AUSTIN, Texas, September 21, 2010--(Business Wire)--Spectrum Acquisition Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets: SPAH), a growing mining exploration, technology and services organization, has taken a new interest in the old California Gold Route..

As gold hits an all time record high this month, in addition to its high in June 2010, prospecting for the right gold claim has become an even higher priority for Spectrum Acquisition Holdings.

With gold at $1,276.50 an ounce this September, which is $10 more than in June, financial experts such as Alix Steel point out the benefits that this has on Gold Mining Stocks in his September 14th 2010 article, Gold Prices Surge to Record High. In it he claims, "Gold mining stocks, a risky but potentially profitable way to buy gold, were rising Tuesday."

This new surge has lead Spectrum Acquisition Holdings to focus its prospecting for Gold Claims in California.

Spectrum CEO Dale Henry comments, "We are doing an extensive research of the remaining gold claims in California, which might still contain good veins for gold mining. We are excited about this prospect not only for the possible revenue, but also for its historical significance."

The Californian Gold Rush began back in 1848, but really skyrocketed in 1849, hence the nickname "forty-niners." Although the first to seek out gold were the Californians for their proximity, it soon became an international escapade. People from as close to Latin America and as far as from China were sailing to California for a chance to strike it rich.

It is estimated that 90,000 people arrived in California in 1848. By the 1890s, when dredging was invented, it is estimated that a total of 20 million ounces of gold were recovered, that is approximately US$12 billion dollars worth. As easy gold got harder to mine, new technologies emerged and the necessity to extract ore gold lead to digging, dynamite blasting and leaching for gold, which is something expensive that only big companies and the wealthiest of men could afford. Many gold claims were abandoned due to the lack of proper equipment to mine for gold, and remain intact till today.