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retiredoldfogee	Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 4 2009, 1:27 AM EST \| Post edited: Dec 4 2009, 1:27 AM EST Anybody here know the largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? and the location would be cool too;) Tehe. Thanks, Aaron Post reply 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you? Keyword tags: None
rockcandyguy	1. RE: Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 4 2009, 1:52 PM EST \| Post edited: Dec 4 2009, 1:52 PM EST "Anybody here know the largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? and the location would be cool too;) Tehe. Thanks, Aaron" There's a persistent rumor of a 45 lb nugget found in dredge spoils along Swauk Creek. The old dredges would have kicked anything larger than hand size out of the grizzly. Andy Bemish, who used to have the rock shop at Liberty, said it was true. Of course, Liberty is not exactly the Cascades. I've seen a half ounce nugget from a claim in the Silver Star area, south Cascades. Dirty gold down there, coated with black sulfides. Dirty gold is fine by me, lol. Bob Post reply 2 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
pvjjh	2. RE: Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 4 2009, 3:22 PM EST \| Post edited: Dec 4 2009, 3:22 PM EST "There's a persistent rumor of a 45 lb nugget found in dredge spoils along Swauk Creek. The old dredges would have kicked anything larger than hand size out of the grizzly. Andy Bemish, who used to have the rock shop at Liberty, said it was true. Of course, Liberty is not exactly the Cascades. I've seen a half ounce nugget from a claim in the Silver Star area, south Cascades. Dirty gold down there, coated with black sulfides. Dirty gold is fine by me, lol. Bob" Mann, Bob he said the Cascades. geepers, now there goes the neighborhood. ;-) Yeah not only is there gold there in those old dredge piles, but I'll bet there is some nice large agate and nodules there as well. Though, I would rather find one of them nuggets that went over the screens and was over looked during operation. Stuff that large, one wouldn't need a pan to find. lol I have seen and held some very nice Liberty area nuggets in the past. Talk about drooling! lol I'll bet those mines are running full swing right now with the price of gold the way it is now. Paul Post reply 1 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
RockBuddy	3. RE: Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 4 2009, 10:47 PM EST I've read of Peshastin and ruby creek having some good gold, has anybody heard of these creeks? Post reply 1 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
dbsagates	4. RE: Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 4 2009, 11:13 PM EST "Anybody here know the largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? and the location would be cool too;) Tehe. Thanks, Aaron" Hey what about Palmer Mountian reportedly put out about a 35 ozer back in 1895. Of course the ole wire gold chunk out of the "Ace of Diamond" mine was like over a 100 lbs. DB Post reply 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
pvjjh	5. RE: Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 4 2009, 11:32 PM EST "I've read of Peshastin and ruby creek having some good gold, has anybody heard of these creeks? " Here is a page with a ton of info on it about the mining in WA. The streams you asked about are talked about there plus many others. http://ecv5440.org/gold.html Paul Post reply Do you find this valuable?
pvjjh	6. RE: Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 4 2009, 11:36 PM EST "Hey what about Palmer Mountian reportedly put out about a 35 ozer back in 1895. Of course the ole wire gold chunk out of the "Ace of Diamond" mine was like over a 100 lbs. DB " The area you refer too has probably produced the most gold mined within the state of WA and mining continues there as well. I think Bob (rockcandyguy) mentioned that over 20 millions ounces has come from around that area. If I have my locations correct. Paul Post reply Do you find this valuable?
RockBuddy	7. RE: Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 4 2009, 11:44 PM EST "Here is a page with a ton of info on it about the mining in WA. The streams you asked about are talked about there plus many others. http://ecv5440.org/gold.html Paul " Thanks for the site, that's some good information :) Post reply Do you find this valuable?
pvjjh	8. RE: Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 4 2009, 11:50 PM EST "Thanks for the site, that's some good information :) " No problem. Hope you can get out that and find some of that yellar metal. :-) Paul Post reply Do you find this valuable?
RockBuddy	9. RE: Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 4 2009, 11:52 PM EST "No problem. Hope you can get out that and find some of that yellar metal. :-) Paul " Do you do much prospecting in washington? Post reply Do you find this valuable?
pvjjh	10. RE: Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 5 2009, 12:57 AM EST "Do you do much prospecting in washington?" Not a lot, some back in the 80's. Then I went to work for a gold mine. lol Paul Post reply Do you find this valuable?
RockBuddy	11. RE: Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 5 2009, 1:22 AM EST \| Post edited: Dec 5 2009, 1:22 AM EST "Not a lot, some back in the 80's. Then I went to work for a gold mine. lol Paul" lol :) that would be cool working in a mine. did you find a good amount of gold there? Post reply Do you find this valuable?
pvjjh	12. RE: Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 5 2009, 2:57 AM EST \| Post edited: Dec 5 2009, 2:57 AM EST "lol :) that would be cool working in a mine. did you find a good amount of gold there? " I personally didn't get any gold but the company did. It was a hard rock underground mine running around 1500 tons per day. I worked in the mill. We ran about 10 years and produced around 1.25 million ounces. I guess that is a fair amount of gold. lol We mined out the ore body and had to shut down. It was an absolutely great company to work for and with greatest people to work with. I left scratch marks as they pulled me off the job. lol I would say that it was the best 12 and a half years of my career. Paul Post reply 1 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
RockBuddy	13. RE: Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 7 2009, 6:25 PM EST \| Post edited: Dec 7 2009, 6:25 PM EST "I personally didn't get any gold but the company did. It was a hard rock underground mine running around 1500 tons per day. I worked in the mill. We ran about 10 years and produced around 1.25 million ounces. I guess that is a fair amount of gold. lol We mined out the ore body and had to shut down. It was an absolutely great company to work for and with greatest people to work with. I left scratch marks as they pulled me off the job. lol I would say that it was the best 12 and a half years of my career. Paul" 1500 tons per day, wow. That's a pretty awesome experience. Scratch marks lol, that sucks that they shut down Post reply Do you find this valuable?
pvjjh	14. RE: Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 7 2009, 8:49 PM EST \| Post edited: Dec 7 2009, 8:49 PM EST "1500 tons per day, wow. That's a pretty awesome experience. Scratch marks lol, that sucks that they shut down" Yeah it was a real bummer. But that is the way ol' mother nature does things. She can tease you and the day up or tease you and the open the doors to a whole ore body. 10 years wasn't a bad run. My finger nails haven't been the same since that day. lol Paul Post reply 0 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
gamaliel114	15. RE: Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 7 2009, 8:55 PM EST \| Post edited: Dec 7 2009, 8:55 PM EST Paul, i had no idea you were in the mining industry....i bet it is on your profile, which i bet i haven't read. What did you do for the company? embarassed, ~Zeke Post reply 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
pvjjh	16. RE: Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 7 2009, 9:09 PM EST \| Post edited: Dec 7 2009, 9:09 PM EST "Paul, i had no idea you were in the mining industry....i bet it is on your profile, which i bet i haven't read. What did you do for the company? embarassed, ~Zeke" Well I did just about everything it seemed. Started out as a draftsman/surveyor, then to construction inspection above and underground. I ended up in the maintenance dept. as a planner and supervisor in the mill. Yeah there is a little bit on my profile. ;-) Paul Post reply 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
Lasmanis	17. RE: Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 16 2009, 5:39 PM EST The most complete collection of gold specimens from the Ace of Diamonds mine at Liberty is on display at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals in Hillsboro, Oregon. Post reply 1 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
pvjjh	18. RE: Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 17 2009, 10:11 PM EST \| Post edited: Dec 17 2009, 10:13 PM EST "The most complete collection of gold specimens from the Ace of Diamonds mine at Liberty is on display at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals in Hillsboro, Oregon. " Thanks for the info Lasmanis. I wouldn't have thought that the best collection wouldn't be elsewhere but some place around the mine. Also welcome to the wiki. I hope you enjoy it as much as the rest of us do. Please share your experiences and post of pics of your finds. Paul Post reply 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
rockcandyguy	19. RE: Largest Gold Nugget ever found in the Cascades of Washington State? Dec 18 2009, 5:49 PM EST "The most complete collection of gold specimens from the Ace of Diamonds mine at Liberty is on display at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals in Hillsboro, Oregon. " Thanks, Ray, another reason the Rice is worth a visit! Bob Post reply 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?