Notice the carefully placed simile that modifies what otherwise seems like caution thrown to the wind: "Give me a wildness whose glance not civilization can endure,--as if we lived on the marrow of koodoos devoured raw" ("Walking" 163, my emphasis).
Drill indicated reserves: Existing mine area 1.8Mt @ 5.8g/t Far West shear 0.75Mt @ 6.7g/t Monte Carlo/Canada shear 2.65Mt @ 5.0g/t Total 5.2Mt @ 5.7g/t Geologically indicated resource Above 300m Monte Carlo/Canada 1.05Mt @ 5.2g/t Far West 2.5Mt @ 6.7g/t Koodoos Luck 0.75Mt @ 4.5g/t 300-400m Monte Carlo/Canada 1.25Mt @ 5.2g/t Far West 1Mt @ 6.0g/t Koodoos Luck 0.25Mt @ 4.5g/t Total 12Mt @ 5.6g/t The gold contained in this indicated resource amounts to 66t or 2Moz.