Great to see the transition of the brute force of a Denver drill and explosives, along with hours of hard manual labor, in to delicate lapidary to create something beautiful... Well done !
Nice cabs Harry. I have muck from Jason I'm still going through. Didn't know you did cabs and cutting. I have an old 10" Star auto feed and a CabKing 8, good times. Nice material.
@@mineoperator I have found gold, no problem there. Just enough to have fun with, make some cabs. I like your lapidary setup. I live in Fullerton and belong Searchers Gem and Mineral Society. Are you familiar with them? Would like to meet you sometime,.
Enjoy all of the MO videos. Especially enjoyed the ones you did w/ Jason at his mine this year. I didn't realize you had all that rock cutting stuff. The trim saw at 9:44 looks like a Rock Rascal Model J saw. If so, KingsleyNorth sells a replacement shaft and bearings. I've been running that saw for over 40 years.
Some of the oldest slabbing saws are easy to copy and make your own. Build a hook on the front to hold a dumbbell, to help the saw cut. Those are some nice looking cabs!
Looking like a whole lot of fun, Harry... Waiting to see more of you and Jason when you are back up north. How's the prospecting in the desert claims going? You guys recovering gold out of the dump pile or sampling veins under ground?
Howdy from Montana! Have you guys ever considered leaving a mic and recording device inside the mine to really get exciting blast sound? I believe you’re missing out on delivering exciting sound bites for those of us following you! In fact I wonder if what you hear near a portal is far superior to the blast sounds we hear while watching a vid? I really like the lapidary work! I’ll have to get one of your lightning quartz hand or palm stones, those are amazing.
We have a ballistic gopro case we aim to use next summer. Put it close to the blast. The only issue is the microphones don't do well at the loud of noise. We will have to figure out the best distance to still capture it.
Nice work! That stone is incredible and you really make it shine. Did you get any of the host rock by chance? I really like the black and white contrast of it and was hoping some of it might have been taken for lapidary work.
Harry, how can you tell between tellurides and sulphides? From my perspective they look very similar. Even some of the stones you polished looked like the "lightening" had a gold hue. Cool video. Thanks bud.
Once you have seen the two next to each other it's easy to spot. Gold Telluride alloy looks like lead when its molten hot, it has this blue grey metal hue to it, the grain of it is solid like gold, it also has some ductillity to it. The Pyrrohtite is more glittery, the grain is small, random small shapes crumbly not solid very brittle. If you leave Pyrrohtite in water it will quickly oxidized into rust.
Maybe having a block of wood under the rock would help support it while you're cutting to keep it from breaking early. Don't wanna be an armchair kibbitzer, but it works for fancy woods.
Curious how much time it takes from slabing to final cav ? I'm guessing it makes financial sense to create them and put up for sale? (Not looking to know how .much you make, cause that none of my business!) As always, I think you ROCK!!!
It takes hours, on a good day maybe 10 cabs from raw quartz to finished cab. Most time is taken slabbing and finding good material to cab up. Making cabs is a hobby for Harry, but people will pay you to make cabs 15-25 dollars each in the US. Most cabs are now outsourced to overseas and they are $3-5 a cab. Very hard to compete with the foreign market.
As a teenager we belonged with a rockhound group that used to go out to the desert in California a lot. We had a little shed that was rented and we had all the group's equipment there and those were the good days. I had a habit of trying to work with real soft materials and I had a few stones explode on me. Too much heat but it was fun and now my old age. I wish I had stayed with it
Nice Harry! Hope to see much more of you and Jason this year.
MineOperator is headed up to Vancouver this month, there is a chance.
Great to see the transition of the brute force of a Denver drill and explosives, along with hours of hard manual labor, in to delicate lapidary to create something beautiful...
Well done !
Thanks for noticing, that what was important to emphasize. All gems had to be mined by someone. Even the gems of far off lands.
well done dude. they turned out really nice!!!
Nice cabs Harry. I have muck from Jason I'm still going through. Didn't know you did cabs and cutting. I have an old 10" Star auto feed and a CabKing 8, good times. Nice material.
That's great! I hope you find gold in the ore. A lot of good feedback from customers who purchased ore.
@@mineoperator I have found gold, no problem there. Just enough to have fun with, make some cabs. I like your lapidary setup. I live in Fullerton and belong Searchers Gem and Mineral Society. Are you familiar with them? Would like to meet you sometime,.
Harry is in SoCal not far from you.
Enjoy all of the MO videos. Especially enjoyed the ones you did w/ Jason at his mine this year. I didn't realize you had all that rock cutting stuff. The trim saw at 9:44 looks like a Rock Rascal Model J saw. If so, KingsleyNorth sells a replacement shaft and bearings. I've been running that saw for over 40 years.
🌟 BEAUTIFUL work, Harry - and what an impressive setup of machinery! 🌟
Some of the oldest slabbing saws are easy to copy and make your own. Build a hook on the front to hold a dumbbell, to help the saw cut. Those are some nice looking cabs!
Thanks, they were fun to work. I have a 14" Highland Park gravity feed its very old.
Beautiful
Looking like a whole lot of fun, Harry...
Waiting to see more of you and Jason when you are back up north.
How's the prospecting in the desert claims going?
You guys recovering gold out of the dump pile or sampling veins under ground?
Harry made it out to a few prospects last week, not very promising. The samples get tested in the system next weekend.
Howdy from Montana! Have you guys ever considered leaving a mic and recording device inside the mine to really get exciting blast sound? I believe you’re missing out on delivering exciting sound bites for those of us following you! In fact I wonder if what you hear near a portal is far superior to the blast sounds we hear while watching a vid?
I really like the lapidary work! I’ll have to get one of your lightning quartz hand or palm stones, those are amazing.
We have a ballistic gopro case we aim to use next summer. Put it close to the blast. The only issue is the microphones don't do well at the loud of noise. We will have to figure out the best distance to still capture it.
smooth operator
Now I have that song stuck in my head.
@@mineoperator me too
I WANT A CYBER CAB!
Looks like fun and profitable
Nice work! That stone is incredible and you really make it shine. Did you get any of the host rock by chance? I really like the black and white contrast of it and was hoping some of it might have been taken for lapidary work.
Next season I will grab the folded banded host rock when the raise is reached. The host rock is really impressive.
@@mineoperator Nice. I cant wait! Ill buy a cab of that.
Great vido how interesting
Harry, how can you tell between tellurides and sulphides? From my perspective they look very similar. Even some of the stones you polished looked like the "lightening" had a gold hue.
Cool video. Thanks bud.
Once you have seen the two next to each other it's easy to spot. Gold Telluride alloy looks like lead when its molten hot, it has this blue grey metal hue to it, the grain of it is solid like gold, it also has some ductillity to it. The Pyrrohtite is more glittery, the grain is small, random small shapes crumbly not solid very brittle. If you leave Pyrrohtite in water it will quickly oxidized into rust.
@mineoperator Thank you. Makes sense
Mesmerizing! I have turned some wood on a lathe and it is highly habit forming. The big Te inclusions are hiding a little secret aren't they?
Yes a golden secret.
@@mineoperator Good luck on your digital gold mine Harry!
I hope you process all the cons you're creating, either at the end of this video or a separate one - smelt 'em and everything!!
I am keeping all the cuttings in a separate bucket. You know it!
Very nice.
Maybe having a block of wood under the rock would help support it while you're cutting to keep it from breaking early. Don't wanna be an armchair kibbitzer, but it works for fancy woods.
Will try that
Do you make the jewelry too? Nice work on these cab's!!
Yes
How does the garden go over the stone? 6:43
Automatically, it has a bevel and the rock pushes the guard up. Sometimes I have to adjust it for bigger rocks.
Curious how much time it takes from slabing to final cav ? I'm guessing it makes financial sense to create them and put up for sale? (Not looking to know how .much you make, cause that none of my business!)
As always, I think you ROCK!!!
It takes hours, on a good day maybe 10 cabs from raw quartz to finished cab. Most time is taken slabbing and finding good material to cab up. Making cabs is a hobby for Harry, but people will pay you to make cabs 15-25 dollars each in the US. Most cabs are now outsourced to overseas and they are $3-5 a cab. Very hard to compete with the foreign market.
And all the tellurides have gold, and silver mix which can be separated.
Love y’all, MO!!! Check the spelling in the episode banner. Ya misspelled lightening.
I am a terrible speller, thanks.
Ya mean 'lightning'? 😝
@ yep. Them too!
If its really lightning quartz why does your lead say "Mt. Baker Lighting Quartz"?
Because I can't spell
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Yo. More pieces is more money bring those circles closer together. Make stones from the “ scraps “ as well. 8:42 .
The scraps go into the crush it bucket for any gold.
@ is this wise?
Supply is not an issue
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As a teenager we belonged with a rockhound group that used to go out to the desert in California a lot. We had a little shed that was rented and we had all the group's equipment there and those were the good days. I had a habit of trying to work with real soft materials and I had a few stones explode on me. Too much heat but it was fun and now my old age. I wish I had stayed with it
Most excellent work sir
Glad your on board
It is amazing how many folks having a blast at lapidary stuff are 'older'....go for it!