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Gold deposits of the Carlin trend.
Cumulative gold production from the Carlin trend.
How much gold is 50 million troy ounces?
Reclamation
Photo donated by Newmont Mining Corp.
Gold has many uses.
Photographer: Terri Garside, March 2002
There's more to come.
Photographer: Jon Price, May 2000
Photograph of the Gold Quarry mine. The Carlin trend is one of the most productive gold mining regions.
Photographer:David Tejada. Image © David X. Tejada, available from the photographer at www.tejadaphoto.com
Significance of 50,000,000 ounces of gold.
Photo donated by Newmont Mining Corp.
Nevada and U.S annual gold production
Photograph of the obverse of one of the 100 one-ounce gold coins that were struck to commemorate the fifty millionth ounce of gold production from the Carlin trend.
Photograph provided by Ronald D. Lewis, Great Western Mint, Orem, Utah. Date: 2002.
Photograph of the reverse of one of the 100 one-ounce gold coins that were struck to commemorate the fifty millionth ounce of gold production from the Carlin trend.
Photograph provided by Ronald D. Lewis, Great Western Mint, Orem, Utah. Date: 2002.
