The USA - Fever of the gold in California
23-05-2008 newspaper160 years ago, thousands of adventurers came to California with the sleep of finding gold. Today, the record prices that the metal registers are untying a new fever, and more and more people come to Californian peoples to prove fortune. Peoples bogey as Jamestown and Columbia - that in due time, almost turn in the capital of the state - show signs of life again. The experts say that most of the gold of California still has not been discovered.
What is the reason?
Observers suggest that with the suspense of the petroleum and financial markets, the gold is seen like a stable investment and is generating new searches.
In March, the gold climbed a historical maximum of more than 1.000 US Dollars the ounce.
Since then, the precious metal fights to support the upward tendency.
Since it overcame this magic number, the metal has been ranging between 700 and 900 US Dollars the ounce.
And in California there is gold in bulk.
It is believed that in 1849, the mining originals found only 15 % of the gold buried there.
Brent Shock organizes golden compilation walks in Jamestown and says to be busier than in many years.
“There is a tremendous interest of the people now”.
Nevertheless, most of the gold that stays, it is possible only to be buried in the foundations, and modern mining skills are needed to extract it.
In spite of everything, the high prices that the precious metal can reach do that the work is viable in financial terms.
In peoples as Columbia one hopes that the gold diggers tourism should keep on growing and it is said so that the rain helps to the metal to go out to the surface in the rivers.
The history seems to recur:
they will excavate many deeply, but few ones will do fortunes in the new fever of the gold of California.
23-05-2008 BBC
