107.9 The River » luck http://theriver1079.com Casper's Real Rock Variety Fri, 24 May 2013 00:45:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Modern Day Prospector Finds Gold Rush in 'Them New York City Streets' [VIDEO] http://theriver1079.com/man-pans-for-gold-in-nyc/ http://theriver1079.com/man-pans-for-gold-in-nyc/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:00:48 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=66147 San Francisco, 1849.  Alaska, 1897. New York City, 2011? Is there a new gold rush in the Big Apple?

There is for Queens native Raffi Stepanian, who literally struck gold after discovering he could make up to $300 a day by ‘mining’ the sidewalks in Manhattan’s Diamond District for the tiny bits of gold, platinum and rare gems that fall from the clothes of workers when they leave their shops.

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