WorldWide Drilling Resource

February 7 - 8, 2019 Aquarius Casino Resort - Laughlin, NV Located on the Colorado River For more information visit us online: mountainstatesgroundwater.com E-mail: info@mountainstatesgroundwater.com (480) 609-3999 WHYATTEND??? • It’s a great opportunity to visit with manufacturers & suppliers, drilling contractors & pump installers, technical & consulting firms, state groundwater officials, etc. • Attend the seminars • Visit the exhibits • Earn CEU’s • Participate in the Buck Lively Scholarship auction & raffle No membership is required to attend - Everyone is welcome! It’s casual & inexpensive: Bring your employees! 36 JANUARY 2019 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® Gold is one of the most popular minerals, known for its value and special properties. Throughout his- tory, almost every established culture has used gold to symbolize power, beauty, purity, and accomplishment. Today, no other substance of the same rarity holds a more visible and prominent place in our society. Most of the natural gold specimens found have been smelted for production, so nice specimens are highly regarded, and are worth much more than the standard gold value. Most of the gold which is newly consumed or recycled each year is used in the production of jewelry. About 10% is used in coinage or in the financial stores of governments. The rest is consumed in a wide range of other uses which include awards, pigments, gilding, and optics. Gold is a highly efficient conductor capable of carrying tiny electrical charges. Because of this property, a small amount of gold is found in almost all electronic devices, including cell phones, televisions, global positioning units, and more. Since 700 B.C., gold has been used in dentistry and will probably continue to be the best option for replacing broken or missing teeth. It makes for the best fillings, crowns, bridges, and orthodontic appliances because the metal is chem- ically inert, easy to insert, and nonallergenic. In the medical field, small amounts of gold isotopes are used in certain radiation treatments and diagnoses. In the aerospace industry, reliable and effective technologies are key to survival, so gold plays an essential role. It is used to lubricate mechanical parts, conduct electricity, and coat the insides of space vehicles to protect people inside from infrared radiation and heat. Gold is also used when making specialty glass for climate-controlled buildings. A small amount of gold dispersed within the glass or coated onto the glass surface reflects solar radiation outward, helping the buildings stay cool in the summer, and reflect internal heat inward, helping them stay warm in winter. There are also some interesting lesser known facts about gold. In every cubic mile of sea water, there is 25 tons of gold, which is a total of about 10 billion tons of gold in the oceans; however, there’s no known way to economically recover it. Gold can be hammered into sheets so thin a pile of them an inch high would contain more than 200,000 separate sheets. A single ounce of gold can be drawn into a wire 60 miles long. The World of Minerals MIN