Underground Visit To An Ancient River Of Gold

Its been a while since weve visited an underground placer mine and so were back with a video of our beloved ancient rivers of gold It was quite a trek in through the adit to reach the zone where the ancient river channel was located. And, as you saw, there were veins of quartz that the miners intercepted along the run into the placer material. I didnt see any evidence that these were actually mined, but they obviously tested them. I always receive a lot of questions about the ancient river channels and the placer material that we have in this area So, allow me to explain: The placer you see here is made up of the compressed remains of giant ancient rivers that used to run through where the Sierra Nevada mountains of California are now. Just as modern creeks and rivers in gold country fill up with gold over time, these ancient rivers did as well. However, there were no miners around back then to pick the gold out of them. Over time, volcanic eruptions and other geologic activity buried these an