1874 - General Armstrong Custer took an expedition into the Black Hills and it was these men found the first signs of gold.
they found gold in California 1849
the older people who were involved in the gold rush sadly passed away and the gold they had were to be found by relitives or friends. they died!
In 1849 gold was discovered in the traces of the John Sutter sawmill in Columa California. This resulted in the gold rush and in 1850 California became a state. Gold was also found in the BlackHills of Dakota in the 1800's and there was a gold rush onto Native Americans lands. The Yukon had a massive gold rush in the late 1800's, but the conditions there were brutal because of the cold and weather.
the purpose of the gold rush was for people to get more money. back then it hard was to get alot of money.when James marshall foud gold he didnt believe it.so he took it down to john sutter.after thhey were sure it was gold the wanted to keep it a secret,but one of the workers found gold and told every one. +_++ God Rushes occurred when some prospector found a fair amount of gold, usually in remote and harsh lands! Most who followed him lived in great hardship and made little if any money from their ventures.
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Our ancient ancestors found gold first and as there are no records going back that far we do not know who first found gold.
The state of Idaho was found in 1890.
Gold was first found in New South Wales. Unofficially, traces were first found in the Fish River in the 1830s; officially, gold was first found at Ophir in 1851.
Gold was found by our ancient ancestors in many locations, but as man came out of Africa one could surmise that African gold was the first gold to be found by man.
Mormons found Franklin, which was the first permanent settlement, in 1860.
From National Geographic-Idaho Settlers believed Idaho was Shoshone for "gem of the mountains." A politician proposed it as the name for what is now Colorado after gold was found there. That didn't fly. But a neighboring territory went for "Idaho"-actually from the Kiowa-Apache ídaahę´, or enemy.
Idaho is known as the 'GEM' state because nearly every known gem stone has been found in the state of Idaho. In addition, there are only two places in the world where 'STAR GARNETS' are found, Idaho is one and the other is in the Himalayan Mountains of India. Idaho is the only place where 'SIX Sided Garnets' have been found.
Aurum is gold in latin.
There is evidence for gold as far as about 3100 B.C.
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