Old Congress Gold Mine Core Sample Storage Ruins - Congress, AZ

[Terry Soloman]

I'm pictured standing in front of one of the last surviving buildings from the 1800s, at the Congress Gold Mine. The yellow arrow points to it in the photo circa 1914. The core samples are inside its base. The Congress Mine, which yielded more than $8 million in gold in a single decade, was founded in Yavapai County in 1884 and later developed by wealthy Mississippi steamboat operator Diamond Joe Reynolds. http://tucson.com/news/local/mine-tales-congress-mine-was-golden-goose/article_ae6ead81-a645-50eb-9521-145184418477.html

 

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[KevinInColorado]

Some of those core samples could be quite rich right?

 

[Terry Soloman]

You bet. I saw visible gold in several.

 

[arizau]

Are they split or still fully intact round cores? Split ones are likely the remainder of cores that were further analyzed by assay etc. and may show more visual mineralization.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Broken, not split.

 

[tamrock]

I know a fella who was the GM of that mine back in the late 80s early 90s. He now works CEMEX here in Colorado. I worked for a Finish company called Tamrock which is now Sandvik Mining when I did business with that operations. I'll show your post to him next time I see him. He should be able to tell what those cores are all about. Who knows you may be able to crush those for some gold.

 

[boblemon]

I'ld love to go see that mine wheres it at in Arizona. never mind just answered my own question . gettin old sucks lol