>Wonder if businesses trading in used mining gear existed in the gold boom era. I'm sure it did. Shore did, pardner! Picks 'n shovels goin', real cheap! Walk

>Wonder if businesses trading in used mining gear existed in the gold boom era. I'm sure it did. Shore did, pardner! Picks 'n shovels goin', real cheap! Walk up, walk up, walk up. >Surprising how reckless these dotcoms used to spend just because money was cheap. Have lived thru that era seen some of it first hand. Almost like burn it or you'll lose it. Lived (and was burned) through it too.