Tasmanias's Abandoned Gold Mines
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- čas přidán 1. 10. 2020
- Hi, I set out to find a few spots in some creeks that's suitable for using my sluice box, An stumble across multiple 100-plus year old abandoned gold mines in the north of Tasmania Australia that was dug in the late 1800's to early 1900's
awsome mate. i'm in rosebery and found an old map of pre 1900 gold mines ...theres one on a property 200 meters from me...been thinking about tunnelling in my backyard , got that quarts everywhere at my place. The bushfires sure make it easier to spot things.
Gold is where you find it they say. If you see highly mineralised quarts, it very well may be worth doing a crush in a dolley pot an pan to see what you just might have laying around you. Good luck if you do.
We only had to dig 10cm in the school yard at st joeys to find quartz.
Great upload opal miner here
Crazy back breaking work they did, fantastic.
Definitely, not an easy days work back in those days.
Great video, thanks.
The ones that cut across the hill are costeens. You sample along the cutting and when you get colour you chas it up.
where did you find these
cool as.
That area looks pretty good. Will you detect and pan some of it?
Yes hoping to get back there in the next couple of weeks to use the detector and also try a few pans from the creek bed.
Hey did you end up getting back there for a pan?
I'm from nth QLD. Nice looking area. Lot of hard work from the old timers thats for sure.
The question you have to ask is why it stopped , did the gold run out , or did the gold price drop . which leads to the next question , is there still gold there
Love too know where they are as I currently doing history of old timers mines. Like to get some pictures and history on
Mathinna
Keep an eye out for tigers
you can see a lot after a bushfire
The trenches are there because they were looking for quartz veins
These trenches are loaming runs and trying to cut a reef all exploration work
wondering if someone is looking for a prospecting partner, for a one a week search, mid week only. Have no experience other than watched a lot of you tube vids. Do however have a lot of bush knowledge, 61 years old, fit and healthy. definately no a liability. Live in the launceston area
You got any equipment mate?
@@edxr6949 other than a shovel , no. could get a pan etc
@@bruceaskin9645 All good mate. I'm in Launceston also
I have a detector, pans, pin pointer ect.
@@edxr6949 We have to met up sometime , I am reluctant to put my phone number on here