In January 1848, James Marshall was overseeing the building of a saw mill for his boss, when he saw an unusual rock glinting in the upturned earth. Continue reading

In 1849, thousands of people started rushing towards California in quest of gold. Most of the people adopted a lot of methods to find out the huge deposits of this precious element in order to make hefty amounts of money. People used several techniques at that time but the most renowned method was panning. A lot of people succeeded in getting gold flakes through this method. Continue reading

A Swiss miller John Sutter in 1848 discovered gold in California. Thus, the great American Gold Rush is the outcome of accidental discovery of gold in California in1848. Thus, the discovery of gold triggered off many people from different parts of the world to migrate to California. This migration, which took place in the quest of gold was named as gold rush. Many people suffered in the hunt for gold. Majority of the people faced a lot of hardships, ailments as well as deaths. Such emigrants were named as forty-niners. Continue reading

One of the oldest elements of earth is the gold, which has been valued since centuries. Especially the tribe, which found out gold, got many advantages out of the things gold brought with itself. This element might not be as attractive as it is valued, but there are certain characteristics of gold, which make it different from others. Continue reading