![]() ![]() " It happens that I unknowingly bought this very location in 2001. ![]() …………….color was lent to such reports by the fact that the largest nuggets of platinum ever found in California are on the bench gravels of ***** **** which came from this immediate location. 85 That Quote " The discovery of platinum in veins of serpentine at the Mouth of *** Gulch …. from research it was said in 1918 in The California State Mining Bureau, Bulletin No. its not as malleable as gold or lead for sure. I guess I should post some pictures of it. and he said …." Oh yea, I forgot about that drainage " : ) So anyhow, I am not sure how he tested it but he, as an old time prospector and mining shop owner said it was Pt. He said " there are no other creeks in that specific area " …… then I mentioned the Gulch ( that I own ) …. He asked " Soldier Creek ? " I said No …. WHERE DID you find this ?!! I told him it was in a creek in a general area /……. when I first started finding it … I brought it down to the Prospecting shop here in near-by Weaverville ( which has since closed because of Kalifornia restrictions ) The old time guy there tested it ….when he came from his back room he asked me …. Well … its not as malleable as gold but it does not "crunch " like crystiline type of junk. I need to do the peroxide test ! I have some and it would be fun …. Acute Lead Poisoning is a bad way to leave this world ) If you take a couple of minutes on google, you will find it. The book that this info came from was The same Bureau's publication titled " Platinum and Allied Metals in California " circa 1918. So that is all the information that I have about this silvery stuff ) It seems pretty valid. 85 That " The discovery of platinum in veins of serpentine at the Mouth of *** Gulch …. from research it was said in 1918, in The California State Mining Bureau, Bulletin No. ![]() ![]()
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