These were typically not solitary efforts. But no matter what, if you were a lawyer or a banker, people dropped what they were doing, no matter what skill set they had, to go pan for gold.
Это были определённо не единичные случаи. Неважно кем вы были прежде, юристом или банкиром, люди бросали все профессии и, невзирая на свои умения, шли на поиски золота.