Yes, see below (can never under estimate human greed :-)

"In 1857, gold was discovered in the Fraser River, and in the spring of 1858, James Douglas sent 800 ounces of gold to the San Francisco Mint knowing what word of the gold’s arrival would trigger. There are no secrets in a gold town and rumours of a new gold rush began to spread. By late spring of 1858, prospectors from California, Australia, Mexico, Europe, and as far away as China started to arrive in Victoria and New Westminster."

https://goldrushtrail.ca/history/

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• Can't blame them. Same here in Silicon Valley. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025 postreply 15:45:17

• yep, 1 of dreams in hi-tech's to join a start-up to b bought -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025 postreply 16:00:21

• out. lots of my Cisco-Ottawa co-workers from Skystone were -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025 postreply 16:02:44

• millionaires inPaperOverNight whenCisco bought the start-up. -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025 postreply 16:06:02

• They did strike it rich & some chose to stay working even -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025 postreply 16:07:30

• after the stocks were all vested 4 years later. Nice folks. -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2025 postreply 16:09:26