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What mixtures did prospectors have to separate during the gold rush?
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they had to separate dust and rock crumbs
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Where did the name forty-niners come from?
Prospectors during the Gold Rush of 1849.
What were some reasons that most prospectors did not strike it rich?
There is a very small chance that gold would be found in any given spot near a "gold-filled" area.
Were silver certificates issued for gold?
Gold certificates were issued for gold, while silver certificates were issued for silver. They were separate types of bills with separate names redeemable for separate types of precious metal.
What is the value of a 1922 US 5 dollar gold piece?
Please check your coin again and post a new, separate question. No US $5 gold pieces were struck during the years 1917 to 1928.
Why did Chinese immigrants move to US?
The Chinese began immigrating to the U.S. to find work in California during the railroad expansion and the Gold Rush. Many Asians were imported and paid brutally low wages to assemble the train tracks or to sift through streams for gold pieces for anxious prospectors. Today, many Chinese-Americans are active in California politics. Some examples are Leland Yee, Fiona Ma, and Edwin Lee.
How did prospectors separate mixtures?
They used water. Water was used to separate edit from the gold. In individual methods a sluce box, rocker, or pan was used. In larger operations hydraulic hoses were used to wash whole hillsides away. You can still see the damage this did to the environment. Finally, with ores the gold was removed from the Quartz by crushing.
Who were the 49'rs?
prospectors who went to California during the gold rush
Who arrived in California looking for gold during the Gold Rush?
They were called prospectors. Most of them were Americans.
Who were the California gold rush prospectors?
Gold Prospectors
Where did the name forty-niners come from?
Prospectors during the Gold Rush of 1849.
What was another name for the miners of gold?
Gold miners could be called prospectors. Some prospectors who sought their fortunes during the California gold rush were called 49ers. (That gold rush began in 1848, but was really roaring in 1849, hence the nickname for those prospectors.)
What major difficulties would the early gold prospectors have faced in Australian Gold rush?
Some of the major difficulties that the early gold prospectors had faced in Australia during the gold rush included cultural conflicts and a lack of housing. Often, people of different cultures would fight and even kill other prospectors.
What are people that try to find gold called?
prospectors
What is one route that the prospectors took to get to California during the gold rush?
the world will never know.
How do gold prospectors find gold?
thay dig
What was a Stameder during the Klondike Gold Rush?
They were called a stampeder, and they were the prospectors. they were called this because everyone rushed to get the gold like a wild stampede!
What were prospectors?
adventurers searching for gold
