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85% of California’s Gold Remains Unfound, State Park Historian Says
A State Park Historian reveals 85% of California's gold remains unfound, keeping the legacy of the gold rush alive.
Is there still gold in California? Why the gold rush lives on 200 years later
More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.
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Major "Strikes" in the California Gold Rush
An astounding amount of gold was pulled from the ground during the California gold rush. In 1852 the take for the year was $80 million ($1.9 billion in 2005 dollars). This map shows some of the ...
Are there still active gold mines in California?
Early California gold mining occurred at a time when the ounce ... The Original Sixteen to One Mine put the Alleghany ...
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There’s a Better Way to Teach the California Gold Rush
The inquiry into primary sources, maps and historic photographs asks students to examine the materials and answer whether ...
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The California Gold Rush
Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by many historians to be the most significant event of the first half of the ...