when they looked for it and found it they sold it
The purpose of starting a colony in virgina was to claim territories for Spain.
compete with Spain
They were looking for gold but found none. They did not make Spain richer.
Spain's economy didn't benefit from the gold and silver from the Americas because although it did make Spain wealthy for some time, it caused the value of their money to drop and as the demand of physical elements increased, so did prices (inflation) causing Spain's economy to fail
they sell it
gold+paper=money
by finding gold
They make money by gold
no of course
You make money from it.
To make money
You can't make a bank in doodle god. Plus if you could you would need money+human=bank.