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That is certainly the first person to discover gold, but not necessarily who started the rush. 
May 12, 1848
San Francisco merchant Samuel Brannan runs through the streets of the city, waving a quinine bottle full of gold while shouting "Gold, gold, gold from the American River!"
San Francisco merchant Samuel Brannan runs through the streets of the city, waving a quinine bottle full of gold while shouting "Gold, gold, gold from the American River!"
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well done Ramjet, like your work!
preceding this calculated announcement, he stockpiled every shovel, pick, gold pan and anything else a prospector might need and built himself an empire (charging whatever he saw fit) - becoming one of the first millionaires in California...
preceding this calculated announcement, he stockpiled every shovel, pick, gold pan and anything else a prospector might need and built himself an empire (charging whatever he saw fit) - becoming one of the first millionaires in California...
EternalChase said:
You see the same doco I did?
Back with a question shortly.
What would you find at the top of the golden staircase?
What did you need to proceed?
What did you need to proceed?
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Ramjet said:You see the same doco I did?
Back with a question shortly.
Must have seen the same show, found it very interesting!
No mando.
More related to the forums purpose.
More related to the forums purpose.
Yukon Gold Rush
This staircase was on the Chilcoot trail in the Yukon ,Northwest Territory. Canada
At the top of the golden staircase you would find Randal Evans & Wayne Phillbrick who cut the 1500 steps over Chilcoot Pass.
They charged 10 cents per step for miners using the stairs.
Also there was a member of the Canadian Royal Mounted Police who checked the prospectors had enough food & supplies to get them through a Canadian winter
This staircase was on the Chilcoot trail in the Yukon ,Northwest Territory. Canada
At the top of the golden staircase you would find Randal Evans & Wayne Phillbrick who cut the 1500 steps over Chilcoot Pass.
They charged 10 cents per step for miners using the stairs.
Also there was a member of the Canadian Royal Mounted Police who checked the prospectors had enough food & supplies to get them through a Canadian winter
You covered what I was after Pete.
Canadian customs would let no body past who did not have a years supplies, about 1 tons worth.
This meant doing the whole route, including the staircase 20 to 50 times.
Approx 100,000 set out for the Klondike. Only abour 30,000 made it.
One enterprising guy had a small paddle steamer hauled over the pass.
Canadian customs would let no body past who did not have a years supplies, about 1 tons worth.
This meant doing the whole route, including the staircase 20 to 50 times.
Approx 100,000 set out for the Klondike. Only abour 30,000 made it.
One enterprising guy had a small paddle steamer hauled over the pass.
Just one from google Pete. Seen a couple of docos on the Klondike rush. Interesting stuff.
A Song dynasty shipwreck.
When the wreck was first found, about 200 pieces of porcelain from the Song Dynasty were recovered, together with Song coins, about 130 kilos of silver bars, a brass kettle and a gold waist chain.
When the wreck was first found, about 200 pieces of porcelain from the Song Dynasty were recovered, together with Song coins, about 130 kilos of silver bars, a brass kettle and a gold waist chain.
In the 70s, a soil sample from Umbria was tested and found to have 300 times the ammount of iridium normally detected.
What did this tell us?
mad Mike
mike rogers
Kaolin minerals?
