When someone finds gold in a location. Many people came to that location to get the gold to be rich and powerful.
The reason for the goldrush in 1851 was simply that Edward Hargraves officially found gold in 1851, near Ophir, New South Wales.
it was caused by gold mines.
The Gold Rush caused the population to increase enormously in a small span of time.
Migration to the west.
Gold.
A gold rush
Probably the gold rush.
Maybe Gold. This might be referring to the California Gold Rush
Sutters mill was a mill owned by some dude by the name of John W. Marshall. He discovered some gold in it prior to the Gold Rush. His secret somehow spread and that is how the Californian Gold Rush began. Remember, the gold rush is what caused thousands of people into the state, and eventually the gold rush led to California becoming a state.
Gold was discovered.
the thing that caused people to become interested in Alaska was the gold rush.
Gold was discovered at Sutter's and Marshall's Mill in California in 1848. It eventually caused a gold rush that caused thousands of prospectors there beginning in 1849.
The California gold rush. :)