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California Gold Rush

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California Gold Rush

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    1. California Gold Rush

    2. Sutter’s Mill In January of 1848, James Marshall had a work crew on the American River near Sacramento. The crew was building a saw mill for John Sutter. Marshall found a few tiny gold nuggets.

    3. Migration People from all over the United States and the World were rushing to California. People caught "Gold Fever" in the hope of striking it rich.

    4. Effects on California Many of the immigrants ended up started businesses, trading posts, importing goods to sell to miners, farming and ranching. They took advantage of the skills they brought with them. This allowed them to make money other than from Gold and made it easier to settle in California

    5. How to Gold Mine Gold is heavier than sand or gravel. Miners would swirl sediment from a river in a pan or a Long Tom of water. The sand and dirt would float in the water and could be poured off leaving heavy rocks, and hopefully gold.

    6. The Long Tom

    7. End of the Gold Rush In the mid-1850s gold was becoming very difficult to find. More people were making fortunes from selling supplies to miners, than the miners themselves. When silver was discovered in Nevada in 1859, the miners headed for Nevada. This ended the California Gold Rush.

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