The gold rush
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Timeline of the California Gold Rush(1848-1855)
January 1848
- Gold discovered for the first time.
March 1848
- Reports about gold aren't believed.
November 1848
- The first gold shipped out.
1849
June 1849
- A government is formed.
December 1849
- San Francisco booms.
January 1850
- The compromise of 1850.
May 1850
- Additional shipment sent out.
1850
1853
1857
1884
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James W. Marshall discovers gold while working in California to build a water pump
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A local newspaper reported about the finding of the gold but most didn't believe it.
The first shipments of gold are sent out carrying over $500,000 worth of gold.
The travelers start to come to get rich.
Because of all of the people coming, they decided to try and set up a government.
San Francisco became the central city for gold.
California wanted to be an official state and be free from slavery. The compromise helped that.
Another shipment is sent out, worth 1.5 million dollars in gold.
The gold runs out.
Hydraulic mining is introduced being able to dig deeper into the ground.
The gold rush stabilized.
Hydraulic mining is outlawed.
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