Solving the Mystery of an old Gold Mine - Following the Clues 

Good info. I’m vacationing right now in Southwestern Colorado. I love exploring old mines

Thank you! I'm in Arizona have been interested in history and mining my whole life! I stumbled across one of your videos purely by accident and am just buzzing with excitement to watch everything you've ever put out! Twice! Thank you! I've watched hours and hours of videos and dabbled in all kinds of research, yet watching just one video of yours, so many of my questions have been answered! Example, I came across an old sheet metal dwelling along a creek that had a separate structure calapsed beside it. I wondered about what this separate structure was, finally deciding it must have been a shelter for the miners animals. Wrong! I now realize it was a stamp mill! Looks exactly like the structure in your video! Something that has bothered me, curiosity wise, for a long time, was answered immediately just from one video from you! I'm your new biggest fan! Not only that, but the Spanish caches, I've also been real interested in and long ago heard about markings made on Saguaros. Anyway Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Much appreciated!

I just love @basinite's work. Truly look forward to each and every episode. Again, thank you!

Id be testing all around that stamp mill. You know darn well theres some gold left under it or right around it. Also would look look around for high grade ore piles stashed..

Thanks for the great tour and history. Greatly appreciated!

Love ❤❤ the video,my family livedin smartsville ca next to timbucto and the old mine was right behind our house.

Am I 10 away from a $Million in Gold, or am I a Million feet away from $10 in gold????? Keep diggin'.....

Nice video your geology is spot on. It is still a little early to get into the Uinta's but soon I will head up.

Awesome video. I love decoding abandoned mines and this helped a lot.

Cool stuff thanks for sharring

That was amazing information. Thank you sir . Blessings

Nice video, thank you, loved your analytical approach to the why of things, new sub from a old mining geek. ⛏⚒⛏ Till the next, take care and stay safe. 🍻

Fantastic video 👏👏

Looks very familiar!

Great video, thanks

I live near cripple creek, there are a few rich mines,lots of those that aren't so,thanks for the video😊

Nice work.

Great presentation new sub here from down under opal miner so old mines do fascinate me.

Great job narrating while you climb. Terrific video. I'm now a subscriber.

Another good and informative video. Keep up the good work and thanks for the video

I really liked this video a lot. Good story!

Great video! Good point about nature takes over you could be standing on top it.

Right on. Great stuff sir. New subscriber to your channel. Thank you.

Very awesome. Cool old mine. New subscriber here.

Great rundown. That's what is fun about this stuff. I've seen more than one mine totally disappear from sight in my short lifetime. When that old timer says: there's a mine somewhere on that hill, a person should strongly consider it. A lot of the really old as in Spanish colonial era mines were open-faced. They used fire setting as an extraction method. I only have one really good example, but it is perfect, down to the way they marked the claim. Still ore in there that "beeps", but it's likely just high-silver Galena. Another clue for age is if it is not in USGS and it is extensive. Many prospect type digs of any age are not recorded, but the big stuff usually is. Transporting a stamp mill from back east or Cali could cost more than the mill in the old days! Also, they were very loud. Yuck. Beautiful area in your vid.

And in today’s world it’s even harder to make a go at Gold mining rules,permits,epa,MSHA environmental regulations ,insurance,equipment and so on. We’re hard rock mining with modern technology and equipment which makes us much more efficient but the costs are extremely high. Good video and information, 👍🏻🇺🇸

Thanks!

13:07 You have your hand on a pegmatite vein, and you are touching muscovite mica. More to the right, around the edge, looks like tourmaline crystals.

Excellent video. Your logic is sound. Is shist that elusive, that you can't predict how much is there? Since it's metamorphic are there other clues that may be evidence of a small, or massive find? Thanks!

Nice,,,,!

Great video sir, I wonder if that lady who foamed up the old mines kept a record of locations she found. Always enjoy your content! Thanks for the share

Hopefully Jededia found a rich load deposit somewhere else, moved all the equipment there, struck it rich, and retired happy. 😁

Metal detect that entire trail area. If it beeps dig it! Likely some spilt gold around there. Coins. Artifacts.

Looks like alot of sulfides in that ore

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Who's that big jug of water of a man at the end?

Its not unusual to see quartz veins or quartz pods in a feldspar or pegmatite deposit which this is. My guess is that the mine was a tungsten, tantalum, or possibly rare earth mine. The wild card in this discussion is that you think there was a stamp mill present. All i can see in the video is some sheet metal on a slope. What evidence is present to think otherwise? Basinite, i love your videos and I'm not being argumentative, but this is what I see watching the video.

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