Hidden Gem On Vancouver Island

Day 3 of our 4 day trip on Vancouver Island, we head over to the Port Alberni area to hopefully locate the Yellow Creek Mine. Starting in June of 1988, this exploration tunnel was constructed to allow access to the Mineral Creek and Linda zones and for use as a drilling platform. After completion in March 1989, this tunnel consisted of 2 cross cuts and was 2km long. The highest assay result was recorded in 1988 in the Mineral Creek zone and was 19.78 grams per tonne gold. The mine sat vacant until 2006 when Bitterroot Resources Ltd drilled 60 holes in the Linda area. The veins thickness ranges from a few centimetres to 1.3 metres and in places it splits into 2 or 3 veins. The gold grades vary from trace up to 467.0 grams per tonne gold and the highest grades are often accompanied by visible gold grains. In 2008, the drilling program was completed and the mine has sat empty ever since.

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[hedleymanbc]

Painted white to reflect what light they ha most likely.

[thehillbillyhilton]

Pretty cool. They painted the walls white to help with lighting. It doesn't look like they ran any kind of lighting into the mine. The material under those tarps is probably bulk samples or actual pay material. Nice and spacious in there thou. As always stay safe and stay strong out there

[DFDuck]

The weird mold growing behind the shaker table might be a clue why that room is painted. It is probably a zinc or copper based paint to stop the mold growth in there. I have seen other mines where the equipment rooms were painted with anti fungal paint. That must have been extremely loud to have a ball mill running inside a mine. Those were the smallest balls I've ever seen.

[justoneperson]

Oh that’s awesome you found it. Especially in winter.
What an adventure.

[firenx]

Ah the Mineral Creek mine :) never been there but will check it out one day soon!

[IslandUncharted]

I remember ripping through there in my side by side years ago and at the end I shut of my lights and could see daylight through the exit at the very end

[toddlaplante]

I did some panning from some sample bags found in a side shaft in that mine. It was 15 years ago and the entrance was back filled with tailings. Just a small hole to crall threw at the top. The panning showed no gold but lots of iron pyrite.

[lotharschiese]

18:35 is not just some muck, this is ore from different areas as painted on the blue tarp, same the other with remuck painted on the ribs. Any guesses as to why there is the mini-ball mill and the shaker table that you passed by coming in? To do bulk sampling for sulphides and free milling gold, the best way to test the ore body or bodies for economic feasibility. This work was done under an option to Westmin Resources in an attempt to hype their stock.

[ScoopeddadDrone]

Another great video. Nice to see your subs climbing. You guys deserve it

[garydaniels]

SUCH A GREAT LARGE BIG WIDE OPEN MINE.THANKS FOR WALK THROUGH. THE MINE WALL SUPER CLEAN NOT A LOT FALLING ROCKS THAT MINE HAD NO TIMBERING ON THE WALLS OR CELLING
THANK GREAT JOB SAY HI TO CHEYENNE FROM GARY STAY SAFE WARM AND DRY😮🎉❤❤

[jsteelsadventureandvariety]

Awesome place guys👍 enjoyed the explore, used to paint for mines, and white was often used for vehicles and equipment for visibility, those piles separated and marked off must have been samples, and very possible pay dirt, that took lots of work to pay, compared to other samples, but just a theory and that vent pipe was super sketchy 😯 Kool stuff

[krisjakob]

Walls are white for the light to reflect better around work area

[TomandJulieMineExploring]

Thanks for the tour and for the nice video, Chyanne and Adam. Hopefully you didn't get locked in and have to pay the tow company to free you. Catch you on the next one.

[benkuboniwa]

Very nice video thank you, I too have explored abandoned mines and cave for the last forty year. Just wondering have you guys tried Gortex hiking boots.

[hanahowey]

this was a well spotted hidden gem! 🙌🏽

[SueGirling]

Hi Adam & Chyanne, I wonder if they painted those rocks white behind the ball mill because because it would help deflect the heat ???.
Just thought I would tell you in case you didn't know, the small streaks of the vein are called "Stringer's". I think the stripes you saw are called "Banding".
I really don't blame you as being stuck on that mountain at this time of year could be life threatening.
Thank you for sharing, I hope you both got out safely, much love to you both. xx ❤

[RDunn]

Near the end were those gold veins on the walls? 😮 They seemed to be everywhere.

[grndiesel]

The white paint is probably to improve reflectivity of the walls. This makes the room brighter and easier to see for people working in that area.

[thenorm]

funny...i was just going to comment on the running shoes

[AzazelBathory]

Oh man sooo much of this island is behind one of the yellow gates, it’s criminal. Mozaic owns most of the land where I live on the north island and there’s so many hidden gems just beyond the gates. Yeah they open on the weekends and one could take a dirt bike past but they’ve aligned with by law & forest service and they go after people that try to even camp on their lands. It really sucks.

Also where I live, there was an old mining town long ago however most of the tunnels have been flooded or blocked. They went all underneath this part of the valley.

There’s even some old dynamite that goes off from time to time in the mines, according to some old timer friends I have the dynamite has been sitting there for over 50 years and every so often some of it blows up, it’s unstable due to the moisture or something.