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Q: How did people find ou that the gold in the gold rush was real?
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Did people on the Oregon trail find gold?

no not until the gold rush in California


Where can you find good information on California Gold Rush routes?

There were no real " gold rush routes", but people came into San Francisco and took the Sacramento River to Sacramento. From there they headed to the gold rush area above Sacramento. There are still gold rush towns you can visit and the state park of Columbia. Columbia is a preserved gold rush town and you can find more information about this area from the state parks site. There is no charge to visit the area and there are picnic sites in Columbia as well as hotels, shopping, museums, and other gold rush towns.


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Do people find gold in other people's hair gold rush times?

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What involvement did Edward Hargraves have in the gold rush era?

Edward Hargraves Involvement in the Gold Rush era is he was a gold miner and that he helped with people to find gold. People say that he was the first to find gold in Australia But some say the he was just lucky with that government to have found gold and get rewarded for it.


What type of people came to California to look for gold?

miners came for the gold rush to find gold and get wealthy


How many people mined gold in the gold rush?

It depends on what time of the gold rush. In the Early Gold rush, not many people were settled there so there were mounds of gold everywhere and were very easy to spot. Later in the gold rush, the news of gold spread quickly and more and more people migrate to the west to claim their riches. As more people came mining for gold the harder it became to find gold and not much were left tofind. People mostly found little nuggets.


How long did it take people to find gold in the 1800s?

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How big was the gold from the gold rush?

There were many shapes and sizes. In the early gold rush, people found big nuggets weighing up to 9 puonds. Later in th gold rush, as mre people came, they tended to find mre little nuggets and flakes OS gold dust.


How did the gold rush change California?

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What are the release dates for The Real West - 1992 The Rush for Gold?

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