Gold rush in mid 19th century was a phenomenon by itself in California. There was another country (A), where the gold rush was frenetic and frenzied as well. At the end of that century an Irishman had strayed off course because his horse had lost a shoe. He found gold nuggets everywhere in this remote area, which he collected and then registered it with the provincial authorities. News spread and this started a mad rush, which eventually came to be called fools, fools gold rush. The place came to be known by the name of the Irishman who found the gold as _________ Find (X). A town developed and and everyone was mining for gold. Buildings were built with rocks discarded by the miners. When nuggets became scarce, tension grew among the residents and sometimes near riots broke out because commodities became expensive and scarce in the town. Gold occurs mostly in pure form as nuggets except as an alloy with only one element (Y). Once a group of campers noticed gold oozing from rocks around their campfire. Then they realized that gold can be extracted by heating the rocks at relatively low temperature. This particular kind of rock is called ________(Z) Another frenzy ensued. Every rock and stone in the town was dug out. Sidewalks were chiseled. People even destroyed their own houses and chimneys to procure rocks. Man would anything for that shiny metal that has enticed mankind for millennia! ID: A = X = Y = Z =
Posted on: Tue, 27 May 2014 00:14:16 +0000
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