History of the United States II / Unit 2 USH2 0166 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Gold Rush
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The idea
Gold discovered at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California, in eighteen forty-eight set off the California Gold Rush.
In practice
Individual prospectors working streams with pans and sluice boxes.
Where people slip
That individual method did not last. Later strikes demanded deep shafts, heavy machinery, and the capital to pay for them.
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