My grandfather, Harold Harris, had a mine in French Gulch in the 1960's. I remember visiting him. He had a cabin on what seemed like a river. (I was pretty little then). I remember going to the river to get a bucket of water.
That is spelled limonite. It is a sedimentary rock that is principally iron. It is usually a distinct off red/brown color (caused by the oxidation of iron), with a slight to modest yellow color hue. It can be gold bearing. I do see that in small deposits in your case. The yellows are probably sulfur related. And yes, sulfur can also be gold related; both having to do with thermochemical (very deep hot mineral laden water that is forced to the surface) delivery of gold carried by water as it makes it's way upwards. These metals also travel in the presence of feldspar (quartz is one type of many) type materials. In searching for these things, a metal detector specifically calibrated to find gold (like a Falcon) would be a good place to start. The problem is, many times the thermochemical gold is a sulfide variety, which makes it's recovery difficult and expensive. But, sometimes free gold (which is not a sulfide) can be found in these mixes, and that can be recovered fairly easily.
I love this video, baby. You are so talented 💖 I am so damn proud of you, honey for chasing your dreams and following your passion ❤️ ✨️ You are such an absolute light in my life! I love you more than anything 💛 😊
Was just exploring a mine on the far western border of shasta county. Some rich findings on the tailing unfortunately the mines have collapsed due to it being in a extremely remote and rugged area. But brought back some cool rock specimens. Most likely copper and nickel, mixed with iron ore tailings. Mostly copper.
Wow! I am familiar with this area. I am not certain where we were at, but it was a dirt road hugging the side of the hill near French Gulch..... I sure miss my jeep.... anyways, the friend, who was with me, was standing at the edge of a cave and peering in. OMG! He fell in! He was about 6' 3" and over 200 lbs... I am 5' 7" and 120 lbs.... I was a toothpick..LOL I can laugh now. I had to pull him out. Great adventure, guys!
It was a old gold mine, I was a guard there back in the early 80's. The owners there were Cooksly geophysics. I went into that mine and caught one of the rattle snakes and took it home for my two sons to play with. It was a good size mine about 2 or 3 hundred acres. I shot a few deer there. The snake was good too.
i lived there in the gulch in the early 70's. I knew a guy who worked a mine i think it was up french gulch rd. His name is joe wool. Ever heard of him?
Used to go gold mining with my dad. Dad had friends that offered to have us go out to their mine out off desert center out towards eagle mountains and or something. I don't quite remember but Eagle Mountain Desert Center area are well captured in my mind.. My father's friend parents owned the whole damn town. It was pretty cool. They had a copper sift table that was huge and everything including Dynamite was there. It's super awesome to do that. What an experience!
Back in the early 70's i was exploring the highland ridge road area by my house and i came upon an old metal cigar box sitting upright propped up by rocks like it was on display. I opened it and found a mining claim from just before the war with the guys name on it. I should have put it back in the can and put it back where i found it so others could have seen it but i took it home and lost it over the years. It had lasted there over 30 years undisturbed until i found it. We had a ranch further up the road. i think the road name is lost bridge rd. Anyways there was a gold mine on our property and we got water for our house from it. It was always flooded with water. I never went inside to see how far back it went. it was because the water was pretty deep. I've been thinking where this one you're exploring and it looks like its around the tom green mine rd area
My grandfather, Harold Harris, had a mine in French Gulch in the 1960's. I remember visiting him. He had a cabin on what seemed like a river. (I was pretty little then). I remember going to the river to get a bucket of water.
Quartz stringers and "yellow" denoting Lemonite. Apparently those miners were seeking gold. Neat that you found these two portals. Thanks for sharing.
That is spelled limonite. It is a sedimentary rock that is principally iron. It is usually a distinct off red/brown color (caused by the oxidation of iron), with a slight to modest yellow color hue. It can be gold bearing. I do see that in small deposits in your case. The yellows are probably sulfur related. And yes, sulfur can also be gold related; both having to do with thermochemical (very deep hot mineral laden water that is forced to the surface) delivery of gold carried by water as it makes it's way upwards. These metals also travel in the presence of feldspar (quartz is one type of many) type materials. In searching for these things, a metal detector specifically calibrated to find gold (like a Falcon) would be a good place to start. The problem is, many times the thermochemical gold is a sulfide variety, which makes it's recovery difficult and expensive. But, sometimes free gold (which is not a sulfide) can be found in these mixes, and that can be recovered fairly easily.
Jeremy, from Exploring Shasta County History! Awesome to see you link up with a real historian of the area.
I love this video, baby. You are so talented 💖 I am so damn proud of you, honey for chasing your dreams and following your passion ❤️ ✨️ You are such an absolute light in my life! I love you more than anything 💛 😊
Thanks babe! I love you too! Something I love doing.
Was just exploring a mine on the far western border of shasta county. Some rich findings on the tailing unfortunately the mines have collapsed due to it being in a extremely remote and rugged area. But brought back some cool rock specimens. Most likely copper and nickel, mixed with iron ore tailings. Mostly copper.
Wow! I am familiar with this area. I am not certain where we were at, but it was a dirt road hugging the side of the hill near French Gulch..... I sure miss my jeep.... anyways, the friend, who was with me, was standing at the edge of a cave and peering in. OMG! He fell in! He was about 6' 3" and over 200 lbs... I am 5' 7" and 120 lbs.... I was a toothpick..LOL I can laugh now. I had to pull him out. Great adventure, guys!
It was a old gold mine, I was a guard there back in the early 80's. The owners there were Cooksly geophysics. I went into that mine and caught one of the rattle snakes and took it home for my two sons to play with. It was a good size mine about 2 or 3 hundred acres. I shot a few deer there. The snake was good too.
i lived there in the gulch in the early 70's. I knew a guy who worked a mine i think it was up french gulch rd. His name is joe wool. Ever heard of him?
I’m a gold miner from NorCal Humboldt area shout out to The New 49rs!!!
Really cool!
Those are promising looking mines! To me!
Thank you guys for exploring out there in French Gulch. Next to my property in Keswick there is an old silver mine.
@@spc4brownie Your welcome! Is the Silver Mine abandoned?
@@RyanHammon it appeared abandoned. I went there about 20 years ago and was chased out by who we assumed was the property owner.
That vein looks promising
Used to go gold mining with my dad. Dad had friends that offered to have us go out to their mine out off desert center out towards eagle mountains and or something. I don't quite remember but Eagle Mountain Desert Center area are well captured in my mind.. My father's friend parents owned the whole damn town. It was pretty cool. They had a copper sift table that was huge and everything including Dynamite was there. It's super awesome to do that. What an experience!
I actually worked in a active underground gold mine in the French gulch. Bullion river gold Corp in 05..... amazing place
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Back in the early 70's i was exploring the highland ridge road area by my house and i came upon an old metal cigar box sitting upright propped up by rocks like it was on display. I opened it and found a mining claim from just before the war with the guys name on it. I should have put it back in the can and put it back where i found it so others could have seen it but i took it home and lost it over the years. It had lasted there over 30 years undisturbed until i found it. We had a ranch further up the road. i think the road name is lost bridge rd. Anyways there was a gold mine on our property and we got water for our house from it. It was always flooded with water. I never went inside to see how far back it went. it was because the water was pretty deep. I've been thinking where this one you're exploring and it looks like its around the tom green mine rd area
Jeeze, looks there are a lot of little mines around that place! That looks like its the Three Sisters if I'm not mistaken.
No but I have a video posted on the area for the Three Sisters mine. This is West of French Gulch turn off
@@RyanHammon Nice!
You need to invest in better lighting for mine exploring video.
Do you know of any good lighting I can use?
Camera Panel light from Amazon will do.@@RyanHammon
What camera did you use? Very clear! You could use any form of gimbal.
The town is total tweakerville
There are supposed to be some good gold panning spots out at French Gulch as well. The Carr Fire hit the place pretty damned hard. 😔
So they were mining gold and quartz you said? Definitely colorful I will give you that🫡😉