GOLD QUARTZ GOLD LEAF SPECIMEN .33 GRAM NATURAL GOLD AND QUARTZ

Description

LEAF
GOLD and QUARTZ SPECIMEN
from the
U.S.
R
uler is
1/4"
wide (6 mm). U.S. 10 cent coin is 17 mm in diameter.
S
pecimen weight:
.33
G
ram -
5.1 G
rains
S
ize:
10.9X6.5X4.9
mm
T
he gleaming, gold-colored, metallic leaf attached to this rock is gold. With one notable exception, this brilliant specimen looks like a thousand other pieces I picked up in the goldfields and examined through a pocket lens. Unlike those other leaverites, this one does not disappoint. It's basically a large, wavy leaf of gold with particles of quartz on each side of it. Specimen was discovered in the Mother Lode country. Minor oxidation staining shows here and there.
Creative forces on the earth's surface and within it's mantle -  along with water, oxygen, and iron all were instrumental in this stone's transformation. The western goldfields of the U.S.A. sourced this naturally-occurring rock. I didn't salt the gold. My source indicates the specimen was found in the Sierra Nevada Mtns
. If you've been following my store, you know I've been doing business here a long time and
don't deal in low grade ores. Nor do I sell K to K specimens. I've always catered to customers like myself who maybe can afford only a little taste. For detectorists who like their rocks hot, this one's conductive.
I sell authentic, naturally-occurring gold quartz specimens with visible gold. These high-grade beauties are hard to find and expensive to obtain. My prices are not based upon the amount of gold contained, but upon the authenticity, rarity, and collectability of a unique specimen.
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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
S & H
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If you're not satisfied with this item, contact me. Then, if the problem can't be fixed, return product within 30 days in  'as purchased' condition for a full refund
8" SUCTION GOLD DREDGE
A
n 8" suction dredge consists of a motorized, floating platform with integrated on-board apparatus designed and built (hopefully) to float atop a body of water and suck up gravel. Gold-processing may or may not take place onboard this vessel. If equipped with  sluice-box, motor, pump, suction & pressure hoses, et al, then it becomes a portable gold-processing plant. Gold dredges can be constructed using pontoons, barrels, hulls filled with high-density styrofoam, just about anything that is durable and floats. Power for the plant is generally supplied by one or more gasoline engines. Attached to these is one or more water pumps.
Hot water heaters are fed by and run in conjunction with the main water pumps. As most dredgers can attest, HWHs are an integral component, in fact, enormously beneficial to personnel working in cold water. Breathable air compressor(s), supplying air to those working underwater, can be powered by either the primary power plant or by use of auxilliary motors. High-pressure water hose(s) connected to the main pump(s) discharge water which is then fed into a jet tube bolted to the back of the sluice. Designed to constrict water flow, reducing eductors redirect and amplify the force of discharged water. It is comparable to hydraulic-monitoring or 'giants' used by old timers to disintegrate ancient gravel terraces. For greater sucking-power, the importance of efficiently-designed eductors cannot be over-emphasized. At strategically-placed points, these curved-eductors are fastened, usually welded to the jet tube. Backward-directed water shoots at high pressure into a larger, steel jet tube causing a Venturi effect, and 'voila', you have suction on the working end of your big hose. Nozzles at the end of the hose can be outfitted with 'gates' or safety trap doors. Personnel working underwater can lift these gates off an opening cut into the steel of the nozzle located near the sucking end. Utilizing these relief valves under full power or throttle effectively shuts off suction to the nozzle end. If you’ve not dredged and know little about it, trust me. These gates can save yours or someone else’s life.
Some operators would start out with (at least) a 20' long suction hose.
30' to 40' long hoses are pretty standard. Flexibility and greater reach can be managed by coupling shorter lengths of hose to one another. Water depth down to the river gravels could be 1' up to 25'.  How much gravel and boulders need to be moved before bedrock is reached depends. Many gravel bars containing gold-bearing alluvium are often situated above the waterline and covered with live, vegetation. Environmental restrictions may render these bars un-touchable. Excess overburden and mammoth boulders are ‘the norm’ in many large rivers and creeks. Suffice it to say suction dredging with a larger dredge is rarely an easy proposition. The relatively simple task of testing a river or creek-bottom for ‘pay’ can quickly become a major under-taking and anything but ‘simple’. To avoid continuous cave-ins, it may be necessary to terrace the gravels working one layer at a time across a wide expanse before proceeding downward. Winches should be employed to move gigantic boulders. All facets considered, there is very little about the physical requirements of suction dredging with an 8” dredge which can be considered ‘easy’. Forget any notions you might have had about getting rich quick. There’s a better than average chance you will starve out before the dredge is even paid for.
Thanks for checking out our digs.
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ldorado
1-14-13