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19世纪50年代末,在美国加利弗尼亚州的圣弗朗西斯科市西北,发现了大金矿,矿藏之丰,前所未有;两年后,在澳大利亚的维多利亚州的墨尔本市西北,也发现了大金矿,矿藏之丰,更是闻所未闻;有意思的是这两处金矿分别在北纬38度线及南纬38度线附近。 消息传开,淘金热浪向这两个地方滚滚而来。此时正值鸦片战争后,饱受人祸天灾之苦的广东新会、新宁、开平和恩平一带的穷苦农民闻讯争相前往,以求生计。
The late 1850s, in San Francisco, California, northwest of the city, found a large gold mine, abundance of minerals unprecedented; two years later, in Melbourne, Victoria, northwest of the city, also found Big gold mine, the abundance of minerals, is even unheard of; interesting is that the two gold mine 38 degrees north latitude and 38 degrees latitude near the line. The news spread, gold rush to billow these two places. At this juncture, after the Opium War, the poor peasants in the areas of Guangdong Xinhui, Xinning, Kaiping and Enping who suffered from man-made natural disasters came to hear news in order to make a living.