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bob3

10/10/03 6:33 PM

#2202 RE: 4Godnwv #2201

The Origin of Gold in South Africa

Ancient rivers filled with gold, a spectacular upwelling of magma and a colossal meteor impact combined to make the Witwatersrand basin a very special place


In 1885 two itinerant workers discovered a surface outcrop of gold on a farm in what is now Johannesburg. In what must be one of the biggest financial blunders in history, both men soon sold their claims for a few hundred dollars. In today's dollars, the gold fields in the region are now worth many billions. In fact, this part of South Africa, which covers an area the size of West Virginia, contains almost as much gold as the rest of the Earth's surface combined. How did South Africa become so rich in this element? Jason Kirk and his colleagues recently answered this question by solving a 100-year-old geologic mystery.

http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/28361;jsessionid=baadbAnwMXmACY

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chichi2

10/10/03 8:08 PM

#2203 RE: 4Godnwv #2201

OK where do any of of them admit, that until Gold retests, the action in the Low 360-365, that its going no where. And the stocks can not build, until Gold is on firm footing?/

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chichi2

10/10/03 8:59 PM

#2205 RE: 4Godnwv #2201

Chi2: Gold the metal Forecast, Picture this...