Venture Re-Discovers Southeast Alaska. Episode 9

We make a brief excursion north from Sitka to the remote west coast of Chichagof Island and visit an abandoned and overgrown gold mine.

[phillpearson]

In these strange and tumultuous times, your videos bring a comfort that can’t be described, only felt. Thank you

[PS-vkdb]

Your videos are all visually stunning, mood altering. Narration doesn't get better than this is. I needed a warm blanket and coffee for this one! Thanks again!

[cush]

Yes you've made another great video Tony and crew, I do hope you continue to create more of them this year and as long as you can. Thank you so much. MC.

[thelastsquidbilly]

I really appreciated your message at the beginning of the video

[donsmith]

Thank goodness there are still some explorers around. Thank you for the great photography and adventures.

[stephenhenion]

So very enjoyable, Tony. Thank you for sharing your adventures.

[helend]

Fabulous. You are visiting places trillions of people could never see. Thank you. Much appreciated.

[MrRonnmaui]

Beautiful journey! Love the music and all the gorgeous film and photo work.

[LynBailey]

Thank you so much for sharing the beauty of this vast, magnificent wilderness with us.
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[alasdairmackenzie]

The master of documentary film making does it again. Thank you Tony.

[latetotheparty]

Nice to include an explanation of the sea foam that one sees on water and shorelines time to time. A natural phenomena caused by dead phytoplankton in nutrient rich stormy water, is so much nicer than assuming it is pollution as most people do. It just looks like dirty soap suds. 12:44

[makepa]

Beautiful video content, editing and production. As always. Thank you, Tony.

[evabalga]

Teary eyed, with rapid heart beat, open mouthed, infinitely yearning, as I follow your every journey to my beloved Southeast. Thank you for sharing the beauty.

[skzcfcu]

Thanks for showing the chart of Portlock Harbor. I only have a Tongass National Forest map of Southeast and I can remember a very interesting place. In a 44-foot wood boat we were in Klag Bay, in the 60's. We waited for the right tide and then went into Lake Anna and then was able to go into Sister Lake, one of the most interesting places I had ever seen, going from a saltwater bay into a mostly fresh water lake into a very fresh water lake.

[tomi]

Thank you for your brilliant videos. Wow, Alaska is so beautiful. Your videos bring comfort to me especially during these trying times of my life. Wish you good health and more safe and amazing travels.

[skzcfcu]

This part of Chichagof really brings back memories. I still have a 4-foot by 1 foot galvanized metal sign with those letters on it. There were buildings there when I saw it. I was a geology major in college at the time. There was Chichagof and Hirst Chichagof--the two mines. I collected quite a few big and small specimens and stowed them in my bunk for the rest of the season. I still have some of the mining equipment. My dad was on our boat also and he had been a gold miner in California during the Depression earning a dollar a day. Upon entering the assay office, I could see the many specks of gold embedded in the walls, but that was when gold was only $34 an ounce and not worth people trying to take it out . I also have some of the $30 million entries in booklets. But in those days it was dangerous for pontoon planes to land and only a few venturesome fisherman dared navigate those treacherous rocks. Like Venture, we anchored in the harbor and then took our purse seine skiff to shore to see places this rock and mineral collector saw. Thanks. I wrote to you several times a few years ago and you wrote back, but at that time you hadn't visited this place or at least I dicn't see the video.

[tomquinn]

Tony Fleming is an amazing documentary film maker and narrator. Thanks for who you are and what you do.

[aqueousmoments]

I love your videos, thank you very much.

[jooeehndeeccru]

Always Always look forward for your uploads Mr Tony Fleming

[Ricardo-SW]

Again, superb! Thank you for taking us along