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  2. Alonzo Delano - Wikipedia

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    Alonzo Delano (July 2, 1806 - September 8, 1874), who went by the pen name "Old Block", was an American humorist, pioneer town city father, and a California Gold Rush Forty-niner. Delano's sketches of gold rush camp life rivaled Bret Harte and Mark Twain in popularity.

  3. California gold rush - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The California gold rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. [ 1] The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. [ 2] The sudden influx of gold into the money supply ...

  4. Gold Rush (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Gold Rush (titled Gold Rush: Alaska in the first season) is a reality television series that airs on Discovery and its affiliates worldwide. The series follows the placer gold mining efforts of various family-run mining companies, initially in Alaska , but then mostly in the Klondike region of Dawson City , Yukon , Canada .

  5. List of people associated with the California Gold Rush

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    John Templeton McCarty. James McClatchy. Benjamin McCulloch. Joaquin Miller. Joaquin Murietta. Isaac Murphy. Joshua Norton, a.k.a. His Imperial Majesty Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico. Lester Allan Pelton, inventor of the "Pelton Runner," considered to be the "Father of Hydroelectric Power".

  6. Women in the California Gold Rush - Wikipedia

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    Gold Rush era Portrait of a Californiowoman of Hispanic descent. Women in the California Gold Rush, which began in Northern California in 1848, initially included Spanish descendants, or Californios, who already lived in California, Native American women, and rapidly arriving immigrant women from all over the world.

  7. Comstock Lode - Wikipedia

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    The Combination Shaft, located near Virginia City, began in 1875 when the mine owners combined their efforts to sink a shaft to explore the Comstock Lode at a greater depth. The Combination was the deepest shaft ever sunk on the Comstock, reaching a depth of 3,250 feet (990 m). It was used until 1886.

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