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Wayback Machine: Seattle struck gold in Dugdale
Still, Dugdale must have seen more opportunity in Seattle than he did in the Klondike because he signed on as grip man on the James Street cable car line. With his earnings, he speculated in real estate — successfully, as it turned out — and got back
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History sleuths Gold Cañon search nets pay dirt But later, in the 20th Century, innovative entrepreneurs designed marvelous machines for retrieving gold or silver from the earth, one of them being a "dredge". Equipped with a continuous revolving chain of buckets, a scoop, or suction device, |
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Cops intrigued by 1st-time offenders For instance, in the Tamil movie Vaanam,' the hero Cable Raja, played by Simbu, is advised that chain snatching is the quickest way to make lots of money. With gold prices soaring, many youngsters in Chennai are becoming Cable Rajas, say police. |
Yet all this is now in danger of being eclipsed by the extraordinary saga which has been playing out since his death in April, a story of hidden treasure troves, of mountains of gold and diamonds, of missing millions, all set against a backdrop of a
