a "picks-and-shovels" business is one that supplies essential equipment to companies in an industry, rather than the industry's end product. The term was coined during the Californian gold rush of ...

What were conditions like on the gold-farms and fields? How did the rush impact Australia’s First Nations People? And in what ways did it shape the country? This is a Short History Of The ...

Perhaps the best analogy is the California gold rush in the 19th century. As the saying goes, the people who make the most money are the ones selling shovels. That’s what Nvidia is doing.

The gold rush was one of most defining periods in Australia's history. It brought wealth, democracy, social change, multiculturalism, and reshaped the environment. Ronan, an irish digger, explores ...