the article/blog is written by an astute PhD geologist named  Dirk Masuch Oesterreich.

i chatted with him briefly.  perhaps he drops in the site to say hello? if anyone wants a forward of the google cove map he mentions at the end of the article i would be more then happy to email if it saves him time of doing it over again.

also, great references at the end of the article should any of you maniacs want further reading.

hows this for numbers highlighted from teh article

Dr. Raul Madrid is applying structural analytical methods leading to refined predictive methods in gold exploration. Raul sees the need for future exploration in Nevada in deeper exploratory efforts than today which could open a potential for about 1.5 billion ounces in the gold belts in the western US (that’s right, that’s billion with a “b”). In fact he compares the potential in Nevada and Utah to South Africa’s Witwatersrand.

do some reading about witwatersrand if you want to educate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witwatersrand      their currency was named after this huge find.