Modern Marvels

Season 7, Episode 18

Episode Title: Gold Mines.

Air Date: 2000-06-22

Overview:

Around the world and across the eons, gold stands as a symbol of power, wealth, and love. The quest for the yellow metal took men across oceans, into the depths of the Alaskan winter, and miles beneath South African earth. This is the story of the hunters of the precious metal and their methods for extracting it.