We dozed Honeypot Reef, a very rich gold mine in Australia that produced huge specimens and nuggets.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- G'Day ! In this video we used a D7 bulldozer to test the deep ground at our extremely rich Honeypot gold mine. This happened in 2007, our third year after discovering this amazing gold occurrence ( I hope that you have seen the other videos in my TH-cam library about the Discovery, Digging the Reef, and Treating The Ore ). So we started dozing long lines across the known shed of nuggets and specimens, looking for a concentration and path which would indicate a deep lead - where an ancient creek carried and deposited gold. We found such a deep channel, as indicated by big specimens that were encrusted in a calcrete/cement which is known in this region of Western Australia as the Wiluna Hardpan (its thickness can be several inches, to 30 metres). We needed two attempts to cut through this extremely hard layer of cement with the jack hammer ! Unfortunately I don't have any photos of what we found other than of the 40 ounce (gold content) whopper we called "The Grouper". As mentioned, the drilling which our Joint Venture partner executed (in a 'scissors' drill ie one hole on each side of the reef) was a duffer, the best grade was 0.1 grams per ton. Maybe we should have paid more attention to this poor result which was to indicate what was to be expected under our digging. So .... Many thanks for your interest in my videos, I really appreciate it. I go in the remote bush from April to October each year where there is no internet reception, so I'll be fairly sporadic in my uploads and responses to your comments. Don't worry! I'm out there getting some great content for the next go-around. Cheerio ....
These are the best Aussie videos iv seen on you tube 🎉
Love this video your videos are so raw I feel like I'm there some times
More videos!!! Excellent!!!
Should have layed a few charges jelly to soften up that honey hole the put the dozer into it . Making the dozer work a bit more than needed. Great series glad you recorded this its very interesting.
From one digger to another, heck yeah y'all !!! Thank you for the update!!!
Thanks Robbie, I hope your onto some good metal. Cheers ...
THAT WAS BRUTAL" BUT YOU GOT THE ANSWERS" JD
Good to see you again cagey
Hi Matthew, many thanks for your support. I'm still acting squirrelly huh? heheheee. Cheers ...
cool your back
The legend is back , more more please
I was only thinking bout ya d other day n today I see 3rd video of dozing the honeypot with the 1st upload 2 days ago! "The other day"! 😀😃
Thanks SlotALot for your support Mate. The Honeypot is truly done-and-dusted now (my vids that is). Off to greener (golder) pastures! Cheers ...
Where have you been mate - welcome back. Love watching your clips
G'Day B'Daz ... Thanks for your support M8. Been out hunting for the shiny stuff, will make some vids about this prospecting season ... Next time I'm in town. Cheers ...
Your video skills are getting better and better. Very enjoyable thank you
Thank you John for the kudos. I'm trying to reduce the vertigo instilled by camera swings! heheheee. Cheers ...
"Don't worry! I'm out there getting some great content for the next go-around."
Can't wait!!! I love your videos.
Thank you very much for your very nice comment! Cheers ...
So good to see and hear from you and your uploads!
Honeypot was thoroughly worked.
I hope you are doing well sir 🙌👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you! You too Ms. Glenda ;-)
WOW!👍
Always a pleasure visiting and revisiting your adventures...great to see you pop up again with this one mate...hope you are smiling out there wherever you are..till then 🍻
G'Day Ryan ... Thanks for your patience and sticking with me, it's peak prospecting season and I'm out there in remote WA trying to come up with Something Interesting ;-) Cheers M8 ...
Incredible thank you for sharing
Thank You very much for sharing all your video footage and expertise. I really learned a lot from watching every video you put out. What a great story or story's of how to do it the right way. And the follow ups. I agree it had to be done for sanity's sake. All the best to you from California 1849 gold fields USA
Hi 1849-Jim, many thanks for your kudos M8. And it makes me happy to hear that I'm giving you some ideas! I've been at it for nearly 40 years now, full time. It's not always a feast though, as I'm sure you know. Cheers ...
Hello 👋 my friend glad to see a new video hope your well
Thank you Mandy for your kind words. I'll get you up to speed soonest! Cheerio ...
Wow tore it shreds glad you found those other monsters though so it was worth it great conclusion to the honey pot thanks for sharing see you on the next one👍🏻👊🏻
HI 48SP, thanks for your comment. We did make a few $$ but was a big pain in the bum as the dozer driver never showed up and left us hanging. ..
Good to hear you had the chance to explore the leads etc. even if it didn't pay so well. Gold is where you find it, hey. Cheers Dan 🍻
Absolutely ... It's not so easy to find huh? These Z7s are cleaning up! Cheers ...
Glad to hear from you,mate great video ,hope you have a great year prospecting this year ,a lot of rain at the moment,any way all the best regards David wa
G'Day Mr. Chalk, hope you've been well in this Covid storm we got happening here in WA. Been out there looking for the next-best-thing. Actually heading out to the edge of the desert, not far from Lasseter's mysterious reef. Hope the rain holds off ! Cheers M8 ...
Good to see you back mate you kind of dropped of the side there for awhile. I suspect you been out prospecting again lol if so I' am jealous lmfao . Hope you have more content coming take it easy 😁
G'Day Rodney, hope things are going well for you. And thanks for your continued support. Yes, I've been bush hunting dem shiners! I'll tell you all about it ASAP. Best wishes M8 ....
@@prospecting101 I figured you were up to no good out in the bush lmfao . I use the Force lol I hope you had a cracker of a time and look forward to the video's m8 bwahahahahahaaa.
Interesting!
Glad you think so!
Welcome back. I’m out around Meeka if you need another pair of hands I’m keen to learn from a master 😄
G'Day BB, thanks for the invite! I'll put you on The List ;-) Cheerio ....
My father ran a subsoiling operation. It was agricultural ripping for agricultural purposes. He had three machines pulling on a 14 shank that ran 5 ft in the ground. It would go 3 mph in caliche and decomposed granite. Im thinking you would have found it very usefull!
Hi TA, Wow! What a beast. Love to see that in action ...
And that’s gold mining for you - one minute it’s there, the next it’s not. Incredible patience and persistence required along with a “well, that’s life” attitude. You also need to know when it’s time to pull sticks and move on. That’s the real hard part.
Hi PK, thanks for your comments. You have the right attitude to be a prospector, fo' sure. As Boris says "Dems da breaks". Either the metal is there (where you're looking), or it isn't. Cheers ...
...2nd thought...have you flown over the area to get that perspective?....
Hi again ... Just need a drone! But hey, the sat imagery is pretty good these days ... Cheers ;-)
Great video's keep them coming. Did you find any Gold in Greenstone? Cheers Kev
Hi Biggest Kev ... Thanks for your input ... Yes, I found the Elephant Reef in greenstone, well actually it was in a quartz reef that intruded greenstone. When I find a thin nugget I look around for the greenstone from which it came. Cheers M8 ...
@@prospecting101 Thanks, I've found a Quartz reef at strike with Greenstone I will try to find the contact. Cheers Kev
Its time to move on to another reef,, thats life .. mostly disappointing ,, good luck 👍
Hi Shakir, yes M8 that's hold it goes, accountants make terrible prospectors because most projects are just marginal. Cheers ...
So this is an ancient river deposit that you're working .....where did it pick the gold up from? that's what I would be looking for ....the source
Hi KT ... The source is the Honeypot reef, my other Honeypot videos show us working this enrichment. Cheers ...
Hope you can plant some trees when you’re done 👍
Hi Stephen, thanks for your comment. Don't worry, all that disturbance actually helps regenerate vegetation. We do try to leave the big trees now ...
Anyone know where i can pan a few 10 oz nuggets in qld. I need money to buy a lettuce
Hi Wayno, heheheee ... You better have a slug or two in the back pocket just to get some fuel ... To go find that lettuce money heheheee. Cheers ...
Hmmm 🤔...I'm not very pleased with this ...the title is clickbait.
Hi Bouncer, thanks for your comment. We really did get a 40 ounce specimen out of that slab of cement. The photo I included of my kid holding the slug is for real, sorry it didn't show any gold. Cheers ...
Super dissapointed for you guys. Seems to me like gold mining is similar to a drug addiction. I hope you didn't exhaust your profits on this dozing mission. It must cost an arm and a leg to transport a dozer miles into the outback then fuel it up too.
Hi 2FMamma, thanks for your thoughts. You know, the ole saying is a prospector puts his finds back into the ground ... I'll never learn because ... I need a fix of Nuggetcillin ... Quick! Cheerio ...
No where to be found
No gold shown? This was fake
Hi SD27 ... Sorry but the slug the girl was holding was what came out of that slab. This vid is from 2005, I didn't really think about YT back in those days. Cheers ...
That's how to get it done fam. Keep on digging fam. Your doing great work. Gold Squad Out!!!
Showed no gold. Used old film footage. Bs...just another fake video.
Hi Crumps ... Keep watching, satisfaction guaranteed M8 ;-)
WELCOME BACK !!! I was afraid you were done.... RIGHT ON ANOTHER VIDEO.... BONUS !!!!!!!!
Great video and some awesome gold. Lots of hard work and some fun. Great to see you back and looking forward to more excitement...thanks for sharing
More to come shortly ... Thanks for the kudos ;-)