Nugget Shooter Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubstake Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Bill, that picture has been around for a few years. But its still nice to look at! Grubstake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Thats a fairly typical weekends beepin for me ..........So whats the story on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Man Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 That sure is a nice sight to see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimshot Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 It's the last picture on this link.http://www.minrec.org/archivedetail.asp?id=52Rim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennM Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 A 55# lump. I am so glad I'm on my phone... least likely to catch the drool every time I see that pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oredigger62 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I agree with Glenn... but it is still very nice inspiration , not only that big gold is still out there but also our passion (hobby ) is not gender oriented. Polly had that pic as her wallpaper for a year while we were still in Ohio. That little speck sure was nice though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 HUNKA CHUNKA HOT YELLOWY BURNING LOVE- seen that pic a 100 times and 100 more is cool too-be still my quaking heart-John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 Yeah I like it too and never tire of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 The Round Mountain mine is one of the few that saves it's large "nuggets" from a trip to the refiner That certainly is a fine pan of gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heybeerman Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 It is one of those "trick" pictures.... You know like the rattle snake on a 10' pole.That lady has really looong tiny arms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Is she married?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldfinger Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 More Round Mountain gold... All of 9 pages...http://www.mindat.or...cf_pager_page=2Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 It is one of those "trick" pictures.... You know like the rattle snake on a 10' pole.That lady has really looong tiny armsNope that is real Blake, least I am pretty sure it is and there is articles about the mine out there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I have seen similar sized specimens from Round Mountain area at the Tucson Convention Center during the main event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen in MT Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 That sure is a nice sight to see!Yes and the nugget aint bad either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boorx4 Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Greetings nugget hunters,This picture reminds me of my trip to Alaska this summer. It was a vacation trip for me and the wife, not a prospecting trip.Anyway, at our hotel in Denali, their souvenir shop was showing a video of a mining operation somewhere in Alaska. There was no sound with the video. Looked to be a 5-7 man operation. They were tunneling into a hill side along bed rock or following an old river channel. It showed drilling, blasting, and hauling the material out to a trommel / sluce recovery system. Then a recovery from the sluce. The recovery men were picking up nuggets anywhere from 1/4 oz. to 8-10 oz. ers. The pan was just about filled with nuggets. I just about choked seeing all those nuggets and must admit, turned green with envy. Every time the wife wanted to go brouse in the shop, I said sure, no problem and headed to watch the video again.Just thought I would share.Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimshot Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Yeppers Bob,They do find some doozies up there. But there season is short too. And that cold damp weather...I couldn't hack it at all. My skins too thin... I actually got interested in the gold thingy when I 1st join the ak mining board, then decided I need to head south and here I am. Well not in AZ, still in Texas. But i'm not sure if their corp. mines shut down when the weather gets nasty. I never asked. :cool:Rim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted September 27, 2012 Author Share Posted September 27, 2012 Would love to see that video Bob..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim straight Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 WOW... My memory is fading but as I remember my "Grampa" Dragline Miller was one of the early Circa 1906 dragline operators at Round Mountain 57 miles north of Tonopah Nevada. In the early days the profitable gold deposits were confined to rhyolite on Round Mountainand the hill to the east. There were two periods of ore deposition, but the Tertiary age(volcanic) rhyolite formed both hardrock and placer deposits. In the early days good $$$ returns were from dry washing the shallow epithermal placers on the slopes of Round Mountain and the low ground south of the ridge between the Fairview and Sunnyside mines.Being epithermal the range of hardrock mining was shallow. Back then their was little kmownor understood about epithemal deposits and the rich surface ore and placers were mostly worked out by 1930, but during the depression of the 1930's with the dollar devaluated which raisedthe value of gold from $20.67 to $35.00, the local Nevada miners were able to get by financally.Then in the 1950's with the development of the heap-leaching process and the development of Low grade Carlin-type micron gold open pit heap leaching in the mid 1960's it was found that many old worked out epithermal deposits were associated with Carlin-type deposits... Drilling indicated a large amount of micron gold at Round Mountain and the Fairview and Sunnyside areasIt is usually full speed ahead with bulk mining in most large scale Carlin-type micron goldmining. However there is occassionally a "Pod" found of the rich epithermal gold. RoundMountain had (or still has?) a unique history of going into a selective mining mode andback years ago the custodian in the old Mackay School of Mines was notified, and quicklyrallied his group and rushed to the epithermal pod and used detectors to recover gold. I lived too far away in southern California to become involved... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimshot Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Very nice history of Round Mountain Jim. Thanks for the info!Rim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Au Seeker Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Is this the video?If not it's a GREAT ONE!!! http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=571_1216515523 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted September 27, 2012 Author Share Posted September 27, 2012 Thanks for the history Jim, always look forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted September 27, 2012 Author Share Posted September 27, 2012 Is this the video?If not it's a GREAT ONE!!! http://www.liveleak....=571_1216515523Wow now that got my blood pumping man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Au Seeker Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Wow now that got my blood pumping man! Yeah, it's one of my favorite gold mining videos, I just love the gold porno at the end of the video!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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