June 2, 2013
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Feed the Greed
¹ Greed is prominent among all humans bent on wealth accumulation, especially in the mining and stock market businesses. Humanities teach usto consider the hearts and minds of others, in our everyday dealings with them. Maybe at this time of year, conflict will subside for the adventure of mining and prolong into the New Year. May it be a prosperous one.
* The source of information is from a 132+ year old geologist, born in 1876, who puiblished his work in 1937. “Gold Deposits of the World” by William Harvey Emmons, 1937 First Edition. I consulted the http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm – where it is noted that the publication, since being published prior to 1963 (over 71 years ago), is considered in the public domain scheme of things. A further search on http://collections.stanford.edu/copyrightrenewals/bin/page?forward=home – received no hits. So, the following descriptions are from an out of print and public domain book (tomb) written over seventy years ago. Based on the ruling of “a prori“, the knowledge now has potential for the public to use as they see fit. Categories highlight some planetary conflict zones, the Commonwealth of Nations, Club Med, Rain Forests and ancient cradles of civilization.
Logic says in syllogism – if water flows down-hill over rock, then eventually the precious metal or mineral will wash down to the valley. Further, if the matter (gold & mineral) is heavier than water, then force and gravity will distribute the matter. Force (water current) will push the matter down the path of least resistance. Gravity will attract that matter to the centre of the earth. Therefore, matter is washed from the hills to the centre and sides of the water-flow. Stream tests (MacKay, B. R., Cdn Geol. Survey Mem. 127, p. 65, 1921) have shown that sediment will gather at the bend in the stream (water-flow) but (gold) accumulation is in the centre. This is the Baer Law theory. So, where it once was is an indicator of where it might still be – deeper or close by. Gold at the time of imput was $1,400 an ounce and there are 31.1 grams to the ounce (16 ounces to the pound).
A new Canadian method for remote prospecting has evolved, capable of employing an air force and an army of geologists – with direction. No more trial and error or damaging of the environment. Without disturbing the region’s ecology, an airborne geomagnetic survey can penetrate the ground and pinpoint the wealth underneath. Seismic prospecting, using reflected sound waves in rock, can read any geology to a depth worthy of analysis. Old mine sites that once yielded precious metal can be re-examined to determine a better resource feasibility study - otherwise known as an economic study , assessing whether a mineral deposit can be mined profitably, by estimating the capital and operating costs of a mine and potential revenues from production. ² see: Cosmic ray muon geotomography in the Northern Miner Newspaper of 2011-03-28 (page 5) vol. 97 #6 for more information.
Austria’s Gold – Most of the gold came from Transylvania and from Bohemia. The chief gold deposits were in the Hohe Tauern district near Gastein, about 50 miles south of Salzburg. Quartz with gold was found near Schellgaden and Oberndorf. Auriferous arsenopyrites were found six miles west of Spittal. Gold lodes were also mined at Prettau, forty miles west of Gastein, Hippach, Zell and twenty miles northwest of Prettau.
Germany’s Ancient gold was probably produced from the gravels of the Rhine and other rivers. Eder Valley, Eisenberg near Corbach and Reichenstein had some placer mining in the Middle Ages. Gold-bearing quartz veins occurred near Brandholz on the western slope of the Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, about 50 miles northeast of Nuernberg. Goldkronach had some exploration work done. The Rammelsberg mine, near Goslar has been worked since the tenth century.
Rumania’s Gold – The Transylvanian Erzgebirge was the principal gold-bearing region in Europe producing eighty percent of the the country’s gold. The principle mines lied within a quadrangle near Brad and to the southeast near Boicza, Kajanel, Nagyag, etc. The second gold-belt extended southeast from Stanija to Zlatna. A third centre was near Abrud. A gold-belt northwest of Zlatna was parallel to that between Nagyag and Brad. A belt thirty miles long extended 120 miles north of Brad.
Czecho-Slovakia’ s Gold – Southwest of Prague produced many mines re-opened from the middle ages. The Mount Roudny Mine, located forty miles southeast of Praha was the steady producer since the fourteenth century. Gold veins were mined near Jilove, twelve miles southwest near Novy Knin and thirteen miles south near Milesov. Gold deposits extended northeast and southwest of Kasejovice, about fifty-six miles southwest of Praha. Eighty miles southwest of Praha, at Bergreichenstein, gold was derived from placers. Northwest of Bergreichenstein, at Velhartice veins were mined for silver and gold. The region is known as the Hungarian Erzgebirge, sixty to eighty miles north of Budapest and includes Schemnitz and Kremnitz, twenty-five miles north. The ratio of silver to gold was 45:1.
Yugo-Slavia’s Gold – The chief gold deposits were in the Pek valley, about sixty-five miles southeast of Belgrade, near Kucevo. Most notably were deposits twenty miles above Kucevo, at Blagoev Kamen and at Deli Jovan, thirty-five miles southwest of Kucevo.
Sources:
¹ British Fantasy Pics
² Northern Miner Newspaper
³ Gold Deposits of the World by W.E. Emmons, 1937
