Nijverdal

Did you know that Nijverdal is the only place in the Netherlands where a gold rush took place? Around 1900 during the construction of a railway, people suspected to find gold because of the color of the soil. After much efforts the gold diggers realized the profit of gold dust per square meter of sand turned out to be not profitable enough compared to the quantity of work.

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