[Jewelry making - Article 00483] - Re: [Orchid] New Prudent Man Agate

[gnmhllw]

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>         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. 

    I wrote to Steve asking him if this agate were rare...Making a joke
    of course but I noticed that this particular set of agates looked
    like a man laughing then shutting his mouth. I had no idea there were
    "prudent man" claims. 

Lisa in NY

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