A rare glimpse into the Bullion Mine, from inside.

[Jennifer-007]

One of the largest hydraulic operations that exists, near Likely, BC. It’s very rare to see anything other than what you can see from the viewing area up top…. I use to own the placer titles on the other big hydraulic site in BC, Horseshoe Bend on the Bridge River, had it from 2011 till a couple years ago when the BC govt tossed a non staking reserve on top of it (meaning I could not renew it) and “liberated it from me” as part of the Indian reconciliation scam, I mean process….amazing history. Every time I see videos like this I’m reminded of the great series of videos that @Reed Lukens has on YouTube about discovering the original wooden sluice runs in a pit in California, great videos Reed, I’ll include a link to Reeds playlist below the Bullion Pit video, make sure to scroll down.

 

[russau]

Good idea about linking his site w/ yours! I meet Reed in Wyoming years back during a big fire there and we all were being told to get out ! To bad being there during the fire BUT we did have a short time to talk when we got to town ! Reeds a good guy and has many stories ideas to tell ! A couple of years back I had to hang my hat up and I hate that I had to do that !

 

[Jennifer-007]

Isn’t it funny how soft we’ve become as a species in such a short amount of time. Some complain if we have to drag our 1.5” water pump more than 100’ and these guys were building water ditches and runs for miles and miles and miles, even if they didn’t have to, if they were close enough they still needed long runs to build pressure for the monitors, water systems as wide as a street that took years to build. They were hard core men back then, making our countries what they were, wow have times changed…….

 

[Mattock]

When I did work for Molycorp they took a look at it for some exploration most of that work was done by migrants namely Chinese back in the day.

 

[Jennifer-007]

When I did work for Molycorp they took a look at it for some exploration most of that work was done by migrants namely Chinese back in the day.

The history of the gold rush in the Cayoosh Creek area near Lillooet is fascinating, especially regarding the resourcefulness of Chinese miners. For years, they were far more successful than many realized.

The story goes that they developed a remarkably clever method for transporting their gold back home: since it was customary for the remains of deceased miners to be returned to China, they would allegedly conceal their accumulated gold inside the caskets or the remains themselves. It was an ingenious, if somewhat macabre, way to bypass the prying eyes and restrictive regulations of the time.

 

[Mattock]

I always thought it amazing the thoroughness and meticulousness of the Chinese in there placer mining skill. Fortunately I have been able to see there productiveness first hand at sites that have not been disturbed unfortunately there is never to much gold left because of the due diligence.