[Jewelry making - Article 00460] - Re: [Orchid] New Prudent Man Agate

[Steve Howard]

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>         Very pretty agate, Steve! Care to tell us how it got that
>     name? 

    I am a guy with a bit of a sense of humor. 

    I had a claim that was declared invalid under the Prudent Man clause
    of the 1874 mining law which states that you can only hold a claim if
    in the judgement of the mine inspector a prudent man could make a
    living by working it. 

    My sister says I have been officialy declared by the US government
    to be "not a prudent man". So like a polititian if you declare
    yourself to be something and say it often enough eventually someone
    will believe you. Even so I have no intention of truly becomming a
    prudent man. 

    When people ask me how I found it I tell them I was out prospecting
    and my mule just stopped and refused to go any farther, I picked up a
    rock to throw at her and........ 

    It's a memorable name and I have fun with it. 

Steve Howard
AKA Mad John
(not a prudent man)

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