Gold Claims, Van Life, and Travel: 2025 Recap

2025 gold mining and prospecting in Alaska, Oregon, California, and Colorado. The gold was only part of the adventure, as the current gold price continues to fluctuate. We explored various locations, including Colorado, searching for promising deposits. We rented 2 vans this year and we have decided to buy a van to continue our journey. We will be using ‪@activanconversions‬ to do our build and are looking forward to the process and completion. We have started a channel ‪@MilesofMaybe‬ to document our Van adventures when we get the van and the process going. It will be an adventure getting the Van, Bringing it home to Alaska, and getting the videos along the way! 2025 Was the year I took YouTube serious. I appreciate everyone who has joined me on this! Gold was only part of the Adventure. From January to December I document the year here of the videos and how they came to be. 00:00 Intro Slideshow 00:33 My Youtube Commitment 00:52 What's Really Hiding on Our Gold Claim 01:51 February - Monroe Gold Show Washington trip 03:30 Garnets in Pan 05:11 Big Nuggets 07:10 Gold on Bedrock 08:20 Gold in the ROCK 10:30 Van rental trip 12:15 Lawson Bar - Anyone can find gold 13:36 Bear River California 16:15 We are buying a Conversion Van! 16:36 Activan is building our Van 19:15 Miles Of Maybe - Introduction to our 2nd Channel 20:48 Oregon Sunstone Mining 23:00 Deciding to go West instead of Opal mining 23:50 Redwoods - Crescent City 25:10 Gold Beach - Southern Oregon Gold 26:30 Central Oregon Coast - Black Sands 27:35 The Next Trip - Colorado 29:18 Fairplay, Colorado Gold Prospecting 29:54 Central City - Colorado 30:30 Hidee Mine 30:43 Cache Creek, Colorado and the Leadville 100 Bike race 34:02 The Road Trip - New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and back to Colorado 36:02 Back to Oregon Again - Whiskey Run, Lawson Bar, New Claim, and Willamette Valley 38:15 Back to Alaska - Mercury, Frozen Ground, and Closing