Surprise Lake Rocks & Gold Mines in Atlin BC
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- Опубликовано: 13 авг 2019
- Quick Roadtrip around the accessable mines on Surprise Lake, outside of Atlin British Columbia, close to the Yukon border. I used one bit of video from earlier. Can you spot it? As for the coffee giveaway, I wil pick a random comment 48 hours after posting. Come back to see if you got it or look for my reply to your comment with a congrats.
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Atlin Coffee giveaway:
The good news is I acquired a couple of extra bags. The bad news is I cannot send one to everybody. You all deserve to taste it. These were courtesy of the Atlin Inn where we had our room. On the last day, they gave us a few extras which I packed up and took home. So for those that won, congrats! For the others, hopefully I can show my appreciation for following my channel another time. So here are the winners from the random draw:
Jennifer Brown
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Ahh man how does a rock hound go to a tailings pile and not fill their pockets !! So many cool rocks already washed ! I hope you enjoyed that coffee.
Imagine how interesting the rocks would be wet after a rain?
The size of that nugget your friend found 😯
Like always your videos are great to watch.
It couldn't have been found by a nicer guy. Heck of a nice nugget.
Does he have a RUclips channel? As would love to follow him if so..
(In this world it's not what you know, but who!)
You are a great man, meMiner! Not only do you share the adventures of rock hunting and the beauty you encounter in the world (including your precious daughter), now you're sharing what sounds like some great coffee.
Watching your channel has encouraged me to get my tumbler out and start polishing my collected rocks again.
Thanks and have a blessed week!
Good luck with you tumbling adventures. Warning, once you start, you cannot stop. ;-)
MeMiner, you look like your having hell of a great time on this adventure. Such beautiful country, so many things to do. Nothing like a good cup of coffee in the middle of nowhere. Taking it all in and sipping on a cup of java. You just need to find yourself a nice nugget now. Keep up the videos, excellent!!!👍👍👍👍👍!!!
The best thing is we cooked Amy's salmon on an open fire. I hope I have some good video about it. Good memories were built for sure.
Nice!!!!
This was cool man thank you! I think I would go crazy if I were there and you wouldn't be able to make we leave! Too much fun.
Love the blinkers Mr. MeMiner..hehe..That is a magnificent part of the world you live and play mate and one that we Aussies commonly have on our bucket lists..The Canadian gold reserves must be very healthy given the gold mining history there and I think our two countries share that type of history as well..Thanks again for the tour.
There is quite a bit of gold in Canada, but much of it was affected by glaciers which narrows the opportunities for hand mining. As such, some of the best places are abandoned machine operations and find what they lost. I have never been to Australia, but it is on my bucket list.
Wow. Being a rock hound since age 2, I would go nuts there. I can't believe you dropped that beautiful purple one that you said would be good for slicing.
@Mama's gone detecting , totally agree!
My wife said the same thing. LOL
Such beautiful country and so many cool things to see! Cool to see Rhubarb too, didn't know it grew that far north. Makes for good pie. And the suace is a remedy for Zinc poisoning, from exposure due to welding fumes and such. Glad to see you enjoying the trip. Give some extra love to Dasiy when you get home. 😁
Daisy waiting for us in the driveway most days while we were gone. She went nuts when we returned.
I really enjoy watching your videos! Lots of knowledge and great times!!!
Very nice. Learning a little each time. Many videos to catch up on. Have a great trip.
Beautiful area. That nugget was incredible. Just had homemade rhubarb/black cherry dump cake two nights ago. Delicious covered with homemade whip cream and a large cup of coffee. Thanks for sharing and take care.
Oh boy. That sounds amazing.
My brother and I were at Atlin lake many years ago. I fell in love with the beauty of the lake. I bet that coffee has a kick to it. Enjoy. That rhubarb is interesting. Thanks for sharing.
The rhubarb in this video was right on the lake. I have also seen it at the old camps. I talked with an older lady about it and she confirmed all of the old timers brought a root with them to plant.
LOL Your partial sunglasses are hilarious. I've got a pair just like em. LOL Keep up the good work. See ya in the next one.
Usually mine are scratched too badly to use. I am not sure what broke these ones. I am kinda rough on stuff.
Keep up the good work and I am enjoying the Rock hounding videos.
Looks like your having a great trip. Keep at it.. Enjoy!
You cannot help but enjoy a place like this. So much to do and so little time. ;-)
I could have a lot of fun looking through the waste pile there. I would really enjoy a chat over a cup of coffee someday. In the mean time, nice video. Regards to the family and say "hi" to Daisy. Quick flash of Amy there too.
Hi you guys ~ Great to see you enjoying yourselves ! I LOVE all the rocks regardless of what they are ~ however that glint of gold certainly stirs one up quite a bit....I haven't been on the computer much these days, but when I do it sure is good to see what you and Amy are up to.
Thanks for sharing your Summer Adventures with us here on yt ~ Oh yes AND the Winter GOLD nugget was refreshing for sure, yes VERY refreshing ! Until next time ~ Motor on !!!
Cheers ~ Suse & Crew Vancouver Island BC CANADA ~*~
Thanks Suse! I still have some video to edit for when were we on Vanc Island. We stayed around Victoria and Sooke. Time was too short and we have to return soon. ;-)
so different from here, im tempted to smell the air over there
Ohhh that COFFEE looked wonderful - lovely road trip. :)
It was a fun day out with Amy exploring. With the time difference (3 hours), we both had some jet lag, so the coffee was very welcome.
@@meMiner Glad you are all enjoying your adventure - and good coffee makes the traveling much smoother (unless it's a 17-hour straight plane ride - I'd suggest not recommended!) Good luck hunting - Amy may bring you Xra special fortune! :) G
There's just something about a MeMiner video. I love kicking back and catching up. They're informative and relaxing. Thank you sir!
Thanks much!
Always enjoy watching your videos...
Thanks Steve
Brand new family of rock hounders in Peterborough who love coffee and your videos! Keep digging.
There is a great rock club in Peterborough: KRFC
Cheap to join and some good people. I was a member until last year.
Awesome thanks. I’ll tell my husband. We took our kids up to the princess sodalite mine on the weekend to find some stones for the tumbler. Lots of fun for the whole family
Did you meet Alf? He belongs to KRFC. He has forgotten when I think I know. Amazing guy
no didn’t meet anyone by that name. Went to the rock farm. And brought back 22lbs of stones to play with. My husband wanted to ask if you have been in Cordova before. His uncle owners a property that has to back filled gold mine shafts on it. He has brought back some chunks of white quarts with silver veins in it. Cool pieces to have around. Assumed you live around us and maybe have adventured that way
@@kristynorth3418 Yes. I have been there a few times. You should check the mines out before the the holes are backfilled. I had a friend in the area with mines on her place. Lots of good crystals too. She got some amethyst crystals with gold. I didn't see one but they sounded wonderful
You are always prepared for anything! lol I hope you find a big nugget too!
I think you may need a bigger carry on!
Been watching you for years love your channel
Thanks my friend. I looked up your channel a while back and no videos. I would have subbed. Let me know if you ever start posting. ;-)
Wish I had the mental capacity to retain all the information that you put out. 62 years old and I'm afraid my memory banks are full. Love your videos.
They say the memory is the second thing to go. LOL I am 59 this year, so not far behind you.
I like coffee. And gold. And your videos.
And beer and exploring and ... LOL
That's one way to look for gold when you are driving, so you can still see the shiny gold, Nice
40 k/hr, 2 windows down. LOL
Would be awesome to hang out with you a bit and learn about rocks and minerals. Here in Indiana I mostly just kick around bedrock streams looking for material to knapp.
There is some good collecting in Indiana and surrounding states. Good luck with your adventures.
Nothing better than a strong coffee and time on ya hands.
Coffee and mining go so well together
Besides being a rockhound, I'm also a coffee nerd. I'd love to try that stuff. Love the videos. Keep them coming.
Little pleasures. I was pleasantly surprised how good a cup of coffee it was. Who would have thought?
so many rocks ....so little space/weight for the luggage...ugh...Coffee! I would have to hide it lol. Hope you and Amy are having fun and maybe finding a bit of your own gold as well.
We got some gold but I want to go back to get more.
A lot of very colorful rocks. I can only imagine they dont fuck around with crappy coffee up there. Looks so nice up there.
They don't mess around up there. period. LOL
I am learning so much from your videos - I live on a Mediterranean island called Cyprus. New to rock hounding, I don’t know any others. Cyprus is full of this ‘greenish’ rock. Now I realize it’s probably because of potential copper content. That makes sense because that’s where I think this island gets its name. Staying tuned!
I know Cyprus but have never rockhounded there. Canada is involved in peacekeeping there.
Dude! That's some pruddy rocks! A friend of mine from California sent some of those pretty rocks, but we call them pruddy stones, that purple one was real pruddy 😁
Beautiful country, you were way up there....... I could see you had a great day with Amy.
It would be nice to explore the rock piles after a rain, to really see the colours. ;-)
Just recently found your channel and am enjoying perusing your videos. Very enjoyable and informative.
Would like to see you cut some of those rocks you handled in this video.
Thanks for sharing and safe journeys.
Thank you for you kind words. It means quite a bit. I have a few rocks that I collected in BC for tumbling. It should be interesting to see them polished.
I live in the lower mainland of BC and I have just gotten into rocks... Your videos are what started it all... My next paycheck is going to top off my fund for buying a tumbler. I'm always trying to find Canadian RockHounds to follow and learn about what's around me! I nearly lost my mind when you tossed back that purple rock!! Lol! Keep making the great videos!!!
Lots of good collecting on the mainland too. Good luck with your hobby. The purple rock is still there for somebody to collect. Probably, a 19 hour drive for you. ;-)
Well, if the bit from earlier is at the start, I missed it, as I was looking at the comments. But right near the end there was a quick clip of A-me standing in front of a Yukon sign that might be the clip you're talking about.
Lol! Pls don't choose me for the coffee, I don't drink it! Someone else will truly appreciate it!
You are a gentleman.
Great looking mine, the coffee looks pretty good also!
Do you like your NOX? I have started to really appreciate mine.
I like the versatility of the Equinox. The performance is great for the price and the Minelab customer service is fantastic!
Lucky for me, I have never had to test the customer service. What I found interesting is how the NOX could find something good sitting right beside an old nail. I wanted to test the prospector mode for nuggets, but never turned it on out there. Next time.
Good day to you! Got a laugh out of the partial sunny day. That was a nice hike. Nice looking area. It's fun to look at rocks and minerals. Bet the air was nice to breath. I live in Florida. So mine is a bit salty. And moldy certain times of the year. Coffee sounds good about now. I will have to try arabica beans as I usually get Colombian.. Thank you for sharing your adventures. A lot of us that have health issues. Live through you RUclipsrs! Have a peaceful day. Which I am sure is not a problem where your at.
The air is dry and clean. However, last year it was bad because of forest fires.
@@meMiner Oh yes. I imagine so. Hard on the lungs.
Congrats. One small bag of coffee if you send my your address to meminerrocks@gmail.com ;-)
COFFEE!!!!! MMMMM ,COFFEE. Lol. Another awesome video Greig .
Thanks. BTW - We still need to cross paths.
You find the coolest places- then you get the history. Thanks for your time!
It is my 4th time to Atlin. It was fun to take Amy.
Love rhubarb pie! My grandma used to make it a few times a year when she was alive. Haven't had any in many years. Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! Beautiful area!
My Mom used to make it too. Still one of my favorites.
I am new to the Channel. I wanted to thank you for sharing your adventure with us. I am looking forward to the next one, once again thank you :) Nicole
Thanks for the support Nicole. I always like new friends. ;-)
Fun adventure. I saw a bunch of rocks I'd pick up to bring home for the tumbler!
Yeah, me too. ;-)
Love this road trip video series.
If it were up to me, all the videos would have been in a 20'x20' spot. You can thank Amy. She loves to drive. ;-)
@@meMiner Tell Amy thank you for me.
always great videos!!
Maravilha de vídeo show Parabéns meu amigo 👍👏
Thanks. It is wonderful that I can make friends around the world.
Obrigado. É maravilhoso poder fazer amigos ao redor do mundo.
Ahhh.. coffee! Awesome video! Keep them coming!
I have more video to edit an post.
Fantastic adventure beautiful area wow thanks for sharing
We had fun. What I missed is the fish cookout. We made Amy's salmon on a fire and it was delicious.
Wow. Great to see that bridge over Boulder Creek. We used to have to drive across it back in the day. If you know John in Atlin, say hello for me!
Drive across the Creek, that is. We forded it to access the headwaters of the Ruby Creek and Cracker Creek catchments.
Ruby Creek is one of my favourites. I'd love to have a claim n it
Enjoy the coffee and Beutiful views man that is relaxing.
I would love to live there (until winter)
Thanks for getting me into rocks again Mister me minor
You should post some videos about your rocks. ;-)
I would sit there all day pick threw rocks, such beautiful place!
Haha you toss back rocks I would like to keep. Maybe I should just give you a list of my simple likings. In Southern California we don't have places like that. Hahaha
Next time, I will make a box to mail home. It would have been difficult to take too many on plane.
Nice sunglasses!!!!
My two children and I would spend hours out here looking for rocks and stones
Great Video meMiner!!
It's fun to watch a kindred spirit...
Kindred - similar in kind or spirit. I just subbed your channel. ;-)
Beautiful area. That was amazing all the different kinds of rock. That purple rock almost had a cloudy amethyst look to it. I am a rockhound at heart, love to walk the beach at Whitefish Point Light looking for Lake Superior Agates and yes with my travel coffee mug in hand to keep me warm in the cool Lake Superior breeze.
I was going to drive out west and would have spent some time on Superior. I have never collected there and it is on my bucket list.
@@meMiner I have a cabin 2 miles south east as the crow flies from Crisp Point Light which I helped restore almost 20 years ago. It has a 9 acre tank lake that the mother moose frequent early spring with their calfs. 30 acres of old boreal forest, looks like it may have been logged in 30s or 40s by the few stumps I have found. Wild blueberries abound.
@@meMiner on the Canadian side of superior I am told you can find Amethyst crystals in the surf.
@@DigginWithDeej I didn't hear that. Considering the number of mines, I guess it shouldn't be a surprise. Be nice to check some the closeby rivers....
@@meMiner I'm on the eastern side of the upper peninsula of Michigan. Weren't the copper mines on the west side? But I do think there is a Dolomite mine in Trout Lake area maybe.
Hello meMiner, I just subscribed. Can't wait to see your claim. I to love everything about geology but am not a geologist unfortunately. Great video, I liked all the different kinds of rocks you showed. Have a great day!
Oh, I would love to have some coffee!😊
Thanks for the sub. You don't have to be a geologist to find or appreciate rocks. It is just fun.
@@meMiner oh I agree. I have lots of fun doing so.
There most be tons of gold still undiscovered there. Enjoyed watching ✌
There was a great story by Dave McCracken about dredging in Atlin a number of years ago on one of his trips. I visited where he camped and found the small area of creek he dredged. He took out 80 lbs. It is a great read and is online for anybody that wants to search for it on Google.
@@meMiner
I will definitely check it out . Thanks ✌
I met him once in CA. Really interesting guy. But the story will get anybody excited. It is what drew my eye to Atlin, when I had claims in the Cariboo.
Now the partly cloudy sunglasses are on the road again are the rocks going to tumble again is Mr.MeMiner going forward on the Claim to find the big nuggets there sure would like to see that too!!!; ) Thank's!!!; )
That nugget would be the find of a lifetime.
Neat video. Liked it.
Thanks Ryan
I saw lots of good carving rocks there! Hoping to go to South Dakota here soon!! I am hoping to find some real beauty's! I will be recording some vids on that trip!!!
Never been there... Would love to share a good quality cup of coffee with you and ask lots of questions.
Would like to learn from your knowledge and story's!!
I heard South Dakota is wonderful. You are going to have a great time. Talking rocks over a good cup of brew sounds like time well spent.
time for me to get out a littel but the temp hear benrond 100 maybe in a week or to thanks for the video have a good day .
100 is pretty warm. That would suck the life out of me.
Enjoy the information you share
Thanks
I work night shift, so a nice cup of coffee and meMiner videos help keep me going!
I used to do shift work. At first it was fun but I quickly realized it was not for me.
@@meMiner I'm at 16+ years of it now in the County Jail. might as well ride it out until retirement.
Love the smell of fresh brewed coffee in the morning!🍵
napalm coffee ;-)
You video always Rock ;)
Hope to cross your road when you come in Québec ;)
Sounds good. ;-)
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wow that looks nice a lot of rocks to pick thru, have u found much gold from there ? and i do love ya shades lol
I have gotten some gold from Atlin, but know there is more to find.
Man, I would be bringing back truck loads of stones from up there, lol
I had to fly and was already at capacity weight. No problem hauling gold, but had to be somewhat selective on nice rocks
I can ask what exactly the handle you have and where can I buy it and thank you meMiner
@@halemahalafgani3969 handle?
@@meMiner Quite understandable. A few years back I flew out to Iregon and mined sunstones. Saw so much other stuff wish i had room to bring back.
I meant what is are the grips that you use to hold the rocks in place. I just wanted to know so that i can get one my self. thank you
Gold and coffee dont get much better than that
It might be a good time to do some gold mining they are predicting gold prices to start climbing again.
I used to prospect when gold was $300/oz. i didn't care. I love seen natural raw gold in the stream or pan.
Cool rocks
Thanks from the lesson
My pleasure. I read all the time and love to visit the spots to see it for myself.
Cool
Beutiful views nice lokkings stones
The view changes with every corner of the road. I love the place.
Its beutiful.
Awesome video like the rock tumbler videos to
Thanks much!
great video
Thanks
Another great video, but you freaked me out with your glasses at the end!!! Sorry, I should have said in the original post that I was just joking.
sorry. ;-)
@@meMiner Just joking!!!
All good. I enjoyed your humour
Ahhhh ruby creek!! There’s old shafts u can crawl around down tgere
I have been in one of them. Fascinating place
@@meMiner really crazy it looks like they are mining the mouth of ruby again! Like 200ft of overburden lol
@@gorillagoldhunters No kidding. I wonder how much gold was released by operations upstream that will now be in the overburden?
@@meMiner crazy eh lol super deep, probably pretty good I imagine, this area always intrigued me. I am going to check out squaw creek this year, nuggets! You be back out BC way?
@@gorillagoldhunters You going to the Yukon or BC side of Squaw? I will be in BC this summer
Oh my that would have been so yummy 🤤
Cool man
Thanks
Having a fresh cup or two of coffee on the claim- PRICELESS ☕👍
agreed
Looks like good times with the daughter and finding cool rocks to tumble later. Miner did you just get that claim ? What you think your going to find 😅💪?
The intention of the claim was placer gold. There is the possibility of other minerals and a good idea to keep and open mind.
Thanks again mr . Miner
Love the vid.
Thanks. Are you really reclusive?
@@meMiner No, it's my alter ego. lol Most of the time I'm stuck in the city. Occasionally we get to escape into the Sierra Nevadas--where I feel totally at home.
What is the purple/grey rock that you say “would be nice sliced” @ 6:20?
I don't have it to test further, but suspect it was a jasper.
Nice👍
Thanks!
Live to love "Atlin" delicious coffee anytime , Mr. MEMINER. YE! Mmmm. you "smooth" talker you.
Thanks much!
I figured that this road trip was to BC where you caught up with Paul, but came to check out your claim, you acquired a while ago.
We flew and rented cars in both stopovers. It was a somewhat quick trip to see what is what, especially access and gear. Met up with Pauly in Victoria and then continued ourselves onto Whitehorse. I learned that the roads into the claims on the Island had two locked gates and I only had access this time to one of the keys. I also have claims in Atlin and checked them out while there. I am now ready to go back to do some serious prospecting.
Fantastic glasses.!
My wife watched the video and says I have to dive some swim holes to find more. I break mine all to often. LOL
@@meMiner 😎🤣👍
I might have taken that rock with the jasper on it, just to slice through it to see how it formed should be able to see it pretty well then
Next time. I had to keep my luggage weight down for the airplane.
does the coffee come with the glasses for those really rough days
LOL
Hi
Your blue green rock you tossed is malachite you called it something else and it appears to be weathered to a possible turquoise quality stone and amazingly you threw it away.
Yes it is copper but where did it originate from in that area?
Also it’s fun to hunt silver because it’s available in your East area but copper is way more valuable than silver because it’s value is based on a percentage per ton not a dozen nickels per gram. A 10% copper assay is over $500 per ton and malachite material like that could be 20-40% copper oxide and that me miner is serious money if the deposit is an undiscovered showing.
A little bit of everything has been found in this area. Even a diamond. It is handy that they washed the rocks. Easy collecting
good video
Thanks
But even a miner geologist would appreciate a a ride in a De Havilland Beaver to see nature via natural style. We do it all the time. Rock & Roll.
I love the old Beavers. Been in them many times.
Interesting, are they still mining there? The area looks beautiful!
There are still some big active operations and some smaller ones. A good spot for machine mining.
theres something missing from the coffee
ive just come back from Nzema gold mine in Salman, Western Region, Ghana
and beer was the morning coffee lol
If I drank been in the morning, I would be asleep by noon. ;-)