Gold Mining in Bend, Texas

Duration: 0:01:43

Year Published: 1960s

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: This news clip from Autin's KTBC examines a mining operation in Bend, Texas, where locals broke headlines after claiming they struck gold. Ed Garner, a geologist from the University of Texas, scouted the area and debunked the locals’ claim, identifying the mineral in question as iron pyrite, or fool's gold.