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“They're like, ‘What do you do?’ I'm like, ‘I don't know,'" Schnabel jokes to PEOPLE
“That gold’s in the ground and we’ve gotta go get it,” Ness, 43, says. “A big chunk of gold in your hand — there's something powerful about it.” Schnabel adds, “It's just gold fever.
Gold Rush (titled Gold Rush: Alaska in the first season) is a reality television series that airs on Discovery and its affiliates worldwide. The series follows the placer gold mining efforts of various family-run mining companies, initially in Alaska , but then mostly in the Klondike region of Dawson City , Yukon , Canada .
The California gold rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. [1] The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. [ 2 ]
People in San Francisco and the California gold fields greeted the news with excitement. Within a month 30,000 men had descended upon Victoria. 4,000 of these Gold Rush pioneers settlers were Chinese. [2] [3] Until that time, the village had had a population of only about 500. This was a record for mass movement of mining populations on the ...
A gold rush or gold fever is a discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare-earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune. Major gold rushes took place in the 19th century in Australia , Greece , New Zealand , Brazil , Chile , South Africa , the United States , and Canada while smaller ...
The California gold rush (1848–1855) was a period of American history in which the most amount of gold seen at the time was discovered. The initial discovery of gold in America in 1848 attracted many immigrants who were intent on the opportunity and potential wealth that came with gold mining.
Gold Rush (formerly Gold Rush Alaska) is a reality television series that airs on Discovery Channel, with reruns also airing on TLC. The show's ninth season began airing on October 12, 2018. As of May 4, 2018, a total of 176 episodes of Gold Rush have been aired, including 16 specials and two mini-series.