r/mining • u/dofrogsbite • 9h ago

Canada Passed down to me from my grandfather, he was a financial officer at the Kerr mine in the 80s.

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u/WOOFBABY 9h ago

Thats a hell of a paper weight

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u/Deoxyrynn 9h ago

I work near vtown-- so cool!

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u/magnificent_limit 8h ago

He didn't get to keep the commemorative bag of tailings?

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u/dofrogsbite 8h ago

I only got to visit his office once and he had a big chunk of rock encased in resin on his desk with a pieces of gold in it. I grew up on the other side of the country. My mom's brother's worked in the mines for a few years one down the shaft and the other in the pour room.

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u/Gandhehehe 5h ago

Very cool! I grew up in the area. Fun fact - George Harrison from The Beetles spent time in vtown! I cant remember exactly but somwthing about a letter he wrote from there.

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u/I_am_the_darkness_99 7h ago

Too bad you didn't inherit the other 9,999,999 oz. too