Susie,
Remember that
delightful tour
you gave me
of the

GOLD COUNTRY?

























.....and our seeing the
IRONSTONE NUGGET?

.....well I've heard local prospectors are back at it, since the price of gold again makes it worthwhile
.

I thought that if, on the chance you'd be inspired to return to the Gold Country to join them, I might save you the trouble of actually having to clomp around in them thar hills....








....so I asked the curators of the museum if they'd please just send
that nugget

directly

to you
for your
Geburtstag.....






































Please let me know when it arrives...















                     Love,
Dick and Lois