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To: goldsheet who wrote (89217)	9/2/2002 1:09:26 PM
From: loantech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116912

Bob, I saw someone use one of these hydraulic nozzles in Southern Oregon in the mid-late 50's. I don't know if it was legal then. They called it a "giant" and was actually 10'-13' long or so. Using it on a small river bank with a sluice box system. Tom

To: goldsheet who wrote (89217)	9/2/2002 11:22:33 PM
From: E. Charters	Respond to of 116912

The Gold Rush needed a booster, and Sam Brannan was the man. A San Francisco merchant, Brannan was a skilled craftsman of hype. Eventually, the Gold Rush would make him the richest person in California -- but Sam Brannan never mined for gold. He had a different scheme -- a plan he set into motion by running through the streets of San Francisco shouting about Marshall's discovery. As proof, Brannan held up a bottle of gold dust. It was a masterstroke that would spark the rush for gold -- and make Brannan rich. "When he started racing through the streets yelling, "gold! gold! in the American River!" he wasn't planning on digging for it. He was planning on selling shovels. And the first person who sold shovels got a lot more gold that the person who had to dig for it." Brannan keenly understood the laws of supply and demand. His wild run through San Francisco came just after he had purchased every pick axe, pan and shovel in the region. A metal pan that sold for twenty cents a few days earlier, was now available from Brannan for fifteen dollars. In just nine weeks he made thirty-six thousand dollars. EC<:-}