In June 2009 we decided to investigate an area near our mineshaft and mill that had a hollow sound. Upon digging, we realized that the sound wasn’t from a buried structure, but of finely ground quartz and gold rubbing together like sand on a beach.
Crushed gold and quartz tailing pile
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Bearfootgold Read about” white gold powder” and David Radius Hudson. be careful you may be standing on a mine shaft. please let me know how are you doing.. Inamuchangel
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oh my god…
wow, playing and digging in the old mine tailings… did you all bother to check first (via a safety sample) for arsenic, lead, or mercury taints?? it may look like inert sand, but it ain’t…
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