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    The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848. James Marshall, former carpenter, was working on a sawmill with John Sutter when he discovered a gold nugget in the water flow through the mill’s tailrace. Even though Sutter made all his employees swear to not tell anyone, soon multiple people knew. As the news spread about the gold thousands of immigrants started to head to California. This included many people from the US and some even from other countries. This caused the population in San…

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    Gold In Utopia Every country in the world recognizes gold as a very valuable metal that people desire. The value of gold is immense because it is malleable and ductile, it is used in many industries, and it has had a high value since ancient times. Although most people perceive gold as an extremely treasured item, Thomas More presents a vastly different perception of gold in the book Utopia. Thomas More was a philosopher in England and the advisor of King Henry VIII but was killed after not…

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    These discoveries led to a gold rush, where more than 500,000 Australians, Europeans and Chinese rushed to Victoria to take their claims to a fortune built on gold. Courtesy of the gold rush, Melbourne has been turned into one of the world's richest cities. Despite these major achievements, Melbourne has also been lucky enough to witness many of the dramatic…

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    California Gold Rush California gold rush was founded by James Wilson in January 1848 in the American river northeast of president day Sacramento while constructing a saw mill. This is every important event in California there is still even probably gold. Something like this might change how we see California. Some people might not care but gold is very expensive and can lead to big money. This discovery was reported in the San Francisco newspaper in March but caused a little stir but…

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    There’s Still Gold in Those Hills” and “Letter From a Gold Miner” help the reader understand the history and process of Gold mining in the United States. Both passages give detailed information. They give specific instructions.They also give interesting background about Gold mining. These passages also give detail for different points of views. In the passage,“There’s Still Gold in Those Hills” it explains how gold mining works and the step to gold mine. For example the quote “ a gold…

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    The california gold rush began in 1849, but when the people first found the gold in Sacramento Valley it was 1848. Some people think that the American’s found gold the first but Mexican’s were actually the first to discover it. The gold didn’t really have value on its own. Many people, mostly men, died for looking for gold. These men were called gold miners and they’d travel by land or by sea. There was a total of two billion worth of gold that was taken from California in 1852. A man named…

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    Nevada's Gold Myth

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    There are many intriguing things about how the earth was made. One of the marvels of the earth is its gold deposits. Gold appeared to be both uncommon and normal on the off chance that one is to genuinely take a gander at it. In spite of the fact that there is a decent lot of gold on the planet, it is progressively elusive, therefore why it is somewhat uncommon. In California, the gold was pushed through the stones and encased into quartz. These are called quartz veins, they framed in many…

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    In 1858 Gold was discovered in the Peaks Pikes region of what would later be known as the Colorado territory. As word of the precious metals discovery spread, tens of thousands of hopeful gold hunters flooded into the once sparsely populated region, intent of making the fortune in the endless hills and plains of Colorado. Particularly overnight leading to the foundation of dozens of small towns to house them and hundreds of business to provide to their needs both for recreation and supply.…

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    Success in the Klondike gold rush, what you’d would absolutely need to know and how to prepare for the journey. (all links are sorted and available at the bottom of this paper. The L1 L2 L3 and so format will be used.) L2: “On July 17, 1897, at 6 a.m., the steamship named Portland arrived in Seattle from Alaska with 68 miners and a cargo of "1 ton of solid gold" from the banks of the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon…

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    The California gold rush is a historic period of time from (1848-1857) that caused a massive migration of people all around the world. Consequently the immense amount of gold found In California made many people rich, but also made many people live in poverty. With one lucky day you could be a millionaire overnight. Not many as many people struck it rich while searching for gold, and many of the millionaires didn't even have to search for gold to become wealthy, many of them had businesses that…

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