It’s Proven That Wyoming’s Favorite Color Is Gold

It's not a coincidence that the Wyoming Cowboy's colors are GOLD and BROWN.

We love gold in Wyoming, and a recent report proves that Wyomingites would rather have gold than play around with stocks.

Researchers at the U.S. Money Exchange conducted a study that showed that, according to Google Trends, more people in Wyoming searched for the price of gold than for the price of stocks.

The chart above shows that since 2019, Wyoming has had a +51% increase in gold price searches. I'd say you can thank the crazy pandemic for that change.

Wyoming's relationship with gold isn't new, though.

Wyomnig's gold history goes back to the early 1840s when folks on the Oregon Trail first reported gold near the Sweetwater River in the Wind River Range. However, Wyoming's gold rush did not begin until the 1860s.

When the rush began, mining districts were established in multiple locations across the Wyoming Territory, the first of which was the South Pass-Atlantic City district.

Others like Centennial Ridge, Douglas Creek, Gold Hill, Keystone, and New Rambler (all in the Medicine Bow Mountains), Seminoe Mountains, Copper Mountain in the Owl Creek Mountains, and Mineral Hill in the Black Hills were developed quickly.

According to the Wyoming State Geological Survey website:

Wyoming gold districts are included within the principal metal districts and mineralized areas  but may represent more detailed subdivisions. These gold districts are discussed under headings of some of Wyoming’s mountain ranges, including Wind River Range, Medicine Bow Mountains and Sierra Madre, Absaroka Mountains, Laramie Mountains, Rattlesnake Hills, and the Bear Lodge Mountains

Today, there are still gold mines in Wyoming, and thanks to those mines, gold prices are rising.

If you're one of the Wyomingites monitoring the gold exchange rate, we'll make it easy for you to follow their progress.

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