The Independent - London, June 23rd, 2008
Economic turmoil and record prices have lured a new generation of prospectors to the Californian hills where the original '49ers' sought their fortunes. Guy Adams reports from Plumas Forest Rich pickings They've been talking about the gold in California's hills since 1849, when tens of thousands of pioneers rushed across the continent or even sailed round Cape Horn to join the fabled gold rush that transformed this remote rural backwater into the beating heart of the American dream. Today, record gold prices, widespread economic turmoil, and the enduring optimism of America's entrepreneuria...
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