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Lucky for you, these gold rush hot spots have not yet run their mining courseMillions of Americans have tried their luck at gold panning. In 1852, the peak production year of the Gold Rush, $81 million worth of gold was discovered in California alone, coming to about $3.2 billion in today’s dollars. And still, two centuries later, prospectors search for gold in public areas across the American West. “Once you see your first flake of gold pop out of the pan, it hooks you,” says Andy Brooks, president of the Central Valley Prospectors gold panning club based in Fresno, California....

GOLD is no different than the Occupy Wall Street movement insofar as it is a means for the independent minded to hedge against the instability of what is taking place. The Democrats are cheering the Occupy Wall Street protest because it supports their Marxist agenda. Paulson’s statement when they appeared at his house made it clear that the top 1% pay 41% of the taxes in New York. Then Charlie Rangle basically said that’s not enough ! Rangle seems to think that the top 1% should pay everything so politicians like him can forget to pay taxes altogether as he...