Gold rush

In eastern Galilee, Laurie Rimon found a 2,000 year old gold Roman coin while hiking. The coin was said to be found around the place it is said that Jesus performed the multiplying of water and bread ritual. The shiny coin was just in the grass in plain sight waiting to be found. After the founding of the coin Laurie Rimon turned the coin into the Israel Antiquities Authority. The coin was so rare that there was only one other coin of that type in the world besides that one. The coin had the…

Sterling silver jewelry has always been popular precious metal in all countries in ancient legends and throughout history. While silver is used in many products, their use as money and sterling silver jewelry are the source of its mystique and intrigue. There are many pieces of film on the basis of the sterling silver jewelry theft and looking for sterling silver jewelry lost items with magical properties. If you like sterling silver jewelry, you will probably feel the same way every time you…

A small western town, Libby Montana is known as the land of shiny mountains, originating from loggers and fur traders. Amongst the mountains is a 25-26 million year old volcano that was discovered to be a source of ore. Strip mines soon developed around 1923, providing well paying jobs for the citizens of the sleepy town. Zonolite merged with W.R. Grace and Company, becoming the the biggest employer of the towns men who pride themselves on being hard working and family oriented. These men worked…

HAILE GOLD MINE EIS The Haile Gold Mine Company desires to construct and manage a gold mine at an existing mining site in the state of South Carolina. The mine they are looking at was previously used to mine gold, but has been dormant for quite some time. The proposed mining site requires a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The USACE, a federal agency, has determined from early information that the proposed project could cause notable affects to the environment. Since the…

throughout the remainder of Roman civilization. With the dawn of the Imperial age under Augustus, new coins went into circulation using four metals: gold, silver, brass, and bronze (or copper). The gold aureus, first introduced during the Second Punic War, became more widely used, although the as and denarius remained in circulation. Typically, gold and silver coins had official use, such as the paying of salaries, while the brass and bronze coins were used in everyday…

Throughout the Chinese history, century after century, led to the age of today’s currency. By this revolutionizing idea all from China, economy is still based on using coins and paper money. The first form of currency that was used under the Shang dynasty was the cowrie shells that were mainly used among trade along the Silk Road to other regions. Around the 1800 BC time period, this way of exchange was the main economical method through the Chinese. These shells had carving marks in them that…

I’ll keep this blunt. I feel that I have to a degree upheld my reputation. That reputation is one of a hard working, extremely high scoring student. I started this year hoping to excel in all curriculum. I have lived up to that in certain subjects but, not in others. Two months in, and i'm still trying to adapt to the grading styles of certain teachers. I feel that once, I get that down I will be back on course. The conditions around me while self-imposed do also hinder me academically. In the…

gymnastics classes at age six (Brian). Gabby first started training gymnastics at Excalibur (Hill). Gabby won the Virginia State gymnastics Championship when she was just eight years old (Brian). Gabrielle Douglas says “I’d been dreaming of an Olympic gold medal since I was eight” (Douglas…

The piece I examined, titled Cranes, was created by the artist Maruyama Ōkyo in Japan, 1772. This piece is displayed in the LACMA Museum. Cranes consists of thin wood panel screens wrapped in gold leaf paper. Painted atop the gold leaf paper are twelve red-crowned cranes and five white-naped cranes with an acrylic type of paint. This piece stands on a cut portion of the wall, giving it the large scale of 6’0” tall by 24’0” wide estimated. The whole piece is made of twelve tall rectangular…

“Here you go Clover” I stare at Jeff the zoo keeper, while he drops a gold coin into my tank. When he walks away, I slowly slide down from my perch that was up on top of the fake little rainbow, that they had given me for my tank. I didn’t like the rainbow that much, but I guess it will have to do. In my opinion the rainbows back home were the best. Colors mixed perfectly in the golden rays of the sunlight. The rainbow in my tank was the complete opposite. It had a glare from my warm yellow tank…