BLACK & WHITE GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN 13.5 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:
54.9.7
G
rains (Troy) -
3.5
G
ram
S
ize:
19.6X15.4X13.4
mm
C
heck out this black and white pebble from the Sierra Nevada Mtns. Popping out of the interior near the center is a showy-exposure of gold. Looking through a lens reveals several more dots of gold sprinkled here and there inside the black mineral. Nestled in amongst the shiny black stuff is a silvery mineral which could be silver, tellurite, or sylvanite. The inclusions of gold are the real deal. It's not fool's gold.
Through the years, lots of wild gold specimen have passed this way, almost too many to count. All I can say is "lucky me!" Here's one more I get to pass on to another gold nut like myself.
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(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 in 'the day', Trinity River folks welcomed their community of small-scale miners. Suction dredging was still legal and wildly popular around the state. Government had yet to regulate small-scale, mechanized mining out of existence. For two centuries, California had supported the mining industry and vice versa. Historically, California gold created prosperity, opportunity, and fortunes for argonauts, merchants, and venture capitalists alike. Vast amounts of wealth passed from the streams and hillsides of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Shasta-Trinity Alps 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.
During the 1980s, gold fever still ran rampant in the U.S. western mining districts. Folks, quite naturally, wished gold would return to the 00 an ounce range in hopes that maybe, for a change, they might benefit from an uptick in the market should a good paystreak be stumbled onto. Of course, now gold is over 00 and you can't mine it in The Golden State except with 'hands and pans'. This current restriction is ludicrous, but way back in the spring of 1985, I made a decision to try my hand dredging the Shasta-Trinity Alps country. At that time, a sizable band of miners lived along the main river in close proximity to one another and to the gold deposits which remained. It didn't take long to realize that we were part of a larger fraternity all with one common goal in mind, to find gold, the more the better. As I was soon to learn, it was beneficial belonging to a mining brotherhood. Members of our collective were keen to support
fellow miners and, most of us enjoyed a good, lively picnic or party. When some dredging outfit needed logistical support, whoever was available would gladly lend a hand. Word would get out and pretty soon, a work party had gathered on site. As a collective, we mostly got on real well. Most locals not actively-involved in mining enjoyed our presence. We poured considerable revenue into the local economy and most of us who liked people were treated very hospitably in return. Such a receptive, helpful attitude flies in the face of what we see today in our country. Forces both known and unknown have created division and enmity between us. My experiences are, of course, unique to a different era. Back in the 1980s, most California miners I knew conducted themselves very well. We behaved as good neighbors and civic-minded citizens should all the while infusing a bit of old wild west color into the region. This included a collective desire for law and order to prevail. As a result, when desperadoes and various disruptive elements slunk into town causing trouble, we had one another's backs. In essence, we acted like a protective society which extended to friends throughout the community.
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