Having read (and greatly enjoyed) books by Alonzo Delano and William Lewis Manly recounting their experiences during the California gold rush, I greatly appreciate gold as being able to calculate how much a dollar was worth back then and how much they were making in a day. My calculations say it was around $130 today's dollars.
And the miner towns had ridiculous prices, like a breakfast was in the $2-$5 dollars at some point.
And the miner towns had ridiculous prices, like a breakfast was in the $2-$5 dollars at some point.