Many of these books told people what they wanted to hear -- that finding gold in the Yukon was easy.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

Many of the people who would travel to the gold fields had no idea what they would face.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

That trip and what the thousands of gold seekers found will be our story next week.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

Books told what a person would need to be successful at finding gold.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

This was what was known as the gold standard.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

"I do not know what to say. It is pretty good to win a gold medal and bring it home.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

So what we are concentrating on here we will develop gold coming from the source rock and in Sierra Leone this is the first of its kind."

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

"What we see that because the supply of the gold is depleting, that's why the cost of digging the gold out of the earth is very high."

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

"But what has not yet happened is setting up the complicated vehicles inside the institution to convert that gold and the proceeds from selling it into money for low income countries.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

"The gold price has gone up so high, so what you normally get for 100 pounds earlier, you don't get that much for the same amount, they get a better thing for the same price when it comes to diamond,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

Their price has remained stable. "The main difference I have seen is people are moving from 22 carat gold jewelry to diamond jewelry, maybe what they say is true is diamonds are forever, and diamonds always is a lady's best friend,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.17