American west California gold rush Flashcards
When was the California gold rush
1849-1856
What where the main problems with the California gold rush
Large amounts of fighting between prospectors
Racial riots
Due to lack of gold many families lost large amounts of money
Where was the gold commonly found
Rivers and small amounts in the underground
How much on average did the miners make
$3
How common would someone make large quantity of money
It was very uncommon for people to make money and often they spent all there saving to begin mining
What was the tool the miners used
Due to the fact the gold was found in the rivers tools called pans where used to sieve the rocks water and gold
What lead to attacks from the Native Americans on the miners
Due to the fact that they where also mining in the black hills not only was this one of the Sioux burial places this land was scared to them and was allocated to them in the fort Laramie treaty
