The California gold rush

By . Yusuf Halim

The discovery a Sutter's mill

James w Marshall discovered gold at Sutter’s mill

Discovered a gold nugget in the south fork American river

Several flakes of metal in tailrace water realize it was gold

Where is Sutter's mill

 Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, Calif. South fork american river The valley of Nisenan Indians

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What happen after James Marshall discover the gold nugget at Sutter's mill

California population grew 80,000 people came from all over the world People close shops loaded up their wagons and went to California Forty niners spent more money buying supplies then selling them

How forty niners got their gold

They close their shops and went to California to find gold.

Build mining camps so they could live their to find gold.

when did the gold rush pick up speed?

Picked up speed in 1847. By the 1850s miners were coming from

places all over the world.

News spread during the gold rush?

Sutter tried keeping the news a secret but it still spread.

thousands of prospective gold miners traveled by sea or over land to San Francisco and the surrounding area.

by mid-March at least one newspaper was reporting that large quantities of gold were being turned up at Sutter’s Mill

Alan Beilharz

Who James Marshall

Marshall became a skilled carpenter and wheelwright. Marshall discovered gold in California ,Coloma

Kathy Weiser

Who’s John Sutter

John Sutter is an 19th century pioneer. Sutter immigrated to the United States

where he found work in Missouri as a trader to the pioneers headed west along the various trails

What were other ways to make money during the gold rush?

Some people during the Gold Rush had to sell everything they own, in order to pay for transportation to California.

merchants made lots of money from the gold rush.

they sold everyday goods for a more expensive price.

why move to other areas during the gold rush?

Citation

Kathy Weiser/Legends of America, updated March, 2014

Mark Leder -Adams.Copyright ©2015 Coloma-Lotus Chamber of Commerce. All rights reserved.

History of the United States, California, Mining

video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCDZMFL4FII

vocabulary

Colony: settlement, area, or country owned.

Empire: political power that controls large territory.

Sawmill: machine for sawing logs Strike: discovery of gold or other

precious metal.