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John Marshall found the first nuggets of gold at Sutter's Mill where he worked. The gold was in the traces and he took the gold to Sutter who kept it a secret. Sutter knew that once the news was out he would see a rush to California and it would cost him everything. Several months went by before in 1848 the news was spread far and wide by a news headline in San Francisco and the rush to CA was on. Sutter was right in his instincts on what would happen and he did loose his land, his fort, and his money, but in 1850 CA became a state due to the influx of people looking for gold.
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What was California gol rush?
The California Gold Rush started in 1848 and ended in 1859. A man named James Marshall was building a saw mill when he spotted a flash of gold the size of a pea in the river, which was about a foot deep then. He picked it up, and it looked like gold. At first he thought it was Iron Pyrite, (Fools Gold) but he smashed it with a rock and it flatted without breaking. He didn't think it was proof of a big find, and he though it was mixed with other metals. So he took it to a guy named John Sutter, the man he was building the saw mill for. They tested it and found it was pure gold. Marshall promised the men that were helping him build the saw mill that they would hunt for gold after they finished building, and agreed to keep it secret. But some people spread the word, and slowly at first, then faster, The Gold Rush began.
What happened after the Gold Rush?
Answerwell California became a State and everyone alot more place had gold and people got rich or started farming.Schools were built.Shortly after the California gold rush gold was discovered in Bathurst, Australia and so all the miners went there. In fact, the man who first found substantial gold in Australia was fresh from the Californian gold fields.
Who claims to be the first to have discovered gold in California?
John Marshell working for John Sutter in the Columa sawmill saw gold in the traces. He actually saw it the first time several months before it was reported in the newspaper. Sutter wanted to keep it quite because he knew that a rush of gold seekers would arrive in California. He was right and the gold rush resulted in his going broke, loosing land, and he died a broken man.
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James Wilson Marshall was the man that discovered gold in California on Jan.24, 1848.
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What was California gol rush?
The California Gold Rush started in 1848 and ended in 1859. A man named James Marshall was building a saw mill when he spotted a flash of gold the size of a pea in the river, which was about a foot deep then. He picked it up, and it looked like gold. At first he thought it was Iron Pyrite, (Fools Gold) but he smashed it with a rock and it flatted without breaking. He didn't think it was proof of a big find, and he though it was mixed with other metals. So he took it to a guy named John Sutter, the man he was building the saw mill for. They tested it and found it was pure gold. Marshall promised the men that were helping him build the saw mill that they would hunt for gold after they finished building, and agreed to keep it secret. But some people spread the word, and slowly at first, then faster, The Gold Rush began.
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