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The new 49ers and California's second gold rush

Frik Els | July 24, 2012 | 10:54 pm Precious Metals Gold 

Smithsonian.com takes an in depth look at what it terms a second California gold rush. The first wave occurred in the mid-1800s – hence the term 49er – and the roughly 100,000 prospectors and panners that descended on the region...

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