Gold Fever seems to have spread like wildfire with
early discoveries. That shiny bit of gold fevered the minds and souls of many.
Dreams of instant riches and all the amenities that go with such. Families
abandoned on that promise, sweat and toil, obsession.
Yes, there were stories of mother lodes,
and wealth, success for some—but countless other untold tales of struggle,
loss, claim- jumping, murder.
The boom and bust of mining towns, the
reinvention of communities struggling to remain after dust settles.
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| Miners, by Robert Swaim, oil on canvas, MHS 2004.64.01 |
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