January 24,1848 was a normal day at the John Sutter's Mill. When James Marshall went down to the stream and saw a gold nugget. He told John Sutter and he agreed to be his partner for finding gold. They tried to keep it a secret but someone saw them looking for gold and told everyone. Then everyone wanted gold and people from all around the world came to test their luck on finding gold. At the time California was still a territory but so many people came that they decided it would be a state. So on September 9th,1850 California became the 31st state. In the middle of the Gold Rush California gained around 85,000 people. The people that mined were called Forty Miners. As a result around 50 languages were spoken at that time. Most people that
