Rediscovered Abandoned Gold & Osmiridium mine in Tasmania's remote Savage River!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ธ.ค. 2023
- Hidden away deep in a valleys of the Savage river of Tasmania lies an abandoned gold and osmiridium mining village. At the turn of the twentieth century Osmiridium became eight times the value of gold and many miners from around the world quickly hit the bends of the Savage river to seek there fortune.
Miners such as Portuguese John Baptiste (Hookey Jack) renowned for his hook as a right hand, his exceptional ability to prospect and sluice gold and James Mcginty who found Tasmania's largest gold nugget spent twenty years of his life mining gold and 'ossie' around savage river and the 19 mile creek workings.
In December of 1913 a miner by the name of William Armstrong slipped from a 60 foot cliff along the track his body was later discovered in the river and shortly after buried on a corner of the river known as Tarvise's beach. A few years later a diversion tunnel was dug out through the hill known as the burnt spur, to divert the rivers flow to allow mining of the rivers bedrock beneath.
My goal for this trip is to see if I can find this lonely abandoned grave of William Armstrong, as well as see what is left of the old workings and diversion tunnel and bring back to life the history of our early pioneers.
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Merry Christmas everyone thanks so much for tuning in this year it’s been a big year and I’m looking forward to 2024. I wish you all the very best for the new year!!
Merry Christmas Levi,thank you for being you mate.
Happy new years.🎉🍻
Merry Christmas to you and your family too Levi! You have inspired me very much this year again with the best gold prospecting videos on TH-cam 🤗👍⛏️⛏️
Merry Christmas 🎄🙏Levi to all your family and friends , thank u for your work mate keeping our cultural history alive for future generations to understand what it took to build this great country of ours !
Merry Christmas to you and your family. Thank you for sharing your experiences.
Have a blessed Christmas! Thxs for all the wonderful footage.
I bet you are the only person in 50 years that has taken the time out looking for MR Armstrong. Enjoy all your videos
Levi, the amount of effort you put into researching, trekking, filming and editing does not go unnoticed. Happy holidays from Washington State, USA. Also, the shot of you jumping was epic! 😂🌲🐿🍄
Greetings from Southern Arizona!
Thanks mate I appreciate it much
On ya
Thanks for posting this video. The history is amazing and should NOT BE FORGOTTEN. Nature claims it's due and everything is returned, workings are lost for ever.
Most people don't realize how tuff the old timers were . Pick and shovel is a hard life . No modern day conveniences .
It's a good thing to revisit history so it's not forgotten and a honorable quest to find a old miners last resting place .
Great video thanks.
Happy Holidays from the central valley of California USA .
You're amazing Levi. Keep fighting, my friend, not even a government will overcome a man with your ambition and drive. Love your videos, and especially your commentary.
I’m with you brother keep fighting the new world trash. Without your videos I would have never seen the beauty of Tasmania
ONYA LEVI-I TOTALLY DIG THE PICS OF THE LANSCAPE.IVE ALWAYS ENJOYED YOUR UPLOADS MATE.
This was right up my alley! Love the history! Beautifully filmed and documented Levi, thank you for sharing with all of us! See you in 2024!! 💚
Please Keep showcasing, the magnificence that Tasmania is,, 99.9999999% of us would never get the scenery & feeling ,, but , for the thanks too you. All the best 👍👍
Outstanding
This is the reason I love and watch your videos.
There’s no one else in the world taking us back through Tassie history like you.
Please keep making your videos for all of us to watch and enjoy and live in the footsteps of our countrymen and women who settled in this country.
I hope that one day you get the recognition that you deserve.
Thank you so very much.
I don't skip a second of your videos
Levi,
Thank you for yet again another quality film. The effort you put into this is remarkable.
It baffles me why the gubberment aren’t supporting what you (and Rob) do. Show casing the beauty Tasmania has to offer.
Our history will be lost, all because some inner suburban knobs don’t want a few sticks moved.
From me and mine to you and yours
Merry Xmas and may you have a safe and prosperous 2024.
well said, totally agree!!
Hello bro, that expedition you did trying to locate that important history of mining that laid the foundations of what Tasmania is today is impressive. 110 years ago and you were able to find part of the cave and remains of the camps, it's a shame that you couldn't find Mr. William's tomb. It was also all very interesting, thank you very much for sharing that with your followers, we greatly appreciate all the effort.
Levi this was tops mate 👍
I thoroughly enjoyed watching your exploring man. Thank you for giving us some history lessons and thanks for sharing
That was awesome!! I lived in the Savage River township when I was about 10 and then again when I was 14, spent most of my time scrambling around in the bush, it's beautiful and I still remember the smell, love all of your vids, keep on keepin on!
This one was a great adventure. Thank you for filming what no one will get to see. Blessings
Deeply penetrating yourself in the wilderness had me laughing 😂 in all seriousness though, you are 100% right, I love people that keep stories like these alive, they will get lost to the ages if the future generations aren't reminded of them, keep it up dude
I really enjoyed this one. It's sad that governments and businesses seem to think that by controlling historic sites is preserving them. I think that allows them to degrade faster because mother nature has an easier time reclaiming these areas. Without humans helping hands on, the jungle will take over. So sad to loose this. Thanks again.
Wow what an adventure thanks levi for sharing such unknown information and keeping the history of your land alive KEEP IT UP dude we are all standing along side of you PEACE
I greatly appreciate the time, research and hard work you put in during the creation of your films.
Thank you SO much for sharing
🙏❤️🌲
Cheers brother, like yourself. It’s explorers like you both that keep our history alive. Thanks
Merry Christmas Legend Levi! Thank you for persevering, sticking it to the man, and going on great adventures. We love you ❤️
What a year for you Levi. So looking forward to your new 2024 trips!
Who wouldn’t want to live vicariously through you? I love what you do😊
Enjoyed that what a beautiful countryside great job
Visited Tassie for 6 weeks this month. Travelled back roads only and did NOT visit any National Parks in support of your's and Rob's cause. We stayed 6 nights at Luina near the lovely Madeline Creek which runs into the Whyte River. We were in awe of the impenetrable forest. Impossible to use a detector. I did do some sniping without success of finding gold but definitely could see tiny flecks of either tin/osmiridian. We wernt game to bush bash to find detectable ground. Just too thick. Deep gullies. Scary. We have learnt so much about Tassie history watching your's and Rob's videos. You are both ambassadors. NPWS cant seem to see the benefit. Have a great Xmas with your beautiful family🌲 Best wishes for 2024.
That was great thanks Levi, i really enjoy your historical videos as well as your prospecting ones. The hardships the old timers had are truly inspiring. Your coverage of their plights is also inspiring! Please keep up your important work both on and under the beautiful rivers of Tasmania. 👍🏼
You’re amazing… your adventures are intriguing. Great film maker & awesome history! Keep safe ♥️
Love the adventures you take us on. Thanks for all of your efforts.
I love the diversion tunnel edit. A great visual that I have never seen anyone do. Your videos show the world what a wonderful land Tasmania is. The worlds national parks services are for some reason attacking local citizens for filming. I wonder why all this is happening at the same time...
What a great adventure, I would be so scared to go hiking and searching for old history. That’s why I love your videos,I get to see all this.
Fantastic trek and thank you for documenting this wonderful part of Tasmanian history. I was mesmerised from beginning to end.
Thanks for the journey down under from us up over! Wonderfully edited and documented for others to see and learn from.
Wherever Armstrong is laid to rest, it's in a very beautiful and peaceful place. Terrific adventure Levi - love the historical ones you do.
You are precious. May God bless You. Osmium alloys such as osmiridium are very hard and, along with other platinum-group metals, are used in the tips of fountain pens, instrument pivots, and electrical contacts, as they can resist wear from frequent operation.
Thankyou yes amongst the hardest on the planet 👍🏼👍🏼 Merry Christmas 🎄
Recent follower from 🇨🇦. There’s something to be said to a solo guy backpacking through the wilderness alone. Balls of steel. Cheers mate! Safe travels!
Had everything in a great movie Levi. You are truly talented and you bring the history all back of the old timers. Hope the corporations don’t take it all.
What a beautiful trip. Love being able to come along. Thank you Levi!
Thank you again Levi, I love history and taking us along on this adventure has been amazing. I wish you and your family all the best!
I love your channel. I am from the U.S. this is very educational. I will keep watching your channel it is about learning and gold searching wonderful.❤❤❤❤❤
Well done Levi another great adventure in showcasing the beauty and history of Tassie to the world. Amazing what the old timers did and went through so many years ago to make a living . Hope we never forget the history and what those pioneers did.
What an amazing adventure I got to go on yet again thanks to your hard work! Thank you! Places I would have never gotten to see if it were not for your hard work. I am so struck by the absolute beauty of your country, I think God spent some extra time in that area creating such beauty! Thank you Levi for the opportunity to get to explore with you. Merry Christmas to you and your family from North Carolina, USA! God bless and keep you safe and well!
What a great and interesting adventure TFS Levi. When you were looking for the grave I noticed something by the trees at timestamp 26:26 and is in frame till 26:34 ... It looks like a cross behind the one tree and I wonder if you found the gravesite without finding it. It looks like it's on it's way down the ravine, possibly flood waters over the last 100 years bury it and re-expose it ... Hmmm 🤔I hope you get to see this and check it out.
Someone else pointed this out aswell I’ll need to double check when I go back but I think it was just a branch running horizontal of a standing tree in foreground but definitely worth another look I was probably to busy yapping
I love these kind of historical videos Levi, like I was there with you reliving what it was like to mine in one of the most remote places on earth 100 years ago, thanks and merry Christmas to you and your family
Given time, nature takes EVERYTHING back.
Thank you Levi for another great video. I hope the permit issues of 2023 can be resolved and you can continue your TH-cam adventures. I look forward to watching them with my grand children as they grow older. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family. ( maybe a whale shark ep in 2024)
A little bit of history is always welcome! This was a really good video with amazing scenery, and I just hoped that you would find Armstrongs grave. Better luck next time. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year🎉
Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪
Mate, you are an Ambassador for nature. I don't know who you annoyed at Tourism Tas, but they need to be quietly retired. Good luck and good fortune.
Brought your paddle this time, bet you won't leave it again. Rugged country; I surely appreciate all of the camera work put into your adventures. Glad you're overcoming the setback with parks, always a pleasure seeing new content. Cheers.
Thank you Levi so amazing so beautiful. The history would die without you. Thank you again for taking me along with you. Keep up the good fight be safe my friend 🙏. Merry Christmas to you an your family. You Honored that young man an he will not be forgotten.
Mate this is a fantastic bit of history, I felt your exhilaration when you found the entrance of the tunnel and then to find the other end possibly buried and lost in time from ol Mother Nature! Must of been a bit of a kick in the guts in a way , hope u go back in and find the grave site , I’ve walked the bush in very remote areas myself in some of Australia’s most geographically steepest country so I have an understanding of what it takes to do it alone , I’m much older now and my physical injuries prohibit me sojourning like I once did , hat off to you young fella and the best of luck next trip in for the grave! Oh and merry Christmas Levi cheers Wrighty 🍻🎄🙏⭐️🇦🇺 keep up this journey of yours on TH-cam mate it’s great someone is keeping our cultural history alive for generations to come!
Blessings to you Levi, thanks for including us in your adventures.
Thanks for dragging us along, Levi, I have done similar exploring around the west coast of the south island in New Zealand and seen similar stacked rocks and oar cartwheels mixed up in caved in, debris. Im glade i never had to earn my living like the early miners. My early kin made their livings from selling picks and shovels to the miners.
Yes it would have been a hard living, that’s cool but of genealogy mate nice 👍🏼
Awesome Levi.The amount of subscribers you have now is an indication of the quality and enjoyment people get with both yours and Rob's mahi.Don't let the buggers grind you down
Thank ypu so much for putting this video together! That early goldmining/pioneering history is so fascinating and you bring it to life 🙏🙏👍⛏️⛏️
Thanks for taking us on this amazing journey Levi, I enjoy every single video you post no matter how long the video may be . Thanks again brother
Merry Christmas to you and your family Levi! I really like these videos that show just how vast and beautiful your country is! It's a shame the government wants to stop prospecting in those areas! Especially when you leave the place in better shape than before you got there. Keep on sniping, and I'll catch you on the next. ✌️ 😊
G'day Levi, Another great video. It continues to amaze 2 me the hard work these old timers did to earn a living for their families.
I'm looking forward to coming to Tassie and exploring some of this historic area.
Have a great Christmas Mate and a safe and happy new year to you and your family.
I love coming along with you on your adventures, second best only to being their!! I love finding relics from our pass, after finding my first three ring Minie ball...I swear that I could smell the smoke from that battle. The relics we find creates a story that brings history alive for us. PS.. I think the old miners were part Mountain Goat!! lol Also I have been Metal Detecting for 40 years.
Thanks Again for taking Me along on Your Journey ! The sound of Your Voice telling tales of YesterYear make the Journey almost as Good as You and Dave finding massive amounts of Gold ! History can not be forgotten !!! Keep Schooling the World the way We all seem to Love it ! I'm in Canada and I still love to watch Your History told to Me by Someone that loves to Learn and tell of what He has learned ! Keep Us informed and on the Journey with You !!!
Merry Christmas to you and all our neighbors in Tasmania…from California USA. HUGS AND LOVE YOU ALL.
I love the history of the gold country of California. Grate show brother keep up the good work behind you all the way.
Another banger Levi . Awesome cinematography. Tassie has beautiful terrain. Safe festive season to you and your clan.
They were very tough old fellas but we would not know much about the history if it were not for people like you Levi . Keep the dream alive 🦸♀
Brilliant adventure into the history of Tas, loved every minute of it, thanks Levi
Pretty crazy of all the stuff you can find online. There's only 1 dude out doing this in Tasmania showing us the beauty and history. Just amazing. Thanks Levi.
Thanks mate
When we were kids, there was 6 places we couldn't go; now there's only six places we can go. Great video Levi! Az., USA
What an awesome adventure. I've travelled Australia and have been to Tasi twice. It's amazing to me that there is so much to explore and do in Oz. There's never a dull moment. It's such a wonderful place to visit.
Thanks for the history lesson.
I normally don't comment on anything. But. I have to thank you, Levi, for this wonderful documentary and your obvious love for your country. You are a true citizen of Earth.
Thanks so much appreciate it
Merry Christmas Levi to you and your family. Loved the video. I'm always on pins and needles afraid your going to get bit by a snake. Stay safe until the next one.
Merry Christmas, Levi. We love your channel and your dedication to teaching us the history of your land. Keep pushing, never stop ❤
I love this relic hunting style of video! Nice one Levi. My opinion on the tunnel is that they would have cut it square under the hill. It's not an adit chasing a lode so the old timers wouldn't have dug any more rock than they needed to. My experience hunting for mining relics and tunnels around the Adelaide hills is that you can be basically right on the entrance and not see it for the overgrowth. (I've found some pretty cool old stuff on public land here, that is rarely if ever visited 'cos it's almost impossible to spot). But its also likely the entrance to the diversion tunnel has filled in from floods, being on the outside of the bend in the river where you were looking.
they would have cut the tunnel on an angle to make it easier to divert the river,! Its harder to make water do a 90% turn.
How amazing were the old boys, to have the skill and temerity to tunnel through that hill and divert that river.
What a shame that it's all been left to decay.
It is, after all, a significant part of the history of Tasmania.
Awesome vid Levi, just loved everything about it! 👍
Hey Levi
Your video creation skills have improved dramatically since you started your channel. Your film choreography, editing, dialogue etc. all are first rate. It is a shame that the local forest authorities cant see the value you provide sharing the beauty of back county Tasmania with your 100K+ subscribers. Many of us will never have the opportunity to visit Tasmania and seeing it through your eyes is a true blessing. Keep doing what you love mate and don't let the authorities beat you down.
San Antonio, Texas
Magnificent again. Thanks for giving us the chance to see our beautiful country through your adventures. Well done, Levi. Dont stop
I remember too. I remember the bush, the love of adventure, the historical stories, but I got so immersed in the 9 to 5 = then I got fat and eventually my feet and hands have been ravaged by neuropathy and my insides taken over by Cancer, so now I watch all your videos to remember what I can never experience again. Plus I also agree that in locking up entry to all those historical areas, our future generations will never know or see what the amazing miners endured in the past. Keep doing what you are doing mate.
Great video, love your exploration for the quest of saving information on the old timers and their daily hunts to hit the big time!
....and this dear parks & wildlife is yet another great production made by the best Tassie ambassador YT has to offer these days.
Levi, thank you so much for uploading this one, happy to support you on Patreon!!
I love the history. It's what defines how we got to where we are at right now.
Pretty cool that you were able to find what you did. Hard to believe they dug 100m tunnel through the hill. Thanks for the bit of history. Hope you have a happy holiday!
Thanks for taking us on your adventure. Levi.
Can't wait for 2024. Seems like your exploring is one of the best ways for me to get out. Thank you for dragging me along.
Thank you Levi for taking the time to film this adventure. Merry Christmas to you and family. I wish you a prosperous New Year. Please keep up the prospecting and adventures. Cheers from Missouri, USA.
Such a beautiful country you live in, saw all your video's, really enjoyed this one!! Thank you so much for sharing, was a great adventure... wish you happy and nice holidays and looking forward for the next one!! Much love from the Netherlands
Awesome stuff Levi. Thanks for taking us along on your adventures.
I love your determination not to give up on your search thanks for taking us along for the ride
Wonderful effort in Armstrong's memory. Worth asking Nic Haygarth if he's seen the grave. Keep exploring :)
Can't wait for you and Rob to plan a trip back in there and find that grave... fantastic story tellers and adventurers!
So enjoyed this historical episode and the wonderful scenery. It was nice this time you were not up a creek without a paddle.
I agree with you Levi that the Tunnel would've been dug on a slant offering less resistance for water to flow and less weight on their dam, Great to see more exploration by you mate 😎💯
Thanks for taking us along with you on another great adventure!
Thanks for showing more of Tassie, glad to see you remembered your paddle 😊
Please do go back and try to find the grave at some point He deserves to be remembered like stannard
great work Levi,,,you along with Rob are Tasmanian treasures 1st Idea, 2nd Planning,3 go do the job,4 then edit, 5 Star effort
Here til the end young man. Just pausing to reflect. Sorry for this. You control you. God put you Levi in control of Levi. I am just one man and with many men no government stands a chance. We watch you because of YOU. Your an amazing traveler,miner,explorer and greatest gift of you and Rob is that we feel your stories,lives and challenges thru both of your blessing in front of a I pad phone or other device. Your editing skills are well to be honored. If we can help push you to stand up for your freedoms, I can only promise I will push from here as well. I’m sure you don’t but I let you know months before your queens gold video she was already passed. I’m here to let you know. You are now in power. YOU are the power. This world is changing and you have a captive audience that will be more than you can handle soon. Stay true to your self and your beautiful family. Just keep pushing on. There will be a way. He will guide you. May God Bless you and your family at this time of year. And please be safe out there you have love waiting. 😉 now go get that gold. WWG1WGA 🇺🇸🇦🇺
That was a great trip Levi....pretty steep on the Savage River...Merry Christmas.Mate to you and your lovely family...🎄👌
Levi, you and Rob are just legends, don't stop what you are doing. Love your videos, you haven't made a bad one. Cheers Nic from F,N,W, QLD
Merry Christmas from Newfoundland Canada. Wishing you peace, love and tranquility in 2024.
Thank you Levi for your efforts filming, researching and taking us in your adventures. I love your channel.
Great video Levi, you might have to get the team together to find the grave site. (Team Levi, Rob and Hughy! ). We got our TBP tshirts last week and will wear them with pride when we visit Tassie again in Feb 24. Merry Christmas to you, your lovely wife and family.
Life is an Adventure!