Gold...... California Gold

[dagreat]

Hi there,

Gravel Washer took me out to find some good old gold!!! Had a great time... though the climb out of there about killed me! After going through the concentrates, I have to say I am very impressed with how the Bazooka gold trap grabs the gold... and keeps it. I was in a lot of clay most of the day, which took extra time to break it apart and liquidfy it. I love blue clay, but it stinks to get the gold out of it!

Here are some pics of what was left after the going through the concentrates!

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[Gravelwasher]

Way to go Dagreat!! I knew you would find something, those old miners dident get it all.
You need to ctrl - - minus minus, to shrink the pics to view..lol

 

[dagreat]

Hahahhaaaa... I will shrink them down. Wanted to make sure you could see those gold specs all over the pan!!!

Rob

 

[Escudoman]

Here's a typical Sherlock creek cleanout.
Gerrison.

 

[loby]

Hiiii

The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.[1] The first to hear confirmed information of the Gold Rush were the people in Oregon, the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), and Latin America, who were the first to start flocking to the state in late 1848. All told, the news of gold brought some 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.[2] Of the 300,000, approximately half arrived by sea and half came from the east overland on the California Trail and the Gila River trail.
The gold-seekers, called "forty-niners" (as a reference to 1849), often faced substantial hardships on the trip. While most of the newly arrived were Americans, the Gold Rush attracted tens of thousands from Latin America, Europe, Australia, and China. At first, the gold nuggets could be picked up off the ground. Later, gold was recovered from streams and riverbeds using simple techniques, such as panning. More sophisticated methods were developed and later adopted elsewhere. At its peak, technological advances reached a point where significant financing was required, increasing the proportion of gold companies to individual miners. Gold worth tens of billions of today's dollars was recovered, which led to great wealth for a few. However, many returned home with little more than they had started with.
The effects of the Gold Rush were substantial. San Francisco grew from a small settlement of about 200 residents in 1846 to a boomtown of about 36,000 by 1852. Roads, churches, schools and other towns were built throughout California. In 1849 a state constitution was written, a governor and legislature chosen and California became a state in 1850 as part of the Compromise of 1850.
New methods of transportation developed as steamships came into regular service. By 1869 railroads were built across the country from California to the eastern United States. Agriculture and ranching expanded throughout the state to meet the needs of the settlers. At the beginning of the Gold Rush, there was no law regarding property rights in the goldfields and a system of "staking claims" was developed. The Gold Rush also resulted in attacks on Native Americans, who were attacked and forcibly removed from their lands. An estimated 100,000 California Indians died between 1848 and 1868, and some 4,500 of them were killed.[3] Gold mining also caused environmental harm to rivers and lakes.

 

[Hoser John]

Gson is thats your Pops latest...or yours Please say hi ifn' still home as he said awhile back he was going back to SL-John

 

[Bell]

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[penster]

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