| 1 | Some old miners are still panning for gold in the streams. | |
| 2 | When I was young, I went looking for gold in California. | |
| 3 | Other men, also looking for gold, had reached the Stanislau hills of California many years before I did. | |
| 4 | Clutching my new panning dish and rucksack, I followed Dorian into the bush. | |
| 5 | But some observers are already wondering how long the gold rush can last. |