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Back Yard Gold Find Near Washington Sparks Local Frenzy
In Beallsville Maryland on October 12 a man named L Ron Hubbard found what appeared to be gold quartz in his wife’s backyard while setting a rifle target. The vein runs over a mile and is several yards wide with an estimated gold value of $82.47 per ton. Hubbard, manager of the West Indies Mineral Company, had previously explored the Antilles for gold.
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