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<blockquote data-quote="Conan" data-source="post: 435174" data-attributes="member: 3987"><p>I know the area down from the intersection of running stream and retreat river was stripped down to bedrock back in the 70's. I remember as a lad seeing the old PMG machines that would have pumped the water out. There was a wire fence line that went across the retreat river and these works were over that side. My old man and his mate sunk a 6 foot hole near the intersection in the 70's and were hampered by a big boulder. They got spooked when it started to rain as the river started to rise and the hole was filling up fast and they bailed. Unfortunately for them some other guy went in this hole before it filled up with water, scraped around the base of the boulder and jagged a 60 carat blue green clear sapphire. The old man saw it and said it was the size of your thumb. ]<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> . He kicked himself for years for not hanging around to finishe what he started.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Conan, post: 435174, member: 3987"] I know the area down from the intersection of running stream and retreat river was stripped down to bedrock back in the 70's. I remember as a lad seeing the old PMG machines that would have pumped the water out. There was a wire fence line that went across the retreat river and these works were over that side. My old man and his mate sunk a 6 foot hole near the intersection in the 70's and were hampered by a big boulder. They got spooked when it started to rain as the river started to rise and the hole was filling up fast and they bailed. Unfortunately for them some other guy went in this hole before it filled up with water, scraped around the base of the boulder and jagged a 60 carat blue green clear sapphire. The old man saw it and said it was the size of your thumb. ]:D . He kicked himself for years for not hanging around to finishe what he started. [/QUOTE]
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