This jagged sentinel sliced the nation's watersheds into east and west, the Atlantic and the Pacific and out west, water was gold, and where the water went, people followed.
Murrin's other bets imply that after a hiatus during the recession, a Malthusian shortage of grains, irrigation water, gold and oil will reassert itself.
However, the Federal Reserve poured a bucket of cold water on gold after its minutes were released, with some members documenting their wish to stop quantitative easing (QE) before the end of 2013.
"These homes represented the creation of immense wealth at the turn of the century in the United States, the kind of wealth acquired through fundamental commodities like water, gold, oil and food, " said Katherine Malone-France, the National Trust for Historic Preservation's historic sites director of outreach, education and support.
"In many parts of the country, water is absolutely more valuable than gold, " says fish habitat and water consultant Shannon Skelton, who runs CFI Global Fisheries Management, a company that helps landowners manage their water assets.
In fact, the mine design submitted to the Salvadoran authorities would set a new precedent for water protection for any gold mine in the Americas, including the United States.
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Situated on the edge of the lagoon is the Hotel Holiday International, with windows that gaze out over the glittering water and the gleaming gold Al Noor mosque, open for tours in the day.
In the Para sport 50m freestyle S9 it was Du Toit, who competed at the Beijing Olympics alongside able-bodied swimmers in the 10km open water event, who won gold in a time of 29.17 seconds.
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Next came ditch digging, which would allow water to come near areas where gold was found.
On a good morning for Hungary on the water, it also took the gold in the men's double kayak final.
They kept adding gold chloride to the water to see how much the bacteria could handle, eventually stopping at 25 times higher than previously researched concentrations.
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The researchers were able to comb a single molecular fibre between two narrowly spaced gold wires, as an evaporating water drop receded across the gap between them.
Gold in the men's open water 10-kilometer swimming marathon in the Serpentine, the lake in London's Hyde Park, went to Tunisian Oussama Mellouli.
It's easy to see the appeal of men's basketball the NBA stars are global celebrities, fans care, TV goes gushy-gushy gaga but as an Olympic moment it's not the pinnacle. (For half of the men's basketball games in London, you needed a pail of cold water over the head at halftime.) With the gold for the U.S. almost assured failure is really the only surprise the intrigue becomes about weird secondary issues, like the team-bonding for the U.S. players.
While rich in commodities like copper, gold, and silver, Chile lacks both water and energy.
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Those injury niggles were the result of hours of training in the gym and on the water, pushing himself to the limit in search of that fourth gold -- in front of fanatical home support at the southern coastal resort of Weymouth, where the sailing events for London 2012 were held.
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Price is telling you that gold is waiting for silver to approach that 30-year old high water mark.
The idea that shale-gas will become the next gold rush is therefore jeopardized, particularly because its production requires seven times the amount of water as does the extraction of conventional natural gas.
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The expansion of copper and gold mining in Chile and Peru has mainly occurred in arid areas and has led to competition for scarce water with both export agriculture and the needs of the indigenous population.
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