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Gold Rush Scavenger Hunt
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Gold Rush Scavenger Hunt
Icon Key: Text Section Questions Scavenger Hunt Questions Information
Who is standing in front of Sutter's Mill?
Where are Ramón Gil Navarro's men when they get sick?
What happened to the land that the California Indians lived on during the 1850s?
Who found gold-dust worth $3.25?
On May 16, 1848, gold was discovered in the river at Auburn Ravine (located in the Sierra Nevada foothills, near Sacramento, California). Auburn was the second mining settlement (after Sutter’s Mill at Coloma) of the California Gold Rush. Six million dollars worth of gold was extracted from Auburn and nearby Rich Ravine by the end of 1848.
Head of Auburn Ravine, Unknown Artist (1852)
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Gold Mining at Sutter's Mill, Coloma, California, Unknown Artist (19th century)
James Marshall at Sutter's Mill, Coloma, CA in 1848, Unknown Artist
Excerpts from July 22–August 10, 1849, The Gold Rush Diary of Ramón Gil Navarro
SUNDAY, 22 JULY. At the placer on the Calaveras River
MONDAY, 23 JULY. Sickness
WEDNESDAY, 25 JULY. Mokelumne Hill
FRlDAY, 27 JULY. I lost my wife!
FRIDAY, 10 AUGUST. The reptiles of California