Gold Nuggest in Gold Rush California

The Union Pacific had the twin advantages of comparatively flat land and a continuous supply line back to the factories of the East coast. The Central Pacific, however, had to fetch most of its materials, except timber, by sea, twelve thousand miles around the tip of South America. The conclusion of the seven-year race for railroad supremacy resulted in a meeting point at Promontory Point, Utah. The Central Pacific had laid 690 miles (1110 km) of track, starting in Sacramento, California, and continuing through California (Newcastle and Truckee), Nevada (Reno, Wadsworth, Winnemucca, Battle Mountain, Elko, Humboldt-Wells), and connecting with the Union Pacific line at Promontory Summit in the Utah Territory (Gordon 302). The Union Pacific had laid 1,087 miles (1,749 km) of track, starting in Omaha, Nebraska, and continuing through Nebraska (Elkhorn, Grand Island, North Platte, Ogallala), Julesburg in the Colorado Territory, Sidney, Nebraska, the Wyoming Territory (Cheyenne, Laramie, Green River, Evanston), the Utah Territory (Ogden, Brigham City, Corinne), and

The journey along the Oregon Trail was a very long and rough experience. Stretching out to almost a whopping 2000 miles it usually took the pioneers 4-6 months travelling at 12 to 16 miles per hour. Throughout this journey the pioneers had to battle with cholera, poor

When the California Gold Rush took off almost everyone wanted to try their luck in California, and the first thing they had to do is get there. If you on the eastern side of the United State or from European you had two choices to get to California they were the sea or land route, but if you were on the Pacific Ocean coast you direct sea route to there. The land route took you across the great United State through some of its most extremes weather and terrain, and traveler had survived the untamed west on their own and what they bring. Also, they had to struggle against diseases outbreaks such as Cholera which the text said, “As many as 1500 travelers died from Cholera along the Overland Trail in 1849” (Gillon, 298). The most popular route

While the current US Americans who were in California all got there traveling by sea. A man named Jedediah Smith made great advances in getting us closer to California. Author

During the time of crossing the overland trail, many people instead chose to take the ship route which went around Cape Horn at the tip of South America. The points that we are given to keep in mind are:

On January 23, 1848, James Wilson Marshall was working by California's American River to build a sawmill for John Sutter. That night, he had water diverted so it could carry away earth and powdered stone that was there, and the next morning, as he was walking around, he saw a yellow speck in a shallow pool of water. He picked up several pieces and the next day he took it to his boss, John Sutter, to be examined.

Before the Gold Rush of 1849, California was a sparsely populated, unimportant territory of the United States mostly inhabited by the people of Mexico. However, that all changed when on January 24, 1848; carpenter and small time sawmill operator James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget in the American River that would forever change the history of California and America1. Not only did the Gold Rush lead to California’s admittance into the Union in 1850, it also rekindled the idea of the American Dream. Hundred’s of thousands of people poured into the state by the lure of quick and infinite riches. As a result of the Gold Rush, California

While following the regular California trail, the emigrants decided to take a "shorter" route suggested by a trail guide, Lansford Hastings. By all means, he assured them there was an easier passage through the Wasatch Mountains. With this in mind,

First, I would like to consider the economic theory behind the gold rush and explain why on the surface; it is quite simple. Consider a modern theoretical case. Say a family of four is living in Cincinnati, Ohio and the main earner of the family works for a tool manufacturing company in Cincinnati. Suppose that the company decides during their yearly employee reviews that they aren’t going to give this certain individual a pay raise for the next year; also suppose that the employee does not see themselves climbing up the pay scale any further. Now suppose that this person is offered a thirty thousand dollar per year raise if they move out to Los Angeles, California for a new machine related job. Assuming

Question: Why was the Gold Rush in California so important for people to support their economy? And how did the people deal with the over population?

In the 1800s expanding westward was the United States’ main priority. One of the first roads west was the Oregon Trail, also known as the “Oregon-California Trail”. This laborious path was crucial to the United States’ evolution and expansion; it led people to the other side of the newly added land of the United States, was one of the most efficient ways of travel and communication across the country at the time, led to new ways to traveling, and it opened up a new world for those who dared to embark on the long journey.

The travel to California, as advertised by the poster, would start by departing from New York on 22nd of March, sailing around Cape Horn and hopefully arriving at California after 90 days. A careful analysis of this object reveals that the date ‘1858’ not in the original printing is just a guess written by someone at an unidentified time. The corrected date should be 1852 since this is the year Capt. Austin was commanding it and the ship is described as ‘entirely new’. Also, on 8 March 1858, The North American was involved in a collision which took place off Point Lynas causing the sinking of the Spanish barque Tecla Carmen, apparently without the loss of life. As a consequence, the ship was impounded (Haggard 1864:79-80).

Gold Rush! Gold had been found about a year ago near Sacramento! I hope to find some in these months up ahead, so I can have a fortune and live the rich life with everything I could wish for! But for now, I have to stick to my trusty pan and sifter to work with me to achieve this dream. In the camp that I’m staying at, there are a lot of different cultures because of the immigration to find the gold by being prospectors, so the camp is mostly made up of young, able-bodied men. The food and supplies here are priced exorbitantly because of the amount of gold here. Just a loaf of bread cost almost a dollar! Luckily, I have brought along supplies from back East, so I can sell supplies as well to collect money to buy mining equipment to find some

Gold was discovered in many rich deposits along the Klondike River in 1896, but due to the remoteness of the region and the harsh winter climate the news of gold couldn’t travel fast enough to reach the outside world before the following year. Reports of the gold in newspapers created a hysteria that was nation-wide and many people quit their jobs and then left for the Klondike to become gold-diggers.

The Bay of San Francisco became the objective of ships bounds for the Pacific Coast, and in the 1840s a center of periodic trade. Upon the time of the Gold Rush, San Francisco was a regional rather than an urban designation- the settlement was still called Yerba Buena (Vance, 1964, p. 6). In 1848, James Marshall and John Sutter discovered gold near the American River located near Sacramento, California. Both Marshall and Sutter tried to keep the discovery of a gold a secret. However, the secret could not be contained (“California Gold Rush”). When the news of gold being discovered at Sutter’s Mill broke out, many San Franciscans did not believe it was true. Many San Franciscans remained skeptical when an issue for March 15, 1848, the Californian newspaper first announced the discovery of gold. It was not until a visitor from the diggings appeared in a San Francisco store and made purchases with ounces of gold. The merchant who received the gold put the shiny particles on display at his store, and the townspeople’s doubts began to disappear (Lewis, 1980, p. 49-50). “Gold Fever” swept across San Francisco. Figure 2 shows the major important gold mines discovered in California during the Gold Rush.