The Western dreamland at the center of America’s new gold rush… where mining families toss $500k checks in the trash
When Ruth Seloover recently opened her mail to find an unsolicited check for $488,000, she didn’t even flinch – she just threw it straight in the shredder. It was an offer to buy the three-bedroom home she shares with her husband Jack in Erie, Colorado. The couple had bought the property in 1969 for $15,250,