These Massive Balls Were Used To Mine Gold In 19thCentury Virginia
History's full of weird things, including the 'Hornet Balls' that are on display in a Virginian museum. As you might have guessed, the US has a rich mining history. Throughout the 19th century, there was gold rush after gold rush in the country. Mining colonies rose and thrived in random locations that today are abandoned, mere husks of ...