Gold Rushs' John Schnabel has Passed

[Hoser John]

John Schnabel is a legendary gold miner in Alaska. He is the patriarch of the Schnabel family, former mayor of Haines, Alaska and shareholder of the Big Nugget Mine.
On 11th February 2016 he celebrated his 96th birthday. On March 18, 2016 he passed away. Surrounded by friends and family. Please show that we are all caring humans during times like this and keep the comments positive and supportive. We are better than this.
Deceased 3/18/16, per post by Gold Rush.
RIP ol'sod as we are greatly diminished by the loss of such a honest miner, great Grandpa/mentor to Parker and a wonderful person to all. John

[russau]

Gods speed , John may you rest in peace and thankyou

[micropedes1]

Sad to see another old timer pass on. But just look at the legacy he left behind! I hope to do so well with my offspring.

[libertydave]

What a mining legend and he'll be missed by all who followed the TV show.

Parker was fortunate to have John for a grandfather, friend, teacher, consultant, advocate and visionary. God speed, John.

LD

[urbanminer]

He will be greatly missed! I would have liked to have met him and heard his stories! RIP

[Ornery Cuss]

Its the phone call no one wants to get

It seems they don't make many like him anymore
Grandpa John....salute

Hope his grandson grows up as wise as he was


OC

[Hoser John]

Yahoo just had a story that he went to Alaska to avoid prosecution for moonshining??? Sounds like bs to me but ya NEVER know what he(or we) all did when we were young and dumb and fulla pzzzzz/vinegar. If time allows will check deeper as rain rain rain YAHOO..John

[russau]

And just what is the problem with good ole Spring Water?

[Ornery Cuss]

I had seen something on gold rush I believe last year dedicated to Grandpa John

As I remember he skedaddled to Alaska back in the 50s to avoid some sort of law issue
What I find kinda interesting, no mention of Grandma John
I believe Parker has an uncle, although things are vague in my mind (not unusual)
Landed by ship/boat, settled in Hains Ak, at some point became mayor of Hains, started Big Nugget Mine to occupy his time

Maybe check the "on demand" from your TV provider, maybe You tube, just checked Youtube, there is a show about Grandpa John and Freddy Dodge
Maybe Discovery will rerun the program in his memory
He was/is a dying breed, not many left like him
Easy on that spring, water that be some powerful stuff mmmmmmmm


OC

[russau]

OC its a cure all after a long days adventure!