Gold Deposits as a result of the Chilcotin Land Slide.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2024
- I explain what I think will happen to gold deposits because of the Massive Chilcotin land slide and resulting flash flood that resulted from it.
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We get a more in depth report from Dan on the state of the Chilcotin, Fraser situation than we get on the local news.
He isn't being told what to say.
@@frankroy9423 No he just says what is!!
True
I was waiting to get Dan's GLOTD!!!
MSM has many useless incompetent journalists
I always hit the thumbs-up before the video starts because i know it will be great. Does anyone else do this ?
Without fail. Dan is a super rare “sure thing”.
Yup
I do as well .
Yes I do…
Guilty
Hi Dan, When Butte Creek (In Chico Ca) had a flume burst and wash a massive amount of dirt off the side of the mountain and down into/across the creek about a year ago, it did have an effect on the gold and the salmon. We didn't get a full land bridge from the slide that I'm aware of but there was massive piles of dirt on both sides of the creek. In any case, the silt that washed down was enough to cause a massive drop in oxygen in the water. Indicated by thick foam and lots of bubbles floating on the water. This, paired with the obvious layer of silt that got distributed was enough to kill off a ton of the algae and other oxygen sensitive life in the creek. I saw tons of dead water striders oddly a few days later. Frogs were climbing out of the water for shelter... The salmon fry and other small fry seemed to do ok. I raked a lot of our creek front to see if it made any difference and what I noticed is that the little fry would follow me around as I stirred up the silt to get it washed out. So they were either looking for food in what I stirred up or they liked the gravels more then the mud. I think it helped our area relative to other unraked areas because our creek front kinda seems to me like it has more life and activity then other areas but I'm not totally sure on this. Craw fish population seems to have increased drastically. Salmon counts are a lot lower for spring run this year (this is the run that would have been effected). Overall, it did kill of a lot of life but nature is resilient and seems to have picked up a lot of the slack with other populations booming. Moray eels are way more prevalent this year because they will burrow into the mud to lay their eggs.
In terms of gold; I do believe it put more gold in the creek. Its a little difficult to tell because gold is everywhere in this creek but it seems like the heavy silt locked the gold that was there in place kinda and then new gold came in and settled through the mud on top so, a year later, we have some gravels on top with a small, red dirt, silt layer that gold is sitting right under. There is still gold in the layers below the silt layer (as normal) but there seems to be an overaccumulation of smaller flower gold right under the silt layer that formed during the event. Although the event was a small "disaster" compared to what happened up there, it taught me a ton about how this creek moves and carries gold as well as how the ecosystem of this creek works and balances extreme events. The red dirt that came down from the slide was much higher in iron and really made all the vegetation nice and green after but the water being more void of oxygen killed most the natural algae making for a very nice 2-4 months of very clean lush looking canyon. Now, roughly a year later, you cant tell it happened except for that silt layer you will hit a few inches below the top gravels and we are all praying PGE didn't wipe out one of our salmon runs completely. So far its not looking good though. Being said, we have seen runs get decimated to almost 0 on this creek before and they manage to bounce back so I remain hopeful and convinced nature can overcome and even the score again. Hope this helps.
We were sneaking little breaths on the side because secretly we knew you were OK, BUT IT’S GREAT TO HEAR YOU ARE SAFE!!! The Hurd Herd collectively exhales!!!
its only a tiny river
Thank you for explaining it better than any news organization could.
Thank you Dan for the push of "Safety First". I truly appreciate your push for safety.
Dan just for your information, salmon do not eat once they hit fresh water to go spawn. They go through a biological transformation once they reach their spawning stage which is also their end of life stage. They do however get aggressive and strike at things that may be in their path on route to go spawn in their birth waters.
I'm glad someone else had this thought
Will the amount of silt affect them?
Me 2
@cx7sleven369 It would if it got on top of their eggs after they spawn.
@@philabowl8073 ok interesting thank you! 😊
I love your geology and history lessons. You present the information in a way that isn't condescending.
Nick and Relic are going to love all those logs.
I'm sure Grand Chief Jesse would lend a hand😉❤️
😊not really. Most of the wood coming down is just trash or firewood at best. The fresh trees that have wash if will have limbs and root masses. Log salvagers are not allow to cut trees in the water according to my dad. And if you could it is extremely dangerous to do while it's floating. Most of this stuff will just be a hazard to navigation. And a total nuisance to the gillnetters and other fisherman. The "Fraser debris trap" has caught a lot of it but it is only so big and what gets by will be fouling docks and boats. The tugs aren't bothered by it much but it will make their job of towing logs a bit hard to tie up and untie. But hey, if anyone wants a very old heritage cabin from "The Pot ranch" you'll find it somewhere in the river.
@@quarlow1215 you're no fun
@@MagruderSpootslol
😂 sorry. It would be cool to have the "Persephone" or Relics jet boat.
@@quarlow1215 No problem
My father left me a map location of a very small river where he said the gravels at the clay layer contain fine alluvial gold in pretty good amounts. It was difficult to get there but sure enough lots of flour type gold. The big surprise....we found DIAMONDS!! In those same concentrated gravels. Pretty new to all this but we are really excited to get back there better prepared in the fall. Thanks for this channel.
What are the coordinates of this river ypu speak of?
I went mining in the NJ Pine Barrens and I found... SAND!! SO MUCH SAND!! I'm rich! ;D
@@e.l.2225 LOL
The is Diamond Beach in NJ!!!
@@Alondro77 I'm Rich too! But, no sand.
As soon as the newscasters said the Fraser River , my head snapped! Dan Hurd!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤
Me too
When I saw the flood, my first thought was "oooh! Dan's gonna be thrilled with that much gold in the river!"
People who love dan’s videos 😊
I was wondering about how this was affecting your site. Thanks for this update.
Glad to hear some level headed explanations to this whole debacle instead of all doom and gloom. I'm glad to hear that your claims aren't affected from this, and even more glad this didn't become the worst case scenario
I saw the news and I've been waiting for this video! Much love from the UK.
That's who Fleetwood Mac stole the song from, a gold miner. "And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills, well the land slide brought it down." - The Gold
Naw , Stevie wrote it in Colorado.
Dan, I learn something everytime I watch you. Tks
Good thing the authorities have been hounding you to make sure you didn't add any turbidity to the river by panning or sluicing into it... 🤣
'the authorities' (and anyone else with two neurons and a working synapse) KNOW that, when there's salmon/trout/any fry in a river or stream, it's never a good idea to introduce turbidity of any volume. But the many minor slides that already naturally happen, in every river, and the rarer ''nagwentleds'' (Chilcotin for '''landslides across the river'') DON'T know that. Can we not commit to protecting these populations whenever we can? The alternative - of soft enforcement - isn't pretty for the fish, and the ramifications, of 'prospectors' going out there, wholesale, whenever, will only lead to tighter restrictions. If that's OK, then fly at her.
Yeah. Into the muddy Fraser!🤣
Dan, dont forget to mention the rain event saturating the ground causing the land to slide into the Chilcotin .....
Rain didn't have have much influence; the mass that slid was poorly-consolidated debris from an earlier slide and it had been moving for years.
Thanks Dan, we were concerned about the Chilcotin River as we were camping on McMillan Island at Fort Langley at that time. Great to know that the water over topped it and eroded it down. We love your videos. Our whole family love Gold and own a bit each. But we have Karatbar Gold.
So glad you’re covering this and glad you’re safe
Thank you for responding!
I love walking across that bridge. Neat to see you in a familar place to me.
There is one big potential for deposit! Dan I think you should check the exact place, where Chilcotin river enters Fraser. As this flood water enters Fraser it suddenly slows down - in theory it should deposit huge gravel bar, where heaviest material deposited upfront. In spring runoff this gravel bar would be washed enough to be prospective.
Thanks for the video, Dan. I was wondering what effect that collapse would have on the Fraser and gold deposits.
I’m glad that this doesn’t negatively effect you. Look forward to new videos
This video gives me respect how slow the gold is deposited by nature. It takes ten if not hundreds if thousands of years at least. And if any gold is flushed from the Chilcotin it will be spread over a much bigger Frasier river. If you look those dirt stripminers how much dirt they move for a pot/pan of gold. And that is then deposit all along the Frasier. It would take many a landside event to have a noticeable effect on the total amount gold in the Frasier.
Soon as I heard brother I thought of you and your family I send my prayers
I was totally going to ask "where did Dan get that great wide-brimmed sun hat?" and then I saw he conveniently provided a link. The man is thorough with his details!
I appreciate your perspective Dan and thanks for the update.
This has been a subject that's held my interest since the slide happened.🤙🏻
same here!
Thank you! Glad you are ok!
Spawning salmon changed back into freshwater mode for spawning are not eating, not feeding. They will bite and be reactive but they stop feeding when in spawn mode
You beat me to it!
@@sarahgoo5541 I am no salmon expert. Just heard "The Fish;" may have lots of extra food from this.
I think everyone who enjoys someone’s content dose this to assure that the maker gets the pats on the back to keep going.
Love your channel and content, Dan! And thank you for the update. I am not a biologist or involved directly in fisheries (just a fly fisherman). But regarding the state of the Fraser and spawning salmon, another thing to ponder is what the mud and silt will do to gravel bottoms. Spawning salmon, from my understanding, do not really feed significantly once they return to freshwater to start their one-way spawning run (as contrasted to steelhead). But I do know that they return to the their birth areas and that is usually far up river. And that healthy gravel beds that are NOT silt-laden are ideal for spawnings. So I hope this new, unseasonably desposited silt doesn't singificantly affect their specific spawning habitat.
I am no salmon expert. Just heard "The Fish;" may have lots of extra food from this.
When I saw the landslide happen ... I actually did think about you and you claims Dan.
A passing thought but a thought just the same. This was a nice little video to alleviate any pent up worries.
Thanks man.
Except your classifier you lost is now miles away.😢
Jade rocks on the Chilcotin washed out on due to the Landslide effects.
Interesting!
What a beautiful view from the bridge. The water is a little muddy but the mountains are awesome. Stay safe my friend.
This was the video I was waiting for.
Sat here in the UK I'm gradually learning BC geography and geology with you Dan and once i heard that the Fraser was involved i knew you'd be explaining it to us soon.
Thanks Dan
i am honored to watch the video 46 seconds after it was posted
You are my fave! Knott's Berry Farm had a little 'prospecting' area in the 60s, have not been there since. You just made me realize that was my first choice for profession, how lovely! And you are one compelling mountain man, such a treasure of a vid on a fabulous day!
they had the same prospecting area when I was a kid in the 90s but I think its gone now. was super cool
That hat rocks.
The chilcotin slide was apparently equivalent to 2,500,000 dump truck loads of material.
I watched two guys on youtube get something like $46 worth of gold out a pallet of home depot sand.
Even if there was a very, very small percentage of gold in those 2.5 million dump truck loads of material and only 250,000 dump truck loads washed into the chilcotin river, that gold is somewhere....
I heard it was more like equivalent to 3,476, 893 dump truck loads of material.
!!ha been waiting for a proper report on this event :)
In Collingwood Ontario a tiny river that in the summer is in many places only ankle deep . In the spring when the snow melts that river becomes so fast and deep that I have stood and watched huge trees with root ball and all going up and down and disappearing under the water for minutes then they pop up . The road get closed every year to a tiny bridge that is there just for about five homes/ cottages. So I know how a river can change so fast and by so much .
Been wait to hear your opinions on this
This is geology in action
Thanks for your expert opinion. A noob like me did think of all that gravel and silt possibly depositing a new supply of minerals into the river valleys.
Thanks for the update Dan! This is better than an email reply, we get to see the river, the mountains and a really cool bridge.
Thank you for the explanations for those of us who don’t live near you. Hopefully those whose ranches, homes, crops etc were lost of damaged they are able to rebuild quickly. Here’s to new adventures and prosperity for you and your family Dan. Thank you for taking us along.
Great episode Dan, we love that Frasier river. Love the scenery today
YES, Been waiting for this video since the day the landslide happened!
Salmon don't feed when going up river to spawn. However high TDS (Total Disoved Solids) effect the amount of o2 in the water.
It could create more feed for the spawn.
You make great content dan😊
Be safe and we enjoy your videos
Your better than the NEWs...
Thanks for the update 👍
I was hoping you discuss this. Thank you, Dan !
I panned the Yale reserve on Friday morning…the whole bar was quicksand. Quicksand with a good few inches of silty mud in top.
Man BC is so beautiful, ill never leave!.... the hiway drive up the river is just incredibly beautiful, how it slowly turns from mountains and trees to desert
Thank You for the PSA. Also thank you for being the voice of reason. 🥰🥰🥰
Going camping near the Fraser this weekend to do some panning! Can’t wait
You earned my subscription yesterday
Thanks for the update, I was worried about the effect of the landslide/flood on your claims. Glad to hear that the effect is minimal.
Thanks for the update, Dan. Glad to hear that the impact has been so minor. Good luck to the salmon!
wait, the area of the landslide is near and down wind of the sand dunes in BC. There could be quite a bit of sand in the sediments.
Wouldn't worry about the salmon, they really don't feed once they start the spawn. They're using fat stores to get upstream, once they hit the fresh water they no longer actively eat but will reactionary strike at stuff. The gravel bars they are trying to get to I imagine are far upstream.
Yeah, but the fry that hatch out in a few months will need to eat as they work thier way down stream to become Parrs (fingerings) and eventually Smolts (juviniles) before they school up and head out to sea, to develop into full sexually mature adults. (1 to 8 years depending on what species of salmon they are)
First thought was after seeing this was it sending you more Gold!!!!
Well Dan I have to say it may have affected your ability to get gold it will now be buried under a layer of mud and silt which is a pain to deal with hopefully your far enough down river it won’t super bad thanks for sharing see you on the next one👍🏼👊🏼
Post Mt. Saint Helen's eruption the additional log debris in the water courses had a boon in local frog populations due to the added cover. Frasier river might not see this boon, but the chilcoton river could. Great video Dan. Your personality makes the information better. Happy prospecting from North Carolina.
Thanks Dan, glad to know you and your claims should be safe, good luck and as always God Bless...
Thank for this update video! Great information for those of us concerned & interested about the results of the slide and your prospects. Good to hear you’re being careful!
Been anxious to see your update on this Dan! Glad you have the same sense I would have had, staying away until it's safe again.
Great video Dan. Very informative.
The salmon stop eating almost entirely when they enter the rivers. They live off of built up fat for the entire trip and spawning so the mud will not affect their feeding at all because they simply don't.
The mud could affect their spawning activity but they don't typically spawn in the main river. Most of the spawning happens in tributaries and headwaters of the main river. The tributaries really weren't affected by the flood. Except of course the Chilcotin, that tributary of the Fraser has been massively affected both below the landslide and above it for the distance of the lake formed after the slide. The slowing of the current above the slide will have caused deposits of debris. But the land has been going through these sorts of things since the glaciers receded and this is normal and necessary.
That old ranch site would be a good place to pan I bet
You did a great job on this vlog.
I think you did better than the news people.
es un hermoso paisaje con una gran vista mi amigo saludos desde Colombia
Thank you for the update
Great information… wow we live in an incredible province 😮
Bird drops in to check at 2:04
Hahaa fast dive
Thx for the update. Bonus video. Hope all impacted by the slide are well??
Dan, I just love listening to you talk. This was a great little informational video. I really enjoyed learning about this situation I didnt know about
Despite your enthusiastic delivery, that was a notably accurate and proportionate report about the chilcotin event. The professional news guys kept getting garbled about the dam trying to use fewer words and getting in knots.
I just watched a video taken when the Chilcotin landslide reached the Fraser. Very impressive!
Thank u Dan for update glade wasn't as bad as it could have been
I’ve never watched one of your videos before - the algorithm suggested this for me - but I like your content! Great video explaining all the little vagaries of the Chilcotin slide and its effects on the Fraser.
Thank for the update and God bless you and your family
I love watching this channel on a 4k screen. So pretty.
Thanks for the info Dan .
Glad you all are OK!
👍🇨🇦😎🌊 I found Simon Fraser's grave in Ontario! I've always admired him and the Fraser is one of my favorites. ❤
Thank you for the talk about the river and the geology and ecology.!
Thanks Dan , for the update we all knew was coming. Cant wait to see how your claims were effected(or not).
This was awesome and super informative. Appreciate your knowledge dump.
thanks Dan
Very interesting, Dan. Thank you.
It's funny that you did this video. I am here in the states, so Canada stuff doesnt come up often (I do follow you) but I had a random video show up of the head waters reaching the Frasier and was going to tag you in it with these very questions.
I feel the need to point something important out here, the land that blocked the river came down from a mountain along the Chilcotin, So I think a better question would be what did that mountain hold that could have been washed down stream from the landslide itself?
I did not even know that flooding happened but I hope you are okay and I hope that you get out very soon to go mining