You ever want to see a real pretty bunch of gold... Look for images on your engine for 16 to 1 gold specimens. They sell this gold by the karat for tie tacks, cufflinks etc. Some of the brightest white quartz with the brightest gold thru it. If you had a crystal with wire gold shot thru it... Man, that costy gold. But to me, turquoise shot with wire gold is the prettiest rock around.. Very rare for a good specimen. But they make a pretty ass cabochons for a belt buckle or rings. I use to make rings with some of my gold. Sold for a specimen that ways. A 50$ nugget sodered to a piece of silver brings 500$ as a true gold nugget ring. Antique it and 25$ more. JK . Besides it was fun to pour your own blanks and set nuggets. I use to dredge in the river system right below this 16 to 1 mine for a summer. But the big difference, my gold was placer gold. Placer meaning placed by water. Like a river pebble smoothed by the river compared to blasted rock which is still all ruff and jagged. Stuff like the same they find on Gold Rush,,, funny fat boy, lives down the road from here. You know the fat boy whos going beat an 18-year-old kid. Funny. But kind of funny,,, I had a friend I learned to dredge with. We work the upper Sacramento River which was a deep cold ass river. well, he got big into it. I had other things going on, but he went on to work in them same jungles but made great money using smaller teams. He wanted me to go with him and run acouple 8" dredges. Monster machines. But that's a good show.. I did more like the bearing sea miners. Cept ALOT warmer waters. LOL. Like the American River System central Cali. Opps forgot to tell you,,,, don't get me going on gold..... It' IS a fever. Once you reach down and pick up your first 'plinker'. which is the sound you hear when it hits the pan on a drop. Your hooked. Least 90% of humans have the fever in them,,, just haven't been exposed. I'm going to shut up.... I typed to much babble to delete.... JK Keepem Green