looked to be about a 12 x 12 was broken, we think there was an earthquake between our visits and I would not let my wife go beyond the broken beam, she stayed on the other side in case something went wrong, she could get out.
My Black friend joked that he might have been the only Black man to ever go down into that mine.
I know NOTHING about MINES or MINING, I have been a professional photographer for over 50 years, but I have explored a few mines when I stumble across them.
WONDERING IF THE MINE WE EXPLORED IN 1977 WAS THE SAME MINE YOU SPENT TIME IN BETWEEN GOODSPRINGS AND SANDY VALLEY? dizeman.com
it probably is as we have been in every one of them ....it took 20 years to explore them all