Grubstake1 Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 Last Night the Calif. Mining and Mineral Museum was Robed while Employee's were inside, It was and Armed Robbery, and they just said it could be millions in gold and minerals taken. The Fricot nugget was not taken, but they said they did try to bust into it. God help them when they get them! Grubstakewww.mariposagazette.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno Chris Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 What a shame! Hope those criminal fools are caught soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubstake1 Posted September 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 yeh, Chris, what do they think they are going to do with the stuff, Melt it? I guess they are doing an inventory to see what all is missing, they did say on tonights news, they did try to break the Plexiglass on the Fricot nugget vault, but could not get into it, 13 pounds of gold, Lucky. And in dayligh no less. take care Grubstake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDdesertman Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 Wow that sucks! Didn't the same thing happen at another museum about a year ago? Scary stuff, I hope they are able to recover it and hang those involved... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dmiser Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 It's a very sad day for California mining, first our mining is taken away then part of our history is stolen! Catch um and hang umDan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubstake1 Posted September 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 Reno Chris, you should do a write up in ICMJ about this, maybe get in touch with officals and get a list of what was taken, put it in the ICMJ. Grubstake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 Criminals also stole most of the amazing Siskiyou County Courthouse Gold Display ... They have video of the break-in and it appears to be an inside job ... Buy coincidence the County is putting in something like $3 million insurance claim ... That will certainly make up a county budget shortfall, huh? ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubstake1 Posted September 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 Just talked to my nieghbor, a reserve Dupty here, he said they got over $2,000.000.00 in stuff, mostly gold but some other rare stuff also. If anyone see's someone selling some gold fast and cheap. Let the cops know. Most of the stuff was private owned, and on loan to the museum. Grubstake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertNuggets Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 Shame. Hope they do something stupid and get caught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutch john Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 Very sad... Museums display stuff from the past. We just lost some of the best finds of ourmining history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sandtrap Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 IF caught, give them some deep shafts to crawl out of! ( Then fill the shafts...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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