Placer Gold Mine

USA / Colorado / Alma /

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The legal books may show this as a gravel quarry but it is actually a high grade alluvial gold deposit. The sand and gravel would be sold at cost and the gold taken as pure profit.
I did my Senior Engineering thesis on this ore body. To have mined it for the gold alone would have violated state law.

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Coordinates: 39°14'53"N 106°2'2"W

Red Hill 7.2 km
Lincoln Ampitheatre 13 km
Trout Creek--Annex--Settele Ranch 13 km
EM Ranch 28 km
Antero Reservoir 31 km
Salt Works Ranch 33 km
Hiney Mountain 34 km
Spinney Mountain Reservoir 45 km
Buena Vista - Central Colorado Regional Airport (KAEJ) 49 km
Eleven Mile Canyon Reservoir 57 km

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Red Hill Lincoln Ampitheatre Trout Creek--Annex--Settele Ranch EM Ranch Antero Reservoir Salt Works Ranch Hiney Mountain Spinney Mountain Reservoir Buena Vista - Central Colorado Regional Airport (KAEJ) Eleven Mile Canyon Reservoir