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Steve Boggan

Steve Boggan is the author of the new book GOLD FEVER: One Man’s Adventures on the Trail of the Gold Rush. He has been an investigative journalist for more than 30 years. He lives in London.

Chinese immigrants and gold miners mingle on a main street in San Francisco in 1849.

Gold Rush California Was Much More Expensive Than Today’s Tech-Boom California

Back in 1849, a dozen eggs would cost you the equivalent of $90