Sewage yields more gold than top mines

[melm00se]

Source: Yahoo

TOKYO (Reuters) – Resource-poor Japan just discovered a new source of mineral wealth -- sewage.

A sewage treatment facility in central Japan has recorded a higher gold yield from sludge than can be found at some of the world's best mines. An official in Nagano prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, said the high percentage of gold found at the Suwa facility was probably due to the large number of precision equipment manufacturers in the vicinity that use the yellow metal. The facility recently recorded finding 1,890 grammes of gold per tonne of ash from incinerated sludge.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090130/od_nm/us_gold_sewage_odd_1

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there's gold in them thar.....ummmm....hills?

[Locrian]

1. there's gold in dem dar sh*t! gold rush!

[hvn_nbr_2]

2. I have a suggestion for how to pay out Wall Street bonuses...

They have to pick up (pick out) their own bonus, no paying someone else to get it for them.

[Kip Humphrey]

3. I always thought the phrase, "to shit gold bricks" was allegorical.

[Historic NY]

4. I thought they were drinking lots of Goldschläger .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldschl%C3%A4ger

[RantinRavin]

5. Everytime someone mentions Goldschlager

The phrase "shitting golden bricks" comes to mind....

[KansDem]

6. New movie? "The Treasure of the Suwa Facility"

CALLING MR. BOGART!
CALLING MR. HOUSTON!
CALLING MR. HOLT!


Uh, yeah, but I think you should go first...
No way! You go...
How 'bout you going first?
Not me!

[groundloop]

7. the high percentage of gold

found at the Suwa facility was probably due to the large number of precision equipment manufacturers in the vicinity.....

Hmmm.... manufacturing facilities, heavy metals found in wastewater treatment plant sludge. Maybe some lax enforcement of environmental laws going on???

[AnneD]

11. It isn't....

Lax enforcement of the law, but LAXitives.

[Javaman]

8. The goose that layed...er...um...the golden...turd. nt

[slampoet]

9. We have seen the goose, and it is us.

[Endangered Specie]

10. So when does the new bond movie "Shitfinger" come out?