The Gold Rush of 1849 attracted many immigrants to California. Immigrants came from all over to get a part of this luxurious finding. There were immigrants from Mexico, Chile, and other parts of Latin America flooding California to get some gold. Even the immigrants that were scattered throughout the United States were leaving where they were at to come to California. About $81million was pulled from the ground within the first 3 years of mining, and would continue through the years. Even to this day it is said that there is still gold out there for the mining.
http://www.history.com/topics/gold-rush-of-1849
This is quite an interesting piece of information you found. I remember learning about the gold rush period during middle school, and have always been amazed by the topic ever since. I never knew that so many people from such a wide variety of ethnicity had decided to venture on this journey of finding gold. The $81 million was also shocking to me as well! Reading about this definitely makes me want to start an adventure in search for the remaining gold, just for experience and to understand how the process was or what the people went through. I also wonder what the average amount of gold a man could find back in those days.
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