The Californian gold rush of the mid-19th century was a precarious time.
Intrepid pioneers of that time rode a fine line between triumph and disaster, with the potential for massive profit on one side and death or financial ruin on the other.
It's a line 1849 walks in a similar fashion, with similarly binary results.
Virgin territory
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