Is there still gold in California? Why the gold rush lives on 200 years later
More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.
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Hey, Gold Rushers: Southern California found gold first! And we’re still looking.
In total, the region gave up maybe $8 million in gold over the years. In September 1897, The Times counted more than 3,000 mines in Southern California, some working, some not. One of them was the ...