How to get rich in a gold rush

A gold rush gave birth to Canada’s most western province, and a stock market in Vancouver sent its economy into a frenzy. Part 1 of 2. Watch Part 2 here:    • The scam capital of the world   Patreon:   / landandlore   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/connormosque... Sources: Fleecing the Lamb: The Inside Story of the Vancouver Stock Exchange, A. Griffiths and D. Cruise (1987) The traders: Inside Canada's stock markets, A. Ross (1984) The scam capital of the world, J. Queenan (1989) Sideshow - The Howe Street Carnival, A. du Plessis (1988) The Vancouver Stock Exchange: From Bucketshop to World Venture Money Capital, F. Keane (1981) How Toronto Became the Financial Capital of Canada: The Stock Market Crash of 1929, J. Martin (2012) Victory Bonds, Government of Ontario Archives (n.d.) The Story of Viola MacMillan, MTR Productions Limited (1993) Webster! archives Vancouver Sun archives Victoria Times Colonist archives Victoria Daily Province archives Globe and Mail archives CBC archives Music: TrueArtRealAffectionPart4 - Noir Et Blanc Vie QuangerineCream - Noir Et Blanc Vie Boards - Francis Preve Knowpe - Noir Et Blanc Vie All other music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio Assets: 25 Animals Pack by MadTrollStudio is available at https://skfb.ly/orQpx Low Poly Bull by Kavinda.Attanayake is licensed under CC. Available at https://skfb.ly/6TUHu Coffee Cup by Blizzy is licensed under CC. Available at https://skfb.ly/oEsQ6 Low-poly Papers Set by Hox Lira is licensed under CC. Available at https://skfb.ly/o8yVS Pencil by FallenBranches is licensed under CC. Available at https://skfb.ly/ouEE8 Small cubicle by Styloffice is licensed under CC. Available at https://skfb.ly/6twO8 [Low Poly] Pickaxe Set by ThatOne3DModeller is licensed under CC. Available at https://skfb.ly/oZwJ6 Lowpoly People + Waldo by Loïc Norgeot is licensed under CC. Available at https://skfb.ly/6zqCE Circus Tent by BeaBea is licensed under CC. Available at https://skfb.ly/oQ7BJ Low Poly Light Bulb by AleixoAlonso is licensed under CC. Available at https://skfb.ly/6VnSG Sections: 00:00 Them thar hills 08:35 Taking stock 29:11 Highs and lows 43:01 Windfall 50:52 One man’s trash