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Jungle Gold Rush Comes to Mboscorro Creek in Cameroon
Reported gold discovery at Mboscorro Creek by David Ambo ignites widespread activity among Baya and Kaka tribes in French Cameroon. Government buys gold, no claims, no violence, a provisional village forms as traders and natives profit from the find.
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French Cameroons
Central Africa
Robert W. Service
David Ambo
Ambo
Mboscorro Creek
West Central Africa
Dole
Mboscorre