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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- The Purdy Mine which was once lost is now re-found near Algonquin Park. It is an old mica mine that's situated on a forested hillside. At the Purdy Mine you can find mica, feldspar, quartz, beryl, uranite, zircon and other rocks and minerals that are frequently found in Ontario pegmatites.
4 years quickly passes. I live right beside the Magnetawan River in the town of that name. My banks are in Sundridge and Burks Falls. That bar is gone now that your standing beside. I think there was a start up mine for Mica (Graphine) closer to Kearney that failed about that time. Keeping water protected seems to be the reason. I think there is going to be a new emphasis on minerals in Canada now that Russia is being put behind a new Iron Curtain. It is nice to see someone pay attention to our region. It is economically depressed.
I also live in the Mag! I'm starting to gain an interest in rocks, do you know of anywhere nearby that has any geodes?
Holy mosquito nursery! Love your videos!
I have a place close to the mouth of the Magnetawan river on the 69 highway, anyone know if there's anything worth pursuing in the area ?
Beautiful country!
I had never been to Mattawa and was awed by the country. It's right on a fault line so often hit by tremors.
i love your videos 8-D
Cool video!
Do you know of any valuable minerals near North Bay that you can acquire personally and make a profit?
Thanks!
What is light blue milky blue crystal in ontario called I have found several of them
I remember as a boy , we spent the summers at our cottage on Eels Lake.while catching Bullfrogs along the shore , the rail tracks all twisted coming out of the tunnel type mine . It was boarded up slightly but could be ventured if desired . Not sure what they mined there I assumed Mica because it was everywhere .. Eels lake was a man made lake purhaps you've got info on that particular lake,always enjoy your vids .
I grew up Cottaging at my Bro’s on eels lake as well!.
Very nice video 😁
wow staying up late was worth it first watch and first comment
The bird was a cormorant 😉
Oh those deer flies!😱 They love me! Thanks for the trip to the mine.
A very interesting video, Caver461. I learned a lot, and that's good, because it's our property in Calvin Township. I wish that you wouldn't invite people to trespass on our property, and remove the material from our Mica mine, however.
Come by sometime and we'll go together, and you can answer a few more questions for me. But please don't encourage people to trespass on private property.
Andy Long
Andrew Long any chance I could check it out? I’m local and never seen anything like that
Hey we owned Pecore's beach and my family allowed everyone from the area to swim there. Times have sure changed.
The first time I saw this video and read the title "Finding the Lost Purdy Mine" I couldn't help myself from laughing. I don't quite know when the mine was lost. I was born a quarter-mile down the road and even as a child, we were able to "FIND" the mine at least 2 or 3 times a year. I thank him for uploading his video so people can learn about local history. However, he's talking like a European explorer that discovered North America. It's like when Pat Sajak told us on "Wheel of Fortune" that Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovered San Diego bay. Straight to Google I went and learnt that people have been living in this area for over 12000 years. Guess people not from white European ancestry aren't people ?
that bird is a cormorant :-)
great informatiional videos ! am planing to go crystal hunting around peterboroth area its my first time is there any area youd reccomend visiting first?
Are u still around id love to meet u i live in mattawa which is really close my last name is actually purdy lol just like the purdy mine
I have a few specimens from the purdy mine myself that i could gift you if at all interested
I am always excited when you upload a video !!!! I adore listening to you, and I enjoy when you and Jeff are on the hunt together too! I just love listening to you, because I always learn so much. It is a wonderfully generous thing for you to take all of us on your extraordinary adventures to places we all wish we could visit. You ROCK our world !!! Thank you
Thank you. I enjoy sharing especially when people find value.
Quick question do u know of any other abandoned mines to video
That is my family's land in Calvin where that mine is. Did you notice the rock just down the road from it, with the shrimp like pattern in it.
I have a pic of it.
Do you have a Facebook page?
@caver461 If you want to go to Northern Purdy Mine... get ahold of me... we can get you to multiple entrances along with a few other places that few people know about anymore... or at the very list, give you detailed directions. Northern mine is absolutely magestic
Tamara Pellerin interested
Hello there! Planning to go there in a few weeks. Will be camping at Samuel De Champlain - will appreciate any tips!
Awesome video ! . Been to mattawa on a school trip when i was a young feller lol. Beut area . Lots of hiking trails ! What was mica used for ?
Ahh nice ! You already answered my question hahah
It was in old toasters. They make small windows with it for houses. It's called muscovy glass. It is an excellent electrical insulator with a melting point of 1300 degrees Celsius. Have a look at the shiny flakes in makeup. That is mica. I saw a sheet of mica in the Royal Ontario Museum from this mine. I'm not sure if it's still there. It looks like it is almost 10 feet long.
Was this near Matawa, Washington ?
spiddykilla Mattawa, Ontario
Mattawa , Ontario. Mattawa Is an Algonquin word and it means "meeting of the waters. That is the junction where the Mattawa River empties into the Ottawa River. I always wondered what the significance and meaning of it when it referred to Mattawa , Washington.
Shoot. It dosent look like you went far enough to find the main portal. There is about 100 meter adit with some side adits.