I Found an Abandoned Mine Full of GOLD💰
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I used Google Earth to locate a hidden gold mine in a remote gold mining district — and what I found was far beyond a routine gold prospecting trip. This wasn't just one adit. It was a MASSIVE abandoned lode gold operation: multiple adits, giant stopes, hoisting works, boiler plates, and mill foundations stretching across an entire ridge. This is abandoned mine exploration at its finest — and the ground is NOT played out.
0:00 - Google Earth Led Me Here (What I Was Looking For)
0:44 - First Sign: Black Sand Everywhere
0:59 - Reading Quartz Float in the Field
2:32 - Tracking a Quartz Blowout to the Source
4:15 - Why Research Saves You Years in the Field
5:50 - Spotting the Mine on the Ridge
6:37 - The Shocking Scale of This Operation (Mine History)
7:49 - Black Sand Below the Mine = Natural Sluice Box
9:08 - Greenstone Indicator: What It Means for Gold
11:23 - First Adit: Crosscut or Powder Magazine?
13:00 - Mercury Amalgamation Tanks Explained
13:42 - The Giant Stope — Still Intact After 150 Years
15:28 - How to Channel Sample a Vein System
16:07 - Hydrothermal Gold: Ionic Gold in Fractured Quartz
16:27 - THE MONSTER Vein — They Blasted Away the Entire Footwall
18:09 - Second Mine Dump: Boiler Plate Discovery
19:08 - Mill Foundations & Hoisting Works Revealed
23:47 - Why Did This Mine Close? (WWII Executive Order L-208)
23:54 - How to Sample Below Mine Dumps for Free-Milling Gold
In this video I break down exactly how to use Google Earth to find lost gold mines, what geological clues led me to this site, and why serious gold prospecting still starts with a satellite map and a geology background.
#GoldMining #GoldProspecting #HiddenGoldMine #GoogleEarthGold #LodeGold #GoldMineDiscovery #TreasureHunting #FindingGold #GoldMines #AbandonedMine #QuartzVein #BlackSand #GeologyOfGold #MiningHistory #AskJeffWilliams
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I Found an Abandoned Mine Full of GOLD💰
Ask Jeff Williams
165,316 views
I used Google Earth to locate a hidden gold mine in a remote gold mining district — and what I found was far beyond a routine gold prospecting trip. This wasn't just one adit. It was a MASSIVE abandoned lode gold operation: multiple adits, giant stopes, hoisting works, boiler plates, and mill foundations stretching across an entire ridge. This is abandoned mine exploration at its finest — and the ground is NOT played out.
0:00 - Google Earth Led Me Here (What I Was Looking For)
0:44 - First Sign: Black Sand Everywhere
0:59 - Reading Quartz Float in the Field
2:32 - Tracking a Quartz Blowout to the Source
4:15 - Why Research Saves You Years in the Field
5:50 - Spotting the Mine on the Ridge
6:37 - The Shocking Scale of This Operation (Mine History)
7:49 - Black Sand Below the Mine = Natural Sluice Box
9:08 - Greenstone Indicator: What It Means for Gold
11:23 - First Adit: Crosscut or Powder Magazine?
13:00 - Mercury Amalgamation Tanks Explained
13:42 - The Giant Stope — Still Intact After 150 Years
15:28 - How to Channel Sample a Vein System
16:07 - Hydrothermal Gold: Ionic Gold in Fractured Quartz
16:27 - THE MONSTER Vein — They Blasted Away the Entire Footwall
18:09 - Second Mine Dump: Boiler Plate Discovery
19:08 - Mill Foundations & Hoisting Works Revealed
23:47 - Why Did This Mine Close? (WWII Executive Order L-208)
23:54 - How to Sample Below Mine Dumps for Free-Milling Gold
In this video I break down exactly how to use Google Earth to find lost gold mines, what geological clues led me to this site, and why serious gold prospecting still starts with a satellite map and a geology background.
#GoldMining #GoldProspecting #HiddenGoldMine #GoogleEarthGold #LodeGold #GoldMineDiscovery #TreasureHunting #FindingGold #GoldMines #AbandonedMine #QuartzVein #BlackSand #GeologyOfGold #MiningHistory #AskJeffWilliams