The Gold Rush
Diego Milord and Alaedin Alsaidi The Gold Rush happened in January, 1849 when a man named James Marshall was building a sawmill and he saw gold. People from all over the world started to come to San francisco, California, hoping to be as lucky as James Marshall. Settlers sold their houses and the Gold Rush brought them and they left everything. They had to cross mountains, rivers and streams. Depending on where they came from, it took a long time. When people mined they got money from the gold. Gold was found in rocks and river beds. When they mined it took a lot of work. They used tools like a shovel, pan, axes and pick. They used a cradle to wash large amounts of gold. People that mined are called prospectors. Even children mined. When there were big amounts of gold left they used a machine called dredges. Another way they mined is called hydraulic mining. That is when they have pipes with strong water pressure that moves the dirt and the rocks to find gold and hopefully get rich. Mining could be dangerous, sometimes people died because rocks would fall on their heads or they would fall down mining holes. Miners past through the chilkoot mountains to get to california. California is close to mexico so people came from mexico. Some people killed other people over gold nuggets. The gold back then was precious to them.
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