Without Prospects, They’re Prospectors

Thursday, September 24th, 2009 | Uncategorized

I guess if you lose your house in California, you have two options.  One might be just to find a good canyon along the Pacific and pitch a tent (one such individual has done this in my back yard!) The other is to head for the mountains and relive the 19th century. By far one of the most interesting stories I’ve read concerning what some people are doing after losing their homes.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32536094/ns/us_news-washington_post/

“But as the economy soured, their ranks were swelled by adults of working age, pulled by gold prices flirting with $1,000 a troy ounce — the highest in more than two decades — and pushed by unfortunate circumstance. While there is no way to quantify the trend, anecdotally it is clear that the jobless are showing up not only in California but also elsewhere around the country where gold has been found in the past.”

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