The man who it is named after was a drifter nicknamed "Old Pancake," who talked his way into a share of it from the men who discovered it, only to sell out for a paltry sum.
The man who it is named after was a drifter nicknamed "Old Pancake," who talked his way into a share of it from the men who discovered it, only to sell out for a paltry sum. Discovered in 1859 at Gold Hill, Nevada, for ten points, over the next 20 years after its discover, what yielded over $300 million dollars worth from its deposits of gold and silver?
The man who it is named after was a drifter nicknamed "Old Pancake," who talked his way into a share of it from the men who discovered it, only to sell out for a paltry sum.
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