The Story of Randsburg...

During his 1894 trip to what would eventually become known as Rand Moutain, Mooers had noticed indications that there was gold to be found there.  So, why was a former newspaper man like Mooers able to spot gold, when so many others had written the area off as being "unmineralized"?

Five years later, during an interview that he gave to the Brooklyn Eagle newspaper (a publication that he'd worked for, as a boy), he explained that, despite the commonly-held belief (at the time) that "tenderfeet" always seemed to stumble on to gold, he and his partner (John Singleton) had spent numerous sleepless nights pondering the origins of gold and where it came from.  In other words, planning and study, not just blind luck or a hunch, are what inspired Mooers to prospect in these hills.

More to follow.