The Titanic and the Gold Rush

When a ship went down to Central America, they just started throwing their gold over the side. Some estimates put it at over $900 million in today's money sitting there. You're talking about 22 tons of gold that goes down with a ship. And it's not just, oh, no, the ship sank. This is America's Titanic. you've got 500 people who died 100 miles off the coast from South Carolina.