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Author Boggan, Steve, author.

Title Gold fever : one man's adventures on the trail of the gold rush / Steve Boggan.

Publication Info. London, England : Oneworld Publications, 2015.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Non Fiction  622.34 B64    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  622.34 B64    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Summary One Thursday in 2008 the price of gold went above a thousand dollars an ounce for the first time in history. All over the world, at least in countries with gold-bearing soil, people with no experience of prospecting began shopping for shovels and pickaxes, gold pans, tents, generators and all manner of equipment they had no idea how to use. And off they went mining. In 2013, Steve Boggan followed them, packing his bags and flying to San Francisco to join the 21st century's gold rush in a quest to understand the allure of the metal - and maybe find a bit for himself, too. Meeting a selection of colourful characters, he gets a crash course in small-scale prospecting while learning about the history and economics of gold.
Subject Boggan, Steve -- Travel -- California.
Prospecting -- California.
Gold mines and mining -- California.
Gold miners -- United States.
Gold -- Social aspects.
California -- Description and travel.
California -- Antiquities.
Gold mines and mining -- California -- History -- 19th century.
Gold. (OCoLC)fst00944368
Gold miners. (OCoLC)fst00944463
Gold mines and mining. (OCoLC)fst00944469
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 2000 - 2099
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781780746968
1780746962
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