RE:This guy has a pointIf the Romans, Egyptians, the Incas, and everyone else in history including the '49ers had to drill, wait for assays, and do a 43-101 instead of just mining they never would have had any gold ... and we wouldn't have 100- or 150,000 tons of gold left over today, a lot of which is from their efforts. Just a thought. Just mine, until there isn't any more. Why is this turning into the Forever Story?