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Depression Era Men Pan For Gold In South Dakota

Public Domain Stock Footage Depression Era Men Pan For Gold In South Dakota

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keywords: depression era, gold mining, gold panning

Synopsis: Men many unemployed due to the Great Depression flock to South Dakota to try their hand at panning for gold and gold mining...(read more)

  • Date: 1931
  • Duration: 00:00:53
  • Sound: Yes
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: United States

Depression Era Men Pan For Gold In South Dakota

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Depression Era Men Pan For Gold In South Dakota

There's still gold in them thar hills at Spring Creek, South Dakota left from the 1876 gold rush days. Shows men, many unemployed in the depression years of the 1930's, panning for gold in the Black Hills of South Dakota.