Wild West Tech - Gold Rush Tech (2007)

Synopsis: 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.... 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. [More]