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Offline Chris

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9-pound gold nugget found in Nevada County
« on: May 01, 2010, 11:38:40 AM »
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Jim Sanders, identified as a San Francisco businessman, provided a picture to The Union newspaper of a 9-pound nugget he said he found on property owned by his family.  The newspaper agreed not to identify the precise location of the discovery.

Sanders told the paper he also found two other large nuggets, one 10 ounces and another 8 ounces. He said a professional survey of the property showed there's a lot more where those came from in an area of past hydraulic mining.

Local jeweler Terry Mohr hadn't seen the nugget, but was impressed nonetheless at the reported size, which he said would make it worth well over $100,000.
http://www.news10.net/news/story.aspx?storyid=80576&catid=2&plckFindCommentKey=CommentKey:d762e2ac-3578-4976-b388-f8dbeb68547e#CommentKey:d762e2ac-3578-4976-b388-f8dbeb68547e

Don't let Obama hear this... he'll start looking for a way to tax the guy :-)
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Re: 9-pound gold nugget found in Nevada County
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2010, 11:54:43 AM »
Quote from: Chris on May 01, 2010, 11:38:40 AM
http://www.news10.net/news/story.aspx?storyid=80576&catid=2&plckFindCommentKey=CommentKey:d762e2ac-3578-4976-b388-f8dbeb68547e#CommentKey:d762e2ac-3578-4976-b388-f8dbeb68547e

Don't let Obama hear this... he'll start looking for a way to tax the guy :-)

I'm sure little Timmy Geithner considers it "income" and expects the guy to cut Uncle Sugar in on his share.
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Re: 9-pound gold nugget found in Nevada County
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2010, 12:04:04 PM »
San Francisco??

Might as well donate it to Obama.
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Re: 9-pound gold nugget found in Nevada County
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2010, 01:12:49 PM »
Out west, it's more likely than not that the family doesn't actually own the mineral rights to the property, I would zip my lip entirely until I knew for sure on that score.
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Re: 9-pound gold nugget found in Nevada County
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2010, 01:33:01 PM »
I assumed "mineral rights" referred to below-ground minerals.  Do rocks laying on the top of the soil fall under that category?
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Re: 9-pound gold nugget found in Nevada County
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2010, 05:28:38 PM »
Quote from: Chris on May 01, 2010, 01:33:01 PM
I assumed "mineral rights" referred to below-ground minerals.  Do rocks laying on the top of the soil fall under that category?

Doesn't really matter.  Typically, in suburban areas, you only have a "right" to anything less than six inches deep.  Water rights are another dicey subject.  It's entirely possible to own thousands of acres and not legally have a right to drill a well.
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Re: 9-pound gold nugget found in Nevada County
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2010, 05:40:00 PM »
Fingers crossed that I find something similar on monday when I take the magic wand for a walk around some gold bearing land in the hills behind my house in an undisclosed location.


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Re: 9-pound gold nugget found in Nevada County
« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2010, 08:45:16 PM »
Not long ago, every time I turned on the TV, there was that California buzzard panning for gold, which he found in every pan, and then offered pans and gold maps for sale. Now it's crab fishing.
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Re: 9-pound gold nugget found in Nevada County
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2010, 01:36:15 AM »
I want to be friends with him if he gets to cash it in
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Re: 9-pound gold nugget found in Nevada County
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2010, 03:10:46 AM »
I'm getting hazy on my local history and lazy too. I beleve it was a 17 pound nugget found in N.C. (Charlotte) back in the late 1700's or early 1800's....google Reed mine for details.....oh...and the dude used it for a door stop and then sold it for $3.50.

Oh yeah and they just announced last week that they're reopening the "Haile" gold mine again. It's about 15 miles down the road. The "Haile" has been one of the most productive mines east of the Mississippi. At one time it furnished all the gold to the government mint. Several other minerals have been mined from the Haile mine.
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Re: 9-pound gold nugget found in Nevada County
« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2010, 05:53:13 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on May 03, 2010, 03:10:46 AM
I'm getting hazy on my local history and lazy too. I beleve it was a 17 pound nugget found in N.C. (Charlotte) back in the late 1700's or early 1800's....google Reed mine for details.....oh...and the dude used it for a door stop and then sold it for $3.50.

Oh yeah and they just announced last week that they're reopening the "Haile" gold mine again. It's about 15 miles down the road. The "Haile" has been one of the most productive mines east of the Mississippi. At one time it furnished all the gold to the government mint. Several other minerals have been mined from the Haile mine.

I was told that some of the played out gold mines in the UP of Michigan are now looking for fools gold as it is used in [electronics.? ]

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Re: 9-pound gold nugget found in Nevada County
« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2010, 09:20:44 AM »
Quote from: vesta111 on May 03, 2010, 05:53:13 AM
I was told that some of the played out gold mines in the UP of Michigan are now looking for fools gold as it is used in [electronics.? ]



Ummm, lay off the crack pipe, Vesta. Iron Pyrite isn't used in anything electrical/ electronic.
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Re: 9-pound gold nugget found in Nevada County
« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2010, 03:55:32 PM »
Query: when it's 9 lbs., can it truly be called a "nugget?"  In dishonor of Joe "Foot-in-mouth-disease" Biden, I think it should be called a "big f'ing nugget."
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Re: 9-pound gold nugget found in Nevada County
« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2010, 06:57:23 PM »
Looks like someone lost their bling.
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