excellent presentation my brother ...really love hearing the History of that place and can't imagine the huge scale of labor a project like that must have been all dug by hand ..... would love to see where it was fed by the Carson River if you ever plan to make a follow video ....thanks and keep'em coming
@@Askjeffwilliams Thanks boss! I had thought about a follow-up. As far as I know, no one knows where it was fed from. Laura Tenant, the curator at the Dayton museum hasn’t even mentioned it! I’ll make it a point to go visit her this week and ask her. Thank you so much for your support and encouragement. It is blessing the lives of others as well as with myself.
So pleased to have found your channel Ernie. Each episode a joy; learning history, then quiet time wandering to reflect. Next best thing to being there.
We are pleased and happy that you are with us! It is our goal to bring joy into the lives of of our subscribers/UU Family Members. Thank you for your encouraging support.
@@1uptospeed Hi, honestly I don’t know what it was since I never saw it. I just heard a slide and rocks falling, I’m guessing about a foot high. Then those two sounds again. If you look at the video at the 13 minute and 15 second mark you’ll see some fresh feathers and some white egg shells on the ground. What do you think?
When I was a kid my dad would say " I'm not afraid of the dark... Not the deepest, darkest cave...where things may squeek, and things may creep....no I'm not afraid of the dark...but I like the light better!" Stay safe, Ernie!!
@@mt.treasures911 Actually I was pretty scared! There were two separate sounds of rocks falling and heavy slides and one other sound as my head got close to the top of the opening. I was even scared that night inside my home. I realized what a chicken I am 😂
Stay safe Ernie. I’m glad you got an air monitor! I wonder if it was rock falling noise you heard? Or did it sound more like an animal? Good gold hunting! Take care.
@@SilvasSmallMining It was a a heavy slide then rocks falling, another heavy slide and rocks falling and a short sound. It happened just as my head looked straight up and my light hit the upper wall.
@@josephaggs7791 Very nice! Welcome to Dayton. My dad and his family are from Worcester, Massachusetts. I used to live in Springfield, Massachusetts when I was in the third grade.
@@josephaggs7791 There are some really good books that you can learn from. For me, whether online or offline I used them as a guide. It’s actually the hands on of prospecting and mining that I learned the most. Trial and error. What works for me may not work for you in some degree. Don’t be afraid to try different techniques and have fun doing it. I’m glad you’re with us brother.
@@RobertMorrow-re8ww Yes, thank you my friend, but it makes it much easier to roast the ore first before crushing it due to the fact that andesite is a number 8 on the hardness scale and the wear that it puts on my crushers. Last year I went through a set of chains on my crusher on 500 lbs of andesite.
@@1ironbelle Thanks Renay, I miss seeing you. When are your days off again. I forgot. We can try to schedule an outing on your day off? Are there any mines close to you? Let me know. I’ll talk with you soon.
Great exploration video Ernie! Be mindful of bad air in those mines. If you don’t have an O2 meter, you can use the lighter trick. If a bic lighter won’t stay lit in there……GET OUT! lol. Be safe. I pray that God guides you through your explorations. Good gold hunting! Take care.
@@SilvasSmallMining Thank you Bob. I’m not quite sure with the big lighter approach. What would happen if there were some ignitable gases. I’d be a roasted Japanese prospector in that tunnel. L O L and actually I just picked up an air monitoring gauge for those shafts. Thanks for watching over me. Take care and we’ll talk with you soon and hopefully you can make it out with us. It’s just about 35-40 minutes from Le Valley.
@@themahoneymine Yes indeed and in this case it was pretty quick. I am guessing one of the main factors that this place could not survive was of lack of water. Beside the springs there, water was no place to be found.
@@SilvasSmallMining Thanks! I wanted to go into that one but I was just too tired. The Crew is planning on going out one day in the future. I hope you and Courtney can make it. I’ll chat with you soon. Take care brother.
@@Askjeffwilliams When you come out here my son Jonathan and his wife Solana and I would love to have you and Lila stay with us. We are in the process of moving from Dayton to Stagecoach. We just acquired 1 acres of land.
Great video. You can count on The Mahoney Mine crew gathering up our underground gear and joining you next time. The open portals may be air/escape audits and who knows what they are attached to. That looks like nicely oxidized ore. Let's go explore!
@@LetsCrushRocks hello, I’ve gotten 10 smelts out of my smaller Clay crucibles, and I am still using them. On my larger ones, the Legend K crucibles I’ve gotten between three and eight uses. Certain is because the furnace I’m using for them is too small and the flame coming from the propane torch is hitting right on the crucible, once I’m finished moving to our new location, I will build a larger furnace that will have ample room for the Legend K crucible. I get the legend crucible from legends incorporated in Sparks Nevada. The website is imine.com
