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Lost and Stolen SpecimensRice Northwest Museum Gold Collection Stolen
20th Apr 2010 23:27 UTCBill Dameron 🌟 Expert
The Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals, in Hillsboro, Oregon, just outside of Portland, housed a stunning collection of 107 (mostly) crystallized gold specimens in all sizes; many of these were wire thumbnail size pieces from the famous Ace of Diamonds mine, Liberty, Washington. Most of these treasures, some cabinet specimens from Breckenridge, Colorado, a 42 oz leaf gold from The Alabama claim, Jamestown, California and a few others were stolen the evening of Friday, April 16, 2010. Ninety three of the specimens in the collection formerly belonged to John Barlow, and the loss to the mineral collecting community is great.
While it is not likely they will be offered for sale on the collector market, please be on the lookout and notify curator Rudy Tschernich immediately (tschernich@msn.com) if you learn of anyone offering for sale or trade similar specimens without a well documented history. Two photos are attached, one of the leaf gold from The Alabama Claim and one of an Ace of Diamonds specimen. If for some reason you do not reach Rudy immediately please contact Washington County Sheriff's Department Detective Jim George at 503-846-6093.
Bill Dameron (Director, Rice Museum)
21st Apr 2010 00:02 UTCKen Doxsee
21st Apr 2010 00:27 UTCMaggie Wilson Expert
21st Apr 2010 09:43 UTCRock Currier Expert
21st Apr 2010 16:07 UTCBill Dameron 🌟 Expert
(p.s. I wasn't clear when making the original post: I am one of four members of the Board of Directors. I am not "THE" director!
21st Apr 2010 16:34 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder
It might help posting more photos if you have them. I would also suggest circulating photos to the local newspapers and media outlets emphasizing the phenomenal loss to science if these treasures are melted down.
Jolyon
22nd Apr 2010 20:15 UTCSaul Krotki Expert
It was one of those formidable vaults!
But that is besides the point since it turned out to be something of an inside job. This just in:
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) - The Washington County sheriff's office says detectives have recovered nearly all the gold that was stolen from the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals in Hillsboro.
Detectives were led to the gold at an apartment in Tigard by a suspect who was arrested Wednesday in Portland.
He's identified as 28-year-old Jeff Harvey of Portland, the great-grandson of Richard and Helen Rice who founded the museum in the 1930s and the grandson of Bill and Sharleen Rice who donated most of the gold.
The gold, valued at more than $250,000, was taken from a safe in a Saturday night burglary at the museum west of Portland. Assistant museum director Linda Kepford said one 42-ounce nugget is valued at more than $50,000.
22nd Apr 2010 20:24 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder
22nd Apr 2010 21:45 UTCBill Dameron 🌟 Expert
22nd Apr 2010 22:36 UTCDana Slaughter 🌟 Expert
Dana
10th Aug 2010 17:34 UTCDavid M. Crawford
16th Oct 2010 02:49 UTCAlfredo Petrov Manager
17th Oct 2010 21:05 UTCYinan Wang
http://www.kgw.com/news/Camo-clad-burglary-suspect-arrested-near-museum-104991249.html
He's wearing a ghillie suit, otherwise known as a bigfoot costume.
-YvW
18th Oct 2010 01:35 UTCJoseph Polityka Expert
The news report is hilarious; I hope the police dog was given a large porterhouse steak as a reward by the museum.
Best,
Joe
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