Silver Mining & Smelting Cerro Gordo Ore - Exploring an Abandoned Silver Mine & Refining Rich Ore

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Jason and Brent @GhostTownLiving venture 400 feet down into the Cerro Gordo Ghost Town and silver mine, mining rich silver ore and documenting their journey. In this video, you'll see the tour of Cerro Gordo mine buildings, their exploration of the abandoned mine workings, and the process of smelting and refining the silver and lead using Mt. Baker Mining and Metals equipment. From inspecting the ore to pouring silver and lead ingots, this video provides an in-depth look at silver mining and smelting. Don't miss the exciting journey of mining and refining silver from Cerro Gordo mine!
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00:00 Introduction
00:32 Tour Of Cerro Gordo Mine Buildings
05:40 Going Into The Mine
10:37 Arriving At The 400' Level
19:20 Mining Rich Silver Ore
32:40 Exploring The Abandoned Mine Workings
41:09 Inspecting The Ore
43:08 Smelting The Ore
48:27 Refining The Silver & Lead
56:56 Pouring Silver & Lead Ingots
1:07:13 Stamping The Ingots

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@rlmiller007 Год назад

I worked underground in a small gold/silver mine in about 1979. This takes me back. I worked alone at about 400'. I would push the skip car to the the ore and then use a kind of powered "bucket" to pull the ore downhill into the skip. Then I would grab the handle of the skip and push it to gain momentum and then jump on the back (like a grocery cart) and ride it to the hoist. Dump and start over. I loved being underground.

@kuzadupa185 Год назад

You sound like indiana jones!

@GLOBAL-INTIFADA Год назад

Were you mining for yourself or a company

@rlmiller007 Год назад

@@GLOBAL-INTIFADA A company. Ruby Mining Company.

@BubblewrapHighway Год назад

Did you meet Breunor? 🙂

@rlmiller007 Год назад

@@BubblewrapHighway The name is not familiar

@thedudeabides7777 Год назад

Crazy how little silver you actually produced from all that labor. The price of silver is unbelievably cheap. Mindblowing.

@L14MW4LK3R 6 месяцев назад

Or massively undervalued as a resource and commodity

@nunyabisnass1141 5 месяцев назад

Its because it's treated as a byproduct without much industrial use, despite it being used in so many things from electrical connections to optics and nuclear research. Part of the issue could be that you don't need much silver to perform a great number of tasks.

@bobhoward6676 Месяц назад

Buy property, pay property tax, run utilities to bring ore to the surface after digging and hauling, time and materials spent to process & refine the ore only to find spot on silver at $23. You've just spent/invested $1K per oz. for what you've got. Being heavily invested in silver & knowing the amount of energy expended to produce opposed to it's value makes no sense to me. The history and the lessons were great. Thank goodness for Brent keeping it alive through all of his hard work & efforts. I follow and support him wish him much success. Thank goodness for YT to post these videos to earn revenue to help recover some or all your costs. Thanks for taking me along for the ride. Loved it.

@shorebuck8 11 месяцев назад

These collabs really make it fun, because we get to see all angles of the process from different persepectives. Also you collab with very fun and interesting content creators, keep it up!

@Lordmalik13 Год назад

I love when RU-vidrs collaborate. You , Brent , HeavyD, Ian,.... It's starting to become a really cool RU-vid rabbit hole following Brent then branching off into these other really cool channels.

@MasterThief117 Год назад

Absolutely this. I had no idea who Brent was before this video because frankly, I never watch these types of videos. I'm less than halfway through this video and I'm already loving Brent. I knew about Dan Hurd for a while, before Jason's channel but never really watched him until he showed up on Jason's channel. How did I stumble upon Jason's channel? Well I've always been fascinated by electronics recycling and Jason has literally the most detailed and thorough videos I've *ever* found online about the topic. I ended up watching a few of Jason's other videos and I just have to say, Jason is just not only made for this type of work, he is made for sharing these adventures and teaching us all this incredible stuff. Jason, you are you and we absolutely love it. Keep on keeping on, but PLEASE be safe and avoid going spelunking into these old mines and caves solo. Not sure if you bring air quality meters and O2 sensors and such, but I'd highly recommend you get one and also bring rope and some markers to leave as you descend into new caves and mines. Leaving markers isn't *just* for you, but it's also in the rare situation you get trapped and need to be rescued.

@mailleweaver Год назад

It's like mining RU-vid for good videos. Follow the veins.

@aaronpreston47 Год назад

@@MasterThief117 Dan Hurd was my teacher 12 years ago in high school. Dan has worked with Jason, Jason has worked with Brent. Brent has worked with HeavyD, HeavyD has worked with Cleetus McFarland. Cleetus has worked with Demolition Ranch. So the largest gun RU-vidr (Demo) is only 6 degrees of separation from my old high school teacher. And me only 7 degrees of separation from him. It’s a funny world.

@daesong1378 Год назад

I told my friend if I ever bought a ghost town like this I would just turn it to some old timey RU-vid town, you got so many crafters and all that stuff on RU-vid, black smiths, carpenters, homesteaders, engineers, etc.

@Jimmy_Jones 6 месяцев назад

I started off with Matts Off Road Recovery, then Donut, HeavyD, and Ghost Town Living. I wonder if there will be more in the chain. Edit: I just started on Sparks Motors today and didn't realise. Now, looking through the list, it appears they also collaborated with Robbie Layton ( I guess it wasn't only Matt).

@sarahhanna9241 Год назад

Love especially when Dan Hurd is in them you guys look like you always have a blast.

@fabz325 Год назад

The mail guy delivering your package: “WTF IS IN THIS BOX, ROCKS??!” 😂😂😂 if only he knew.

@todamont Год назад

Cerro Gordo FOREVER! Brent needs some feather and wedges.

@roberttuss5349 Год назад

You guys are brutal with that little hammer. Also, a shorter chisel available might help.

@ericaw4241 Год назад

Really enjoyed the two parts of the video. So interesting! So much fun! Thank you. :-)

@misterpolytech Год назад

My hat's off to Jason & Brent, & the old school hand drilling...W/ a claw hammer? 🤪😂🤣

@stevethomas1638 Год назад

Back in the days when I was a kid we loved galena crystals for making a crystal radio.

@davidcox2197 Год назад

I made a few of those little radios. No batts needed!

@gunnar5144 Год назад

Great video! My hats off to the miners as well as the people who invented and perfected the smelting process.

@ska-hooterr5467 Год назад

@jeffbarnes395 Год назад

Is the lead dust your breathing harmful ?

@ska-hooterr5467 Год назад

@@jeffbarnes395 lead... harmful? Ha that would be news to me. Lol 'start taking all the pencils and cancel the kids school' some quack says lead is harmful HA HA. 🤠🙊

@RICDirector Год назад

Sure can be.

@FreeSpeechXtremist Год назад

@@jeffbarnes395 it won't hurt u long term unless you expose yourself to huge levels it will drop ur IQ impair your memory for a couple of years tho. My friend stripped her lead paint off with heat gun not knowing it was lead she had basically lead induced dementia she couldn't remember anything or even think properly for about 2 years. She was exposed to an extremely high levels though they will be fine if they did it for weeks maybe not.

@jph8266 11 месяцев назад

One of my favorite video series ever! Keep up the collaborations

@scottbranch5603 10 месяцев назад

Brent is so child like happy when entering the mine. Exciting .

@Srfingfreak Год назад

I love how you combine these mining videos with the smelting/refining videos. What a great narrative! I love it. Haha, maybe next time bring a single jack instead of a carpenter's hammer

@maytagmark2171 Год назад

To help with making sure you have the stamps oriented right grind a small cross cut across the stamp where your thumb or index finger would be when holding it. So just by feel you know the stamp is oriented correctly.

@rebeccaosborne2850 Год назад

@sigmarkr Год назад

That is actually really smart

@randallsmerna384 Год назад

BRENT - SUNSCREEN!

@jbowerman50 Год назад

Jason, I have cast hundreds of lead bullets, usually have to remelt the first 5 or 6 , maybe more. It doesn't seem to matter just how much you preheat the mold, it takes a few castings to heat it from the inside out. Then you start getting smooth pours with a nice surface!

@theknifedude1881 Год назад

When I was a kid, my family used to vacation in the Mammoth Lakes, Ca. area. I explored a few of the old abandoned mines, but have developed enough claustrophobia that I probably wouldn’t enjoy the whole trip these guys are on. Carlsbad Caverns is fine but when my shoulders are touching the walls I’m out. I’m not a grad but was a geology major and really do enjoy “rock hounding” and seeing the technology that is used to extract the metals from the ore. Thanks for the video.

@briansigman4196 Год назад

Brent, you need to get some 3 piece wedges to split the rock apart instead of just a hammer and chisel

@Scott-iu9fc Год назад

yo, that second silver ingot pour was sooooo clean :') well done sir. thanks for the video

@ReelX4U Год назад

I have much respect for miners, because of their hard work, and their processing of Silver and Gold Ore and this allows me to stack physical Silver and Gold Bullion. Thank You for your efforts sir, there are people in the stacking community that appreciate your dedication.

@FidgetyGuy Год назад

What about a lead bullion collection? You could be the first Lead Stacker on RU-vid.

@emmystarlight2788 Год назад

Aw, really wanted that huge piece to come off, haha! Something I thought about: Perhaps using mouth protection for an other time so as not to breathe that lead and stuff into your bodies? :) Heavy metals in body can obj. be removed but usually takes some concious work like Anthony Williams Heavy metal removal stuff etc. :) Wishing you all a gorgeous day!

@BasedBidoof Год назад

Can't wait to see you out there again!

@dynomania Год назад

Cool Jason. The trials and tribulations of a single handed videographer. The lead ingots came out really well 👍

@davidl.howser9707 Год назад

Very interesting video. So very informative. The knowledge provided to us priceless. 54 grams of Silver @ .75 cents a gram works out to $40.50. Before mining and smelting costs with the lead bringing just .44 cents per pound today. Those silver miners sure did work hard for their wages.

@blainenvalori3308 Год назад

all with a framing hammer good job boys

@Harbingerx81 Год назад

When we saw thier tools early in the video, I immediatly thought 'That's a REALLY tiny hammer for such a big chisel.' I couldn't help but laugh as he said 'I need to reasses by strategy'.

@sreetips Год назад

This is the best and most interesting video I’ve seen by your channel Jason. I watched the whole thing - Bravo!

@mbmmllc Год назад

Thanks Sreetips! I'm glad you enjoyed it! I have been avidly watching your refining videos on inquarting gold with Ag and Cu and I am going to give that a try in the next few weeks on some of my hardrock gold/silver I recovered from my mine in Eastern Oregon. Thanks for all your videos and info! Maybe we can work together on a project in the future? I have been getting a ton of comments from my viewers on doing a collab with you :)

@sreetips Год назад

Myself as well. That mine adventure was fascinating. It felt like I was down there with you. We’ll keep in touch.

@evonnewhalen9794 Год назад

I absolutely 💯 percent loved this video. Thank you for sharing your adventures and videos

@iamtoo1370 Год назад

Love the show, you know what would be really cool to do with the lead-silver ore? Cast mining figurines in various activities in traditional garb. I would think tig done right that they would be collectible and would honor the men who's hard work built the caves and structures. The stuff your subscribers have enjoyed all these months. Thank you for allowing me to come along on this journey of yours! Cheers! C Rose

@bryantmoore7998 Год назад

I love the how you show and teach how mining was done back in the day.

@sloganq Год назад

Have you guys thought about 3D mapping the mine? It would be really cool and useful. It could be done manually or automated with drones. There's soo many things you could do with the scan. It could be used for advanced prospecting, safety improvements, and virtual exploration; imagine virtual tours or mining. It would be much faster and easier to find old mining treasures, like the Levi's, or rich untouched deposits, from the safety of your chair with a computer and VR headset.

@RICDirector Год назад

Corridor Crew is on it!

@jasonbailey1951 Год назад

I really like the collaborative effort between you and Brent. I watch and am subscribed to both your channels, along with a few others tied into the whole circle, on your side and Brent's. Just like to see how things come together between people and how they each have their own traits and qualities. It all comes together in a harmonious cacophony of great videos and what's essentially documentaries. Thank you

@mariedriskell8752 Год назад

So do I, watch a few of them. I enjoy watching stuff I've never seen before.

@FunDumb Год назад

He also does a colab with Dan Hurd Prospecting that I'm equally impressed with. Keep em coming!

@AUMINER1 Месяц назад

I used to watch cerro gordo, until brent starting attacking miners and mining...

@rlmiller007 Год назад

I worked in a gold mill in about 1977. It was my job to watch the huge steel containers to make sure the stirring arms kept the mud churning. I also took samples hourly at each station then dried them in old ovens. Crushed with milk bottles. Then sent to assay. Using cyanide and a vacuum process we recovered 99% of the gold and silver.

@steve80582 Год назад

FAIR PLAY BRENT, YOU REALLY ARE THE MAN

@rockman531 Год назад

Hi Jason, Awesome video! Great timing, too! 2 weeks ago I got 4 pounds of high grade silver ore from an old silver mine in Austin, Nevada. I'll re-watch this video & take some notes. Thanks - you're a great teacher! Stay safe! Jim

@kevincrosby1760 Год назад

Just don't expect to get rich. That 54g of silver is worth about $40.25, assuming .999 purity. Economy of scale comes into play. Unless you are playing with multi-ton lots of ore, it's just a hobby. Overall, several decades of weekends spent panning gold pretty much just worked out to "many free camping trips next to streams".

@pilsplease7561 Год назад

@@kevincrosby1760 And I know a guy who has been mining gold as a hobby for decades and everything he has was paid for with gold and hes made pure profit solo mining. Though he also metal detects and has multiple 50 gallon drums of coins and maybe 10k in just coins that he hasnt processed at a coin machine or something yet.

@waywardgeologist2520 4 месяца назад

@@kevincrosby1760you forgot about the lead. Yes, it’s a hobby. Could one scale up, yes.

@kevincrosby1760 4 месяца назад

@@waywardgeologist2520 Didn't forget, just simplifying. Quite aware that, for many commercial companies, silver is just a useful byproduct of their lead mines. Intent of post was more to point out that finding a bit of gold or silver doesn't mean that one should send that nasty email to the CEO of their employer...yet.

@Spudscave Год назад

Jason that was enthralling to watch from the first minute to the end you are doing a fantastic job on the Cerro Gordo ore that mine sure has a lot of silver left it will make Brent a rich man but will take time and a lot of work but with the modern technology it’s very doable can’t wait for your next adventure all the best from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@kevincrosby1760 Год назад

The silver shown from this run is worth just about enough for a nice steak dinner and a mixed drink... Any money Brent makes will be from tourists, not the mine.

@helives2630 Год назад

@@kevincrosby1760 I do believe Daniel is speaking of the ore yet to be mined, there is an enormous amount left to be mined. If there is 50 grams per 50 lbs, that means there are approximately 65 troy ounces per ton of material. Not to mention the value of the lead and etc. that's a fortune in silver. If they hauled out 50lbs in a short amount of time, it would take little time to haul out a ton. This could be done at leisure or at least on the side while the rest of the business is flowing. 3 tons per week is 195 toz. That's approximately $4500 plus, if the galena yields 75% lead, there's approx 4500lbs which is around a $1 per lb. So potentially $9000. per week at a relatively slow pace. 2, maybe 3 miners could do a lot of work. It's hard work but, worth it if a man has a mind to make it work. Besides, he could market his silver and sell it at a premium for souvenir coins and bars. Potentially doubling his money.

@perryhanson7878 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the new journey

@almaguapa-sailboatliveaboa440 8 месяцев назад

Watched in details ur videos. Just fun seeing the collaboration.

@silvergold296 Год назад

Make some Cerro Gordo fishing sinkers / weights!

@stevetuttle5472 Год назад

I have several old silver bars and they are all stamped on the top with the mine’s name or the owner name and the weight in oz. It will be much easier to stamp the bars if they are sitting directly on the steel plate. Wonderful job on sharing your process to separate the metal’s!

@davidarmstrong7628 Год назад

Too bad that silver is manipulated now.

@thefleetfarmer1815 7 месяцев назад

Definitely one of your best videos 👍

@ernietauber5950 Год назад

thanks for taking us on the ride .

@unitedstatesdale Год назад

Respect for miners. I would be terrified 20 feet into a mine

@lawrencerenew8668 Год назад

You guys make some very interesting videos together. I love to watch both of you guys material Individually, but when you do a combo it’s very cool ❤️🇺🇸

@AUMINER1 Год назад

I used to watch cerro gordo, until brent starting attacking miners and mining...

@semoneg2826 Месяц назад

@@AUMINER1 Ok...how..I dont see Brent in that way..

@AUMINER1 Месяц назад

@@semoneg2826 then you haven't watched many of his videos where he attacks miners and recruits all of his foreign supporters to fill petitions and draft complaints and letters to BLM to stop all mining in the USA. Do you homework.

@AUMINER1 Месяц назад

@@semoneg2826 then you haven't watched many of his videos where he encourages and recruits all of his foreign supporters to fill petitions and draft complaints and letters to BLM to stop all mining in the USA. Do your homework.

@txcrude Год назад

Great video to learn about the process. very labor intensive. Imagine this on an industrial scale.

@jimgoodman1845 Год назад

U forgot feathering wedges.... enjoying mining with Jason..

@rickgraham9737 Год назад

It's amazing how much history is getting revived in this world. Watching you has been very educational for my smelting. Great video! Thanks for all you do.

@zaddog6306 Год назад

What a great video. I have absolutely no critique to give. Absolutely amazing

@mariedriskell8752 Год назад

You and Brent sure keep me on my toes this us for sure!!!!

@wqqdcraft Год назад

this channel does the most boringly interesting videos and i cant get enough of them!

@HalsPals Год назад

This was well worth watching a second time. Great subject matter and video. Thanks.

@chrismaverick9828 Год назад

Looks like a grand adventure for this day and age. For those working the mines it was everyday punctuated by moments of fear, but now it is far from everyday. Hats off to you. Looks like it was fun!

@mazuj2 Год назад

Wow! That mine is incredible. The separation process was very interesting to watch. Thanks!

@The5As7 Год назад

I kept screaming, "Drill from the bottom, drill from the bottom!" of that big rock 🤣

@matthewlewis-zw3tf Год назад

This channel is awesome. Jason is the real deal. I'm learning so much from him. Mining ⛏️ is super exciting.

@America_Yea Год назад

You should run those silver bars through a jewelers roller mill first to flatten both sides before punching since you used an open face casting method. Honestly the graphite molds you were using didn't have big enough sprue holes for hard high temperature metal. Look for a graphite ingot mold for iron or silver use if you want a good sizing for that. You are supposed to lift the heating torch off the silver just before pouring and the exit sprue should have at least a bit of metal in it for a really good pour. As for the borax normally when casting silver we do it from shot with no flux you can remove the borax by melting your silver and waiting for it to surface and grinding it off if needed(we've had silver in our shop a bit too contaminated by flux and this is a pretty common problem that's our usual solution though a peening hammer works pretty well too).

@markroper9269 Год назад

Love the video! Would love to see more of the chemistry behind the smelting. You should be proud of your work.....it looks perfect!!!

@America_Yea Год назад

I'm very glad to hear ya using proper protective mask for the heavy offgass processes. Lead and zinc inhalation poisoning are not fun

@dodgeit3014 Год назад

Man I’m all about a 1 hour video from you sir.

@BennySaunders-xy2uq Год назад

love it, keep up the good work Jason!

@calebfast8088 Год назад

OVER AN HOUR OF VIDEO! YES!!! Love the channel, been following for ages. Love all the collabs and glad you're getting tons of new business too! :)

@dwj6503 Год назад

Nearly 2 ounces of silver out of 50 pounds of ore. That's not to bad. I enjoyed watching your smelting operation!

@mawi1172 Год назад

Both these guys are so cool! 🤣😂❤️😂🤣😍. Wouldn't you LOVE to be able to live these dream lives? 😍😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️

@daz41262010 Год назад

awesome follow up video Jason :) nice seeing you and Brent in the mine gathering ore :) great to see the melts and the pours :) can't wait for the follow up on your next visit to Cerro Gordo :)

@chrisp7641 Год назад

You should invest in an XRF Analyzer. It can tell you the different ratios in your ore cones, giving you a better idea of the amounts of things needed to refine the ores.

@garyhuffman133 Год назад

A cheap lead flux is sawdust form Pine. The resin fluxes the impurities out of lead. This is what a major bullet casting company used.

@robertlipiec1975 Год назад

Its amazing how much lead you managed to get! Thank you for showing the whole process from mine to finished product. Merry Christmas

@pixelpatter01 Год назад

It's fun watching your work. I thought you would do a cupel test on some of the lead after the zinc separation purification to see how much silver remained behind. I know from casting lead that any trace of zinc will contaminate lead and it doesn't magically separate out. In fact it's well known for making a 'skin' when casting and will ruin whole batches of lead if it gets in.. I suspect you still have zinc in the lead and perhaps silver.

@briantimbs429 Год назад

The error ingot will be worth more to a collector ...LOL TIMBO ! Great job..very painstaking work.

@Dancing_Alone_wRentals Год назад

tHank you both, this was very interesting. It shows me that the cost of energy is critical in all things we humans endeavor to do.

@Abloutions Год назад

loving your videos more and more... diverse... honest and a great adventure. Thank you

@UncleBildo Год назад

Interesting as ever, Jason. Always fun to learn new stuff as you do too. Lotta effort for a little bit of silver, but still pretty cool.

@StirlingLighthouse Год назад

Fantastic! Thanks Jason and Brent. 🙏

@Rooster_Snuffer Год назад

29:47 damn dog how did you hit that oar so fast with that hammer?!?! 30:02 your hammer skills are impeccable!😂

@HDDynalowrider Год назад

I absolutely love learning about refining. Great jobs Brent and MBMM

@stevenbryant3055 Год назад

I’m pretty sure The bit you guys were using with the hammer is designed to be rotated somewhere between 45 degrees and 90 degrees between between hammer hits so it doesn’t get stuck in the rock, it would’ve broken that chunk off a bit easier

@haroldbeatty2774 Год назад

Nice show, I enjoyed watching from start to the finished lead bars and 3 little ignots of silver.

@greatbasingoldrush Год назад

Metal stamping is an art in and of itself I like watching your channel it's great keep them coming

@-r-495 Год назад

Great video. Nice to see you wearing adequate respiratory protection. We don‘t want you getting lead poisoning.

@GravityPancake Год назад

Excellent video! If I could offer one correction, Cerro Gordo is no longer a ghost town. It has been re-established and resurrected by the loving soul of Brent - with the help of some burly angels, and all of our ongoing curiosity.. also the strange allure of vintage Levis 😂 ❤

@semoneg2826 Месяц назад

True

@carlspiva5570 Год назад

Make a cool miners pick for a thing to sit behind you or on your wall/desk, so every time we see your videos, it's in view to remind us of your journeys to the famous Cerro Gordo!

@dn2817 9 месяцев назад

That was a really awesome video. Man, those 2 person pours were intense!

@hamiltongemstones8479 Год назад

I hope Brent starts selling silver bars, I would love to buy some to make a cool limited line of jewelry with cero gordo silver!

@davidcox2197 Год назад

Great idea, top that silver jewelry with some Nevada Turquoise??

@stevea5282 Год назад

I think it would be really cool to have a custom mold with Cerro Gordo Logo or maybe limited tokens make from the ore there.

@FancyPants43 Год назад

Nice! With those graphite molds, the CTE is exceptional while being a great heat conductor. 🔥💯🔥💯🔥

@tonysmith5924 Год назад

So cool but a long process!👏👏👏👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

@michaelhart7569 Год назад

Great stuff. I'm a Chemist by training, though metallurgy is not my area. I was intrigued to learn that liquid lead and liquid zinc form a phase separation. I had always assumed that liquid metals would almost always be miscible. I guess if I'm still learning, I'm not a complete idiot.

@bena2293 Год назад

Nice job Jason, maybe you might have your Logo built into the Mold so once poured, the Bars have your Logo, then just add what ever numbers needed , The Silver Poured so Different then the Lead and I was amazed at how much heat the silver needed to stay liquid. Thanks for Sharing that Great Video, Merry Christmas to you and yours . Ben

@marcokernac9237 Год назад

It is a great video and entertaining. I hope people understand that the final product was worth $60. I appreciate your entertaining value.

@youruptownlowdown7745 Год назад

A pick and shovel pendant! [Framing hammer] 😉👍

@goodtimesandgold239 Год назад

Great video! Ive been wondering about the silver mining process recently and this video explains everything really well. Question I have, can you placer mine for silver or is it usually not found in a high enough concentration to make it worth your time? Thanks!

@jasonhowarth6789 Год назад

You guys should have had a 3# hand sledge. 👍

@seanfoltz7645 Год назад

On the graphite mold... Make sure to heat up the C-clamp as a cool piece of metal against a hot graphite mold can break it same as pouring a cold drink into a glass straight from the dishwasher. You were correct in getting the mold hot and keeping a torch on the hole while pouring as the higher the metal's melting point, the more prone it is to seize and choke the neck of the mold. You might also wish to use a Dremel to widen the throat by a millimeter or two - use a small crafting one, not a shop-grade one. I actually found that the easiest way to get the mold hot is after heating it with a torch, do a few pours of lead or zinc - then you can more easily pour stuff like copper, brass or in your case, silver. Be VERY careful not to overpour as if the metal clears the funnel and goes over the edge and hardens, it will lock the mold shut - carefully Dremel free the overhang - using pliers to try to force it will just break the mold. Keep a chunk of soft wood to tap the mold against to free the metal - do not tap the metal inside it with pliers and for the love of God, don't start tapping on the mold itself with metal tools - do not tap the back of the mold to free metal as that can also break it. If you're working outside and it's cold, either put the molds in the furnace to slowly cool down or bring them inside - rapid cooling can damage them. Water is their enemy, especially when they're hot. Since you enjoyed the ingot molds, might I recommend scoring some of the coin molds - they've got a Pirates of the Carribean coin, Henry Avery coin and double-sided Athenian owl coin ones out there, usually around $40-50 for the single side and $100 for the double sided, but the results look nice. My only pour using silver was the Henry Avery - that filled perfectly with three ounces and looks awesome - you could likely unload those on eBay for $100 each. Regardless, I do recommend getting some fun molds since you clearly enjoyed using the bar molds - good luck and have fun!

@pinemontgo Год назад

Love your museum !

@herrhaber9076 Год назад

Hi, very interesting video as always :) I have a question that has been in the back of my head a couple of times when I watched your videos. Why not go the chemical way sometimes ? In this case, your zinc and silver crust. With all your means you could easily have crushed all that to dust and dissolved the zinc in hydrochloric acid ? Of course, I love it when you do things "old school" but I sometimes wondered if you do it on purpose. Other than that, man... if I ever need a rock crusher I wont care you are on the other side of the Atlantic. These videos are excellent commercials for your business as far as I'm concerned.

@khadijasarkaly5588 Год назад

Greatest rockd

@thepostapocalyptictrio4762 Год назад

Yeah.. I don’t understand it either. All these mining channels do it for some reason. It seems to me it’s just wasting yield for no reason.

@TheCritterWindow Год назад

Love the videos. Did you test the lead for lost silver?

@MuellerNick Год назад

26:00 That hammer and that chisel, :-)

@bentationfunkiloglio Год назад

That was a magnificent pour, liquid sun shine. Not sure how one would profitably extract silver from such a large amount of lead. Still, very beautiful.

@4seasonspix Год назад

Fascinating! I'm amazed, how the former miners dug their way through these hard rocks with much simpler tools than are available today and managed to create this rather sophisticated, sturdy labyrinth. What concerns me though is that you guys aren't wearing any goggles (at first), gloves, and respirator masks to protect yourself from the lead, airborne rock chips, and splinters.