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During the height of the California…

March 16, 2021Weirdo

During the height of the California gold rush, an egg would cost the equivalent of $25 in today’s money, coffee went for $100/pound, and a pair of boots would set you back more than $2,500.

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The first U.S. gold rush…

February 10, 2019Weirdo

The first U.S. gold rush started in North Carolina in 1803 when a 12-year-old boy found a 17-pound gold nugget on his father’s farm. It supplied all the gold for the nation’s mints until 1829.

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During the California Gold Rush a Chinese laundry…

November 15, 2017Weirdo

During the California Gold Rush a Chinese laundry man named John-John washed enough gold dust out of pants cuffs and shirttails of miners to set himself up for life.

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In 1799 a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek…

April 8, 2014Weirdo

In 1799 a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was gold.

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Chinese gold miners in the 1849 gold rus …

November 18, 2011July 22, 2015Weirdo

Chinese gold miners in the 1849 gold rush would often melt down the gold they found into common household items, like pots, and cover them in soot to protect the gold from bandits.

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