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  2. Chinese-Americans in the California Gold Rush - Wikipedia

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    Chinese miners were not present in California in a substantial manner at the beginning of the Gold Rush. The population of Chinese miners in California did not break 1,000 people until 1851 with 2,700 miners being counted in the census. In the years proceeding 1852, Chinese miner populations developed rapidly, moving to 20,000 miners in 1852.

  3. Q. David Bowers - Wikipedia

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    The Q. David Bowers Collection of Chinese coins was sold in 2018: The Q. David Bowers Collection of Chinese Coins in Copper - sale in Hong Kong, 2 April 2018. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 2010, the American Numismatic Association named one of their Young Numismatist Literary Awards after Bowers, where articles submitted by children ages 13-17 can win awards ...

  4. Ah Toy - Wikipedia

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    Ah Toy (Chinese: 亞彩; Sidney Lau: Aa 3 Coi 2; [1] 18 May 1829 – 1 February 1928) [2] was a Chinese American [3] sex worker and madam in San Francisco, California during the California Gold Rush, and the first Chinese sex worker in San Francisco. [4] Arriving from Hong Kong in 1848, [5] she became the best-known Asian woman in the American ...

  5. Gold rush: Chinese head out on holiday en masse, skirting ...

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    The Chinese seriously have it right, with millions taking time off from work to travel around the world all at once. Gold rush: Chinese head out on holiday en masse, skirting Taiwan and Hong Kong ...

  6. The Gold Rush That Changed Everything

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    The Gold Rush began in earnest in 1849, which led to its eager participants being called "49ers," and within two years of James Marshall's discovery at Sutter's Mill, 90,000 people flocked to ...

  7. Gold Mountain (toponym) - Wikipedia

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    Chinese people historically referred to California and British Columbia as Gold Mountain, as evidenced by maps and returned Overseas Chinese. However, as a gold rush subsequently occurred in Australia, Bendigo in the then-colony of Victoria was referred to as "New Gold Mountain" (Cantonese: Sān Gāmsāan, 新金山), and California became ...

  8. Gold rush - Wikipedia

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    A gold rush or gold fever is a discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare-earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune. Major gold rushes took place in the 19th century in Australia , Greece , New Zealand , Brazil , Chile , South Africa , the United States , and Canada while smaller ...

  9. Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park - Wikipedia

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    The original temple was built in 1852 by Chinese goldminers during the California gold rush. [2] [3] [4] The current building, called The Temple among the Trees Beneath the Clouds (雲林廟), was built in 1874 to replace earlier structures which had been destroyed by fires the year previous. In 1934, much of the material in the building was ...