[rollei_list] Re: Grossly OT: Cornering the Silver Market
- From: Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:21:24 -0700
At 07:57 PM 6/15/2005, you wrote:
>Speculators who attempt to corner a commodity that is also considered a
>strategic material seem to take an eventual drubbing. Many years ago I
>knew a
>young woman who's father tried it with Beryllium ... he lost, as they say,
>his
>hat, ass, and wristwatch.
>
>G. King
I can remember when silver was used for electrical bus bars at Tinker Field
and the Douglas plant in Oklahoma City.
I have always wondered how they kept it from being sold. (Copper was rated
as a more strategic metal than silver at that time).
Don Williams
La Jolla, CA
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