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To: Percival 917 who wrote (21392)	6/3/2000 9:50:00 PM
From: IngotWeTrust	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35685

Yes, Eye-Doc, I do. Gold is my thing. I kind of look at it like this: I own The West Branch Branch of the First Bank Bank of Baker County in Oregon...since I spend the majority of my time between "banks" plying my trade.<g> When one stops to think of it, it is amazing to think that the Creator hid yellow money all over the place if one just takes the time to look for it in those particular places. And, if truth be told, one of my dreams to go BACK to Georgia, of the Dahlonega gold stories and gold minting days of yore, and ply my trade there. Maybe someday... And during the off season, I practice the science of hydrometallurgy and recover gold and silver primarily from above ground discarded gold and gold plated items that are obscenely discarded after original owners obsolesce said items. It may interest you to know two things: ---There is more gold yet to be found underground than has been found since time began, and ---Globally, according to Gold Fields Mineral Services--a statistical keeping and international gold promotional organization financed by the major mining companies of the world--there is approximately 19 mil oz of gold discarded every year, which is then available "above ground" in or on one form or another. This is about 3.7 times the annual output from underground sourcings of just one of the world's largest gold mine's annual output. And to put THAT statistical reality into even more perspective...most gold is recovered in microscopic form by some type of chemical treatment of an orebody. Ordinarily, in a ton of mineralized ore, the total accumulation of said microscopic gold recovered is the equivalent of one #2 graphite pencil's point. Now you can see how much gold is discarded in comparison to how hard it is to find and recover it in the first place. I'm already beating the odds by finding it in shapes similar to rice sized pieces, which of course is big enough to see and NOT microscopic at all. That gold is called placer gold or free-milling gold since nothing has to be ground or chemically treated for me to retrieve it. But, regardless of its size, it is still yellow money, free for the taking. That 19,000,000 oz staggering scrap/discarded gold supply availability for absurdly cheap prices is the gold I "strip/process" in the winter time when I can't get out to my properties, due to snow, ice and wind. I can't think of any "job" more pleasing than working with gold, regardless of the season. I'm very fortunate to be able to do what I so love to do! Thanks to cell phones, satellites, laptop computers, and equity investments tracking, etc., I'm already portable and yet the wired world is accessible to me. I can hardly wait to get some of the new wireless toys so that I can pursue wider ranging/prospecting on my properties, and yet be in market contact on inclement days. Long ago, I decided to work in the cool part of the day, relax during the hot part, and then go back out in the cool of the evenings. Nothing like standing in cold water up to your ahem... on a blazing hot day and then finding yellow money. Life is good! This is definitely the life for me, and I love "doing" it, whether in the creeks and tunnels, or in the small lab and with my rectifier and my share of the super abundant scrap supply. Thanks for asking. I knocked off early today, after going to look at some new portable equipment to help me speed up my sorting of the yellow money from the other small sand and gravels that invariable come with the territorial discovery. Here's hoping you're also doing what you love to do with your life and time, Joel. O/49r