Smelting Gold Mine Sample

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Processing a gold ore sample I took from an abandoned underground gold mine. Check out how much gold is left in this mine!
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00:00 Introduction
00:23 Abandoned Mine Exploration
05:18 The Gold Vein
11:30 Mining The Gold
29:17 Crushing And Pulverizing The Ore
33:09 Smelting The Gold
42:15 Testing The Tailings
49:12 The Results!

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45 thoughts on “Smelting Gold Mine Sample”

  6. Since its feather and wedges, the feather would be center post spreading the wedges as you drive it in between. Thats just my opinion because of the plural wedges. Love your content, but I must say I do fear for your safety in some of these vids. I know a partner means splitting profits, but the buddy system is something I truly believe in, especially when under ground or water. Please stay safe so we can continue enjoying your channel. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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  9. As others said, thank you for including things that don't go as planned in addition to the stuff that does. I've never smelted gold but interesting to watch you do it.

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  12. If money and time weren't an issue, I'd be so curious to know how much gold would be yielded if the dirt floor of these old gold mines were "vacuumed" up.

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  14. Howdy Jason. I'm always learning. I want you to know that you're doing the right thing. I've been working outdoors my whole life.commercial fishing ect. It's important we set a good example for young people .and keeping in mind what I call practical environmentalism .instead of preaching doom and media driven hype .so I'm looking forward to more of what your doing and am going to check the vids u have already done. Happy 2023 .

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  18. I'm sure a thousand ppl have commented on this but…. the part you hit is the Wedge, wedging apart the thin metal side pieces called the Feathers. Have you ever considered doing episodes with visitors, people who pay to accompany you in the caves, streams, mountains and back home to your mills and crushers? I see a HUGE waiver being involved and you can pretty much right your own costs? Time limits on mine work and time down in the working areas, people can sift through tailing piles, etc. Do panning in a stream. Pack-mule the filled bags of rock to the trucks. What they find they keep? People will Flip the F**K out joining you doing your thing. You can make your own "rules" about people being down in a mine, like for 30mins per day or whatever, do a nice lunch. Back to the workshop to crush up the rocks. Maximum 4 clients per weekend? Two 8 hr days? They can camp or stay in a hotel? Just a thought?

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  21. I wonder if just messing with the exposure would help, but then you would have to deal with setting up a camera and also mining. Better to hire a camera man that wants to go prospecting with you!

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  22. love your videos. thinking that the last few drops in the crucible contain the most metals and would be important to get that last drop or two. awesome machines (jaw crusher and bico) – any details on the jaw crusher?

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  27. First just toss in a stick of dynamite and loosen up anything that's ready to fall. Then come back in and it will be safer to explore…theoretically…

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  32. Something I know Dan H uses, multiple feather and wedges. He doesn't just use one. It will spread out the pressure for the fracture of the rock, plus it is less likely to get stuck / left behind in the host.

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  33. I would contact Jeff Williams, a fellow Youtuber who also works mining underground and has had to work with lighting in a similar situation…
    Just a thought.

    Smaller batches for that pour??

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  37. For better a better view on the ore, you can lower the exposure on your camera, so that you only see whats illuminated, and you can see any shimmering that may be from the gold

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  38. Jason, can you retry this but use 10X more raw material? I would love to see the results. Also, have you considered buying one of those hand held element detectors? Expensive, but just a quick sweep of the quartz vein would focus your attention on the concentrated gold rather than the hit and miss method that you are currently using.

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  41. Lighting for camera underground is always gonna be tricky,
    Especially if you're trying to be a miner
    while being the cinematographer at the same time,
    as both are pretty time consuming
    ie: getting the golden rocks
    takes about as much time as getting the golden shots

    You might benefit from rigging some sort of close-up camera with a ring light
    for the close-ups of the rocks

    And a few wide angle led's for lighting up bigger area's
    that way you can place a few of them around so they don't cast shadows in the area
    you're trying to film, and you can still use your torch for highlighting spots on the wall

    But then, you really need to review your footage on the spot, just after you're taken it
    Just to make sure viewers can see what you're pointing out, and so-on, and so on.

    As you've probably noticed, good filming is trickier than most people realise.
    Particularly when you're in a pitch black space
    and moving the lights & camera around.

    If ever there's a film crew in town, or you know of a local videographer
    If might be worth taking them down a mine to give you some pro tips
    in exchange for some of the gold, quid pro quo!
    It cant hurt to try, and might help with safety & growing your channel

    Keep up the good work, I love your vids!

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  42. I'm super impressed by that crusher you were using, that's making talcum powder fines!
    I've been working on building a 12v, wheelbarrow mounted jaw crusher for a while now,
    So that I can sample rocks from old tailings & hard rock mines out in the Australian bush.

    (So far I've learned a lot about how NOT to make a working jaw crusher, but it's getting closer,
    as I've actually got it to crush rock a few times,
    till critical elements failed, but, hey, it's a work in progress)

    I intend to make a flail mill to get finer crushings after that

    I've got a few questions, if you feel like answering –

    – I'm curious as to why you just panned the finer crushings at that point?
    Was it too much bother to fire up the big shaker table?
    (do you have a small one?) – yet another project I'm planning to work on 😉

    – Woudn't a Miller table have helpe seperate the fines better?,
    or where you just sort of skipping steps to get the vid out

    – Is there any value in slag?
    It looks like it should be good for something, it's hard as hell, brittle, and shiny
    There's gotta be a use for material like that
    It literally get's poured into a mold
    There's GOT to be some sort of jewellry tie-in there somewhere!

    – You often speak of 'collecter metals' when smelting,
    can you point us all to a good reference for what, how, why, and when to use them?

    – Have you heard of using a potatoe as a crucible?
    Apparently many people in outback Australia just cut a spud in half,
    scoop out a depression with a spoon
    and use a blowtorch to melt their gold into nuggets
    Look it up, I'll bet you get a giggle, and can't resist trying it!
    If you do, you know you'll want to!
    And I'd love to see the Vid.

    Kepp doing the good thing Mate
    I enjoy your vids immensly

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