About a decade before silver was discovered in Nevada, the West’s first consequential mining boom occurred on the other side of the Sierra Nevada near a place called Coloma. In 1839, John Sutter ...
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He found gold in 1848 - and 80,000 people showed up within months
This video explores Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, where gold was discovered in January 1848 and triggered the California Gold Rush. What began as a small sawmill project quickly turned into one of the ...
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