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Gold has had an almost
mystical allure throughout the ages. It was treated as a substance
from God by the ancient Egyptians and has been used as a source
of money and adornment for millenia. Even today it is a very special
metal. Its color and heaviness mark it as special when you look
at it or hold a gold coin in your hand. It is even still used as
money - although not officially - by many people trading amongst
themselves and many people still buy it as an inflation hedge or
investment or anti-apocalypse reserve against the collapse of civilization
and paper money.
So where does gold come
from? And how it is refined and purified into the grades that are
suitable for making coins or jewelry? This DVD will look at a major
gold mining operation in South Dakota in 1940 and an unbelievable
but true gold rush in Ohio in 1933.
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