Abandonded Gold Mine Tour

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I had a chance to tour an abandoned historic gold mine in California called the Eagle Mine. This mine is located in Julian CA above San Diego/ Los Angeles area. This was a great tour and if you are in the area you should stop by and check it out!
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@Askjeffwilliams 2 жыл бұрын

great tour and really good geological explanation..... really good presentation ....thanks for posting ... me and Slim really enjoyed it .....we smashed that like button too

@joehiker5573 2 жыл бұрын

COME ON.... LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!! =)

@HanstheTraffer 2 жыл бұрын

Jeff, both you and Jason are CLASS ACTS....I have learned so much from both and it's rare that top youtubers will give good comments to another in their field...You rock....."AND yA u're gonna get wet".

@spagsketti 2 жыл бұрын

You better have smashed it hard @askjeffwilliams Wait I know you did probably broke it you smashed it so hard. Ya, your gunna get wet. Jeff I was panning yesterday and that's all I could say the entire time.

@davidburns935 Жыл бұрын

@@joehiker5573 I

@Seven-Seven-77 2 жыл бұрын

The guide was extremely knowledgeable, outstanding in geology and rock formation, he made the whole experience captivating, really enjoyed this vid and learn lots that makes me want to visit this place to learn more 😀 Thank you for committing your time behind the camera during this visit and prioritising every movement for the best shot 😀👍 Your commitment to the invisible audience is commendable.

@thomassavage527 Жыл бұрын

Makes you appreciate walking into a coin store and just buying a piece of refined gold!

@davidelack8809 Жыл бұрын

Julian and the Eagle Mine are on our list of places to stop every time we visit San Diego! Super neat tour !

@jpsfish5966 2 жыл бұрын

Best part, at the 28 min mark Jason gets impatient and quietly points out the seam before the guide can 😂

@peterbell5806 2 жыл бұрын

28:15 "wow" Classic

@brannancloward 2 жыл бұрын

I remember being here back in the day and there were signs every square inch telling people "NO LOOKING". They really wanted to make sure that everybody paid, even if they were not going into the mine.... hopefully its different now....

@haroldishoy2113 2 жыл бұрын

Jason, thank you for this presentation, it is very informative and removes some of the mystery about old processes like this and gives a glimpse into what the life of a miner was like back then. Many thanks.

@jcass1970 2 жыл бұрын

I did some reasearch recently on some abandoned mines. Went on a panning trip recently, and visited a few of the mines that I had found. At one particular mine, I took a lot of quartz samples ranging from 1 lb to 50 lbs each. Broke them open and found more gold dust than I could've imagined. I've been working on extracting the gold for a few weeks now. After about 2 weeks, I realized why so much was left behind...it's a pain on the ass. At the rate I'm going, I'll be 110 yrs old when I'm done.

@d.t.4523 2 жыл бұрын

You need to buy one of Jason's processing rigs! Good luck to you! 👍

@wendycarlson1801 2 жыл бұрын

jason makes it look easy look for a club alot of them will have equipment

@wendycarlson1801 2 жыл бұрын

@@d.t.4523 i have everything but a crusher?? i have heard of people making one from fence post pounded and a heavy bar if your in so cal i could help you there are a few methods

@d.t.4523 2 жыл бұрын

@@wendycarlson1801 I'm not in the mine business. I was telling him to get a rig. Thanks for the offer to help.

@spagsketti 2 жыл бұрын

Not if you had one of Jason's Rock crusher sluice box, trommel, more sluice box with a miller table units.

@offwithhishead2556 2 жыл бұрын

In these risk-averse and litigous days its real nice to see a tour like this.

@calvinslife1 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this video Jason! Thank you to all involved. Would enjoy taking this tour someday, with the very knowledgeable, and charismatic guide.

@piranhabadass1 2 жыл бұрын

Totally Enjoyed this Video! The explanation of things on the tours was really good. Learned a lot! Thanks for Sharing this!

@ComputerGUY27332 2 жыл бұрын

This was quite an awesome tour. Thank you for sharing.

@stevezozuk9622 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding show today Jason. great content. I can only imagine how much you enjoyed the old shaker table. And the second table is similar to yours but so much different as well. Your host is very good at what he does, you can tell that he had a lot more to tell as you went through the tour. You enjoyed telling us about the Chilean processing plant I could see that from here lol. Awesome setup that looks like it would go right back to work. Thanks for bringing us along for the tour Jason. See you on the next one

@spagsketti 2 жыл бұрын

It is nice to see they have preserved and/or restored the tools and equipment. I appreciate this kind of history you cannot learn from a book. You have too see it.

@jameyforrest8966 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tour! Thanks for all that you do!

@markbrown6236 Жыл бұрын

What a great video, I learned so much. Cool mine and ore crushing machinery. First time I heard the Mercury recovery of Gold explained.

@johnarchuleta9893 2 жыл бұрын

Jason, you are them! Thank you kindly for this tour which I learned many things.

@ScarboroughSt 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome tour and history! Thank you!

@AuProspecting-Scotland Ай бұрын

highly educational, great tour thanks for sharing.

@keenawhite4372 Жыл бұрын

Would love to take this Mine Tour. it would be a must to have the tour guide that’s in the video. He rocks.

@patricknoveski6409 2 жыл бұрын

Jason Thank you for all your wisdom.Really enjoy your channel.

@anthonywaite 2 жыл бұрын

That's was cool... seemed like a neat tour pretty wild to see how hard they worked back then

@ScrappingwithGrandpa 2 жыл бұрын

This is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time very cool underground cave

@HitchHiker4Freedom Жыл бұрын

That was an interesting tour and video. Thanks.

@daz41262010 2 жыл бұрын

really cool to learn all that information and to watch and hear all the things in this video was so interesting :)

@escsniper 2 жыл бұрын

My kids absolutely love the mine tour up there.

@bobcansee 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting, thanks for taking us!!

@555dino 2 жыл бұрын

dope these videos have given me new passion that i dont know why i enjoy something about the history part is just so cool

@lotharschiese8559 2 жыл бұрын

Heads up, OK! A teacher of geology, Nick Zentner has a channel he started when Covid hit so he could still do classes on KZfaq. He has perfected his videography technics with the help of a technician at the school. He clips on a Wi-Fi mic on a person he is in conversation with, much like this fellow giving you this tour. You would be able to hear everything he says, crystal clear, in your video. I recommend you add Nick Zentner to your channel list and add Frank Schlichting in Grand Forks, BC, he is rebuilding his Museum and a home next to an old gold mine that he bought and is restoring to become part of the museum. Then there is Gly, a perfectionist, he IS the video camera, you can get some tips from him, excellent channel.

@cptrikester2671 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tour. Very interesting.

@bahizpi 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you for sharing.

@1607rosie Жыл бұрын

I live near Julian and have been in that mine but that was a very informative tour. nicely done.

@josephcormier5974 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting history great video thank you five stars my friend

@BullProspecting 2 жыл бұрын

I love this video! This is my 3rd time watching it! I been watching your videos while cleaning out my black sands today! This is one of them videos like the one Jeff Williams made of his dad that I can watch over and over and I over again! Great video Bro!

@karenflanagan1961 Жыл бұрын

Interesting topic and history of mining.

@rockbutcher 2 жыл бұрын

Those bell signals are exactly the same as the ones I've used at various mines throughout my career.

@audigga4396 2 жыл бұрын

The best public mine tour I have seen!

@RecalcitrantObserver 2 жыл бұрын

Great flick good winter entertainment !!

@179joshua 2 жыл бұрын

Top video thanks loved it

@waynelacroix8870 2 жыл бұрын

What a awesome mine tour! This guy goes into great detail about what it was like to work in this mine in the 1800s thanks for sharing this jason!

@AurProspector 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid! More like this please

@wayne-oo 2 жыл бұрын

Great job !

@saradolphin3242 Жыл бұрын

Was A Great History Lesson!

@windyhillfoundry5940 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating, thank you 👍

@65BAJA 8 ай бұрын

Huh, I was just down in Julian last weekend for a motorcycle Adventure Rally at the Stagecoach RV park. Cool.

@TheCrashbum 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the history 😎

@julianvillegas3093 10 ай бұрын

I love the tour

@Only1English 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely awesome.👍

@rainfly7427 Жыл бұрын

Your tour guide sounds like he could be the older brother of the guy, Dwaine, that gave TVR a tour of the 16:1 Mine in Allegheny CA.

@joehiker5573 2 жыл бұрын

VERY INTERESTING THANK YOU FOR SHARING! =)

@Rosario360PNW 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting and all your valuable information, cheers from your viewers from Bellingham 😃

@peterbogdan9176 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that was great 👍

@KowboyUSA 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting tour.

@leerogers4903 2 жыл бұрын

That Crusher is Called a Dodge Pattern Crusher.. The 1st Type of Jaw Crusher, It's Major Problem, is the Jaw Pivots at the Bottom, and is Prone to Chocking and plugging up, All Modern Crushers Piviot at the TOP, so the Bottom opens... I have just rebuilt one, 5x7 and weighs around 1825 lbs, Max RPM, 235 RPM..

@bobcansee 2 жыл бұрын

Nice history lesson!!

@kerrypurcell6022 2 жыл бұрын

pretty good video,,learned some new things,,,,,,,,

@ModernAmericanNomad420 2 жыл бұрын

So awesome

@renon4802 Жыл бұрын

Love the miners hat man ;)

@BullProspecting 2 жыл бұрын

Oh! That 'black is carbon! Back in the day the old timers would look for black slate/shale because when the hot liquid which was impregnated with noble metals, intrusive into the rock cane into contact with the carbon the gold would be precipitated out of the hot solution giving them some nice fine gold & some chunky gold!

@roberttindale9012 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed that. Thank you. ;^)

@camsshaft 2 жыл бұрын

Jason you should vacation to the upper peninsula of Michigan some time to tour & check out the history of mining there

@robmez 2 жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable, those minors were brave boys working those tunnels

@keenawhite4372 Жыл бұрын

They always say… do your own research. I do so much research. Every day I’m researching something literally for like the past four years. I understand exactly what you’re explaining. I just want to say thank you to OJ(mirrored) 7 , JD, & Minnie. I’m like on a Rocky Mountain high right now. I am so grateful for all of you’s. this has taught me so much. I’m wide awake. My mind stays in high gear. just the research I do at home sometimes overwhelms me. I can’t even begin to fathom the journeys all of you have been on. unbelievably so much hard work, determination, and putting an end to all the evil. May God bless all of you Keep You Safe. I’m Ready!!!!!!! WWG1WGA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👌👌👌😘

@leighsayers2628 11 ай бұрын

WWG1WGA...yes ! From Australia...

@ScrappingwithGrandpa 2 жыл бұрын

I am a subscriber and I love your channel

@snarky_user 2 жыл бұрын

He is incorrect about his cube arithmetic. If a troy ounce of gold is a half-inch cube, then a one-inch cube is two-thirds of a troy pound, not a half.

@Horizontreecare 2 жыл бұрын

well spoken gentleman

@mountaineerishere3283 2 жыл бұрын

I hope somebody somewhere does this to an old Spanish mine

@julianmarsh7993 2 жыл бұрын

I'm called Julian.....Makes you wonder in a gold rush wether a hardware shop selling pans, picks, shovels, tents and stoves would be the way to go.

@starfox1340 Жыл бұрын

I wanna go down the shaft!

@parkerottoackley5587 2 жыл бұрын

💥 How many times did that guy say WOW ? 💥💥

@jeremymaas8464 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, can't say enough about it as there was alot of lessons to be learned. If may pick your brain Jason, are all shaker tables a minimum of 8 feet and if so why? Could an amateur prospector make a smaller shaker table than would be more compact and still effective? Hope you have time to respond, and thanks for sharing this video with us. To be honest at first I wasn't enthusiastic about watching a video of a guided tour but I trust your content to be informative and it did not disappoint! Awesome video!!

@julianvillegas3093 10 ай бұрын

Nice

@mike20sm 2 жыл бұрын

What about ventilation. Having a black smith and engine in there had to have messed with the air quality. I'm guessing they drilled shafts from on top of the mountain

@uwillnevahno6837 2 жыл бұрын

So if I understand the intro at the portal the mining stopped and never resumed which means there's still gold in them thar hills?

@WilliamTMusil 2 жыл бұрын

Hiya Jason

@moodpictures 2 жыл бұрын

Hello from Denmark

@KubotaManDan Жыл бұрын

32:45 great video of guys butt the whole way upstairs. The tour guide seemed to make assumptions about the content of the tour when there were items just passed by.

@TXDOGWOOD Жыл бұрын

What’d the young man put in his pocket? Enjoying the tour. Thank you

@jonstein420 Жыл бұрын

I want to chase that vein.

@maytagmark2171 9 ай бұрын

The engine is not quite as old as the modern tag on it states. The engine is more closely to 1905

@goldcoasttime Жыл бұрын

Could they mine it today

@michaelkaiser4674 2 жыл бұрын

what was the price of the. gold 29.00 a ounce

@waynelacroix8870 2 жыл бұрын

Is this mine still producing gold? Is anyone working it?

@parkerrowe4687 Жыл бұрын

"Be sure to join us next week when we return with air drills,shoot a round, raise up on the vein to get a 20 ton sample of the ore that we will run on our truck mounted plant. We will fire our concentrates and do some math the following week" .......

@swagnexttuber-boombeach7092 Жыл бұрын

If it is abandoned mine, Can one Sell those antique mining equipments tools and machine or is it illegal?

@julioponta2210 2 жыл бұрын

Até que enfim apareceu tá vá sumido?

@ronwhittaker6317 Жыл бұрын

6:17 out of all the things said here this was the most important, FDR was the criminal make no mistake!

@heatholiver1216 2 жыл бұрын

Id like to get into this line of work i dont know much about it but i would love the chance to learn im in a hard time and need something better. Iv been into gold mineing since i was 15 im 26 now. If you need a spare hand you are willing to mentor id be intrested

@kurtremislettmyr7108 Жыл бұрын

slate from sea bottom settlement lol. it's petrified flesh.

@sajmineriosmapasecoordenad4824 2 жыл бұрын

Show

@BillMulholland1 2 жыл бұрын

🍻👍

@stupidminotaur9735 4 ай бұрын

Would have loved to hear his questions, to you at 1:09:00

@orange-micro-fiber9740 2 жыл бұрын

Very hard to hear the speaker when they're not mic'ed up. If I turn up the volume to compensate, all the squeaking and stepping in gravel blows out my headphones. The auto-generated subtitles are decent, but edited-in subtitles would be a lot better. Edit: gets better once inside the mine.

@richg.8092 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍☕☕🍩🍩

@charliejohnston1978 Жыл бұрын

Yes, the mine tour was excellent and it was very informative and the tour guide had a good sense of humor and a good knowledge of """current geologic theory""""... Note: the geology dates are all factious and made up by the free masons of Ireland way back in the early 1700s. Not one man was alive way back 55 million years ago, and so these are not even best guesses for the age of any rock. Rock can not be dated. Geologists use what is called circle logic to arrive at the dates of the rock. They will tell you if you pin them down: that the rock is dated by the fossils in the rock, and then if you pin them down, they will be forced to tell you that the fossils are dated by the rock that contain the fossils., so that is all BS circle logic. The Japanese proved that coal can be formed using high pressure, in as little as 2 years. The higher the pressure the less time required to form the rock from the flood sediments. The Geologic column is a factious and fictious creation of the Irish free masons, who hated God and decided to create a new creation story that included millions and billions of years.

@sethwalton2008 Жыл бұрын

Did I see sir walter Raleigh Smoklng tobacco for pip and cigarettes on the shelves

@griffhenshaw5631 Жыл бұрын

San diego not LA area.

@hamsterman2008 2 жыл бұрын

Nice ! I hear that your Home State is awash with rain and DemocraticTears .

@harrickvharrick3957 Жыл бұрын

Of only all those haphazard types that illegally use mercury in all kinds of places in this world would reuse that stuff the same way these miners did!