BY: OWEN EDWARDS, LUCAS RAGAN, OSCAR TELLEZ, AHJANI LEE, JAKOBY ALLEN, ALYSSE'A VAUGHN

WAS THE FIRST PLACE GOLD WAS FOUND.

WAS FOUND IN THE AMERICAN RIVER OF CALIFORNIA AND NEARBY MOUNTAINS.

MANY SIFTED THROUGH THE DIRT IN THE RIVER TO FIND GOLD.

MANY WORKED IN GROUPS IN ORDER TO FIND LARGER SUMS OF GOLD.

MINERS AND THEIR FAMILY WOULD QUICKLY SET UP CAMP AND BEGAN WORKING

WERE BUILT IN SUCCESSFUL AND ESTABLISHED MINING LOCATIONS.

MINERS WOULD DAM THE RIVER SO THEY COULD MINE WHERE THE WATER ONCE WAS.

USED MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER TO CHIP AWAY THE MOUNTAINS.

WE'RE BUILT TO CATCH THE DEBRI FROM HYDRAULIC MINING AND TAKE IT TO A LOCATION FOR SIFTING.

WAS EVERYTHING TO A MINER BECAUSE DIFFERENT MINES HAD DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF GOLD.

WAS THE TYPE OF GOLD FOUND IN THE GOLD RUSH.

BECAME THE RICHEST MAN IN CALIFORNIA AFTER SELLING MINING SUPPLIES NEAR THE AMERICAN RIVER.

HIRAM LEFT HIS NEW YORK LIFE BEHIND TO MINE BUT CAME BACK IN DEBT AFTER FINDING LITTLE GOLD.

WAS A NATIVE OF CHILE THAT WENT TO MINE MADE MONEY AND THEN RETURNED HOME WHERE HE TOOK UP OFFICE.

WAS A MAN FROM MEXICO THAT STRUCK IT RICH IN THE GOLD RUSH.

MADE MILLIONS BY OPENING HOTELS OUT WEST AND SELLING FOOD TO MINERS.

PEOPLE FROM EUROPE AND ASIA TRAVELED TO CALIFORNIA TO MAKE MONEY AND BETTER THEIR LIVES.

WEALTHY WHITES BROUGHT SLAVES WITH THEM TO MINE THEIR GOLD FOR THEM.

WAS A DIFFICULT, LONG, AND DANGEROUS JOURNEY THAT SOME FAILED TO SURVIVE.

WERE ABLE TO BE FUNDED BECAUSE OF THE RICH ECONOMY THE GOLD RUSH CREATED.

BECAME A PROSPEROUS TRADE BECAUSE OF CALIFORNIA'S GROWING POPULATION.

WAS ALSO RICH IN THE AMERICAN RIVER.

MANY MINERS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND MADE LITTLE MONEY OR WENT IN DEBT.

WAS DONE BY USING ROUND A METAL PAN OR STRAINER.