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Gold Wires. Farncomb Hill. Breckenridge Mining District. Summit Co., Colo. (Collection of the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum. Golden, Colo.)
Gold. Specimen was found in surface soil near the mines at Farncomb Hill using a specialized metal detector. Breckenridge Mining District. Summit Co., Colo.
Precious Metal is a custom-built racing aircraft based on the North American P-51 Mustang.
Design and development
Precious Metal was built by World Jet Inc., a company owned by Don Whittington, in 1988. Its fuselage, acquired from Tallmantz Aviation, was from a P-51D. The aircraft was fitted with stock P-51 wings, and its powerplant, a Rolls-Royce Griffon 57A driving contra-rotating propellers, came from an Avro Shackleton. In its original form, the Precious Metal was fitted with the P-51H tail from Whittington's original Precious Metal aircraft, and therefore also had the same registration
After many new modifications, Precious Metal returned to Reno in 2013. The modifications included a new streamlined canopy, many carbon fiber parts to reduce weight, as well as many modifications to the engine to bring it up to 3,200 hp. Thom Richard placed fifth in the Gold Class that year.
Precious Metal was heavily damaged by a fire days before the 2015 Reno Air Races. One of the ground crew noticed the fire while the aircraft was taxiing and signaled Richard to shut down the engine. Richard shut down the engine and escaped the aircraft, which burned for 12 minutes before firefighters arrived to the scene. It took 20 minutes to put out the fire, and by that time the airframe had sustained severe damage. After the fire, Richard stated that Precious Metal would not race again.
Spartan Executive, N17617, Precious Metal, arriving at the Cactus Fly-In 2015, Casa Grande, Arizona. Piloted by Pat McGarry
Gold Leaves in Quartz. Original 16-to-1 Mine. Alleghany Mining District. Alleghany, Sierra Co., Calif.
MOBILE LAB COMPLETE WITH DISC MILL, RIFFEL CABINET, DUST HOOD, EXTRACTION UNIT AND DUCTING TO ALL EQUIPMENT, AIR LINE POINTS , BLOW GUNS, JAW CRUSHER, AIR COMPRESSOR.
built to order just ask if intrested
Sylvanite. The mineral is gold silver telluride. This specimen has been "roasted" as part of the process to extract the precious metals from the ore. Cripple Creek Mining District. Teller Co., Colo.
Gold with Sulfides. Gregory Mine. Gregory Gulch. Central City District. Gilpin Co., Colo. (Collection of the Colorado Mines Museum of Earth Science. Golden, Colo.)
Updated 15/1/09: Adopted by Liz (Philadelphia, US)
This is a really exquisite choker 'born' 12 Aug 2008. It was love at first sight when I spotted these grey & white porcelain-look buttons at a button store in a cultural district recently. The white ones, in particular, remind me of the white stones along the Aegean Sea, thus its name.
The top has a porcelain-like, powdery texture with matt finish while the base is good quality thick tranparent plastic so that the buttons become slightly translucent when held up against light. Without hesitation, I bought about 10 of each colour in varying sizes. To complement the grey & white, I’ve added a stylish coppery button with dashes along the circumference(the only one from my button collection) in the middle.
A lobster clasp & a red copper jumpring (both lead & nickel-free) hold the choker in place. Length from lobster clasp to the jumpring is about 43.5cm thgh the 5cm-long tail allows lengthening up to 48.5cm for perfect fit.
To ensure that the choker wrap nicely around the neck just below the collar bones, I've used 'Precious Metals' Effect' polyester thread instead of wire. I found the multiple-stranded 'Precious Effects Metals Effect' polyester thread sturdy & aesthetically appealing for jewellery-making though I’d bought it with intention of doing detailed embellishment on tunics.
The holes of each button was painstakingly threaded with needle at least 3-5 times to make sure it’s tightly secured & stay ‘flat’ around the neck. After each threading, the needle is removed in order to straighten the multiple-stranded glittery thread properly. A tight knot is secured before it is threaded through the needle again & the tedious process repeated. I’m quite a perfectionist so I took pain to ensure that the knots are neatly tied even at the back.
An antiqued hammered dark copper link is also added with a round filigree setting secured in the middle with red copper eye pins (lead & nickel-free). The choker is then joined to an ‘Oval & Twisted 8' black iron chain with red copper & black jumprings (all lead & nickel-free). I've also added a long strand of the 'Precious Metals effect' polyester thread on each side & twisted them tightly before securing them onto the chain with silver plated crimp beads. I've made the strands slightly longer than the chain so that together with the tight twists, they sort of curl up a little along the chain on both sides.
To know more about me & my crafts, pls refer to my profile.
***My own design & I take pride in it. Be nice & don't copy or claim it as your own. Tks***
Wolcott, Marion Post,, 1910-1990,, photographer.
Copper mining section between Ducktown and Copperhill], Tennessee. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land
1939 Sept.
1 slide : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Sulphuric acid industry
Copper mining
Erosion
United States--Tennessee--Ducktown
United States--Tennessee--Copperhill
Format: Slides--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 11671-6 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34325
Call Number: LC-USF35-125
Sylvanite. The mineral is gold silver telluride. This specimen has been "roasted" as part of the process to extract the precious metals from the ore. Cripple Creek Mining District. Teller Co., Colo.
Gold. San Pedro Mine. New Placers District. Santa Fe Co., New Mexico. (Collection of the New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum. Socorro, N.M.)
Θα κτίσω ένα σπίτι στην άκρη της θάλασσας
Καράβι μην αργείς, γύρισε γρήγορα,
Περιμένω έναν ξένο.
Απ’ την άκρη του κόσμου ξεκίνησε
Ένα περιστέρι
Μας φέρνει ένα κρίνο στο ράμφος του
Ένα περιστέρι.
Εγώ πηγαίνω στον λόφο
Να κτυπήσω του σύμπαντος
Τις άσπρες καμπάνες.
Nικηφόρος Βρεττάκος - ποίηση................................................................................................................
I will build a house at the edge of the sea,
Ship, do not delay,
Come back quickly, (Nikiforos Vretakos - poetry)
Both the emerald cross and ring were found in a pewter box. Although the cross’ provenance is not known, it may be speculated that it was going to be a gift for Pope Gregory XV. Inscribed on the top of the pewter box were the initials “ABL,” perhaps for Gregory’s given name, Alessandro Boncompagni Ludovisi.
The cross is made of 18 carat gold and set with seven high-quality emeralds from Columbia’s famous Muzo mine. The reverse is inscribed with representations of the Virgin Mary and child, and St. Anthony of Padua, an emblem for the Franciscan Order, and ironically, the patron saint of lost things.
Exhibit at the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida
Light headed, passing out, white-out
Cascading down from your emotional hold,
When your tears glisten like diamonds
My heart freezes and breaks, stone cold..
I see your pain magnified as it glistens gold.
Copyright © 2011 Tomitheos Poetry / Photography - All Rights Reserved
Silver Wires in a Drill Core.. Aspen District. Pitkin Co., Colo. (Collection of the Mines Museum of Earth Science. Golden, Colo.)
Gold leaves. Dixie Mine. Chicago Creek Mining District. Near Idaho Springs, Clear Creek Co., Colo. (Collection of the Mines Museum of Earth Science. Golden, Colo.)
Highly modified Griffon engine Unlimited Air Racer P-51XR "Precious Metal"; N6WJ
Note:On Sept 8, 2015, after a fuel stop at Marianna Municipal Airport in Jackson County, Florida while in route to the 2015 Reno Air Races Precious Metal caught fire on the ground in the engine area and suffered moderate-major fire damage which will put it out of racing for the 2015 Reno Air Races. Pilot Thom Richards was uninjured in the incident.
Tetradrachm and Drachma silver coins dating back to 5th century BC. The larger tetradrachm (coin of a value equal to 4 dracmae) is seen on the left; the one drachma coin is seen on the right. Museum of the ancient Agora of Athens (within the Stoa of Attalus), Greece.
I was hoping to go back out to get a better picture; maybe on a day the wind was not blowing so hard. But I never got back out.
Of course these needles made me think of Bob Dylan's song Blow'in in the Wind.
Precious Metal is a custom-built racing aircraft based on the North American P-51 Mustang.
Design and development
Precious Metal was built by World Jet Inc., a company owned by Don Whittington, in 1988. Its fuselage, acquired from Tallmantz Aviation, was from a P-51D. The aircraft was fitted with stock P-51 wings, and its powerplant, a Rolls-Royce Griffon 57A driving contra-rotating propellers, came from an Avro Shackleton. In its original form, the Precious Metal was fitted with the P-51H tail from Whittington's original Precious Metal aircraft, and therefore also had the same registration
After many new modifications, Precious Metal returned to Reno in 2013. The modifications included a new streamlined canopy, many carbon fiber parts to reduce weight, as well as many modifications to the engine to bring it up to 3,200 hp. Thom Richard placed fifth in the Gold Class that year.
Precious Metal was heavily damaged by a fire days before the 2015 Reno Air Races. One of the ground crew noticed the fire while the aircraft was taxiing and signaled Richard to shut down the engine. Richard shut down the engine and escaped the aircraft, which burned for 12 minutes before firefighters arrived to the scene. It took 20 minutes to put out the fire, and by that time the airframe had sustained severe damage. After the fire, Richard stated that Precious Metal would not race again.
Ingots are marked with a variety of stamps, including circular tax stamps, mintmarks, Roman numerals to signify the purity of the gold in karats, and Arabic numerals denoting their weight. Marks are located in several areas on the ingots so that when they were cut to a desired weight the pieces would still bear some portion of the official stamps.
According to their manifests, the “Atocha” carried 125 gold ingots, discs and bits, and the “Margarita” had 34 pieces. Over 220 ingots have been recovered from these ships to date, suggesting at least 60 pieces were contraband. Smuggled ingots bear no tax stamps only Roman and Arabic numerals. There are two in this case, the far left and right.
Exhibit at the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida
All those traveling aboard the 1622 galleons likely would have traveled with their personal religious objects. These objects of faith may have been their only spiritual comfort during the terrifying storm that tragically ended their lives.
Exhibit at the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida
Race #38
P-51D (highly modified)
Another one from the one awesome opportunity my brother and I got Thursday evening. HDR made this image pop the way I remember it. Prior to this shot she was getting 'used' as a prop for some pinup girls. I like only the "Metal" in the shot, she's sexy enough without the accessories. HA!