WOAH! originally i was considering doing each day twice with the other prompt option… but lol no way i have time for that, so this is the final 2023 huevember!
i’m not super proud of every single one of these… but i’m choosing to cut myself some slack considering i’m at art school and am also working 2 other jobs 😅 anyways thank you to everyone who stuck around and who found me through this challenge! i really appreciate the support and all the kind words ❤️❤️
February 5th marks the anniversary of the discovery of the largest alluvial gold nugget in history, known as “Welcome Stranger.” The nugget was found in 1869 by miners John Deason and Richard Oates just outside of Dunolly, Australia. It weighed just under 193 pounds earning the miners roughly £9,381 (equivalent to around A$743,000 today). A little over 8,000 miles away, California was winding down its famed gold rush that forever altered the area’s landscape, societal growth, and indigenous communities.
California Gold Rush Camps: A Keepsake in Fourteen Parts published in 1998 by The Book Club of California documents the lives of miners and the camps that shaped California in the latter half of the 1800s. The keepsake contains fourteen folders, each highlighting the history of a camp that played a notable role in the gold rush. The text is accompanied by color illustrations from Life Among the Miners published by Hutchings & Rosenfield in 1854, sketches published in local magazines and newspapers, lithographs, and a daguerreotype. The series was edited by Robert J. Chandler and designed and printed by Patrick Reagh Printers, Inc.
In alignment with their commitment to sharing California history, The Book Club of California presented portions of this publication at the 1998 Western History Association annual meeting. California Gold Rush Camps: A Keepsake in Fourteen Parts is part of an extensive collection of The Book Club of California materials held within Special Collections. This book is another gift from our friend Jerry Buff.
Gold is forever. It is beautiful, useful, and never wears out. Small wonder that gold has been prized over all else, in all ages, as a store of value that will survive the travails of life and the ravages of time.
In 2010 three miners armed with a metal detector and a small tractor discovered Ausrox out in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia.
It weighs 748 troy ounces or 51.3 pounds.
How To Benefit From Rising Gold Prices Without Buying Gold
Special presentation that Everyone should watch - A huge gold nugget is dropped during the livestream! Yes - you can benefit from Gold without buying gold! Plus entry into our silver contest expires at midnight tonight!
Information to get started today https://sandgsolutions.org/silvertoday