Summary
TODAY is the anniversary of the discovery that sparked the California gold rush.
Q: Who hit pay dirt? A: James Wilson Marshall, a carpenter who found nuggets of gold while building a sawmill near Coloma close to the Sacramento River on January 24, 1848. He went into partnership with John Augustus Sutter, for whom he was working at Sutter's Mill.See the full content of this document
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Briefing: Mother of All Mother Lodes
Q: Did they acquire the mother lode? A: Hardly. It stretches 150 ...
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