In case anyone is interested, the first plant w/ white flower at 3:41 is Rubus parviflorus(Thimbleberry). The next with the purple flower at 4:40 is Lupinus arcticus (Arctic or alpine lupine) At 4:56 is Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow), 9:52 Gaillardia aristata (common)
Incredible video. I spent many summers vacationing in Tulameen with family, tearing up Otter lake tubing behind my grandfather's boat. Water is ice cold, even in the hottest summer weather, but we loved it. We went to visit the Granite City site several times, and once on a memory and a hunch my great aunt had, a bunch of us followed the worn out roads up the mountains behind Granite city, where lo and behold we found some truly immense shale deposits, full of fossils of mostly ferns. Love seeing the area up around Coalmont get some attention!
I really appreciate it when you add a bit of history and natural history in with the gold chasing, gives us a bit of context. That land is beautiful, I would be wanting to build a cabin there for holidaying and fishing :) Last point, I guess you're probably not allowed to, but if you were, do you think it would be interesting/worthwhile panning out the footprints of the buildings in the ghost town? You might find some interesting historical items as well as any gold that was dropped that decided to hide under the floorboards from the miners!
Nice video, Dan. I am glad you enjoyed your visit in Coalmont and Granite Creek. The Coalmont Hotel has been closed for about 4 years now. The Granite Creek Preservation Society is responsible for the interpretive signs and maintenance at the town site and cemetery. To answer some questions posted in the comments...You cannot erect a permanent structure on a placer claim. Pretty much all of the rivers in this area are staked so permission must be granted by a claim holder to pan on their claim. Metal detecting at the town site and cemetery is discouraged as it is now a historic site. When you purchase a placer claim you are paying for the rights to pan on that site. You do not own the land. Anyone wishing to learn more about the Granite Creek town site or cemetery can contact the Granite Creek Preservation society through their website: www.granitecreekbc.ca.
Beautiful vid,firm pulse on that bridge,ha ha.Love sincerity on your vid takes,when is poor, is poor,when can not reach,you cant.What a nice place,that camp site could be named Spontaneus Honeymoon Camp,ha ha.Thank you teacher ,loved it.
Nice little outing, great spot with some swell looking potential for Gold, Platinum, and Garnets. hopefully large enough to use and cut...Nice quick tour of the towns. Enjoy working the area Dan...And until your next video...Bye.👍
Looks exactly like Washington State, ie Monte Cristo mining ghost town, Silverton, Liberty, ect. Cool vid Dan, I am surprised you weren't metal detecting on the old homesteads. Bet there are coins and artifacts everywhere. Canada probably doesn't let you dig there though on second thought lol. Your welcome to come on down and enjoy a bit more freedom.
This year we are prospecting on our claim in Coalmont! It's a good sign you've been there or potentially still am.. Best of luck to you sir! Keep the good vibes videos coming!
Metal detector !!! That would be a great place to sweep and see what history is just under your feet Dan. Great video, I almost could see the old town and all the people moving about. so cool. thank you for taking us along. heavy pans.
Reminded me of Bill Barlee. I don't know if you are old enough to remember his show on CHBC,called gold trails and ghost towns. I believe he had a book of the same name. He had lots of great stories. Thanks for sharing.
Love seeing the small gold operations. Having been to Alaska twice. Took a small commerical flight last time over a very devestated area due to big gold operations .it's sad and can't wait til the day Alaska wakes up and puts a stop to it .hopefully before it's to late.
Pleased to meet you Dan! Doing a little search for Camp Creek. My husband discovered a cast iron cooking pot buried there, only the lip was showing. By my calculation, it is at least 130 years old now. It sports 3 short legs. We use it for ashes. I accompanied my husband staking claims on the Tulameen back in the early 70's.
Once again Dan, you've produced another beautiful BC vid. The flowers are just gorgeous as is the countryside. The gold was a little disappointing but I am 100% sure you will find it on that claim. Cannot wait to see it :)
Sweet adventure beautiful area see why u can be distracted u found a few small ones for a quick pan hey at least you were not skunked luv the history tour you just never know who walked there awesome thank you be safe
I have to say. I love watching you .its not you're finding gold its just you. Who cares if you find gold or not . i really like it when you do cause that means i get to see you more . you are an awesome role modle . i have always dreamed of looking for gold since i was a kid and now im 34 and never found a flake. ...Living in nebraska ...not much to find lol
The garbage dump is the real treasure. I would rather go through the 1840 garbage dump. It has some real lost treasures. Very little gold left on the lower part of the Tulameen. Chinese mined it out. Granite creek may be more promising? Platinum was thrown away as junk rock, you may have a good chance in finding some. Great fossils at the higher ridges of the Tulameen. Coal was mined 15 years ago. Really a beautiful country in the summer.
It's so cool to find garnets in with your sands , heavies and gold. I'm a fine of garnets anyways. I got lots of little red garnets with the odd topaz and some little yellow garnets?( not sure what it is ) . That heap load of black sands reminds me of some spots round lillooet here .
lovely bit of history there at coalmont hope this your new claim dan!!! waiting for a longer video though for more of your wonderful gold picking and history information plz
Hi Dan, have you ever been to Bodie, California? It’s about an hour (45 miles) east of Yosemite National Park. I believe it’s the largest ghost town still standing today. They turned it into a Historical Park. It’s definitely something EVERYONE should have on there bucket list to see in person. If you are not able to then just google it and look at the pictures. The pictures WILL NOT even come close to doing it justice. It is one of the most AMAZING sites you will ever see!!!!! It’s in the middle of NOWHERE and has approximately 100 buildings (or more) still standing. It’s VERY creepy to just walk through it and especially to see the cemetery, so many young lives were lost. Please check it out and let me know what you think.
Gorgeous claim dan! You encouraged me to start panning in northern MI and Michigan’s U.P. Ordered a starter panning kit from garret a few weeks ago. Have found more lead then gold but an awesome way to spend the day at the rivers when the fish aren’t biting! 😂
One option might be to bring in a rare earth magnet and pull all that black sand out of those hotspots, rinse it off and dump it. So all you have to pan is the non-magnetic stuff. that's a lot of iron! Lots of jasper on that creek. We have tons here in Alaska too.
Amazing place to visit! Granite City gave me gold fever and I was bitten by the history bug there.It also led me to Dan Hurd and his prospecting adventures! I have learnt a lot. Thankyou
Hey Dan I like any kind of Rocks when I am looking at your panning you are doing I see some beautiful Little Rock's in the pans would love to have some from Canada I the Red rocks
I just got back from there doing some gold panning and gold-bug metal detecting for gold. I went up the Tulameen on the river road, all the way to champion creek and explored the open claim areas there abouts. Unfortunately, no hits. Like you, though, I did dip the pan into the river at some open spots and found only a few flakes. Great sights and while driving the Tulameen river road I found it was a bit of a wild experience, even with my toyota hilux surf. Needed the 4 wheel drive in several spots and certainly wouldn't recommend travelling that road if you have less than about 11 inches of clearance. It appears that most of the usage out there is by ATV owners. Very little sign of active mining up the river road. Claim areas show signs of working the river and there are some clear signs of historical work on the benches but otherwise, not much happening. Shame when recreational users and speculators tie up claims. Maybe they feel the same about those pesky prospectors.
Hi Dan! Good to see you in our little part of heaven! I must mention that the Granite townsite is officially known as Granite Creek, the same as the waterway. The official name was designated in 1886 when the federal Post Office was opened there. That was the first, and only official name the townsite ever had. Please feel free to visit the Granite Creek Preservation Society site and FB pages. www.granitecreekbc.ca/
Cool! I once biked from hope to Oliver along the old kettle valley railway with my brother. Second night we camped in tulameen and always wanted to go back. Amazing country. I wonder if those red rocks are Jasper 🤔
Nice.. I enjoy the Exploration as well as the Au... And as far as ghost towns go, they've definitely got a lot of history behind them.. I would have loved to see or even been in one back in the day.. Thanks Dan.. 😁👌
Really love all your videos and stories about the history of gold mining. Is it possible to make one video just filled with historical information? You have so much knowledge, and you are such a good story teller. (Really loved the lesson you gave at a school) And the nature is so beautiful! Thanks for taking me and so many others with you on your adventures! I really appreciate it! Saying hi from the Netherlands.
I could spend all day at that cemetery. fun to see how some families do the maintenance on some graves and others may not know they have ancestors there at all. I wonder how many died over gold and money related problems. muhawhawhawhaw
Although a few of the families do tend to some of the plots, the bulk of the maintenance has been shouldered by the volunteers of the GCPS. Please visit the site, and consider joining the society. www.granitecreekbc.ca/
Lots of American young soldiers dead. It was such a hard life in the winter. I really feel the best chance was to find a native woman the knew how to survive.
In case anyone is interested, the first plant w/ white flower at 3:41 is Rubus parviflorus(Thimbleberry). The next with the purple flower at 4:40 is Lupinus arcticus (Arctic or alpine lupine) At 4:56 is Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow), 9:52 Gaillardia aristata (common)
Thank You!
Awesome!
Im interested in anything and everything mother nature has to offer ,thanks for the info mate . 👍✌️
Thank you
I say it every time but I really enjoy exploring along with you as much as the gold in the pan. Cheers
Thanks!
It really is a little piece of paradise!
I agree
Incredible video. I spent many summers vacationing in Tulameen with family, tearing up Otter lake tubing behind my grandfather's boat. Water is ice cold, even in the hottest summer weather, but we loved it. We went to visit the Granite City site several times, and once on a memory and a hunch my great aunt had, a bunch of us followed the worn out roads up the mountains behind Granite city, where lo and behold we found some truly immense shale deposits, full of fossils of mostly ferns. Love seeing the area up around Coalmont get some attention!
Dan..youre my new favourite youtuber when it comes to gold. Plenty of information and enjoyable to watch .keep it up
Thanks!
Love seeing the wild flowers in bloom. Thanks for showing mother nature's beauty and bling
Thanks for watching
Lol "find me the gold my minions". Beautiful scenery, thank you for your informative videos and of Canada's gorgeous countryside.
Thanks!
I really appreciate it when you add a bit of history and natural history in with the gold chasing, gives us a bit of context. That land is beautiful, I would be wanting to build a cabin there for holidaying and fishing :) Last point, I guess you're probably not allowed to, but if you were, do you think it would be interesting/worthwhile panning out the footprints of the buildings in the ghost town? You might find some interesting historical items as well as any gold that was dropped that decided to hide under the floorboards from the miners!
All gone in the 1950s.
Protected.
The garbage dump has the treasure now.
The Tulameen is on my bucket list as a place to explore someday. So much history. Some tales of lost treasure in the area too. Great tour.
thanks!
Thanks Dan for sharing this video with us.
Thanks for watching
Nice video, Dan. I am glad you enjoyed your visit in Coalmont and Granite Creek. The Coalmont Hotel has been closed for about 4 years now. The Granite Creek Preservation Society is responsible for the interpretive signs and maintenance at the town site and cemetery.
To answer some questions posted in the comments...You cannot erect a permanent structure on a placer claim. Pretty much all of the rivers in this area are staked so permission must be granted by a claim holder to pan on their claim. Metal detecting at the town site and cemetery is discouraged as it is now a historic site. When you purchase a placer claim you are paying for the rights to pan on that site. You do not own the land.
Anyone wishing to learn more about the Granite Creek town site or cemetery can contact the Granite Creek Preservation society through their website: www.granitecreekbc.ca.
I learn so much from you clips. thank you for doing the videos.
The camera audio/ visual, has markedly improved throughout your series. We are so pleased to feel like we're there, but are in spirit. Love you guys
Thanks!
Love the Bailey bridge at the start. We used to build them when I was in the Army. Love your piece of paradise.
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Beautiful vid,firm pulse on that bridge,ha ha.Love sincerity on your vid takes,when is poor, is poor,when can not reach,you cant.What a nice place,that camp site could be named Spontaneus Honeymoon Camp,ha ha.Thank you teacher ,loved it.
Thanks!
Nice little outing, great spot with some swell looking potential for Gold, Platinum, and Garnets. hopefully large enough to use and cut...Nice quick tour of the towns. Enjoy working the area Dan...And until your next video...Bye.👍
Thanks!
Would love to make it there one day...Great video Dan.
Thanks!
Looks exactly like Washington State, ie Monte Cristo mining ghost town, Silverton, Liberty, ect. Cool vid Dan, I am surprised you weren't metal detecting on the old homesteads. Bet there are coins and artifacts everywhere. Canada probably doesn't let you dig there though on second thought lol. Your welcome to come on down and enjoy a bit more freedom.
Hey Dan
Love the new wildflowers/nature clips. Thanks for bringing us along.
Thanks for watching!
Once again Dan another quality video thanks for sharing your adventures with us .👍👍👍👍✌️
Thanks
What beautiful landscape and well preserved old town!
Thanks
This year we are prospecting on our claim in Coalmont! It's a good sign you've been there or potentially still am..
Best of luck to you sir! Keep the good vibes videos coming!
Metal detector !!! That would be a great place to sweep and see what history is just under your feet Dan. Great video, I almost could see the old town and all the people moving about. so cool. thank you for taking us along. heavy pans.
I agree!
Reminded me of Bill Barlee. I don't know if you are old enough to remember his show on CHBC,called gold trails and ghost towns. I believe he had a book of the same name. He had lots of great stories. Thanks for sharing.
Love seeing the small gold operations. Having been to Alaska twice. Took a small commerical flight last time over a very devestated area due to big gold operations .it's sad and can't wait til the day Alaska wakes up and puts a stop to it .hopefully before it's to late.
Pleased to meet you Dan!
Doing a little search for Camp Creek. My husband discovered a cast iron cooking pot buried there, only the lip was showing.
By my calculation, it is at least 130 years old now.
It sports 3 short legs.
We use it for ashes.
I accompanied my husband staking claims on the Tulameen back in the early 70's.
Once again Dan, you've produced another beautiful BC vid. The flowers are just gorgeous as is the countryside. The gold was a little disappointing but I am 100% sure you will find it on that claim. Cannot wait to see it :)
Thanks!
What a stunning environment to search for gold dan
Does look like a paradise. Thanks for sharing.
Sweet adventure beautiful area see why u can be distracted u found a few small ones for a quick pan hey at least you were not skunked luv the history tour you just never know who walked there awesome thank you be safe
Thanks!
You have an unmistakable eye for beauty!
Another great video Dan 👍👍 keep up the good work and good luck in your search for the elusive golden nugget 🤠🤠👍
Thanks!
I have to say. I love watching you .its not you're finding gold its just you. Who cares if you find gold or not . i really like it when you do cause that means i get to see you more . you are an awesome role modle . i have always dreamed of looking for gold since i was a kid and now im 34 and never found a flake. ...Living in nebraska ...not much to find lol
Road trip?
The garbage dump is the real treasure.
I would rather go through the 1840 garbage dump.
It has some real lost treasures.
Very little gold left on the lower part of the Tulameen.
Chinese mined it out.
Granite creek may be more promising?
Platinum was thrown away as junk rock, you may have a good chance in finding some.
Great fossils at the higher ridges of the Tulameen.
Coal was mined 15 years ago.
Really a beautiful country in the summer.
It's very beautiful
Beautiful scenery.... That kind of beauty could never exist in Texas
What a great place for a family weekend! I'd sure be interested in running a metal detector around those two old buildings and the field between them!
Exactly!
Love watching, beautiful area, I'm jealous...live in "Cornfield County", Indiana.
Same here. Although you can find some beauty between the corn fields where I'm at in Indiana.
It's a gorgeous spot
It's so cool to find garnets in with your sands , heavies and gold. I'm a fine of garnets anyways. I got lots of little red garnets with the odd topaz and some little yellow garnets?( not sure what it is ) . That heap load of black sands reminds me of some spots round lillooet here .
Great video, Love seeing Historic little places like that
Thanks!
Thanks, Dan, for another great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for sharing Dan.
And amazing wild flowers as well!
Yup
Had no idea this place existed! thanks for the great video.
Thanks for watching
lovely bit of history there at coalmont hope this your new claim dan!!! waiting for a longer video though for more of your wonderful gold picking and history information plz
I'm working on it
Thank. You I’m sure it will be worth the wait
Love that bridge what a beautiful view
It's a beautiful spot
Thanks for sharing! It is mind blowing to think about what the old timers went through for the yellow stuff. Beautiful spot.
It really is gorgeous
Those are some beautiful flowers
really cool upload...pure gold in and out of the pan with Dan
Thanks!
Another new claim? Looks very good!
Let's hope it is
Absolutely fascinating content Dan! Great video as always. Love your channel 😀
Hi Dan, have you ever been to Bodie, California? It’s about an hour (45 miles) east of Yosemite National Park. I believe it’s the largest ghost town still standing today. They turned it into a Historical Park. It’s definitely something EVERYONE should have on there bucket list to see in person. If you are not able to then just google it and look at the pictures. The pictures WILL NOT even come close to doing it justice. It is one of the most AMAZING sites you will ever see!!!!! It’s in the middle of NOWHERE and has approximately 100 buildings (or more) still standing. It’s VERY creepy to just walk through it and especially to see the cemetery, so many young lives were lost. Please check it out and let me know what you think.
Gorgeous claim dan! You encouraged me to start panning in northern MI and Michigan’s U.P. Ordered a starter panning kit from garret a few weeks ago. Have found more lead then gold but an awesome way to spend the day at the rivers when the fish aren’t biting! 😂
Awesome!
I think you and Evan should go back and detect in some of those open flat areas. Maybe there were old camps in there.
Great idea
One option might be to bring in a rare earth magnet and pull all that black sand out of those hotspots, rinse it off and dump it. So all you have to pan is the non-magnetic stuff. that's a lot of iron! Lots of jasper on that creek. We have tons here in Alaska too.
Is the whole ghost town a protected site? i was thinking it would be fun to poke around with a metal detector
It`is protected. They have signs everywhere stating no detecting or digging. In the past Granite City has produced a lot of documented treasure finds.
Dan you have a very nice looking piece of land there! Happy panning. From Alabama
It's a beautiful spot
Nice video I hope you make a longer one out there that's my kind of place right there
You've really helped me appreciate nature more.
AND GOLD!
Awesome
That river looks more like an awesome place to go fly fishing in.
My family always enjoy your videos! Always good to see gold in the pan no matter how much. Much love from California.
Thanks!
Amazing place to visit! Granite City gave me gold fever and I was bitten by the history bug there.It also led me to Dan Hurd and his prospecting adventures! I have learnt a lot. Thankyou
Another great video of exploration. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching
Hey Dan I like any kind of Rocks when I am looking at your panning you are doing I see some beautiful Little Rock's in the pans would love to have some from Canada I the Red rocks
always a great tour!
Thanks!
those red stones might polish up nice.
Thanks Dan Hurd! It was a splendid trip through a beautiful place, Thank you.
You're welcome
Again the most beautiful country wow
It really is
I just got back from there doing some gold panning and gold-bug metal detecting for gold. I went up the Tulameen on the river road, all the way to champion creek and explored the open claim areas there abouts. Unfortunately, no hits. Like you, though, I did dip the pan into the river at some open spots and found only a few flakes. Great sights and while driving the Tulameen river road I found it was a bit of a wild experience, even with my toyota hilux surf. Needed the 4 wheel drive in several spots and certainly wouldn't recommend travelling that road if you have less than about 11 inches of clearance. It appears that most of the usage out there is by ATV owners. Very little sign of active mining up the river road. Claim areas show signs of working the river and there are some clear signs of historical work on the benches but otherwise, not much happening. Shame when recreational users and speculators tie up claims. Maybe they feel the same about those pesky prospectors.
Thanks for the tour!
Thanks for watching!
Awesome!!! So beautiful up there.
it really is
Beautiful history, I'm in northern nevada and I love the old towns and buildings super cool
Thanks!
Always enjoy the scenery, but history in this was interesting too, hope you have more luck in the future when panning.
Thanks!
I love history! Great lesson and view!
Beautiful country you have up there. I'd be fishin for dinner too while prospecting hehe
It is beautiful
great video as always Dan, quick question: do claims cost much? (not that it's much used to me as I'm in the UK)
They range from $500 to $5000
Nice spot , cannot wait to see what it gives up !!!
I know! And it's family friendly
Hi Dan!
Good to see you in our little part of heaven! I must mention that the Granite townsite is officially known as Granite Creek, the same as the waterway. The official name was designated in 1886 when the federal Post Office was opened there. That was the first, and only official name the townsite ever had.
Please feel free to visit the Granite Creek Preservation Society site and FB pages.
www.granitecreekbc.ca/
Cool! I once biked from hope to Oliver along the old kettle valley railway with my brother. Second night we camped in tulameen and always wanted to go back. Amazing country. I wonder if those red rocks are Jasper 🤔
It is a beautiful spot
Nice..
I enjoy the Exploration as well as the Au...
And as far as ghost towns go, they've definitely got a lot of history behind them..
I would have loved to see or even been in one back in the day..
Thanks Dan..
😁👌
Thanks!
It's really nice the Canadians take care of the cemetaries.
Really love all your videos and stories about the history of gold mining.
Is it possible to make one video just filled with historical information?
You have so much knowledge, and you are such a good story teller. (Really loved the lesson you gave at a school)
And the nature is so beautiful!
Thanks for taking me and so many others with you on your adventures! I really appreciate it!
Saying hi from the Netherlands.
Thanks! I might try and incorporate my local stories
This was so neat to watch! Thanks for the free relaxing entertainment !!
You're welcome!
Great job Gold in every pan !!!!!
good video Dan, sure hope you got a deal on the nugget bucket
Video out soon! (I hope)
very enjoyable 13 minutes thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching
Thimbleberry Flowers Can be so Fragrant . Just went out to take sniff of mine . Some will be ready this weekend .
Looks a lovely place to visit, even if not looking for gold.
It's a beautiful spot
Before I could read the title, just by seeing the picture, I thought: What a paradise.
Yup
The kind of history and scenery I like 😀 keep making videos and I'll keep watching 😀
Later goldfesser😀 catch you on the next one! 😎💨
Thanks!
Thanks, that is a beautiful place!!
It really is
Great area Dan got to do a bit of testing but what a nice historic city to visit. HH Brad
I can't wait to get back to this one - especially as it is family friendly
looks like you should pack a fly rod and fish for trout, too.
Probably
I had a claim on the Tulamine Was called “ last kick at the cat “
You, sir, are livin the life.
Thanks!
I could spend all day at that cemetery. fun to see how some families do the maintenance on some graves and others may not know they have ancestors there at all. I wonder how many died over gold and money related problems. muhawhawhawhaw
Although a few of the families do tend to some of the plots, the bulk of the maintenance has been shouldered by the volunteers of the GCPS. Please visit the site, and consider joining the society.
www.granitecreekbc.ca/
Lots of American young soldiers dead.
It was such a hard life in the winter.
I really feel the best chance was to find a native woman the knew how to survive.
I want to be there so bad to enjoy the beauty of nature. Thank you
Thanks for watching
Thanks Dan!
Thanks for watching
Thanks Dan the history is Amazing and hope you get what your looking for Bye!!!; )
Thanks!
Very beautiful area I hope it pays off for you not only in gold but in happy times good luck your friend Joe Chavez AKA flip, flop ,Joe.
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AND ONCE AGAIN AOTHER AMAZING VIDEO I LOVES YOUR VIDEOS DAN HURD GOOD WORK MY FRIEND
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