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Monthly Archives: August 2011
The tragic case of Michael Brennan
But not all miners had the perseverance of Alvinza Hayward. Take the tragic case of Michael Brennan and his mine near Grass Valley. Brennan came to America from Ireland and landed a job with the New York Herald. When news … Continue reading
Alvinza Hayward
Pluck and perseverance were the most notable characteristics of the men who made vast fortunes from gold in California. This was especially true in quartz mining, which required a tremendous amount of time, effort and capital to realize a profit. … Continue reading
Gold Rush misers
Early in the gold rush men sometimes hoarded their gold, but over all there were few who could be considered misers. As time passed however money-grubbing characters with sufficient enterprise to amass sizable fortunes did exist though none so colorful … Continue reading
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Tagged California gold rush, gold rush, miser, Nicaragua, Pacific Mail
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The negative impact of sudden riches
The rapid discovery of a large amount of wealth, as occurred often in California during the gold rush, did not always contribute to the betterment of the discoverers. When a well-respected member of a party mining along Carson Creek in … Continue reading
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Tagged American River, California gold rush, gold rush, San Francisco
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Honesty in the early gold rush
For some time after the initial discovery of gold in California, and while the supply of gold appeared inexhaustible, everyone was honest. This seeming unique situation was not just because there were few bad characters as yet in the mines, … Continue reading
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Tagged California gold rush, Downieville, gold rush, Marysville, San Francisco, Stanislaus
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James Savage, Indian war and Yosemite Valley
Because of the shortage of available women in California many of the early settlers chose to marry Indians. A lot of these men were trappers and mountain men who lived much like the natives did anyway, but some were educated, … Continue reading
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Tagged California gold rush, gold rush, John Savage, Mariposa, Merced River, Murphy, Yosemite
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Women arrive in the gold mines
Before the discovery of gold in California many American settlers married the daughters of the old California families. Many were beautiful, cultured and refined women who made excellent partners, but there were still far to few to satisfy the overwhelming … Continue reading
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Tagged California gold rush, gold rush, women, women in the gold rush
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The scarcity of gold rush women
In 1848 and 1849 there were very few women in the gold country of California, and in many of the more remote camps there were no women at all for years after the discovery of gold. But the miners in … Continue reading
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Tagged Angels Camp, California gold rush, Downieville, gold rush, San Francisco, Stanislaus River, women
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