Keep it simple!! Please don't complicate things because I am already very lost!!
2007-04-16 10:39:07 · 9 answers · asked by *Starr* 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
I see that you got at least one good answer.....
A better option for you to take is to delete the question here - then place it in an area that better suits the question (not within "Immigration").
By doing so, your going to get better answers since more people will be going to that area for such questions.
2007-04-16 12:15:04 · answer #1 · answered by Toe the line 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The California Gold rush began in early 1848 when John Sutter's foreman discovered some shiny metal near a mill that Sutter was constructing on the America River.
The two men quietly had the metal tested and it turned out to be gold.
Because surface gold is usually found in river gravel beds and streams, it flows downstream from higher positions in the mountains. This is so because in order for gold, one of the heaviest metals on earth to flow downstream, it needs the aid of gravity.
The gold found near Sutter's Mill flowed down from the mountains that fed the American River. However other rivers were discovered to have pan-able gold as well.
The secret was soon out, and not shortly after that, but a few months, Samuel Brannon, a newspaper publisher and merchant, set up a gold prospector store nearby. Mr. Branon proudly announced, "Gold! Gold! Gold from the American River!" while running astride the streets of San Francisco.
Some 300,000 people from all over the United States, Canada and the rest of the world traveled to Sutter's Mill and an area running from San Francisco north to Yreka along the state border and in the valleys.
By 1849 there was a total gold rush on.
The mining boom was driven by prospecting and greed.
When the most accessible gold (panned gold) dried up, most prospectors left. The remaining miners invented new and different methods of extracting harder to get gold.
The point of all of the above is simple: The mining boom was started by the discovery of gold. The motive for so many people to rush to California to get that gold and its name is greed!
There you have it. Nice and simple.
2007-04-16 10:56:11 · answer #2 · answered by krollohare2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Began in January 1848, when gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill. 49ers
2007-04-16 10:43:49 · answer #3 · answered by perrrfection 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Discovery of gold at Sutters Mill in Coloma CA.
2007-04-16 10:42:53 · answer #4 · answered by asmikeocsit 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in Califonia. then a huge announcement of gold being found.
2007-04-16 10:43:06 · answer #5 · answered by Clif S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One river+one sawmill+one man who picked up a gold nugget= gold rush and mining for the stuff.
2007-04-16 10:43:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People heard of gold being found in Cali so they just went in there and looked for some gold, that's basically all it.
2007-04-16 10:45:55 · answer #7 · answered by Gavi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lure of quick wealth
2016-05-17 04:27:33 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone started the mining boom they didn't create it, *****.
2007-04-16 10:42:28 · answer #9 · answered by sook miballs 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋