REPORTS OF COARSE GOLD AND SILVER
Here's my references for my research. Online newspapers, and some keywords to use. Elephind got bigger and is recommended. You're not afraid of doing some research?
An old 1911 article on big gold nuggets.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/newspapers
https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc
http://www.elephind.com/
http://montananewspapers.org/
http://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/
http://206.194.194.211:2011/
http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/
https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/usa
https://texashistory.unt.edu/
https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/search
https://www.newspapers.com
One of the better newspapers is called "Mining and
Scientific Press". and it's found here:
Also search google.com, in the book and newspaper areas.
"rich strike" "large nugget" "specimen rock" "picture rock"
"gold nugget" "wire gold" "leaf gold" "wire silver"
"native gold" "visible gold" "crystalline gold" "solid gold"
"half gold" "jewelry ore" "coarse gold" "bonanza ore"
"high graders" "specimen ore" "gold sticking out" "heavy ore"
"sponge gold" "rusty gold" "free gold" "native gold"
"pocket of gold" "ribbon gold" "ore studded" "rich ore"
"your favorite mine" "specimen ore" "slabs of gold"
"slabs of silver"
SOME UTAH MINE LOCATIONS, COORDINATES
SOME SOUTH DAKOTA MINE LOCATIONS, MAPS
ELDORADO COUNTY CALIFORNIA MINE INFORMATION
RANDSBURG CALIFORNIA MINING INFORMATION
SILVER MINERALS OF NEVADA GOOGLE BOOKS
ALLEGHANY CALIFORNIA GOLD GOOGLE BOOKS
OREGON MINERAL RESOURCES GOOGLE BOOKS
PICTURE OF WIRE GOLD AND WIRE SILVER. AT MINDAT.
A site with a nice description of crystalline gold.
Another site "History of Crystallized gold in California."
FIVE POUND, QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLAR GOLD NUGGET
FOUND RECENTLY IN BUTTE COUNTY CALIFORNIA.
MY RESEARCH IS QUITE SIMILAR WITH THIS AUTHORS.
ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING.
Cody's lab, you tube video on refining gold. Very good presenter, always interesting. Don't think he's got around to getting gold out of ore yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asAEqbDmGzo
Larry V. web site lots of interesting geology
NEVADA SCANNED MAPS AND REPORTS
ALL MINING DISTRICTS OF NEVADA. NDMG 1998
HYDRAULICKING AT DUTCH FLAT. A COUPLE OF BIG GOLD NUGGETS TURNED UP, IN PLACER COUNTY CALIFORNIA.
SEE HOW MUDDY AND HARD TO SEE IF THE ROCKS ARE ORE OR ARE COUNTRY ROCK? CLICK ON PHOTO FOR THAT SITE.