I am very much interested in continuing this thread because of new information I found online.
I was reading the Sumpter miner on line and found a second account of the of the mystery. I do not remember the exact issue
but the story as told in 1900 was similar to modern versions. The important part of this story the gold was nugget sized. There
were two prospectors involved ,one of them was killed.
I had in my possession for any years a sample of rock from quartz creek. The sample was one that I picked up personally. I
never thought much of it as it was andesite with some pyrite in the joints. I recently decided to crush the golf ball size sample and pan it. I was astonished that sample had about 50 colors in it. So now what do I do? I am going back to quartz creek from Tennessee in July. It was a large outcropping as I remember. I hope I can still find the exact location.
I was reading the Sumpter miner on line and found a second account of the of the mystery. I do not remember the exact issue
but the story as told in 1900 was similar to modern versions. The important part of this story the gold was nugget sized. There
were two prospectors involved ,one of them was killed.
I had in my possession for any years a sample of rock from quartz creek. The sample was one that I picked up personally. I
never thought much of it as it was andesite with some pyrite in the joints. I recently decided to crush the golf ball size sample and pan it. I was astonished that sample had about 50 colors in it. So now what do I do? I am going back to quartz creek from Tennessee in July. It was a large outcropping as I remember. I hope I can still find the exact location.