RUSTY GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN 2.09 GRAMS NATIVE CALIFORNIA GOLD IN QUARTZ

Description: NATIVE GOLD QUARTZ from the MOTHER LODE Ruler is 1/4" wide (6 mm). U.S. 10 cent coin is 17 mm in diameter. Specimen weight: 32.4 Grains (Troy) - 2.09 Gram Size: 17.6X12.2X8.8 mm Here's a chunk of rusty, white quartz from the Sierra Nevada Mtns. Nice patches of yellow gold (Au) can be seen embedded inside the rock. Source is California, the Sierra Nevada Mtns. U.S.A. My prices aren't based on how much gold there is but on the fact that it's there. Those who've spent time in the goldfields know how hard finding this stuff can be. Featured rock contains embryonic gold still inside it's mother's womb. Residual iron stains part of the rock a marshmellow brown. All my specimens show visible gold and are authentic nuggets or gold+matrix specimens. U.S. SHIPPING $4.00 (includes USPS tracking to all U.S. destinations) INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS S&H $15.00 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 S&H Discounted for combined shipments. PAYMENTS For U.S. buyers: We accept paypal For intnl. customers: We accept paypal. Pay securely with www.paypal. Payment must be made within 7 days from close of auction. We ship as soon as funds clear. If you have questions, please ask them before bidding. REFUNDS We leave no stones un-turned insuring our customers get what they bargained for. 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 FINDING A GOOD CLAIM Looking back, I recall how much time was wasted working 'hungry dirt'. Many claims give up a little color at the beginning, but over the long haul, fail to deliver. It takes time to prove up a property. Prospecting's a treasure hunt and gold's notorious for teasing us hapless miners. Prospecting's not unlike the movie Holes, i.e. lots of hot, thirsty work, heaps of dirt slinging, with nothing but dry, empty holes to show someone's been there. Even played-out, poor ground produces a bit of decent color now and then. Consequently, claimholders get sucked into a game they've no legitimate chance of winning. In defense of futile exploits, any claim with minable color on it is a good claim to have. In fact, with today's high spot, a pennyweight of gold per day seems pretty respectable especially when you're 'living off the land' and 'off the grid'. Many recorded claims contain nothing whatsoever in the gold realm, nothing that can be mined anyway. Try to steer clear of those. Back in the early 1980s, my thirst for gold led me to mining districts near Quartzsite and Yuma, Arizona. Once there, I discovered that many claims were located chiefly as winter-long snowbird encampments. Other claims were filed by promoters hoping to sell them to novices. Such practices remain commonplace. It doesn't necessarily disqualify a claim. 'Plaster miners', most likely, haven't even tested these properties. Give me back thirty years and let me go sample them. I used to love doing that. Maybe you'll head home empty-handed, but at the end of the day, you've still that sense of purpose, hope, and accomplishment. My own love of the hunt kept me searching out 'bona fide' claims, i.e. claims with recoverable gold on them. Finding a bit of 'color' is almost as much fun as finding a lot. Making consistent pay, however, is high on every miner's wish list. Mining's an unpredictable trade, but it sure gets in your blood, this hunt for small chunks of shiny yellow metal, free from another man's collar. I'm retired, but here I sit, sharing my oro zest with the rest of the world. Back when I swung a steel pick, not a silver one, the hard work proved gratifying in a perverse sort of way. One took pride in callouses and the bone-weariness following a day of slinging dirt. In the process, I learned plenty about where gold liked to hide. Tracing leads down through some meandering drywash or creekbed, clues and patterns appear on the skin of the earth. By remaining observant, natural signposts sometimes lead you to your quarry. Through years spent in the profession, I found decent color, 20 oz seasons and nuggets over 2 oz. All work was either with hand tools or using a suction dredge. During that time, an important ethos was imparted. One lesson learned was that it's imperative we clean up after ourselves. Don't become a slob miner. Leave behind as small an impression on the earth as you can. "Of the many paths a man might follow, one thing's true...many sets of tracks are left, but one footprint was you." (Rivers of Gold, G. Ralph). I also came to believe one's word should count for something. If a claim or property owner asks for 20% royalty and you agree to his terms, 20% is what they should get. If you're the type who keeps an extra 10% out of the claimowner's share, prefer to jump somebody else's claim, or can't remain true to his word, you, my unfriend, reap what you sow. Chances are, in time, you will receive your just desserts. Integrity matters. If there's one lesson about prospecting a guy who's been there might pass on, it’s "go where the gold is, not where it isn't". Lesson number two - "live an honorable life." Thanks for checking out my digs. Gold of Eldorado 8-13-17

Price: 59 USD

Location: Banks, Oregon

End Time: 2024-09-30T01:04:00.000Z

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