RUSTY GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN 3.2 GRAMS NATIVE CALIFORNIA GOLD IN QUARTZ

Description

NATIVE GOLD QUARTZ
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:
49.6
G
rains (Troy) -
3.2
G
ram
S
ize:
19.6X18.8X8.9
mm
H
ere's a chunk of rusty, white quartz from the Sierra Nevada Mtns. A nice patch of yellow gold (Au) can be seen embedded on one side. Source is California, U.S.A. These prices aren't based on how much gold there is but on the fact that it's there. Those who've spent time looking for gold in the field know how hard it is to find this stuff.
Featured rock contains embryonic gold still inside it's mother's womb. The silicate host is quartz. Residual iron stains some of the rock.  All my specimens show visible gold and are
authentic
nuggets or gold+matrix specimens.
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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
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FINDING A GOOD CLAIM
Looking back,
I recall how much time was wasted
working 'hungry dirt'.
Many claims will give up a
little color at the beginning, but over the long haul, fail to deliver.
It takes time
to prove up a property.
P
rospecting's
a treasure hunt and gold's notorious for teasing these poor, hapless miners.
Prospecting's not unlike in the movie Holes, i.e. heaps of dirt slinging and nothing produced but dry, empty holes.
E
ven 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 mined per day sounds respectable. Many recorded claims contain nothing whatsoever in the gold realm that can be mined. Fact! 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. There, it became obvious that many claims were located chiefly as winter-long snowbird encampments. Other claims were filed by promoters hoping to sell them to cheechako novices. Such practices remain commonplace. It doesn't necessarily disqualify every claim. 'Plaster miners', in all liklihood, haven't even tested these properties. My own love of the hunt kept me searching for 'bona fide' claims, i.e. claims with recoverable gold on board.
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 gets in your blood, this hunt for small chunks of shiny yellow metal.
F
reedom from another man's collar can make every day feel like a Bahamas vacation.
I'm retired, yet here I sit, sharing my adventures and oro zest with the rest of the world. Back when I swung a real pick, not a silver one, hard
work proved it's own pleasure in a perverse sort of way. One took pride in callouses and the bone-weariness following a rigorous day of slinging dirt. I learned plenty about
where gold liked to hide. Tracing leads down through some meandering drywash or creekbed, clues and patterns appear on the earth's skin. By remaining observant, these natural signposts sometimes lead you to your quarry. Through
years spent in the profession, I found some
decent
color i.e. 20 oz seasons and nuggets over 2 oz. All work was done either by hand or using a suction dredge.
During that time,
an important ethos was imparted. I think it's imperative we clean up after ourselves. Don't become a slob miner. Leave 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. I
f
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. I
ntegrity 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.
G
old of
E
ldorado
8-13-17