How to Build a Platform at the Collar of a Mine Shaft!
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- MineOperator builds a platform at the collar of a mine shaft. Once complete, we used our quad-pod to hoist up buckets. The vein strikes 700-feet and has a width of 1-foot to 6-feet! Notice the vein on the southwest corner of the mine shaft. It makes a Z pattern and we are extremely curious if this could be a rich pocket!
Common sense, situational awareness, wisdom, adaptability, and flexibility (real-time risk assessment) are required to stay alive over the desire for discovery; remember this, and you cannot go wrong when prospecting.
Never compromise to external pressures or lack of time to test a prospect. After overcoming snakes, washed-out roads, and dangerous loose rocks to scale, MineOperator samples a long forgotten prospect. Is this the beginnings of a possible mine? Stay tuned and thanks for watching!
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good job my brother ....would go with hard wood wedges so they don't split so easily .....you can get them from mobile home sales and service places....we use them all the time....so great to see you with your Pops doing what you love to do ....enjoy every second ..... can't wait to see what the samples reveal ....keep'em coming my brother
We appreciate that Jeff. We'll look into getting hard wood wedges. I don't mind making them, I just need to know which wood makes the best wedges. Unless, the cost of buying them makes sense. We really enjoy this type of work and simply being out doors, or underground 😉.
@@mineoperator My dad used to put a 2x4 piece of oak on top of the wood to be hammered. The oak absorbed the blow while no damage to the piece (wedge). The oak piece seemed to last forever, just a few dents in it from the hammer.
Great video. Like most I took for granted the time I spent with my dad and how much like him I am today because of him pushing me to always be better. As a kid I thought it was punishments but now as a man I can't thank him enough for never given up on me when I had a hard head. Great work MO team.
So, when building a platform and doing this much sampling is the work considered only prospecting or is the project under a mine claim yet? Very curious, good job on the head frame in such crumbly material. Thanks for the vid!
Hi Gerald. Yes, this prospect/abandoned mine is under claim. It depends on the geologist you work with and their interpretation of "casual use," "temporary headframe," and if it creates new "surface disturbance." This activity does fall under sampling/prospecting. With that said, this claim is not in an ACEC or other restricted jurisdiction that would instantly require a Plan of Operations, Environmental Assessment or Environmental Impact Study. I'd recommend checking with your BLM office amd filing a "Notice of Intent." This crumbly material can be trouble. Thanks for your comment!
Are those 6x6s dried out? They're gonna be soon and I hope they don't shrink
Good point. I believe we dried them out enough. We'll keep a close eye on them and check those wedges. Great point.
You are demonstrating in real time the proper way to do this type of work, excellent example MO :)
Thanks for your comment! We love hearing from you and hope you are doing well.
This is awesome stuff, and the fact that you’re doing it with your dad is the best part of it! Thank you for sharing with us!
In Jr High and High School, I worked together with my dad on home projects. These were extensive major projects that were time and labor intensive. I remember just wanting to not do them and hang out with my friends. It was after I left home to strike out on my own that I realized what my dad was did. He was teaching me valuable skills. Those times together with my dad are revisited every time I build something. Even though he passed away more than 30 years ago, I cherish those times we had. Your well built platform you and your dad build together is a functional memory not just for you, but for me as well. It makes me think. "Thanks Dad"
Wow, your comment just gave me chills. I feel that way as well. It means so much to us that you shared your experience. It makes me smile knowing that we're making new memories together. Trying to make each day count. There were many years where my dad and I didn't speak. Wasn't easy for either of us. Glad we changed that.
My dad taught me a lot too, but also taught me how to think about building and fixing things. Thanks for the reminder
As an experienced climber, I'd recommend backing up your Petzel descender with either a simple cam device or a prusik knot - devices can fail (usually operator error) - 2 is 1 & 1 is none - redundancy keeps you alive.
Since if you slipped into the pit, you may rotate, I'd have a small sewn runner between your caribiner and your harness d-ring - if there's any chance of putting rotational force on that caribiner, it could fail.
I appreciate your feedback! Thank you!
Look forward to seeing how rich those samples are!
I’m glad to see you do that work with your old man. It reminds me of my time with my mentor, Tim Fadda. I wish he was here so we could continue his work.
My eyes get watery. Cherish those moments with your pop. I truly am happy for you and your dream.
Good gold hunting! Be safe and smart.
Take care.
The sound in the wind is great, so the hairy mic is working well. I enjoyed watching this just as much as when you guys get ore and gold. Great video!
Thanks for letting us know Justin. Those windy days are challenging for good audio. We appreciate your comment!
Yup couldnt even tell it was windy; great choice.
YES improving the audio (windsock). TY.
Just commenting a couple of minutes in. Dang that hanging wall is crumbly as heck! I would be too paranoid to go any further. LOL 😅
Hats off to you guys! 👍🏻
Audio in the wind is extremely good with the new mic cover.
Always leave a note/piece of paper on buckets/samples Dan hurb had 6-7 buckets and one very good 1 two-three ounces but some of the buckets were years old and he let multiple leases expire and he couldn't remember which/ were that one good bucket was from.
Ouch !
I appreciate your comment. When we were packing up, I did just what you suggested. When back at the millsite, I added blue tape to the handle and weighed each bucket, minus the weight of the bucke, and wrote the weight and sample name on the tape. It did help that I worked for a lab for 5 years. But I am guilty of not labeling samples before. Learned my lesson a few times.
Keep that lab-itude, for sure! 😆
Excellent job on safety, I’d pay you to have that much fun work. Hoping the samples have a nice show.
I'd have a hard time doing it, especially at 72. I dislike edges, but also have a bullheaded side that might have led me to do it when I was a little younger. I rappelled once in my early 60s just to prove I could do it as well as climbing a 40' climbing wall. This was with a bad hip, since replaced, and several years after a heart attack . Guess what I'm saying is that if the crazy side of me took control I might give it a shot in spite of good reasons not too. There are very few things you should say never too.
I've done that for free , hundreds of feet , above and below ground .
But pay is always appreciated lol .
Hope those samples assay well for you .
Oh heck yeah I have always loved rappelling and use ascenders in cave. In a mine would just add to the challenge!!
Sound is awesome, couldnt even tell it was windy.
One suggestion....add some pulleys to maximize lift capacity and make it a LOT easier for the guy pulling the rope. You should be able to rig your multiplier on one leg and still run the main rope through the center. Those 1:1 lifts are brutal.
Second suggestion/comment in passing.....if you remember, show us what you are sampling and a brief explanation of why there, why that, maybe what youre looking at to help you make that decision. Or add it in editing as subtitles...if you need someine to type em for you, let me know.
You guys do fantastic work, cant wait to see where this takes you!!
Excellent suggestions!! We plan on setting up and using a hoist that attaches to the quad-pod. Until then, we'll throw on an extra pulley.
It's easy to forget to narrate and describe why we're sampling this spot, the geology, and what we'll do if the samples come back positive or negative. I really wish I had demonstrated the features on the Petzl ID Descender that make it so safe to use and how it doesn't work at all if the rope is installed incorrectly and the braking system.
I think subtitles are something we need to start adding consistently. It takes more time as auto-subtitles come out horrible, so it has to be done manually. Your comment has helped. Thank you!
Fun watching I'm glad you're on the Rope though con artist is like me an old man that likes to wear short pants thanks for the video
Audio is great!
Looks simple and easy and fun!!! On your own mine! But I was a rock climber and climbed 850 Feet up Devils Tower, our first national monument in Wyoming twice. So I am weird. Great show and enjoyed what you did in Washington also. Thanks
Man enjoying doesn’t describe it.
I envy what you have there.
Thanks for the long and short version of this. Thumbs up all around. I would love to help you guys with this sort of work someday.
Absolutely, I would do it! That is what prospecting and hard Rock mining is all about. Pushing your body to the extreme limits in the search of rich ore deposits.
The audio with the wind sock is night & day difference. Thank you MO!
Thank you, Kevin, for your comment and support!
If I were younger, I'd be happy to come up & help you out. If it is only about 16 ft down, why not set up metal scaffolding from the bottom up ? It would give you a solid floor to work from, and is easy to remove. Or 2 ladders with the scaff planks between them for a good working surface.
So who's got more knowledge you Or dad. He's got some d*** good eyesight. And they've seen that distance and read a 1/8 inch mark on a tape measure. Your height is nothing. I used to work on the outside on the top of the grain silence 200 feet off the ground
You gentleman work together very well. The first thing I thought of on that stall, was, wow... that is about a level as you're gonna get ! Very nice to watch.. I can't wait for the videos to continue.
So stoked for you guys! Always rooting for fer ya. Hope this spot consistently makes a fat rail across the table!
Wow, the audio is instantly improved on the windy day. Also - fascinating video! Between you and Jason, I'm really enjoying seeing you guys build/renovate mines!
Thanks for commenting and letting us know! It's taking some time, but we're finally getting used to having to film while working. Glad we're finally getting a handle on it. There's room for us to improve so we'll keep giving it our best.
@@mineoperator I will say, I really enjoyed the first-person view in this video with the go-pro. Got to see exactly what you saw, exactly how you were doing things. Loved that perspective!
Awesome times with your dad enjoy these as much as u can
I did all sorts of fun rigging and stuff for 30 years as a firefighter.
Get some hardwood pallets from a metal fab shop for stronger wedges. I make them for felling trees from maple and red oak from pallet wood.
Oh I like your suggestions! I'll look into it right away. Thanks for sharing this information!
Yeah, that wouldn't be a problem. Rope access underground is fun, I'll need to brush up in preparation for furnishing out an escapeway raise soon.
Searching for the Million Dollar Vein of Gold. It's out there somewhere.
Love the woodwork, personally I‘d be using a Bosch laser measuring device instead of a tape measure. just my personal preference.
Great project you two, thank you for sharing!
💛 Love this well-organized father & son collaboration and mining operation 💛
PS: Audio is great!
Heh!
Ah dig holes cuz itz in me blud!
No wages even necessary! (~_^)-b
Still ready for my job!! Several years framing experience as well!! 😂😂🎉🎉
OK my comment to you is I worked in the federal prison system in Canada for 25 years you got way bigger kahoni's than I do doing that kind of job
I'm surprised you worked on SRT. I'd at least have a second rope with passive fall protection on it
2 weeks ago but still a great video...good work as usual...Beautiful ore for the jaw crusher😊😊😊
Looks like interesting combination of art of reading the rocks, planning and engineering and hard work in tight spaces, I'm glad you are sharing this with us.
Why so much protection equipment ?
As the guru pointed out long ago ---- Safety 3rd lol
How do you have your lift setup on your incline shaft? Building one currently
Good times, thanks for the share, Till the next, take care and stay safe. ...⛏⚒⛏
I'd gladly harness up and put in stolls or whatever you call those timbers.
If I was hanging on a rope and doing what you’re doing and finding gold I would think that would be my pay besides enjoy the view of he scenery so ya I think I would do it
a narrow rock hammer may be a more suitable tool for collecting samples, it looked fatiguing to balance the bucket and use the power tool or sledge.
Excellent work as usual guys! (~_^)-b
Great video with super valuable information!
working off a harness is n problem. I would do that in a heartbeat...
I would love to "hang around " I need classes tho! But, I can muck!
My dad would have said the same thing... Beautimus
Good video, and I hope all your hard work is rewarded with lots of gold.
Home Depot logs already splitting😂
Looks fun hope you find lots of good yellow in those buckets.
22:11 Gold Mining has never sounded better.
Sounds great Chad! Great purchase🎉
Would love to learn how to to all of that. No fear with the right gear.
That was a particularly awesome!
Hi guys.. I do that same thing when I do my stulls in my mine except I'm dangling over a couple hundred feet of shaft below me at times . Especially when I have to shore up and tighten up the stulls or when I'm adding new ones or when I'm having to add more ladders. I bolt the ladder ends right into the football but I also add anchoring cement into the lagbolt holes. They are super secure that way because I don't have to use sets all the way down the shaft since the rock is super hard. Once I get my stulls in as I'm going down then I just put 2 by 8 or 10's whatever width I need the planks to be at the time.
Lots of props to my fellow miners out there! 😁👍
Are you guys going to put a trap door on the platform?
When I redid the collar platform of one of my mines (it's a 2 compartment shaft) i trap doors in over the ladder side and over the bucket side.
A trap door is a great idea. Yes, we'll install one of those. We love to hear your experiences shoring and timbering your mine! High-strength non-shrinking grout or anchoring epoxy are excellent options. I used to inspect installations of anchors and perform pull testing. Nice work Dawn! Conman and I installed a similar setup over a 100' shaft. Can't wait to share that experience as we're trying to clear a plug. Tricky business. Thanks for your comment!
Great job gentlemen. I love watching this stuff, so thank you for sharing your adventures.
We appreciate your comment Garrett! This adventure has been exciting and rewarding.
Makita ftw
So cool, my dad thinks I’m nuts for studying the geology and exploring day in day out to try to find a mine of my own. Once I find one he’ll be happy to help. He thinks all gold is long gone. 😂
Keep up the hunt! You will find one worth pursuing. Keep studying and acquiring the skills necessary. There are many great TH-camrs out there to learn from. Thanks for choosing our channel as well!
Thanks guys fun watch...
The “treeble” works great!
from someone who is tone deaf with little hearing left this makes Houge difference for me.
I must admit I have skipped over some of your videos due to the wind drowning out everything.
Copy that
Love your videos!!
for gold i would do a lot
Awesome job!!!
👍
Where can I find the prospect video? I want to see what's down there
I sampled that location before creating a TH-cam channel. I'll make it a point to go back down there and show how the vein splits and the workings. We need to get in there and drill some holes for pan testing onsite. We'll be back there to get another video out soon.
audio is good
Awesome 👌 😊
Great job! And the sound quality is good too!
Thanks for commenting and letting us know! We appreciate it.
cannot hear any wind noise, that works well.
Thanks for your feedback!
Very nice job.
Thanks Brodrick!