There's lots of gold mining clubs in California you can join. They have proven reserves, and all the mining equipment for rental. It's hard work in rough wilderness, but actually pays. You'll be getting real gold the old fashioned way.
http://www.goldminershq.com/clubs/gold1.htm
California still mines 9,400 ounces of gold each year. Every time I'm in Grass Valley the locals talk about strange sounds and activity around the large local mines that were shut down in the 1950s. The owners have registered permits to reactivate, but haven't registered any production yet. The problem is Grass Valley is kind of a tye dye and patchouli oil hippie retirement area now. Getting strong young men willing to work the mines will be a challenge. Most likely they'll have to be imported.
If you've ever wanted to be a gold miner, opportunity is knocking...
http://www.goldminershq.com/clubs/gold1.htm
California still mines 9,400 ounces of gold each year. Every time I'm in Grass Valley the locals talk about strange sounds and activity around the large local mines that were shut down in the 1950s. The owners have registered permits to reactivate, but haven't registered any production yet. The problem is Grass Valley is kind of a tye dye and patchouli oil hippie retirement area now. Getting strong young men willing to work the mines will be a challenge. Most likely they'll have to be imported.
If you've ever wanted to be a gold miner, opportunity is knocking...
"Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because they're so frightfully clever. I'm awfully glad I'm a Beta, because I don't work so hard. And then we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas. Gammas are stupid. They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki. Oh no, I don't want to play with Delta children. And Epsilons are still worse. They're too stupid to be able to read or write. Besides they wear black, which is such a beastly color. I'm so glad I'm a Beta."
--Aldous Huxley, Brave New World