In case anyone is interested, the first plant w/ white flower at 3:41 is Rubus parviflorus(Thimbleberry). The next with the purple flower at 4:40 is Lupinus arcticus (Arctic or alpine lupine) At 4:56 is Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow), 9:52 Gaillardia aristata (common)
Incredible video. I spent many summers vacationing in Tulameen with family, tearing up Otter lake tubing behind my grandfather's boat. Water is ice cold, even in the hottest summer weather, but we loved it. We went to visit the Granite City site several times, and once on a memory and a hunch my great aunt had, a bunch of us followed the worn out roads up the mountains behind Granite city, where lo and behold we found some truly immense shale deposits, full of fossils of mostly ferns. Love seeing the area up around Coalmont get some attention!
I really appreciate it when you add a bit of history and natural history in with the gold chasing, gives us a bit of context. That land is beautiful, I would be wanting to build a cabin there for holidaying and fishing :) Last point, I guess you're probably not allowed to, but if you were, do you think it would be interesting/worthwhile panning out the footprints of the buildings in the ghost town? You might find some interesting historical items as well as any gold that was dropped that decided to hide under the floorboards from the miners!
Nice video, Dan. I am glad you enjoyed your visit in Coalmont and Granite Creek. The Coalmont Hotel has been closed for about 4 years now. The Granite Creek Preservation Society is responsible for the interpretive signs and maintenance at the town site and cemetery. To answer some questions posted in the comments...You cannot erect a permanent structure on a placer claim. Pretty much all of the rivers in this area are staked so permission must be granted by a claim holder to pan on their claim. Metal detecting at the town site and cemetery is discouraged as it is now a historic site. When you purchase a placer claim you are paying for the rights to pan on that site. You do not own the land. Anyone wishing to learn more about the Granite Creek town site or cemetery can contact the Granite Creek Preservation society through their website: www.granitecreekbc.ca.
Beautiful vid,firm pulse on that bridge,ha ha.Love sincerity on your vid takes,when is poor, is poor,when can not reach,you cant.What a nice place,that camp site could be named Spontaneus Honeymoon Camp,ha ha.Thank you teacher ,loved it.
Nice little outing, great spot with some swell looking potential for Gold, Platinum, and Garnets. hopefully large enough to use and cut...Nice quick tour of the towns. Enjoy working the area Dan...And until your next video...Bye.👍
Looks exactly like Washington State, ie Monte Cristo mining ghost town, Silverton, Liberty, ect. Cool vid Dan, I am surprised you weren't metal detecting on the old homesteads. Bet there are coins and artifacts everywhere. Canada probably doesn't let you dig there though on second thought lol. Your welcome to come on down and enjoy a bit more freedom.
This year we are prospecting on our claim in Coalmont! It's a good sign you've been there or potentially still am.. Best of luck to you sir! Keep the good vibes videos coming!
Metal detector !!! That would be a great place to sweep and see what history is just under your feet Dan. Great video, I almost could see the old town and all the people moving about. so cool. thank you for taking us along. heavy pans.
Reminded me of Bill Barlee. I don't know if you are old enough to remember his show on CHBC,called gold trails and ghost towns. I believe he had a book of the same name. He had lots of great stories. Thanks for sharing.
Love seeing the small gold operations. Having been to Alaska twice. Took a small commerical flight last time over a very devestated area due to big gold operations .it's sad and can't wait til the day Alaska wakes up and puts a stop to it .hopefully before it's to late.
Pleased to meet you Dan! Doing a little search for Camp Creek. My husband discovered a cast iron cooking pot buried there, only the lip was showing. By my calculation, it is at least 130 years old now. It sports 3 short legs. We use it for ashes. I accompanied my husband staking claims on the Tulameen back in the early 70's.
Once again Dan, you've produced another beautiful BC vid. The flowers are just gorgeous as is the countryside. The gold was a little disappointing but I am 100% sure you will find it on that claim. Cannot wait to see it :)
Sweet adventure beautiful area see why u can be distracted u found a few small ones for a quick pan hey at least you were not skunked luv the history tour you just never know who walked there awesome thank you be safe
I have to say. I love watching you .its not you're finding gold its just you. Who cares if you find gold or not . i really like it when you do cause that means i get to see you more . you are an awesome role modle . i have always dreamed of looking for gold since i was a kid and now im 34 and never found a flake. ...Living in nebraska ...not much to find lol
The garbage dump is the real treasure. I would rather go through the 1840 garbage dump. It has some real lost treasures. Very little gold left on the lower part of the Tulameen. Chinese mined it out. Granite creek may be more promising? Platinum was thrown away as junk rock, you may have a good chance in finding some. Great fossils at the higher ridges of the Tulameen. Coal was mined 15 years ago. Really a beautiful country in the summer.
It's so cool to find garnets in with your sands , heavies and gold. I'm a fine of garnets anyways. I got lots of little red garnets with the odd topaz and some little yellow garnets?( not sure what it is ) . That heap load of black sands reminds me of some spots round lillooet here .
lovely bit of history there at coalmont hope this your new claim dan!!! waiting for a longer video though for more of your wonderful gold picking and history information plz
Hi Dan, have you ever been to Bodie, California? It’s about an hour (45 miles) east of Yosemite National Park. I believe it’s the largest ghost town still standing today. They turned it into a Historical Park. It’s definitely something EVERYONE should have on there bucket list to see in person. If you are not able to then just google it and look at the pictures. The pictures WILL NOT even come close to doing it justice. It is one of the most AMAZING sites you will ever see!!!!! It’s in the middle of NOWHERE and has approximately 100 buildings (or more) still standing. It’s VERY creepy to just walk through it and especially to see the cemetery, so many young lives were lost. Please check it out and let me know what you think.
Gorgeous claim dan! You encouraged me to start panning in northern MI and Michigan’s U.P. Ordered a starter panning kit from garret a few weeks ago. Have found more lead then gold but an awesome way to spend the day at the rivers when the fish aren’t biting! 😂
One option might be to bring in a rare earth magnet and pull all that black sand out of those hotspots, rinse it off and dump it. So all you have to pan is the non-magnetic stuff. that's a lot of iron! Lots of jasper on that creek. We have tons here in Alaska too.
Amazing place to visit! Granite City gave me gold fever and I was bitten by the history bug there.It also led me to Dan Hurd and his prospecting adventures! I have learnt a lot. Thankyou
Hey Dan I like any kind of Rocks when I am looking at your panning you are doing I see some beautiful Little Rock's in the pans would love to have some from Canada I the Red rocks
I just got back from there doing some gold panning and gold-bug metal detecting for gold. I went up the Tulameen on the river road, all the way to champion creek and explored the open claim areas there abouts. Unfortunately, no hits. Like you, though, I did dip the pan into the river at some open spots and found only a few flakes. Great sights and while driving the Tulameen river road I found it was a bit of a wild experience, even with my toyota hilux surf. Needed the 4 wheel drive in several spots and certainly wouldn't recommend travelling that road if you have less than about 11 inches of clearance. It appears that most of the usage out there is by ATV owners. Very little sign of active mining up the river road. Claim areas show signs of working the river and there are some clear signs of historical work on the benches but otherwise, not much happening. Shame when recreational users and speculators tie up claims. Maybe they feel the same about those pesky prospectors.
Hi Dan! Good to see you in our little part of heaven! I must mention that the Granite townsite is officially known as Granite Creek, the same as the waterway. The official name was designated in 1886 when the federal Post Office was opened there. That was the first, and only official name the townsite ever had. Please feel free to visit the Granite Creek Preservation Society site and FB pages. www.granitecreekbc.ca/
Cool! I once biked from hope to Oliver along the old kettle valley railway with my brother. Second night we camped in tulameen and always wanted to go back. Amazing country. I wonder if those red rocks are Jasper 🤔
Nice.. I enjoy the Exploration as well as the Au... And as far as ghost towns go, they've definitely got a lot of history behind them.. I would have loved to see or even been in one back in the day.. Thanks Dan.. 😁👌
Really love all your videos and stories about the history of gold mining. Is it possible to make one video just filled with historical information? You have so much knowledge, and you are such a good story teller. (Really loved the lesson you gave at a school) And the nature is so beautiful! Thanks for taking me and so many others with you on your adventures! I really appreciate it! Saying hi from the Netherlands.
I could spend all day at that cemetery. fun to see how some families do the maintenance on some graves and others may not know they have ancestors there at all. I wonder how many died over gold and money related problems. muhawhawhawhaw
Although a few of the families do tend to some of the plots, the bulk of the maintenance has been shouldered by the volunteers of the GCPS. Please visit the site, and consider joining the society. www.granitecreekbc.ca/
Lots of American young soldiers dead. It was such a hard life in the winter. I really feel the best chance was to find a native woman the knew how to survive.
