Back In The 80s People Traveled From All Over The World To Search For Gold In Brazil

Back in 1979 a Brazilian farmer found a nugget of gold on his land. He then called in some help and five weeks later 10,000 workers showed up. The largest gold nugget that was discovered during the gold rush weighed 15 lbs. When the Brazilian gold rush reached its peak there were and estimated 100,000 workers mining for gold.