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Pages in category "American gold rushes" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alder Gulch; B.
served in the Mexican–American War; led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War Alvinza Hayward: 1821–1904 Vermont, U.S. mine-owner, capitalist, businessman, financier: made his fortune during the California Gold Rush, as a gold miner George Hearst: 1820–1891 Sullivan, Missouri Territory (now Missouri), U.S. businessperson ...
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 ...
American gold rushes (4 C, 17 P) Australian gold rushes (2 C, 36 P) C. ... Pages in category "Gold rushes" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
People of the Klondike Gold Rush (2 C, 81 P) Pages in category "American gold prospectors" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total.
Pages in category "People of the California Gold Rush" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 290 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Stag Hound was designed by Donald McKay, and built in Boston in anticipation of the California Gold Rush. She was owned Sampson & Tappan (based in Boston), and when completed was the largest vessel in the American merchant marine. Stag Hound was a newer style of clipper which was designed for speed.
North Carolina was the site of the first gold rush in the United States, following the discovery of a 17-pound (7.7 kg) gold nugget by 12-year-old Conrad Reed in a creek at his father's farm in 1799. The Reed Gold Mine , southwest of Georgeville in Cabarrus County, North Carolina produced about 50,000 troy ounces (1,600 kg) of gold from lode ...