RICH GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN .68 GRAM NATURAL GOLD AND QUARTZ SPECIMEN

Description

NATIVE GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN
from the
MOTHER LODE
R
uler is
1/4"
wide (6 mm). U.S. 10 cent coin is 17 mm in diameter.
S
pecimen weight:
10.5
G
rains (Troy) -
.68
G
ram
S
ize:
9.6X6.2X2.6
mm
C
heck out this stained quartzy nugget from the Sierra Nevada Mtns. It's from a batch I recently acquired. Almost all the gold is melded together. Seemingly sculpted, the thick exposures of oro is very high in purity. There's a bit iron-stained quartz attached, but not much. I guarantee the gold inclusions are the real deal. It's
time to pass it on to another other aficionado.
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FAST REFUND OFFERED
(If, for any reason, you're not happy with this item). Contact me indicating you wish to return the item. As soon as it's received by me and everything's as it should be, you'll be issued a refund.
I poured through old mining dumps for years looking at orange-yellow-rusty rock through a loupe, but I never found a piece with visible gold.
Hydrothermal solutions carrying gold and silica crystallized into veins of gold quartz. This specimen comes from one of the many vein systems sourcing the immense placer deposits of the Sierra Nevada Mtns, the famed Mother Lode.
Weight Conversions:
15.43 GRAINS = 1 GRAM
31.103 GRAMS = 1 TROY OUNCE
24 GRAINS = 1 PENNYWEIGHT (DWT)
20 DWT = 1 TROY OUNCE
480 GRAINS = 1 TROY OUNCE
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THE JOURNEY THAT COUNTS
Back when I was a lone-wolf placer miner, California's Trinity River attracted lots of suction dredgers. During the 1980s, that mode of mining was still legal and very popular in the western states. State governments had not yet regulated small-scale, mechanized mining out of existence. For two centuries, California supported the mining industry and vice versa. Gold, and the search for it, had created prosperity, opportunity, and fortunes for argonauts and venture capitalists alike. Vast amounts of wealth passed from the streams and hillsides of the Sierra Nevada Mountains into San Francisco and Sacramento bank vaults. This was the foundational-wealth upon which the future empire known as California and the entire western U.S. was built. Nowadays, based on how big city folks view the endeavor, mining seems to have become a shameful and harmful enterprise.
But is it? But gold rush fever once ran rampant in California. Miners hoped gold would return to the 00 an ounce range so that maybe, for a change, they could reap some benefit from an often volatile, precious metals market. Of course, now gold's over 00 per ounce and you can't mine it except with 'hands and pans'. This restriction restricts even recreational miners from using any motorized equipment whatsoever anywhere near running water.
Back in the spring of 1985, however, I decided to try my hand dredging in the Shasta-Trinity Alps. At that time, a sizable band of miners lived along the main river in close proximity to one another and the gold deposits which remained. It didn't take long to realize that the diggers who had gathered thereabout were part of a larger fraternity with one common objective in mind, to find gold, the more the merrier. As I was quickly to learn, there were benefits derived from belonging to this brotherhood. Members of the mining community were keen to support our
fellows, at least those who welcomed it, and most of us enjoyed a lively party. When some dredging outfit needed help in the form of a work party, whoever was free would lend a hand. Word got around and pretty soon, a good-sized crew of helpers would show up on site. As a collective, most of us got along really well. Many locals not actively involved in mining enjoyed the presence and company of miners. We poured considerable revenue into local economies and residents seemed amenable to having these colorful characters gathered there along the river. It was a receptive, helpful attitude which flies in the face of what we are experiencing around our country today. Forces both known and unknown have created great division and acrimony between us. My experiences are, of course, unique to a different era; but in the 1980s, most California miners I knew conducted themselves really well. We behaved like good neighbors and civic-minded citizens should all the while infusing a bit of old wild west flavor into the district. This included a collective desire for law and order to prevail. As a result, when desperadoes and other disruptive elements slunk into town causing trouble, we had one another's backs. In essence, we were part of a protective society which extended to friends throughout the community. My, how times have changed.
Thanks for checking out our digs. Stop in some time for a bowl of stew and a brew.
G
old of
E
ldorado
8-13-17