And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Around 2010, although naturally the finder wasn't going into specifics. I personally know someone who found a nugget like that the size of a cheeseburger, at (or near) Yankee Jim's on the American River. They're still out there, and after a wet, rainy winter is the time to look.
Did you hear they're building a new Yankee Jim's bridge to replace the old suspension bridge? They'll keep the old bridge up for pilgrims, but they want a modern bridge to allow fire apparatus to be able to cross the river, which they couldn't do on the old rust bucket of a bridge.
collector value can be considerably much higher, particularly if it has nice quartz crystals surrounding the gold, seen one in Tucson that was very beautiful, gold weight value never entered into the value of the eventual paid price.
That would be some find!
ReplyDeleteWas this a recent discovery or from 49er days?
ReplyDeleteAround 2010, although naturally the finder wasn't going into specifics. I personally know someone who found a nugget like that the size of a cheeseburger, at (or near) Yankee Jim's on the American River. They're still out there, and after a wet, rainy winter is the time to look.
DeleteDid you hear they're building a new Yankee Jim's bridge to replace the old suspension bridge? They'll keep the old bridge up for pilgrims, but they want a modern bridge to allow fire apparatus to be able to cross the river, which they couldn't do on the old rust bucket of a bridge.
DeleteI had not heard that. They might want to sluice the dirt they dig for the foundations - just in case!
Deletehttps://www.placer.ca.gov/9638/Yankee-Jims-EIR-certified
DeleteI'd say "nugget" is an understatement.
ReplyDeleteAt today's rate, it would be $361, 268.64
ReplyDeleteKeep in mind the difference between an ounce Avoirdupois and an ounce Troy.
Deletecollector value can be considerably much higher, particularly if it has nice quartz crystals surrounding the gold, seen one in Tucson that was very beautiful, gold weight value never entered into the value of the eventual paid price.
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