Gold rushes

new discovery of gold that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune

cultural property in Borrenes y Carucedo, Spain

thumb|Prospector and burro, western Colorado, USA, thumb|upright|Schoolchildren learn to pan for gold, Denver, 1972. thumb|Rich specimen from a 2009 gold discovery by a prospector in southeastern Yukon Territory. The gold, deposited along a fracture, appears rusty-orange in this photo.

Helmsdale (, ) is a village on the east coast of Sutherland, in the Highland council area of Scotland. The modern village was planned in 1814 to resettle communities that had been removed from the surrounding straths as part of the Highland Clearances.

Guldrush between 1883 and 1906

1690s to late 19th century event

gold mines

Quasi-state on the territory of the Qing Empire

any qualitative chemical or metallurgical assay which uses acid; most commonly, and historically, the use of a strong acid to distinguish gold from base metals