WILD WEST TECH:GOLD RUSH TECH

When miners struck gold at Sutter`s Mill in 1848, it changed the American west forever. Vacant stretches of land filled with prospectors and technology had to meet the challenge of gold fever. Taking an up-close look at the tools of the trade, this program surveys the often ingenious gold-extraction technologies of the Wild West and their evolution as digging went deeper. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.