>Remme had just deposited $12,500 in gold slugs to his account, the profits of selling cattle to the beefsteak-hungry miners slaving in the camps along the Moth

>Remme had just deposited $12,500 in gold slugs to his account, the profits of selling cattle to the beefsteak-hungry miners slaving in the camps along the Mother Lode. How many of those Forty-Niners had gleaned that much gold for two months' labor? Inflation adjusted that's more than $150k per month. And people thing we have a good time now ...