Gold was money then (all currency was backed by gold or silver) with one ounce of gold worth $20.00 and you could buy 'anything' by weighing out the appropriate amount of gold and paying for it. Nearly all businesses then had a gold scale for making transactions right on the premises. You could also take it to the bank and deposit it or convert it to paper or silver money. Or you (or your bank) could take it to the mint and have it converted into gold coins. Eventually most California, Nevada etc. gold was transferred to the East Coast or Europe to pay for all the goods purchased by it.
In 1849, one troy ounce of gold was worth $20. A $20 coin contained .9675 ounce of pure gold.
Sacramento, California is the state capital in the west where they discovered gold in 1849.
The forty niners were called the forty niners because the gold rush was in 1849.
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hello life on the gold feilds were hard
The 1849 Gold Rush occurred mainly in California, lasting until around 1855.
. . . California Hence the name. If you mean where in California then all over mainly in the central region
The gold rush of 1849
The term "49ers" was used to refer to the gold miners who migrated to California in 1849 during the California Gold Rush. The name comes from the year 1849, which was the peak of the migration when thousands of people rushed to California in search of gold.
In 1849, one troy ounce of gold was worth $20. A $20 coin contained .9675 ounce of pure gold.
2,666 American dollars was what 1 pound of gold was worth in 1849
Gold was discovered in northern California.
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Gold is mainly used for making coins, jewelry ect. It is always very widely used in electronic device production as very good conductors .