The counties in the gold country of California sometimes buy old mine tailings to use as roadbed. The rock is already crushed and piled up, it's cheap, and stands ready in a handy location to pick up and redistribute.
However, sometimes the oldtimers let some nice gold slip through. Once, back in the 1990's, a crew was digging a post hole on a road near Coulterville, and one of the fist sized quartz rocks that came up had beautiful strings of free gold running through it. It was a specimen piece that normally will pull in a premium at the gold buyer. It's fate is unknown.
https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2017/06/man-finds-70000-dollar-gold-nugget-near.html
However, sometimes the oldtimers let some nice gold slip through. Once, back in the 1990's, a crew was digging a post hole on a road near Coulterville, and one of the fist sized quartz rocks that came up had beautiful strings of free gold running through it. It was a specimen piece that normally will pull in a premium at the gold buyer. It's fate is unknown.
https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2017/06/man-finds-70000-dollar-gold-nugget-near.html
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