Gold has been known since ancient times, probably at least 6 to 12 thousand years ago.
In the United States, gold mining began with the Reed Farm Mine in North Carolina, 1799.
Gold in California dates to well before California was part of the United States. About 1775, gold was found in placer deposits along the Colorado River a few miles west of Yuma, Arizona.
james marshall was the first one to find gold at sutter's mill.
Yes, California was the first state to discover gold.
Our ancient ancestors found gold first and as there are no records going back that far we do not know who first found gold.
Most ancient civilisations held gold in esteem, so its use as value and for decoration would have started over 4000 years ago. Historians would disagree about which people used it first.
Gold has been used for thousands of years. The ancient Egyptians used gold. I have seen gold jewelry dating from 4BCE. It is hard to say what country first discovered gold.
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If you mean landed on. It was the moon in 1969 and the man who landed there was Neil Armstrong for the United States.
Portugal explored the New World first
Initially Europeans explored the Americas in search of gold, silver and precious stones.
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the first which ibn battuta explored was palesine
Eric Blandford.
He explored for gold and riches.
Pizarro explored for gold and land and conquered and colonized Peru.
Prehistoric man. Just like everywhere else.
It was first explored in 1985.
If you mean landed on. It was the moon in 1969 and the man who landed there was Neil Armstrong for the United States.
Gold was found by our ancient ancestors in many locations, but as man came out of Africa one could surmise that African gold was the first gold to be found by man.
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Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca explored what is now Texas in 1528.
It was first explored by Francisco Coronado!
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Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca explored what is now Texas in 1528.