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Apr 21 2009, AP

There’s still gold in California’s Sierra Nevada foothills and a new rush to find it. Not since the Great Depression have so many hard-luck people been lured by prospecting, hoping to find their fortune tumbling down a mountain stream.

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UPDATES TO clarify chatter; graphic shows gold-panning claims issued to miners by year and map of California gold region