Hey Chris, I live in Colorado and I've done ok along the Arkansas river, but that was when I was able. I really wish that they would set aside some ground for those of us that are disabled. Thank you for your videos, I've been watching you for years now. You and Jeff, in my opinion, are the best. Thank you!
I live in Colorado and the book changed how and where I prospect. Kevin is really nice, knowledgeable we have a FB page with the same name as the book. It has reignited my gold fever.
There is a good GPAA claim north of Steamboat. Hans peak. In King Salomon creek. I find nice gold in it all the time. Alot of this creek is unclaimed. I have found gold on most of the tributaries as well.
Chris, I would like to express my gratitude for the constant wealth of information you share with the community. I've been interested in overall rockhounding and minerology for the vast majority of my life. However it had always seemed information was always tight lipped and closely guarded. Just the act of finding out how to know what you are looking at and what possibilities a region holds were considered information you inherited or had to pay to acquire. The information in your book I have been finding extremely useful these past 5-6 months as well as the video's you release that I have been watching over the past 2 years now. Aiming to grow my confidence in the ability to search for minerals of interest as well as wanting to learn how to find my own (even if small) claims to utilize. I am extremely grateful to you and your support. Someday maybe I will have a decent setup and can reach out to you with valuable information or a location to "pay it forward". Best of wishes.
There are a lot of Colorado Geological Survey papers and books for just about every mining district on line. Type in the district and the word geology,
Thanks Chris, for another great video. I do wish you would go into the geology aspect a little bit more though. Colorado has so many different types of structural features and deposition areas within these structures. Perhaps a schematic on some of the bigger areas next time? Thanks again.
For a lot of reasons, probably not. I do also get folks who complain my videos are too long as it is - going into detailed geology would make them much longer. The other thing is specific locations - if I do a video on Colorado, the folks who live in Colorado are very interested. But the folks in the other 50 states plus Canada and Australia - are not interested. The videos I have done on "Where to find gold in (whatever state)" don't attract as much interest from my audience as a whole because of that. What I would encourage you to do is dig in and study for yourself. There is so much information on the internet, you could go out and study in full detail whichever districts you are interested in.
A major gold vein was found when making Eisenhower Tunnel. But the vein was found in a fault line on the contentinetal divide which made it a extremely unstable for mining.
Very informative video 👍 Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Your videos and book have and continue to help me find where to prospect. 💒🙏Many Blessings to you and your family🙏😇
Well done Chris. I live in Cripple Creek. There's lots of old prospect holes and piles of tailings around. Most all of it is on private land. My question; Does your book talk about gold from float that breaks from weathered rock, and can be found in the dirt around the outcrops that I think may be in public areas of BLM? The BLM locations are several miles from the C.C. mine. So, I'm not sure if there would be anything of worth to dig? Thank you.
@@ChrisRalphthe water is used to cool the brewery process so it comes out of the brewery pretty warm. It's considered warm enough for panning year round!
Chlorination can be really messy and create toxic waste you can't dispose of in your trash. I am going to do a video on leaching with thiosulfate, which is cleaner and easier to use. But that video will not be anything coming out soon.
@@ChrisRalph still haven't found any wire... I know it's here somewhere, just hoping to step on some stock works. Very hard to find images of the ore in my area.
I'm learning a lot from you Chris. Quick qestion,... Epithermal is shallow and needs a source,..Is it possible that the Gold found in the Epithermal belt got there from meteoric waters in the what is now barren zone of the Origenic belt ? Looking at that drawing sure makes it look that way. The Epithermal is just East of it. I don't think surface up hill and down hill would matter underground.
On a map the distance looks short, but that distance is a couple hundred miles. The minerals come up from below - which is far closer. They are not washed over from a couple hundred miles away.
Just kidding Chris, we're spoiled for information here! If you're thinking of coming back to WA, let us know. We may be able to give you a place to stay on the way to the goldfields.
It is super amazing I have enough to zero scape my house no one steals it because it's just ugly rocks but now I need a miller so I can get some worthless paper for my efforts
I feel like most of these places that can have large veins and stuff like bc around cripple creek are all owned by companies or government and you don’t really have a way to legally search for it. Limited to only gold panning in national forest creeks and rivers really unless I’m missing something
That may be your feelings, but it is not what I said. You can feel bad and give up before you even start, or you can seek opportunities, even if they are rare. I suggest to join a prospecting club and learn the facts before you give up.
Hey Chris! Is there anyway to contact you privately, perhaps e-mail? I'm a huge fan of your channel and you've helped me with a lot of my recent findings. I would love to show you what our project has discovered in an untouched mountain I have acquired in New England. Any assistance would be much appreciated, thank you in advance!
I appreciate your interest, but I do not offer any services for personal consulting or advisement. I get many such requests to get involved with their projects and simply do not have time to help all who ask. I have many business and family commitments and simply don't have the time available. I do wish you the best of luck, but I am sorry that I cannot offer any help on that level.
There's a.certain SUPER SECRET spot near Granite that almost nobody knows about. I wouldn't go there if I were you though, there's almost nothing. Don't go to the secret spot, I guarantee there's nothing there. Stay FAR away. If you spend many hours pouring over Google maps you might find it, but it's hard. I agree about the access problems in Colorado and elsewhere, it's very frustrating. Every non-productive claim should be withdrawn from mineral entry and left for artisanal enthusiasts-it ain't like the claimant discovered it. An unpopular notion. Good luck.
