John Livermore dies; geologist who found 'invisible gold' was 94
Sunday, March 3, 2013 - 01:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Livermore's discovery of microscopic gold in northern Nevada in the early 1960s sparked a modern-day gold rush and established the region as one of the world's premier gold districts.John Livermore, an exploration geologist whose discovery of minuscule but highly valuable particles of "invisible gold" in Nevada in the early 1960s set off a modern-day gold rush in the state, has died. He was 94.