Re: Lost Thomas Jefferson gold mine found????

On Apr 13, 6:00=A0am, darthpup <amchi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Date: =A0Tue, 7 Nov 2006 08:27:14
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 I don't know if you remember
m=
e or not. I was
> the young guy who
> was thrilled to learn that gold existed in the state of Virginia and
> you were so
> kind to help me by sending me free maps of areas known of gold
> regions. I don't
> mean to offend you but I was skeptical at first of the areas you
> highlighted on
> the maps because most of the old gold hunters out there in Mineral and
> Louisa said
> gold is more east away from the mountains well I wanted to share this
> picture with you.
>
> I went down a back road after work just to take a short cut someone
> told me there was
> a old quarry near by long time ago I couldn't find it but did stumble
> on a mountain
> stream here in Charlottesville =A0which to my surprise had old trash and
> debris around
> it but the creek was beautiful I looked down into it and found yellow
> all over I don't
> know if its pyrite flakes or gold flakes but most of the bank of the
> stream is covered
> with quartz rocks all over and the stream is loaded with it there is
> black sand
> everywhere to I went once but I'm going back again. I'm not doing it
> for the money
> I'm doing this for history if these guys from the past could do this
> with shovels
> and buckets and left during the California gold rush and got shut down
> during the
> =A0civil war maybe I could go out and find some to. I think its such a
> cool thing
> history and the way things are today people don't think much of it or
> think that
> =A0it doesn't exist anymore but something in my heart tells me to keep
> pressing on
> in this pursuit. Before I go out I always say a prayer to God to take
> me to the right spots. Well now that
> I wrote you a book I want you to take a look at some of these pics I
> have and wanted
> to share. I'm keeping my promise with you if I find some gold your
> getting some I
> thought that was a wonderful thing you did sending me all that
> material and paid
> postage your the best a promise is a promise keep me in your prayers
> thanks.

Well dang; I was right again:  You DO have some
first (or second?) hand information about some of
the areas in your vicinity.  Good on you.

Too bad this anonymous person can't post and
tell us more for the benefit of the others in the
group.  I imagine most might agree this is the
purpose of newsgroups?:  The FREE exchange
of knowledge.

dennis
in nca

dennis
in nca