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COVID-19 fundamentally changed how we work. In our series "At Work," we hear from folks in the Bay Area about how what they do has changed.

Meet Some Modern-Day Gold Miners

A modern-day gold miner on the Bear River.
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A modern-day gold miner on the Bear River.

If you’ve ever been on the rivers of the Sierra foothills, you may have noticed some folks with shovels and buckets. Turns out, they are looking for gold in what was once Gold Country. We meet a few of them as part of our @WORK series.

"I made like $45 an hour the other day...It's better than going and sweating on a jobsite somewhere."
Randy Hedyi

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