Guldruschen är tillbaka i Kalifornien | NTD NYHETER

This run right here is called the bonsai bonsai tree that's worth roughly 35 to 45,000. This is why they call it the golden state. This isn't a relic from 1849. This is from February 2026 and with the way prices are now gold fever may be spreading again. I'm Dave Martin and this This is Rusty Simpson and this is one of his mines. Right before the explosives went off he explained what he expected to earn. Theoretically we should get roughly about 10 ounces of gold out of this. So one shot you know is going to net us about 50,000. He mines out of Angels Camp in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California and he's a sixth generation gold miner. His family's been mining here since not long after the gold rush and it all started here. In 1848 a carpenter named James Marshall was building a sawmill. Then he saw something in the water near the American River. Small shiny flakes. It was gold and by the next year people were pouring in from across the country and around the world. They all chased the same dream. Striking it rich in California's rivers. But the myth was bigger than the reality and once the loose gold in rivers and creeks was scooped up the hunt became slower and harder. So the rush faded. So what's changed compared to today for Simpson? Back then what the 49ers couldn't really get to was the source. Gold buried deeper underground locked inside hard quartz veins. Researchers estimate that the broader gold belt could still hold more than 100 million ounces of gold. It's just harder to reach. But with today's technology and prices which peaked at nearly $5,600 per troy ounce in January, solving that quartz problem is looking way more worthwhile. To find out more about how they do it, read the full report on the Epoch Times. Inside this mine Simpson's crews blast about 20 tons of gold bearing ore loose from the tunnel walls. A crew member returned inside the mine to scan the freshly fallen rocks and other tunnel surfaces. And this is the sound of them getting lucky. Unlike the 49ers the people coming back now aren't all full-time miners. They're retirees, weekend prospectors and hobbyists. But what's pulling them back is familiar. Simpson said that old and new miners alike are making their way out to the foothills of California once again. He said that all it takes is finding one piece of gold in the pan and quote, gold fever takes over.