Special Xmas Gift From Aunt

[QNCrazy]

My aunt handed me a box Friday. She said she found it in my Great Aunts belongings and it belonged to my Great Great Uncle who used to mine the Trinity River in the early 20s. Here are some pics of what was inside. The largest specimen is 2" long x 1" diameter. Enjoy as I am.

 

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[Jeff95531]

My Dad knew a miner in Idaho who gave him two palm sized pieces of white quartz with gold veins running thru them. One was stolen and the other mysteriously disappeared.

 

[Hoser John]

Coveth that mining history as he surely spent many hours workn' his tail end off gettn' those righteous species-congrats-John

 

[goldenIrishman]

VERY Cool QN! Those are some nice specimens. Take some time to study them in depth and you can learn a lot about the geology in that area.

 

[SchoolOfHardRocks]

Sweet day after christmas gift! My aunt gave me nail clippers lol. See you next wed. at the meeting!

 

[dunc]

Awesome specimens

 

[QNCrazy]

Thanks everyone. SOHR and Dunc, you will be able to see them at the meeting next Wednesday.

 

[meMiner]

Lovely specimens. She must be your favorite aunt.

 

[QNCrazy]

I forgot mention there were hand written notes from my great great uncle. One said "gold Quartz $5.00 value". The stamp on the box was a 1923 George Washington stamp possibly valued at $300. The value of gold in 1923 was $21 oz. so I figure one of the specimens is a 1/4 oz. pretty cool.

 

[fishnfacts]

That is the very reason I am leaving all my finds to my son. Included in every vial will be a note of where, when and how I found it so if he gets the fever he would be able to find some color also. To bad you didn't have info on the where since we all know the how.

 

[QNCrazy]

She Did It Again

Well, I went to my aunts house Monday to celebrate Christmas and once again she bestowed on me documentation from my family's mining history. She didn't give it to me though, only lent it to me to read. It was a folder, grey in color, with no markings on the outside and the binding was held together with tape. I breifly skimmed through the pages and learned it contained a documents related to the Ganim Mine; dicoveries, assays, maps, etc. Really cool stuff. I am going to try to spend some time tonight taking pictures of each page. I will post pics later. I just wanted to share my excitement.

 

[Molewacker]

Gold is great, but the family history makes it so special!

 

[goldenIrishman]

Sounds like a good start for some major research QN. Protect it well, study it as much as possible and it could possibly lead you to a great find of your own. Then pass that down to future generations of little QNs.

 

[Kenmitch]

Nice specimens! Congrats!

 

[Tuolumne]

trinity river in the 20's thats EPIC!
I love the trinity river area, spent many many hours prospecting between willow creek/denny to Callahan area while mule packing around the north fork.

 

[QNCrazy]

This will be pic heavy so I'm going with small pics. Sorry about the shadows.






























The last three pics are of folded maps in the back of the folder. The first two are one map.

I wanted to keep the integrity of the folder so I opted to take pictures of each page rather than dismantling the folder.

I want to find out how my grandfather came to have this in his possession. This should be fun to investigate. My aunt believes the samples go with the folder.

Edit: I changed the resolution. Should be able to read.

 

[Kenmitch]

Nice!

Did you use a special blur filter to keep the secrets to yourself? Tried squinting so it must be squint proof.

 

[Bandmenter]

That archive is so fantastically cool, many thanks for sharing. You probably have a fire in your gut to go check out the mine. Great gift your aunt gave to you and you shared with us. Again, thanks.

 

[wildminer]

Totally awesome. Thanks so much for sharing.