Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Opening an old GOLD mine gets a whole lot more interesting when the GOLD starts showing up.
We’re back at Tyler’s underground gold mine helping him open up more of the old workings, follow the vein and figure out where the richest gold is hiding. This time Tyler fires up the jackleg, we sample the mineralized zones, inspect the quartz and alteration, and then pan the material to see what’s really there.
And there is GOLD.
Tyler has been working this mine the hard way — drilling, mucking, timbering and sampling underground by hand while following pockets of gold through the vein system.
In one section, the gold shows up as extremely fine “whisker gold” in the quartz.
Then we check Tyler’s pan.
There’s fine gold throughout the concentrate, and one pocket Tyler worked produced approximately 10.75 GRAMS OF GOLD from only about 300 pounds of material.
But the biggest surprise comes deeper in the mine.
According to the information Tyler has on these workings, one of the zones produced anywhere from approximately 4 to 20 OUNCES OF GOLD PER TON.
Now he’s trying to reach more of that ground.
In this video we show you what real hard-rock gold mining looks like:
• Following a gold-bearing quartz vein underground
• Reading broken and altered mineralized zones
• Looking for visible and extremely fine native gold
• Underground sampling
• Jackleg drilling
• How a jackleg drill works
• Timbering and mucking
• Old-time underground mining equipment
• Using a hand lens to spot fine gold
• Why constant sampling matters
• Marble, chlorite and altered host rock
• Following the geology toward richer pockets
This is NOT easy mining.
Tyler spends hours underground drilling, mucking rock, climbing ladders and sampling one section after another trying to stay on the gold.
But when the pan starts showing GOLD, you understand why miners keep chasing the vein.
💰 HELP TYLER KEEP WORKING THE MINE: PayPal Donation: TylerThompson377966
⛏️ MINING & SAMPLING SUPPLIES: lmine.com
⭐ JOIN THE CREW: patreon.com/c/askJeffWilliams
00:00 Back at Tyler’s GOLD Mine
00:31 Following the Gold-Bearing Vein
00:44 Whisker GOLD in the Quartz
01:04 Jackleg Drilling Underground
02:00 Sampling the Gold Vein
03:31 How a Jackleg Drill Works
04:37 The 80-Pound Mining Workout
05:41 Checking the Samples
06:14 A Signal Inside the Vein
07:31 GOLD in the Pan!
08:45 Old-Time Underground Mining
09:14 Where the Old Timers Stopped
09:54 Visible GOLD in the Pocket
10:15 10.75 Grams From 300 Pounds
10:31 Going Deeper Into the Mine
10:57 Marble, Chlorite & Alteration
11:14 The 4–20 OZ/Ton GOLD Zone
11:32 The Brutal Reality of Hard-Rock Mining
11:45 Tyler Is Chasing the Next Rich Pocket
12:53 Miners Helping Miners
13:20 Tyler’s Update & What Happens Next
Let me know in the comments:
💰 WANT A SHOT AT REAL GOLD?
Every month we give away 10 bags of rich paydirt from our drift mine PLUS a Gold Monster 1000 and a King dry washer. $10 Patreon pledge = instant entry. Look for the icon at the end of the video.
👕 GEAR & BOOKS: askjeffwilliams.com
⛏️ CLAIM RESEARCH: MyLandMatters.org
🤝 Special thanks to Tyler for the brutal work and to geologist Alex for survey & sampling. Lab results next!
Would YOU work underground all day chasing a gold zone that had produced as much as 20 ounces per ton?
And would you rather chase GOLD underground in a hard-rock mine… or stay above ground looking for placer gold?
SMASH that Like button, Subscribe, and stay tuned because we’ll be following Tyler’s progress as he works his way toward the next rich section of this mine.
Keep the Dream Alive!
#GoldMining #GoldProspecting #HardRockMining
Opening an old GOLD mine gets a whole lot more interesting when the GOLD starts showing up.
We’re back at Tyler’s underground gold mine helping him open up more of the old workings, follow the vein and figure out where the richest gold is hiding. This time Tyler fires up the jackleg, we sample the mineralized zones, inspect the quartz and alteration, and then pan the material to see what’s really there.
And there is GOLD.
Tyler has been working this mine the hard way — drilling, mucking, timbering and sampling underground by hand while following pockets of gold through the vein system.
In one section, the gold shows up as extremely fine “whisker gold” in the quartz.
Then we check Tyler’s pan.
There’s fine gold throughout the concentrate, and one pocket Tyler worked produced approximately 10.75 GRAMS OF GOLD from only about 300 pounds of material.
But the biggest surprise comes deeper in the mine.
According to the information Tyler has on these workings, one of the zones produced anywhere from approximately 4 to 20 OUNCES OF GOLD PER TON.
Now he’s trying to reach more of that ground.
In this video we show you what real hard-rock gold mining looks like:
• Following a gold-bearing quartz vein underground
• Reading broken and altered mineralized zones
• Looking for visible and extremely fine native gold
• Underground sampling
• Jackleg drilling
• How a jackleg drill works
• Timbering and mucking
• Old-time underground mining equipment
• Using a hand lens to spot fine gold
• Why constant sampling matters
• Marble, chlorite and altered host rock
• Following the geology toward richer pockets
This is NOT easy mining.
Tyler spends hours underground drilling, mucking rock, climbing ladders and sampling one section after another trying to stay on the gold.
But when the pan starts showing GOLD, you understand why miners keep chasing the vein.
💰 HELP TYLER KEEP WORKING THE MINE: PayPal Donation: TylerThompson377966
⛏️ MINING & SAMPLING SUPPLIES: lmine.com
⭐ JOIN THE CREW: patreon.com/c/askJeffWilliams
00:00 Back at Tyler’s GOLD Mine
00:31 Following the Gold-Bearing Vein
00:44 Whisker GOLD in the Quartz
01:04 Jackleg Drilling Underground
02:00 Sampling the Gold Vein
03:31 How a Jackleg Drill Works
04:37 The 80-Pound Mining Workout
05:41 Checking the Samples
06:14 A Signal Inside the Vein
07:31 GOLD in the Pan!
08:45 Old-Time Underground Mining
09:14 Where the Old Timers Stopped
09:54 Visible GOLD in the Pocket
10:15 10.75 Grams From 300 Pounds
10:31 Going Deeper Into the Mine
10:57 Marble, Chlorite & Alteration
11:14 The 4–20 OZ/Ton GOLD Zone
11:32 The Brutal Reality of Hard-Rock Mining
11:45 Tyler Is Chasing the Next Rich Pocket
12:53 Miners Helping Miners
13:20 Tyler’s Update & What Happens Next
Let me know in the comments:
💰 WANT A SHOT AT REAL GOLD?
Every month we give away 10 bags of rich paydirt from our drift mine PLUS a Gold Monster 1000 and a King dry washer. $10 Patreon pledge = instant entry. Look for the icon at the end of the video.
👕 GEAR & BOOKS: askjeffwilliams.com
⛏️ CLAIM RESEARCH: MyLandMatters.org
🤝 Special thanks to Tyler for the brutal work and to geologist Alex for survey & sampling. Lab results next!
Would YOU work underground all day chasing a gold zone that had produced as much as 20 ounces per ton?
And would you rather chase GOLD underground in a hard-rock mine… or stay above ground looking for placer gold?
SMASH that Like button, Subscribe, and stay tuned because we’ll be following Tyler’s progress as he works his way toward the next rich section of this mine.
Keep the Dream Alive!
#GoldMining #GoldProspecting #HardRockMining
