Silver and gold

[Davent]

I once read somewhere that gold is always found where silver is found. Is this right?
Can't find an easy answer on the net, but I question this theory.

 

[Bjay]

I'm sure you'd find gold at silvers place. Might only be coins and jewelry though.(sorry couldn't help myself). Seriously though no idea.

 

[grubstake]

All natural gold is impure and one of the common impurities is silver, hence when selling your gold finds to a refinery you should also get paid for the silver content that you inadvertently delivered. Whether the two metals are ALWAYS found together, I don't know.

 

[silver]

I'm sure you'd find gold at silvers place. Might only be coins and jewelry though.(sorry couldn't help myself). Seriously though no idea.

I'da been called Gold if only the ballance had swung the other way Bjay ,.... not enough gold here to put out a fire !

 

[BigWave]

Much literature states that the Gold nuggets in the Vic GT contain around 5% Silver.
When I run Specific Gravity (SG) tests on GT speccies, I therefore use a gold amalgam SG of 18.88g/cc (not Gold's SG of 19.32), representing gold purity of 22.8 karat.
Some even state that they have found Silver nuggets, but I've not found any (unless they looked like Lead and I turfed them). I've seen Gold nuggets in streams here that have been panned that looked like Silver, but were actually coated in old-timers' dumped Mercury.
Sorry if that's too much info

 

[Davent]

Same up here, silver,nickel, and sometimes copper found in nuggets. Reason I'm asking is there is a mine, outside of our known goldfields, that produces a bit of silver. Then he found this on trove.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3313237

 

[Davent]

Whoops,double post.

 

[BigWave]

Interesting read Dave. Gold and violence have been intertwined throughout history, although in this case, just hatred of the white man who was after gold/silver?

 

[LONEWOLF]

I would say Yes and No... Gold is Where you Find It.....

Just like Opal and Orange Trees...

LW...