Gold Rushes

o Georgia Gold Rush (1829)
o California Gold Rush (1848-1855)
o Klondike Gold Rush (1848-1855)
o Australian gold rushes (1850s)
o Victorian Gold Rush (1851-1860)
o Fraser Canyon Gold Rush (1850s)
o Pike's Peak Gold Rush (1858-1860)
o Central Otago Gold Rush (1860s)
o Holcomb Valley Gold rush (1860s)
o Witwatersrand Gold Rush (1880s)
o Nevada Silver & Gold Rush (1870-2010)
o Klondike II Gold Rush (1890s)

Gold Rushes are the source of all gold in circulation in the world. Off course there is tons and tons of Gold reserves still hidden deep within the Earth but every bit of Gold in the World the rules the world of money was once mined out ... some of the gold comes from small deposit of little fame ... but most of the Gold in the World came from famous Gold Rushes that yielded tons of Gold in very short time. (lode mines v. placer deposits)

Gold Fact :: The Largest California gold nugget was 54 pounds. Later a 195 pound mass of gold was discovered in California.

Gold Fact :: Klondike has produced 12.5 million ounces of Gold.

Gold Fact :: Georgia produced about 870,000 troy ounces