He found 5 to 7 feet of gravel containing half an ounce per yard. This started a rush of placer activity and several other shafts were sunk, with some large multi-ounce nuggets being found.

Gold specimens that include visible crystal formations are among the rarest, most attractive and most valuable forms of gold to be found.

Congress decided that if they shared the riches of our lands with the people, we would colonize and expand the states at a much faster pace, thus the birth of public lands and mining claims in America.

Bodie, California, in its heyday, was once rumored to be one of the roughest and most lawless towns in the American West.