REPORTS COARSE GOLD, 2023, NORTH AMERICA

REPORTS COARSE GOLD SILVER, 2023, NORTH AMERICA

Historic newspaper accounts of coarse gold and silver, in North America. I have another canva site, with some Australian reports. Older website concerning western USA.

I’ve got three articles, from the Mexican

state of Sonora. The Planchas De Plata mine. A famous silver mine. Apparently they mined big masses of native silver. When I started saving newspaper clippings, while researching the ‘Mining and Scientific Press’, I add didn’t use headers, but the MSP is in the file name. So the first article is from MSP, the second from Bisbee Daily and the last from the Arizona Republican. Apparently, Planchas means slab, and the mine was worked from 1879 to 1909, or so.

I’ve only got around 90 newspaper clipping concerning Mexico. Me not knowing spanish,

and not finding too many Mexican

old newspaper data bases, have made this

happen.

Also in the Mexican state

of Sonora is the Yaqui mine

(Mina Yaqui?). A coarse gold mine.

The second article seems to be

describing the gold in the gulch,

placer gold. The third article points

to the rounded nature of the gold,

nuggets, even though it’s a hard

rock mine, apparently.

Let’s jump to Canada, the

state of Ontario. The Silver Islet

mine. Coarse native silver. Almost

in lake Superior. The third articIe, is noted to be long and detailed.

I have over 200

articles about coarse gold and silver

in Canada. Mostly British Columbia

and only around 20 about the Yukon.

Perhaps the Yukon isn’t too

populated?

So, on DVD, I have over 3000 newspaper

clippings concerning coarse gold and

silver, in NA. I only saved articles that mention

the nature of the ore, coarse native metals.

When I’m on my laptop, it only takes a few

seconds to look up any particular mine, as

the research is organized alphabetically

by state then county, then mine name. A

great research tool. I’m game to letting

any customer ‘test drive’ the dvd, paying

later. But if you’re interesting or own a

particular mine, you should call, I’ll read

the articles. For me it’s fun to talk about

mining. Vern 320 304 2712

RCGS, REPORTS OF COARSE

GOLD AND SILVER.

LET’S CHECK OUT THE

TOPEKA MINE, GILPIN COUNTY

COLORADO. I TESTED THIS ONE,

FOR A SHORT TIME, AND DIDN’T

GET ANYTHING.

I COPIED AND PASTED

THE “ROCKY...”, SO IT’S NOT LIKELY

TO BE MISPRINTED. LOOKS LIKE THE

TOPEKA MINE, HAD COARSE GOLD

IN 1860 AND 1899. FIVE ARTICLES.

“WHIT OVERDRAWN”, I DON’T KNOW.

THE ARTICLE WITHOUT A HEADER, IS

FROM THE MININING AND SCIENTIFIC

PRESS, VOLUME 78, AVAILABLE AT

ARCHIVE.ORG. THIS INFO IS IN THE

FILE NAME. I’VE GOT HEADERS FOR

MOST ARTICLES. THESE PNG’S ARE

GREAT FOR EMAILING PEOPLE, AS

THEY MOSTLY HAVE THE REFERENCE

RIGHT ON TOP.

ANOTHER MINE, WITH FIVE ARTICLES,

THE BLACK QUEEN MINE, GUNNISON

COUNTY, COLORADO. 1884 1886 1909

AND 1915. FIVE ARTICLES

ARE ENOUGH TO SAY THAT THIS

MINE PRODUCED WIRE SILVER.

“WIRE SILVER THAT MADE THE

QUEEN FAMOUS”. I DON’T LIKE

WHEN THEY SHORTEN THE NAME

OF THE MINE TO “QUEEN”. THE WIRE

SILVER IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE

BRITTLE SILVER, SILVER GLANCE,

AND SILVER CHLORIDES. THESE

FIVE ARTICLES COME UP WITHIN

SECONDS ON MY COMPUTER, AS

THE INFO IS ON A THUMB DRIVE,

AND NOT A DVD, DVD’S ARE

SLOWER.

I’M INTERESTED IN MINING. AND DON’T

ADVOCATE TRESPASSING, OR OTHER ILLEGAL

STUFF. OF COURSE, THE SOLUTION TO

TRESPASSING IS GETTING PERMISSION. OR

BUY THE PLACE, MINING CLAIMS CAN BE

PRETTY REMOTE AND NOT DESIRABLE.

I CERTAINLY WOULDN’T BUY A CAR WITHOUT

TEST DRIVING IT FIRST, THOUGH.

NEXT UP, THE GOLDEN CENTER MINE,

CARBON COUNTY WYOMING. 1897 1898 AND

1900. SOUNDS LIKE A COARSE GOLD MINE,

WIRE GOLD. “NUGGETS FROM 25 CENTS

TO 300$ HAVE BEEN FOUND”. OF COURSE

WIRE GOLD, FROM A HARD ROCK MINE, ISN’T

A NUGGET, CHUNK OR MASS MIGHT

BE A BETTER DESCRIPTION. THERE’S A RARE

MENTION OF GOLD IN CUBIC FORM.

SWARM, SWARM, SWARM. JUST

KIDDING, GET PERMISSION.

IN A GOLDEN CENTER ARTICLE,IT MENTIONS THE GOLDEN EAGLE

MINE. MY GUESS IS THIS MINE

IS ON THE SAME VEIN AS THE GOLDEN CENTER MINE.

MY THEORY, WITH REGARDS TO

MINING AND ORE MINEROLOGY,

IS THAT THERE ARE AREAS, OF

VARIOUS SIZES, WHERE THE MINEROLOGY IS SIMILAR. AREAS

FROM SQUARE FEET TO SQUARE

MILES WHERE THE MINERALS ARE

THE SAME. MINING DISTRICTS.

HERE’S THE INFO ON THE

CENTRAL EUREKA MINE,

AMADOR COUNTY, CA. 1899 1912 1914 AND 1924.

THESE ARTICLES DON’T

EXACTLY DESCRIBE COARSE

GOLD, BUT 5000$ A TON

IS FAIRLY RICH, 250 OUNCES

PER TON, OR IN TODAY’S

DOLLARS HALF A MILLION.

I’M BEING A BIT MISLEADING, MUCH OF MY RESEARCH COVERS

MINES WITH ONLY ONE ARTICLE, THAT DESCRIBES THE NATURE OF THE ORE.

IN WASHOE COUNTY NEVADA IS THE GOLDEN CENTER MINE.

1897 1902 1907

“IT HORNS VERY RICH”.

IN OTHER WORDS, IT

PANS VERY RICH.

THERE’S MORE TO THE

FIRST ARTICLE. WADSWORTH DISPATCH. OVER AT

CHRONACLING AMERICA.

IT’S EARLY 2024, AND I SPENT THE WINTER DOING

MORE RESEARCH ON AUSTRALIA. WOW, LOTS

OF ARTICLES ABOUT COARSE GOLD, BUT NOT SO

MUCH SILVER. I CONCENTRATED ON HARD ROCK

GOLD, BUT THERE’S QUITE A FEW ARTICLES ABOUT

GOLD NUGGETS. I’VE EVEN STARTED A

FILE COVERING AUSTRALIAN MINING

TERMS.

MY RCGS-NA COVERS NORTH AMERICA. THE

WESTERN USA STATES AND BC CANADA ARE

FAIRLY WELL COVERED. BUT WILL GROW WHEN

MORE ARTICLES ARE DIGITALIZED. YOU’D

THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF INFO

ABOUT THE YUKON OR ALASKA OR MEXICO,

BUT SADLY NOT TOO MUCH. THERE’S A FOLDER

COVERING LOST GOLD MINE ARTICLES AND

RICH PAN ARTICLES, BUT IT’S NOT MY FOCUS.

IF I’M ONLINE, I’LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER

QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFIC MINES. VERN

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GET AHOLD OF ME IF

YOU HAVE PICTURES OF

MUSEUM DISPLAYS

OF COARSE GOLD ORE

SILVER. I THINK THERE’S

A LOT OF VALUE IN PHOTOS

OF THIS TYPE. EMAIL THEM

TO ME, AND I’LL ADD A PAGE.

GET PHOTOS OF COARSE GOLD

ORE WITH THE LOCATION

INFO READABLE. IT’S

KIND OF WORTHLESS IF WE

DON’T KNOW WHAT MINE IT

CAME FROM. PUT “RCGS” IN

THE SUBJECT LINE.

vernnord1@hotmail.com

HERE’S A SCREEN SHOT OF MY “SHORT LIST”.

PART OF IT IS POSTED AT REPORTS OF COARSE

GOLD AND SILVER. BUT ONLY COUNTIES

THAT START WITH THE LETTERS A THROUGH

N. AND ONLY THE WESTERN US STATES.

AS I STARTED THIS LIST A FEW YEARS AGO, AND

SOME ONLINE NEWSPAPERS WENT MISSING,

IT DOESN’T EXACTLY MATCH UP WITH EVERY

ARTICLE.

AND A SORE SPOT, WITH ME, IS THAT I

GOT SEVERAL OF THE COUNTIES WRONG,

IT’S HARD. SOME ARTICLES SEEM TO ASSUME

THAT THE READER KNOWS WHERE THE

GOLDEN CENTER MINE IS, FOR EXAMPLE.

HERE’S A SHOT OF RCGS-23, USING

MICROSOFT FILE EXPLORER. I’M LOOKING

FORWARD TO DOING MORE RESEARCH,

WITH REGARDS TO THE EASTEN US

STATES. I DIDN’T GET TO LOOK AT THOSE

NEWSPAPER SITES, BY STATE.

ANOTHER SPOT THAT I HAVE TO DO

MORE WORK ON IS NISPISSING AND

COBALT MINING DISTRICT, MY THINKING

WAS THAT MOST OF THE ORE IN THAT

DISTRICT HAD NATIVE SILVER. THAT’S

JUST A GUESS.

DO YOU SEE THE BLUE “NAME” WORD,

AT THE TOP OF THE LIST? IT WILL SORT

THE ARTICLES ALPHABETICALY

I’M ADDING THIS ARTICLE AS IT’S FAIRLY

TYPICAL. “CAN-BC-MCALLISTER-MSP93-1906.PNG”. CAN IS SHORT FOR CANADA. BC IS SHORT FOR THE STATE OF BRITISH

COLUMBIA. MCALLISTER IS PROBABLY

THE NAME OF THE MINE. MSP IS

MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS. 93 IS

THE VOLUME. AND 1906 IS

THE YEAR OF THE ARTICLE. I ONLY HAVE THIS ONE

ARTICLE ABOUT THE MINE. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

SOLD AND RENAMED AT SOME POINT. OR JUST

ABANDONED.

I SHOULD HAVE NAMED

THIS ARTICLE CO-GUNNISON-SYLVANITE-1887. “RICHEST POCKETS

OF NATIVE METAL YET

ENCOUNTERED IN THE HISTORY OF MINING IN COLORADO”, IS A BIG BOLD CLAIM, BUT I LIKE

READING IT, AND IT FITS IN WITH MY RESEARCH NICELY.

UP NEXT ARE FOUR ARTICLES,

THAT DESCRIBE COARSE GOLD

AND SILVER FROM THE MAGNET MINE, GUNNISON

COUNTY COLORADO. ALL AROUND 1898, PERHAPS THIS

MINE WASN’T WORKED FOR A

LONG TIME? HARD TO SAY. THE ARTICLE WITHOUT A HEADER IS FROM 1900 IN MSP VOLUME 80.

“SPECIMENS OF WIRE GOLD AND SILVER” IS A GREAT SEARCH STRING OF WORDS, AND GETS ME A BIT FIRED UP. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DOWNLOAD THE CO-GUNNISON-MAGNET-1898.PNG FILE TO ZOOM IN AND READ IT EASILY, GOOD PRACTICE.