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Sam Brennan was making lots of money selling tools to the few people that knew of the prospect of gold. His idea was to spread the word so that more gold seekers would find their way to his store to buy tools. The demand was so high that he could manipulate his prices and make a fortune. Which he did!
The man who found gold was James Marshill. There could be other people who found gold that time but they didnt want to tell or not bother to tell.
LOTS of Americans were drawn to the gold fields due to the fantastic (sometimes TRUE) claims of those who wrote letters home, posted articles in the newspapers of the day, or passed the word through maritime channels.
Gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill January 24, 1848. People from the surrounding areas started heading for the gold fields that year. By the time the word spread east and over seas, it was already too late in the year to travel (winter had set in) so the real rush didn't occur until the next Spring and the subsequent rush of people to the area to stake their own claims and get rich on gold finds occured in 1849 - hence the name "49'ers".
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Iron pyrites is commonly called "fools gold" since it is often mistaken for gold by people who do not know how to tell the difference.
Fools gold will float. Gold will break if you hit it against a rock.
They would smash it with a rock.
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So it wouldn't become a rush. If you knew where buried treasure was, would you tell everyone about it, so they could go find it first?
Two methods to tell real gold from fools gold are:Rub the piece of gold against a piece of unglazed ceramic material. If it is real, it will leave a golden mark while fools gold will leave a black mark.Apply nitric acid to the gold. If it dissolves, then it is obviously fake, as real gold cannot be dissolved in nitric acid.
Real gold has a higher melting point than fools gold. By applying heat, it is possible to determine the melting point of the material. If the material melts at a temperature higher than 1,064 degrees Celsius (1,947 degrees Fahrenheit), it is likely real gold.
They left to find gold in California in 1849.
the mineral that is called fools gold is phyrite because it looks just like gold. some people might think that phyrite is gold but it's not. phyrite is common than gold which would make it less valuable. if you want to tell whether the mineral is phyrite or gold found out how the streak of gold and phyrite is
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