Exploring abandoned gold dredge and snowmobile riding
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Published 2024-02-11
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16:00 snowmobile riding
All Comments (21)
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That house teaser at the end. I remember the time you used to show the container castle in 3D. What a journey that was, hope to experience the new project just like the castle.
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Great treat for the early birds on a Sunday. Not often I hear Andrew say “yea this looks very dangerous”
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23:23 "that tree jumped right in front of him" classic Camarata lmao
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I KNEW IT!!!!!! The spot above your clearing where your containers and equipment live, the spot where you've been doing all the rock crushing, its perfectly cut out to build into the hill. being on top of the mountain, it has to be built INTO the mountain because of the wind exposure. Also, in your video of the equipment expo where you saw the small mining attachment, the first thing I thought was "He is planning to build some tunnels under or around the new castle". Fantastic idea, Andrew. Can't wait to see THOSE videos.
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Andrew on Gold Rush next season? Honestly, I think he'd be a damn good gold miner!
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That glimpse at the project at the end. I suppose for the new mountain property ? Wow, man, if you're gonna build this Andrew, that'll be YEARS of awesome and most exiting videos to come !!! 🥳👍💪
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A gold dredge is the ultimate mechanical device, so many different systems working in harmony.
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Having a duvet day , this is gonna be gold .thanks from Ireland
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I'm from the UK and have never been snowmobiling, but its a definitely a dream of mine and after watching you going through them nice forest trails its now getting higher up on the bucket list, so thanks for taking us along with you 👍
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There is a dredge in Fairplay, Colorado like this one. the Fairplay dredge boat, which mined the Fairplay placer along the South Platte River. The Mosquito Mountains are in the background. This dredge boat was built by the Yuba Manufacturing Company and shipped to Fairplay, Colorado in sections. The South Platte Dredging Company used it to mine the Fairplay placer along the South Platte River starting in 1941. The Fairplay dredge was electrically operated and was the largest dredge in Colorado. The dredge had over 100 buckets that fed gravel from the river bottom into the dredge's interior where it was milled. The stacker then deposited the tailings along the river channel. The dredge mined up to 15,000 cubic yards of placer gravels per day and could reach to a depth of 105 feet. Dredge operations were suspended in 1942 and resumed in 1945, and finally shut down permanently in 1952.
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Tony Beats of Gold Rush (on Discovery Channel) spent several millions of dollars about 5 years ago to move and restoring one of these dredges. He had trouble finding the cast iron buckets for the dredge line. He is actually using it again this season 14. Ep. 20 It take only two people to operate.
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Awesome video of the abandoned mine. Playing in the snow was ok. Thank you for sharing.
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I'm a Gold Rush follower on Discovery & Tony Beetz just got his dredge working again after 5 years! Fascinating watching this!! Thanks for sharing!
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You are very brave to climb around that old dredge. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you Andrew for taking us along in another adventure, That looked like a lot of fun but very exhausting.
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Love exploring the old stuff. Great video.
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That dredge was a floating gold factory. The size is very impressive and to think it all worked with mechanical clutches and cables just amazing.
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Well Done Andrew!!!! Glad you had fun with friends!!!!
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What a great relic from history, Thank you Andrew for sharing this! Please stay safe out there adventuring!
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Amazing that a machine like this was built and put together in a remote location.