100-ounce Sierra gold nugget to be auctioned off in March

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100-ounce Sierra gold nugget to be auctioned off in March

Postby Smithsgold » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:50 am

100-ounce Sierra gold nugget to be auctioned off in March


http://m.sacbee.com/sacramento/db_98823 ... d=pPd3IHh2



Imagine a gold nugget the size of a small fruitcake.

Fred Holabird, a mining geologist, doesn't have to imagine, because a gold prospector brought one into his Reno office in 2010.

Holabird remembers shouting, "Oh, my God!" or something similar, but unprintable in a family newspaper.

"I made some exclamation that was very, very loud," Holabird said Tuesday.

Holabird will auction what is now dubbed the Washington Nugget in March.

The stunning piece of gold was literally turned up from the ground near the town of Washington in Nevada County. It weighs nearly 100 ounces.
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Re: 100-ounce Sierra gold nugget to be auctioned off in March

Postby russau » Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:17 pm

im sure i would have a few words of wit if it came to me also!
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Re: 100-ounce Sierra gold nugget to be auctioned off in March

Postby Gold Seeker » Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:32 pm

I want it, I want it!!! :D :D


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Re: 100-ounce Sierra gold nugget to be auctioned off in March

Postby Hoser John » Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:36 am

I'll be there ifn' humanly possible :D
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