How Everyone Got Rich Prospecting For Gold In Washington
How Everyone Got Rich Prospecting For Gold In Washington. Posted on July 2, 2013. Thar's gold in them thar hills! Well, sort of. While Washington has never had a Gold Rush like the one that started in California in 1848 or the Klondike strike of 1897, the Evergreen State has benefited from the rich history of gold mining in the Northwest.