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Gold/Mining/Energy : Golden Eagle Int. (MYNG)
MYNG 0.0700+5.7%Feb 21 4:00 PM EST

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To: Brian N L who wrote (9494)7/12/1998 3:16:00 PM
From: MoneyMade  Read Replies (2) of 34075
 
Why open Pit...this theory makes the most sense

By: XHOWX
Reply To: None
Wednesday, 8 Jul 1998 , 4:42 AM EDT
Post # of 89

GET THIS GUYS: The gold deposit so far is in hard packed dirt and sand (with a few
small rocks) above the hard rock foundation. The hard rock is
far down so that they do not need to drill into
solid rock for the samples, They/We are lucky
that the dirt layer is so thick.

Very large amounts of dirt/sand were washed down
off of rocks of the mountains higher up.

The lowest cost way is to first get the gold
out of the layer of dirt/sand to the tune
of 157 to 242 million ounces via open pit strip
mining -- if Golden Eagle is verified.

Then, with a fantastic fortune made, go after the
hard rock source above the area where the rains
washed gold out of the solid rock montains above.

This is why i think others do not understand the
lay of the property. They keep thinking gold is
mostly found in solid rock --- but mud slides,
caused by rain, washes rock from above which gets gold out of the rock bringing it
down as mud
slides. This dirt/sand builds up in some places.
Remmember, sand is from washed rock.

The Sutters Mill near Sacramento California
1849 gold rush is an example. The gold was
found about 30 - 50 feet down from the bottom
of the river -- thus dirt/sand/mud. The river
carried the gold down from the rocky parts of
the California serria mountains.
I saw the 1849 gold rush site - and it's mostly
dirt with low foothills down from the mountain
range. Thus gold does get washed down from
mountain rock. It settles down to the lower
part of the dirt since it is heavy and the dirt
is lighter. They never did do hard rock drilling
during the 1849 California gold rush.
-- just daming up the river and a lot of digging - then slucing.
If a layer of dirt/sand is thick enough and has
high enough gold content there is no need for
traditional drilling.
Also,the area has steep canyons/ravenes so that
all one has to do is to climb down the side of
a ravene to get gold samples along the sides,
thus no need to drill since one can use his
body and hands as a "drill" by just going down
the sides of the ravenes to get deep down samples.
If the land was all flat one can not climb down.

My opinions. Do your own checking and take your
own risks. Mine is still a gamble until verification is done by an outside company.

(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- long; ST Rating- strong buy; LT Rating- strong buy)
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