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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 ...
Paula Mitchell Marks is an American historian specializing in U.S. women’s history and the history of the American West. She was a finalist for the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for history for her book, In a Barren Land: American Indian Dispossession and Survival. [1] [2]
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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 ...
Newspapers began to print stories of the findings, starting the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. In early 1859, Russell was drawn to the mountains by the discovery of gold in nearby Gregory Gulch. He discovered placer gold deposits in June 1859 in the valley that was soon named Russell Gulch in his honor. By the end of September, 891 men were mining gold ...