He's a great story teller and Tour guide. Kept it fun and light hearted.
@michaelfercik3691
Жыл бұрын
It would be cool if mbmmlic filmed the tour of Hiddee Gold Mine Touring and Gold Panning, located at Central City, Colorado, that was known as being "The Richest Square Mile on Earth". It has an interesting history everywhere you go in Central City and Black Hawk City.
@UmmmmmmmWhat
Жыл бұрын
Honestly, some of his comments about warrants, state/public work, and getting tasered make me think he was a state trooper or sheriff at some point as a previous job. He's definitely a cool guy who knows his stuff and loves that job.
@denyspoyner8815
Жыл бұрын
I was going to say the same thing. He made it educational entertaining and fun.
@nocapyoulackn3594
Жыл бұрын
They found the perfect tour guide, thank you Jason for sharing this bro💯
@wrxs1781
Жыл бұрын
What can I say Jason, great tour of a professionally run mine, definitely more to mining than meets the eye, the lumber alone would cost a fortune. So different to the small gold mining scratching's in the side of a hill. One could wonder the dollar value this mine produced when in operation.
@chuckster6513
Жыл бұрын
WOW ! That was very interesting. Thank you for taking us deep into the rocks. I am grateful to you Jason and the folks like that tour guide for giving of time to those of us who may never be able to make that trip. Fifty years ago I made the trek through Burro Schmidt's tunnel in California and enjoyed that very much. But this video made that trek seem like going into a small root cellar. Work Safe, Be Well Stay Warm
@videoaccount1947
Жыл бұрын
I took the tour 20 years ago. It was fun and informative then and now.
@ashantaehameen84
Жыл бұрын
This video is great for my kids, showing them skills and careers people had and still perform, fantastic Thanks!
@hpummel5402
Жыл бұрын
Jason, excellent video! If you ever get to Michigan, I recommend The Quincy Mine in the Keweenaw Peninsula, also the mineral museum at Michigan Tech in Houghton Michigan. Most people don't realize Michigan has a rich history of mining iron and copper, along with other minerals like gold and silver.
@daleolson3506
Жыл бұрын
Iron mountain in mi has a lot of history also
@hpummel5402
Жыл бұрын
@@daleolson3506 yes Iron Mountain is cool too. Went there about 5years ago now.
@Mark_Nadams
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing Jason. It was like we were there by your side during the tour. I wish you could do more tours like this. There is an old zinc mine on the east coast that is now famous for the fluorescent minerals. That might make a real nice video tour.
@SuperDeucecoupe
Жыл бұрын
We did that tour in 2018. Pretty neat!
@pathsleasttraveled
Жыл бұрын
I've always had a sweet spot for Bisbee. I have taken that tour a few times and the last time I did, which was about 10 years ago now, I made sure to wear my hardhat that had Phelps Dodge on one side and Freeport on the other. The guides there really liked seeing someone who worked in the industry to be still fascinated in it. I started with Phelps Dodge right out of highschool and transitioned when Freeport bought them out in February of 2008. It's not a lie when they say "Mining gets into your blood". My father and grandfather were miners as well. Thank you for the awesome video Jason!
@nightcrawleroriginal
Жыл бұрын
Great video Jason, learned a lot from it. :)
@unitedstatesdale
Жыл бұрын
This is incredible. Its bucket list time. Thanks !!!
@hardrockuniversity7283
Жыл бұрын
Yep, Eva loved it. Thank you very much. The Asarco Mission mine has a good tour of a modern open pit just south of Tucson including some milling (assuming they are still operating).
@Porty1119
Жыл бұрын
They're operating although another strike is possible.
@hardrockuniversity7283
Жыл бұрын
@@Porty1119 It would be a good companion video to this one.
@dennisshoemaker2789
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your adventure with us. That was pretty cool.
@jefferywilson4091
Жыл бұрын
What a great guide, thanks for taking us along
@james_wasson
Жыл бұрын
I hope that gentleman got a great tip. He's a fantastic story teller!
@metalicminer6231
Жыл бұрын
Great tour, such a knowledgeable guide.
@midlifetravelers6151
Жыл бұрын
My attention stayed from beginning to end. Will look into taking this tour. Thanks for sharing!
@seththomas1119
Жыл бұрын
Everything seemed like a well put together and informative guide. Wish there was more people taking the time to learn history in these ways. The only thing i wish is that someone would purchase some grease guns or something for those carts
@Shangsu2012
Жыл бұрын
I love this uncle narration. ❤️
@mikewarren671
Ай бұрын
Thank you...Awesome history lesson of mines and mining industry...
@henrik8463
9 ай бұрын
What a fantastic guide, he knows he`s stuff
@TheSmokie55
Жыл бұрын
Jason I have recently found your channel. I love the content. Great Work. Let me say its content delivered differently than most. I am not really a fan of jazzy, sensational voices and musical sounds and call outs for "click-bait" gold. I know that's part of YT. But I like that you can take us places and share with us and inform us of what your doing, why and what to look for is special. Oh and I love the exploring in nature for beautiful areas as well as hidden and forgotten places. Keep at it. I'll keep watching.
@semiproactive9625
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Jason. I enjoyed every minute.
@daver629111
Жыл бұрын
such kind words to hippies my ears had never heard. What a good man as the guide.
@oculusangelicus8978
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this tour, I found it to be really entertaining as well as educational. Mines truly were the backbone of a community!
@bobkelly3454
Жыл бұрын
Man, I grew up in Bisbee. That tour’s pretty much exactly as I remember it from the late 90’s. And yeah, Mayberry on acid is about right.
@justachipn3039
Жыл бұрын
Man that was a great ride along !!! And that Miner was first cabin and top shelf !!! Thx😜😜👍👍
@willroberts6777
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Details just a little bit of the reason the United States is the greatest place on this earth!! God bless every person that has given their lives to make a living, even if they didn’t really know how big of an important person they were, or are!!!!
@the1dud
Жыл бұрын
Always enjoying your original content!!
@farticlesofconflatulation
Жыл бұрын
This reminds me of the log ride at Knott’s Berry Farm in SoCal.
@mortonyakimadetectingthepa9015
Жыл бұрын
Best tour and guide yet. Been trying to figure out how stopes were formed for years.
@josephgrant9137
Жыл бұрын
That guy was great. Sweet video. Thanks Der Guy.
@rastaralph7154
Жыл бұрын
This is a very fun and interesting video! I'm sure you probably learnt something also even though you know quite a lot about mining. Cheers 👍❤️💛💚👌
@ghostrider82599
Жыл бұрын
Youre the most interesting gold guy out there. Love your show. Thanks! Id like to see some olden days black sand waste from around abandoned cleanup rooms smelted to see what they might have left. Could be a fun episode.
@GoldVP...
Жыл бұрын
Oh boy that was a long video bud...I let every darn add play!!!!! You made some good cash on me haha. Great adventure, thanks
@keneastman5045
Жыл бұрын
Thanks that was an informative tour
@Phoenix_Enterprises
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Jason great content!
@danmbogosian
Жыл бұрын
Great tour!
@thehaze1972
Жыл бұрын
Would be worth taking the tour for the dad-jokes alone. :-D
@haganquillen8852
Жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed your video thank you
@mikehunt1418
Жыл бұрын
Very Cool ...Thank you.
@MRsilverngold
Жыл бұрын
hi jason from sydney australia
@o1ecypher
Жыл бұрын
This video was Squeeekin awesome 👍 👍
@davidfarrell7560
Жыл бұрын
Cool, i live close by there in Sierra Vista.
@ronjlwhite8058
Жыл бұрын
That was pretty cool.
@chrismaverick9828
Жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@Pa.PatriotProspecting
Жыл бұрын
Really cool!
@dre61986
Жыл бұрын
loved it
@alicegriffin402
Жыл бұрын
I had forgotten how trains sounded in the 50's!
@LA6UOA
Жыл бұрын
I'm Norwegian, dammit! I know about those ghost nuts! 🤣 Great video! Thanks for the mining history lesson!
@Addh0le
Жыл бұрын
Arizona huh? You know that's pretty close to Jeff Williams I wonder if we'll see a Collab soon
@Kepler_2258
Жыл бұрын
I have about 80$ worth of silver in a lead ingot from a failed attempt at recovering it (it was sterling and some other mixed silver before hand) and my furnace broke and I have no way to recover the silver, Any ideas on what I should do?
@mehdihoseini2545
Жыл бұрын
hi mr l can help me Can I use silver nitrate as a flask in melting sulphide material?
@oculusangelicus8978
Жыл бұрын
WOW!!! Now I understand why and how it was that cities would pop up around a good producing mine, and then afterwards disappear when the mine either closed or stopped producing good levels of ore! when the miners left, so did the money! and miners who were earning a good wage like that, and had good strong backs, could earn a great deal more per day because the incentive was truly high enough that they would work as hard and as long as they could. I once heard of a guy here in Northern Alberta who spend 2 years mining, and had earned enough money he could buy himself a house and a new car, paid for free and clear! Geez man, where do I go to sign up! LOL
@philwhipple4557
9 ай бұрын
Many of those lever rocks were called turquoise and many of them escaped the mine.
@haleyconnor5365
Жыл бұрын
This is a good video but I have to say, I will forever be indebted to you Gardner 😇you’ve changed my whole life I’ll continue to preach about your name for the world to hear you’ve saved me from a huge financial debt with just little investment in money market, thanks so much Mrs Rose Gardner
@joneshannover167
Жыл бұрын
I had little knowledge on predicting the stock market, but with Ms. Gardner weekly analysis and advise profits are guaranteed! I received thrice my initial deposit in a week!!
@haleyconnor5365
Жыл бұрын
@ROSEGARDNERBIS
@briangarrow448
Жыл бұрын
I worked in copper mining across the southwest as a young man in the late 70’s and early 80’s. I worked with guys from Bisbee, Morenci, Silver City, Hillsboro and other little mining communities in Arizona and New Mexico. Some of the best people I ever worked with I met when I was there. I remember being the only guy in the bar that didn’t wear cowboy boots or hats!
@susanturcotte3176
Жыл бұрын
Awesome, Brian! I bet you have great stories to tell, too! By the way, how were you initiated? Tee hee!
@carl9826
7 ай бұрын
Awesome tour video! Bisbee is a beautiful place to visit 👌🏼👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽♥️
@krakhedd
Жыл бұрын
2 minutes in....I'm sold....this is already friggin' wicked!! PS - this tour is very well-developed, and the guide was great
@brianwalko
Жыл бұрын
Great timbering
@susanturcotte3176
Жыл бұрын
It was amazing at how well laid the supportive timbers were throughout the mine. These 'newer versions' found today can't hold a candle to it. Plus, the fact that it was only 2 men with 2 candles, that literally made progress in the dark!
@hardrockuniversity7283
Жыл бұрын
Jason, Lived in S Az most of my life. Been through Bisbee a dozen times. Never had a chance for the tour. Thank you very much. Eva will be most interested when she wakes up.
@darcam
Жыл бұрын
The tour use to be a lot longer and deeper, but they had a cave in years back and it reduced the tour length etc.
@jangrahame4891
Жыл бұрын
Wow! Most people go through their whole lives without finding the any light at the end of the tunnel! Thanks for taking us along!
@sfbfriend
Жыл бұрын
That was fun, I've been to Jerome, another mining town in AZ but not to Bisbee, now it's on my bucket list. FYI, in 1974 I started working, still in High School, a sophomore, I made 1.65 an hour if I am remembering accurately. I have worked every year for 47 years having to retire in 2020 due to health reasons. I thoroughly enjoy mining history and its processes. I cannot thank you enough for the videos you create and I am a rock nut!
@susanturcotte3176
Жыл бұрын
Jason, what a wonderful and educational tour that you brought to us! I was amazed at how simple the 'work' was, while also the most profitable and productive. I paused and read the information around the lavender pit and was surprised that I didn't "see" the geological differences until it was pointed out. I'm not geology rich in knowledge, yet learned that I need to pay attention to the many things my eyes already pointed out (if that makes sense). Thus, I'm going to take the time and effort to appreciate what is around me. Thank you for this opportunity to learn more! Kudos to the guide as well.
@scruggsbuster9458
Жыл бұрын
Wow I never knew a lot of this happened and what they had to go through all the timber that they took down and set it up a lot of work 👨🦳thank you for the tour it was awesome😏 thank you for the video it's amazing how they did that because just Candlelight😊 is all they had water thank you so much 😃 see you on the next one⛏️🔨⚒️⚖️
@jonstein420
Жыл бұрын
The history of mining is what got me into prospecting.
@sparband
Жыл бұрын
That was a great tour and tour guide. Thanks for taking us along.
@TeslaRebuilders
Жыл бұрын
Jason that was a really awesome tour of the mine, the guide was a hoot! I really enjoyed it because I would like to go to check out something like this one day. If I don't get to see one at least I got to see your experience in this mine. Thanks, Casey
@cmcer1995
Жыл бұрын
Well, that was fascinating. He gave a very good tour and description of how it really was back then and how things operated and a wonderful sense of humor. too. Great video.
@MakingUsThink
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful History preservation of this mine. Thanks Jason. For me this was a pleasant experience I would never get to do and I will forever remember enjoying this.
@TroyDowVanZandt
Жыл бұрын
My great-grandfather rode into Arizona Territory in 1885. His first job was in the Copper Queen. I don't know if the company gave them out, or if he bought them, but my great-aunt Ella had several stock certificates.
@PunCraft
Жыл бұрын
"The equivalent of mining a historic "Brisbee" every 3 months"! Holy crap! I love gold and all but I'm thinking Dan is right. Copper is gonna be in huge demand.
@ITSFUNZ
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Jason ! Awesome video as usual! Much appreciated 👍
@Thetimecapsuletx
Жыл бұрын
That was incredibly interesting. I got answers to a lot of my questions. One I still have is, what about the turquoise mines in that area? I’d love to see one.
@Phoenix_Enterprises
Жыл бұрын
They used to give mine "digs" at the Turquoise pits. However, due to a few "bad apples" not following the rules it's now buried under 12ft+ of overburden and closed to public.
@mikep9032
Жыл бұрын
My family was from Warren, part of Bisbee. My dad worked the Queen. He lost a thumb in a mining accident and wasn't taken for WW2. Mom was a nurse in Bisbee's hospital. I can remember spending summers with my cousins hiking the Mule Mts, which the Queen, the pit and citys are in. Your video brought back many memories. Thank you.
@susanturcotte3176
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the story, Mike. What a grand history your family was a part of! Until this video, I had never heard of this mine. Just think about how huge this mine would be if it had not closed in 1975.
@mikep9032
Жыл бұрын
When i could first remember visiting Bisbee, they had soap-box races down the hill right through Bisbee on the 4 of July. Along with parades, it was really neat. They stopped the racing in the late 60s after a spectator got badly hurt. I grew up in San Francisco but after I enlisted in the Air Force, they sent me to Tucson at Davis Monthan AFB. That was April 1967. So my history, so to speak, of the southwest continued for many more years. My aunt Jeanne even worked as a guide at the Queen mine. Yep on the very same ore cars. Cool stuff.
@dryroasted5599
Жыл бұрын
Jason, I remember when you made that first cut a few months back, and you drilling your bores in that same pattern and explaining why. I thought to when the blast went off, and how fast it seemed to happen. I wonder if you were able to count each consecutive blast like the guide described. I wasn't able to.
@NorthDownReader
Жыл бұрын
Great guide, and you did a very good job with the filming and sound. Thanks
@mrwutchamacalit
Жыл бұрын
this was great glad to see new things but keeping to minning in some way hes good at his job was a good tour guide pretty cool thanks MBMM for the awesome content
@pamelasplace7429
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking us on that tour. That was fun and interesting. Our guide was a very good story teller!
@mandysouthen1505
Жыл бұрын
Very informative and great guide. My hubby is the same when sees “actors” doing his job he always says no driver worth his salt would drive like that or link trains that way. Always interesting to see how jobs have progressed and their tools.
@thetbird69
Жыл бұрын
I love your content but these videos are my favourite I know it's a lot of logistics to visit these places and upload the videos etc but I enjoy them the best
@nwliving
Жыл бұрын
Thanks !! As far as I know, there is still lots of exploratory drilling going on
@Drachenfang
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Jason for posting this neat field trip. :)
@andrewjohnston6841
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jason, That was an incredible video. Being from Australia I am unlikely to be in Bisbee to do that tour. So thank you for bringing that to us. More videos on this type of thing would be great.
@Mdwells2944
Жыл бұрын
This was a great educational video on mining and blasting. Thanks Jason!
@jasonasselin
Жыл бұрын
I feel like you bit your tongue a lot on things you could have added.. lol
@rodneyarmstrong3813
Жыл бұрын
This was a very awesome video, that gide was 100% awesome. I believe the world could use millions more men like him. He's making peanuts for bringing people into this mine and keeping everyone safe. What a great job he does.
@manjisaipoe517
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting tour, and a bit different from your usual stuff, thanks for the view and the history lesson.
@griffhenshaw5631
Жыл бұрын
Great tour. I used to work in denensional stone quarries. And visited mines throughout nevada. We shot blacl powder not 🧨 dynamite. Yep rock n roll. One hole not blowing was a BIG problem very dangerous. Thanks for posting this.
@rockysuperstar1
Жыл бұрын
JASON Thank for Sharing . I have been in Wenatchee , Washington mine before it closed . 1800 ft deep mine shaft :-))
@bloodybonescomic
Жыл бұрын
My Aunt and Uncle lived in Bisbee until 1975. Then they moved to Morenci. The house they lived in was built by my Uncle's father in 1921. Back when he was working underground many spectacular minerals were coming out. The house had columns that were faced with high grade ore samples and were a sight to see But they had to abandon the house and the hippies chipped all that rock away plus stole everything they could.
@JonathanLangdale
Жыл бұрын
I love all of this mining stuff, but I could never go into these mines myself. It looks insanely risky. Imagine being down there and having the bad luck that an earthquake occurs.
@darrenbooker8144
Жыл бұрын
Hey Jason, love your videos, your expertise and passion, I wish you narrated after the fact, though editing to let us know what you were observing along the travel, there was heaps the guide mentioned that I had learned through your channel, Maybe you can do a subsequent video on your thoughts through your own narrative, I'd definitely rewatch again... Cheers legend
@xmj6830
Жыл бұрын
That was awesome! I watched it all, so captivating. The guide is so funny, lovely old folk. Thanks Jason for sharing.
@KenSilvers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Jason, I appreciate the vicarious thrill from your viewpoint more than just about anyone else's.
@tattoedmat
Жыл бұрын
Facinating tour thanks for sharing Jason. How big would you say that massive stope caven was. Looked huge
@ranchero50
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. I never considered that they would have different crews that specialized in different types of work.
@kenrolt8072
Жыл бұрын
Took that tour around 2005. Very worth it then, and probably more so now. Thx for making this video.
@Rocket39Smoke14
Жыл бұрын
They don't mine for copper like this anymore. They just take the whole mountain and leave a 1,000 foot deep pit.
@tomausman8645
Жыл бұрын
Awesome show. I work in the Red Chris pit mine and hope to see the new underground mine someday. Thanks. 🖖🇨🇦✌️
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