I am from The Netherlands and my grandmother lived in Powel river, i went to see her and stayed for six weeks and enjoyed it every day. I hope to see it again some day the surroundings are so much differnt than here it is so quiet instead of 18 million people in a country that is a tiny bit bigger then the size of Vancouver island
I a Gemologist and used to gold-pan in Alaska. I have some gold nugget jewelry I had made from some of it. I'm 71 yrs old now so really can't hike like when I was younger. Looking forward to watching your mining operation.
I'm in western WA. When I find a clay layer, I'm like oh goodie. The clay acts as a false bedrock, the gold doesn't penetrate normally. I've been tempted to do deeper, but the water infiltration is too much to go further. Awesome looking claim Dan. I used to run equipment until I retired, it's nice to see another operator running it smoothly and efficiently. Shout out to Tyler.
Eh, he didn't say he was retiring. Just cutting back / doing more of what HE wants to rather than fan favorites. He also mentioned he has quite the back log of videos and things wouldn't change for a few months. He was quite clear about it.
If you watched that video he says he has a ton of videos already made, and was going to be posting all of those. This is from the fall, so he's technically not doing new videos.
It's so crazy to think that all the gold found here on planet Earth, and indeed the whole universe, was created in the heart of a dying star! Gold even has the colour of a star. Beauuutiful!
Nice to see Tyler loved his channel. He was great at explaining his process and showing how he does his operation. I hope this calibration works our for both of you.
This is cool seeing the project from the start thanks Dan for taking us along because after the not nice comments you could have done this and not filmed it to share we all appreciate the time and money it took to do this thanks again Chris the porch miner
I would love to see that quartz chunk after a bit of cleaning. So many indicators. Could you please put it in some HCl and disolve away the Iron/Calcite.
Congratulations on the new mine gentlemen. Tyler a very special Congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Looking forward to seeing how the future is on your new adventure.
Devil's Club (Aralia spinosa) must be pretty common. Here in Delaware, we call it Devil's Walking Stick. It can be pretty when it gets larger and blooms.
The thick blue clay divide is interesting. I would love to see a geo-historical explanation of the timeline and how such a thick layer ended up on top of those suspected high-yield structures.
I just want to thank you for the years of informative videos . I hope this mine has everything you're looking for and more . I see the teacher in you in your videos. I would like to buy a bag of your pay dirt one day just to put in the safe . It'd be my first gold besides the other gems and stuff . I would like a gold coin from your newest mine if possible as it'd be the only one .
congrats on this new adventure Dan! im excited to follow along! i never imagined i'd be so fascinated in the mining process but you, jason and pauly have made it so that this is my favorite content to watch. so cool! thank you for sharing what you do with the rest of us!
I wish the both of you much success on your Quesnel river site. Tyler good to see you working again. Maybe we will cross paths this coming season. Cheers.
very interesting vid this week Dan! I wonder have you checked with any pottery folks local to you to see what the quality of that clay is? That might be a source of revenue you could explore!
When I saw you walking that river bank, Jeff Williams words echoed loud in my head " and ya you're going to get wet !" Congrats Dan, looks like you're going to have some fun there.😁
This is so awesome! I’m so glad for you on this one. I’m the same age as you Dan. This is where we find our retirement. I was looking forward to seeing you “move up to the next level” Look forward to future videos.. Love 🤝🍻👍
This is exciting! I hope y'all did find enough shiny to mine! We have devil's club down here in the southeastern states too, but it's usually called devil's walking stick. Nasty wicked lifeform! ♥
This is part 1 for us but Dan knows already if they're going to mine this or not. I hope that one of your claims in this area turn out to be mine worthy
Large scale placer formations now days can be reclimated progressively as one works in stages, so its often a case where one team is digging, while one team is covering up. On a smaller scale, its likely one would still kinda hold to that, if only that one would spend a set period of time on a plot, and then shift overburden from the following plot into the first plot, strategically, so that as the workings move, just keep the regrowth following the fresh dig. It can save a lot of time if operated properly.
Congratulations Dan! Full-blown placer mine! I’m excited to see what you’re able to find on those claims! Good luck, I know we will enjoy!
I had the honour of meeting Dan a few weeks ago. He is genuine and has the same energy as seen in his great videos.
Lucky. I don't go that far north.
So so cool to see Tyler back! What a great team, and what an epic adventure!!
Nice to see Tyler up and running again✨️✨️ This will be exciting 😊
I am from The Netherlands and my grandmother lived in Powel river, i went to see her and stayed for six weeks and enjoyed it every day. I hope to see it again some day the surroundings are so much differnt than here it is so quiet instead of 18 million people in a country that is a tiny bit bigger then the size of Vancouver island
Home 4 me glad you liked it
I a Gemologist and used to gold-pan in Alaska. I have some gold nugget jewelry I had made from some of it. I'm 71 yrs old now so really can't hike like when I was younger. Looking forward to watching your mining operation.
Love to see Tyler back on TH-cam. It's been a while, mate. It's good to see you back and congrats on the baby again.
Mining can be very destructive to the environment. It's SO nice that Dan and his crew minimize their impact. Way to go Dan! Tyler has amazing skills.
Glad to see you doing what makes you happy!
Make sure you check the blue clays for silver content. The Comstock load was an example.
Dan, your videos are timeless!
My great grandchildren will be able to do what you do because you do what you do! ❤️
I'm in western WA. When I find a clay layer, I'm like oh goodie. The clay acts as a false bedrock, the gold doesn't penetrate normally. I've been tempted to do deeper, but the water infiltration is too much to go further. Awesome looking claim Dan. I used to run equipment until I retired, it's nice to see another operator running it smoothly and efficiently. Shout out to Tyler.
Congratulations, Dan & and your family
Thanks Dan always a pleasure to watch a gentleman like yourself. Look forward to a claim being worked.
Dan! The Beard Of Knowledge is back, in full!
Keep up these videos, Sir, your educational value is off the charts!
Don’t stop Dan just do what you love and leave the comments alone.
Last week Dan was retiring, this week he's opening a new placer mine! Love it!😂
Nothing like a backlog to keep your fans engaged!
Eh, he didn't say he was retiring. Just cutting back / doing more of what HE wants to rather than fan favorites. He also mentioned he has quite the back log of videos and things wouldn't change for a few months. He was quite clear about it.
If you watched that video he says he has a ton of videos already made, and was going to be posting all of those. This is from the fall, so he's technically not doing new videos.
You can’t keep a good man down
Thank you for sharing all of your adventures over the years Dan. Enjoyed them all.
It's so crazy to think that all the gold found here on planet Earth, and indeed the whole universe, was created in the heart of a dying star! Gold even has the colour of a star. Beauuutiful!
Nice to see Tyler loved his channel. He was great at explaining his process and showing how he does his operation. I hope this calibration works our for both of you.
This is cool seeing the project from the start thanks Dan for taking us along because after the not nice comments you could have done this and not filmed it to share we all appreciate the time and money it took to do this thanks again Chris the porch miner
Best of luck, Dan . I'm looking forward to seeing your new adventure
This is AWESOME Video! Like this Commet if you want to see more on the Placer operation!
You love to see a piece of quartz like that. Excited to see if this place pans out!
I would love to see that quartz chunk after a bit of cleaning. So many indicators. Could you please put it in some HCl and disolve away the Iron/Calcite.
This is FLIPPIN KEWL!!! WOW. WE gonna see this from the start
Congratulations on the new mine gentlemen. Tyler a very special Congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Looking forward to seeing how the future is on your new adventure.
Devil's Club (Aralia spinosa) must be pretty common. Here in Delaware, we call it Devil's Walking Stick. It can be pretty when it gets larger and blooms.
Dan you are like me. We say we are slowing down but then you can't stop thinking about the stress relief you get from doing it.
The thick blue clay divide is interesting. I would love to see a geo-historical explanation of the timeline and how such a thick layer ended up on top of those suspected high-yield structures.
Congratulations Dan, your excitement is infectious! Thanks for sharing this with us.
Love it!! Can't wait to see your operation in full swing, solid first pan flakes.
Congrats on the new gold mine Dan & Tyler! Looking forward to the next video.👊👍😎
Oooh, I cannot wait to see this series continued!
Glad you’re sticking around in one form or another.
I just want to thank you for the years of informative videos . I hope this mine has everything you're looking for and more . I see the teacher in you in your videos. I would like to buy a bag of your pay dirt one day just to put in the safe . It'd be my first gold besides the other gems and stuff . I would like a gold coin from your newest mine if possible as it'd be the only one .
Tyler. Tyler. Tyler.. Good to see you.
Good luck Dan praying the placer gold o plenty!
Awesome Dan! Im glad to see you upgraded your shovel. Excited for the series!
The blue clay we have here in Idaho is like 65-75 percent silver
looks like a great fishing spot
Props for wearing the hard hat on top of the wicker hat. Classic Dan. Much love.
Oh boy this is exciting!!
LOADS of content ahead!!
Good luck with the mine. Keep up the good work. 👍🏻
Tyler rocks love his channel good to see him again looking forward to more on this thanks for sharing see you on the next one👍🏼👊🏼
I hope to see a lot more of this operation. Very cool watching ftom the start
Congratulations!!!! How exciting, what an amazing adventure.
Thanks Dan you are the Best teacher !!! any river agates on the Bar of gold ? Double the pleasure....Enjoy your journey..
Thank you Dan!
congrats on this new adventure Dan! im excited to follow along! i never imagined i'd be so fascinated in the mining process but you, jason and pauly have made it so that this is my favorite content to watch. so cool! thank you for sharing what you do with the rest of us!
Would love to see more content like this. Thanks for sharing.
Exciting! Nice video Dan and best of luck!
Wait for it, keep on keepin on...
I wish the both of you much success on your Quesnel river site. Tyler good to see you working again.
Maybe we will cross paths this coming season. Cheers.
The journey
The adventure
I understand sir.
May your nights be full of peace and your days full of creeks and rocks and full bellys.
living my dream keep up the good work Dan. Will love to see some beautiful specimens coming out of the mine!
How exciting for you! I hope you enjoy the project and make enough money to cover your expenses!
Keep the vids coming Dan, you know you want to 🙂
very interesting vid this week Dan! I wonder have you checked with any pottery folks local to you to see what the quality of that clay is? That might be a source of revenue you could explore!
I was wondering the same.
This is awesome, was sad but happy when you were talking about stepping back as you deserve it, but this will add to the already great content.
Sounds like you got your groove back! Rock on, fellow teacher!
Congrats! Looking forward to teh adventure.
Thanks for the adventure, bro, and good luck with your claims!
When I saw you walking that river bank, Jeff Williams words echoed loud in my head " and ya you're going to get wet !" Congrats Dan, looks like you're going to have some fun there.😁
Congratulations!!! Great luck. Keep the videos coming.
Good luck on this venture Dan this was a very enjoyable video thank you for sharing this with us six stars brother
so cool, congratulations on the big placer claim!!
Hey Dan don't make us wait to long. I got the fever just watching you guy's.
This is so awesome! I’m so glad for you on this one. I’m the same age as you Dan. This is where we find our retirement. I was looking forward to seeing you “move up to the next level” Look forward to future videos.. Love 🤝🍻👍
Looking forward to see how this turns out for Dan and the team
Wishing you luck. Keeping it stress free, living the dream.
Looks like a ton of fun i hope you enjoy it.
Congratulations Dad!
Good luck prospecting.
Yay More Dan Hurd!
My Sunday Solace! 🫶
Heck yeah Dan! Good luck!
Tyler is the best!!!
Awesome, I was waiting for you to set up your own mine 👍
Hey Dan, good to see you back.
Good seeing you Dan im excited too! Lets get to work
love to watch the episodes
Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing!!
That blue clay might be interesting to some of our ceramics and pottery friends. Especially if it washes clean as is.
This is exciting! I hope y'all did find enough shiny to mine! We have devil's club down here in the southeastern states too, but it's usually called devil's walking stick. Nasty wicked lifeform! ♥
Good luck Dan 🤞🏻
British Columbia - Bring me a shrubbery!!!
I love you Dan, keep up the good work
Hey, Dan! Great video, as always! But have you heard anything from Andy Thraxx mining? He hasn't uploaded anything in a year, is he okay?
Wishing you the best of luck!
Good luck with this project Danny. Love your videos
so cool, good luck
Good luck on this newer claim
This is part 1 for us but Dan knows already if they're going to mine this or not. I hope that one of your claims in this area turn out to be mine worthy
I watch you every sun. Aside from the gold panning, do you ever flush grouse in your rounds?
Thanks for your knowledge on this subject huge fan
Large scale placer formations now days can be reclimated progressively as one works in stages, so its often a case where one team is digging, while one team is covering up.
On a smaller scale, its likely one would still kinda hold to that, if only that one would spend a set period of time on a plot, and then shift overburden from the following plot into the first plot, strategically, so that as the workings move, just keep the regrowth following the fresh dig.
It can save a lot of time if operated properly.
That's some real good music
Hey Dan, have you ever checked out Quesnel Forks? It's the old mining town the miners abandoned when they moved up to Barkerville. It's pretty cool.
Good luck!