tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8822606000441641347.post5344478058111451599..comments2023-09-06T03:57:44.608-07:00Comments on Marko's Take: Mr. Gold's Wild RideMarkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07028301085211245105noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8822606000441641347.post-66740932753706769772009-12-09T18:21:21.897-08:002009-12-09T18:21:21.897-08:00Hey "Peter Peter"
As long as we're ...Hey "Peter Peter"<br /><br />As long as we're discussing trivia it was Archie and Edith Bunker that first brought the use of "terlit" to my attention.<br /><br />As to the original part of your comment regarding the history of gold, that was utterly fascinating and I'm sure readers will appreciate as much as I did!<br /><br />MMarkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07028301085211245105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8822606000441641347.post-29037657912981214542009-12-09T17:11:59.385-08:002009-12-09T17:11:59.385-08:00Hi, Marko,
As an addition to my continuing conund...Hi, Marko,<br /><br />As an addition to my continuing conundrum in regards to the value of gold, I thought you and your readers might find the following interesting. I got this from http://www.onlygold.com/tutorialpages/historyfs.htm...<br /><br />"Jason and the Argonauts sought the Golden Fleece around 1200 B.C.<br /><br />That Greek myth makes more sense when you realize that the fleece that it refers to is the sheep's fleece used in the recovery of fine placer gold. <br /><br /><br />Early miners would use water power to propel gold-bearing sand over the hide of a sheep, which would trap the tiny, but heavy, flakes of gold. When the fleece had absorbed all it could hold, this 'golden fleece' was hung up to dry, and when dry would be beaten gently so that the gold would fall off and be recovered.<br /><br />This primitive form of hydraulic mining began thousands of years ago, and was still being used by some miners as recently as the California gold rush of 1849."<br /><br />I also read, which I'm still trying to find the article again (as I foolishly didn't bookmark it!!!) that prior to Gold becoming a form of 'exchange', barley was used as a currency of for trade. WELL... my point exactly from my prior posted response to you... You see... barley makes more sense than gold. AT LEAST you can EAT IT!!! And, by the way, eating a cup or two of cooked barley a day for at least two weeks will have you talking to God as you sit down for your daily visit to the 'terlit' thanking Him for this invention. :0)<br /><br />Peter<br /><br />PeterPeter Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17669110902536980214noreply@blogger.com