Gold in Quartz

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The famous Camp Bird Mine is one of the most famous localities in Colorado. It is certainly one of if not THE most well-known mine in the San Jaun Mountains. This major Gold producer operated for nearly a century (Gold was first discovered there by Thomas Walsh in 1896), but actual specimens of are quite rare to find on the market. This piece is a sliced piece of the ore itself featuring small bright metallic Gold "dust" in Quartz and sulfide matrix. If you collect Colorado Gold specimens or simply interesting pieces from the Camp Bird, don't miss out on this one. The piece was mined in the 1960s.
From the collection of Colorado mining legend, Dave Bergman. Dave is now retired from mining, but was formerly the foreman and primary person in charge of recovering specimens at the famous Sweet Home Mine near Alma, Colorado during the late 1970s, and the maternal grandfather of Brian Kosnar. See Dave's photo mining at the Sweet Home on page 58 of Peter Bancroft's book "Gem and Crystal Treasures".​