California’s early statehood was defined by the gold rush that started in the late 1840s, giving us the name “49ers.” Miners ...

said that only 10% to 15% of the gold in California has been found. Terry Prebalick, a gold hunter who has been working the land for decades, said he feels like the original miners only found ...

Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California ... during the gold rush. As the surface gold disappeared, individual miners found their dreams of ...