On lectures in history, Emory University professor, Patrick Allitt teaches a class about the California Gold rush of the mid1800s. He talks about the evolving Technology Used to mine gold. Good morning, everybody. Morning. My lecture today is the history of the gold rush. And im going to talk mainly about california in the years immediately following 1848. But goallds played a very Important Role in history. The history the conquest, first of the aztecs and then the incas is an unquenchable thirst for gold. When the first english settlers came to jamestown in 1607, one of the things they were hoping to find was gold like the spaniards. They brought with them jewelers and goldsmiths. But americas first gold rush took very close to where we are now in georgia. In 1829. This was the georgia gold rush in north georgia. About to the town of deloniga, the courthouse has been converted into a gold mine museum. First gold was discovered and people started pouring into the area in huge numbers
Important role in history. The history the conquest, first of the aztecs and then the incas is an unquenchable thirst for gold. When the first english settlers came to jamestown in 1607, one of the things they were hoping to find was gold like the spaniards. They brought with them jewelers and goldsmiths. But americas first gold rush took very close to where we are now in georgia. In 1829. This was the georgia gold rush in north georgia. About to the town of deloniga, the courthouse has been converted into a gold mine museum. First gold was discovered and people started pouring into the area in huge numbers because of the intoxicating possibility that gold would make them wealthy quickly. Until then, this had been an area really beyond the lean ine settlement. But suddenly, now, White Settlement catches up very quickly. And heres gorge gilmer talking about what it was like meeting the georgia miners. Many thousands flocked into georgia from every point of the compass, whose pentup prop
Patrick allitt teaches a class about the California Gold rush of the mid1800s. He talks about the evolving Technology Used to mine gold. Good morning, everybody. Morning. My lecture today is the history of the gold rush. And im going to talk mainly about california in the years immediately following 1848. But goallds played a very Important Role in history. The history the conquest, first of the aztecs and then the incas is an unquenchable thirst for gold. When the first english settlers came to jamestown in 1607, one of the things they were hoping to find was gold like the spaniards. They brought with them jewelers and goldsmiths. But americas first gold rush took very close to where we are now in georgia. In 1829. This was the georgia gold rush in north georgia. About to the town of deloniga, the courthouse has been converted into a gold mine museum. First gold was discovered and people started pouring into the area in huge numbers because of the intoxicating possibility that gold wo
America and perhaps on american resilience manufacturing coming in very strong pushing stocking to new highs, that is where we begin tonight. October historically one of the worst months of the year, but you wouldnt know it today the dow 5ding another 152 points tonight. It also closed at the highs of the days day, which could be a technical sign the blue chip index kept good compute. All joining the dow at new record highs, it was a very broadbased rally as well all posting gains, but as markets climb, so do many investor questions, but how much more may actually be left in a nearly nineyear bull run. Those questioning have been around i have asked them seemingly for the last couple years. Those questions continue to be unanswerable i tell you, i continue to think we have taken a lot of our cues from europe. I say that because we emarked 12,000 as a huge line in the sand see where the dax traded down to, and what its done, and now it makes sense that equities are rallying what still w
It leaves a woman partially blind. Yeah. That happened. And it didnt have to. Now fox 29 news at 10 00. A routine visit to the dentist turned into a life altering event for one woman. Thanks for joining us im iain page. Im lucy noland. She was blinded after that visit and obviously it should have never happened. Fofox 29s Chris Oconnell joins us in stewed eighty seven you talk with her tonight. I did lucy. Anyone who sits in dentist chair needs to listen to this story. An accident that had devastating results a new jersey mom is trying to make certain it never happens again from her south Jersey Office jenn maroney sees things a lot differently these days. I front of thed my dentist and i loved my dentist, and i had no idea that this was even a danger. In july of 2013, the belmar mother of two went to her dentist for a root canal. It was a visit that changed her live forever. The dentist dropped a needle in my eye leaving me permanently blind in my right eye. Marini documented what hap