Klondike Gold Rush

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

The Gold Rush of 1849 led to the transformation and conversion of California from a calm, sleepy society to a violent, unruly and wild society. The Gold Rush in California started in 1848 after the discovery of gold in California. Reportedly 300,000 people rushed to California for gold seeking. The gold attracted people from Latin America, Australia, Asia and Europe. Some of the gold seekers had to endure hardships to get to California, but they did not seem to mind. Initially, it was easy to…

scrap of gold out there anymore. Probably, somebody took the motherload and is probably rich out there. I don't even know why I am still mining out here but I'm sure there is something out here. Only 25¢?! Wow, barely anything out here just like I predicted. Even though this mining and panning is very taxing on my back, I just hope that I can still make a profit out of this. I hope my luck would have a brief vicissitude. Later 1848 Didn't make a profit back there, but maybe this gold rush…

Ones the miners start to move up to the mountains into Golden, Blackhawk and Central City those are were the place where the miners would be more successful on finding more gold. The author’s state: As many 25,000 entered the mountains between April and October by ear-ly about 10,000 remained in Colorado by early August 2,000 in Denver a few hundred in Golden, and most of the remainder engaged in the moun-tain placer operations or ever deepening lode mines. As late as September more than 2,000…