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Gold Fever (1974)
Gold Fever may refer to: * Gold fever, or gold rush, a heightened migration to an area by people seeking fortune in gold mining * ''Gold Fever'' (American TV series), a documentary television series airing on The Outdoor Channel * ''Gold Fever'' (British TV series), a BBC documentary * ''Gold Fever'' (film), a 1952 American Western film {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Fever
A gold rush or gold fever is a discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare-earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune. Major gold rushes took place in the 19th century in Australia, Greece, New Zealand, Brazil, Chile, South Africa, the United States, and Canada while smaller gold rushes took place elsewhere. In the 19th century, the wealth that resulted was distributed widely because of reduced migration costs and low barriers to entry. While gold mining itself proved unprofitable for most diggers and mine owners, some people made large fortunes, and merchants and transportation facilities made large profits. The resulting increase in the world's gold supply stimulated global trade and investment. Historians have written extensively about the mass migration, trade, colonization, and environmental history associated with gold rushes. Gold rushes were typically marked by a general buoyant feeling of a "free-for-all" in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Fever (American TV Series)
Gold Fever is a documentary television series airing on The Outdoor Channel since 1996. It is hosted by Tom Massie and features some of the best places where gold can be found. The program is sponsored by the Gold Prospectors Association of America, an organization dedicated to prospecting Prospecting is the first stage of the geological analysis (followed by Mining engineering#Pre-mining, exploration) of a territory. It is the search for minerals, fossils, precious metals, or mineral specimens. It is also known as fossicking. .... External links * 1996 American television series debuts 2015 American television series endings 1990s American documentary television series 2000s American documentary television series 2010s American documentary television series Outdoor Channel original programming {{US-documentary-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Fever (British TV Series)
''Gold Fever'' is a BBC documentary, shown in August 2000, which follows Steve Redgrave and his British rowing coxless four teammates Matthew Pinsent, Tim Foster and James Cracknell in the years leading up to the Sydney Olympics, where Redgrave was looking to win his fifth consecutive gold medal. The three-part series includes video diaries recording the highs and lows in the quest for gold. Among these were Redgrave being diagnosed with diabetes, and Foster possibly losing his spot on the team after injuring his hand punching a window at a party, and later undergoing back surgery that required additional months of recovery time. Coach Jurgen Grobler is also featured in the programme. A follow-up documentary programme titled ''The Rowers Return'' was produced in the aftermath of the Sydney Olympics. The title was part-reference to a fictional public house, The Rovers Return, a venue in the long-running British soap opera ''Coronation Street''. The documentary detailed the crew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
