Gold Rush Back Again in the Western US?

A prime example of the effects of our economy, a small construction business owner named John Brewer who lost his job as a result of our sour economy, found income through one of the oldest pastimes of the "Old West." Prospecting for gold. Through everything with our economy, gold (XAU=X 1268.65 -0.13%) has steadily rose in price and has kept a very high value and shows no signs of falling. At 1268.65, an ounce of gold is quite a "pretty penny" in the eyes of those struggling to keep their small businesses up on their feet, or their own lives stable. Though incredibly old-fashioned, prospecting has become a simple way to make a quick buck as it is rarely government-regulated outside designated mines and areas. This gives people a unique opportunity to gamble time away from their businesses and work that they may have lost to do what built up wealth in the West, searching for gold. When asked the prospectors find their gold, the only response that anyone could get from someone who knows what their doing is, "That's like asking an angler where his secret fishing spot is."