In this lesson, students learn about the California Gold Rush of 1849 through miners’ letters and art ... might wish to use IBM’s Many Eyes, a tool that allows users to generate ...

An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush ... Many men went to work for the larger mining companies that invested in technology and equipment to reach the gold that lay below the surface.

Osborne O'Hagan, when $2,109 was bid for the very rare ten-dollar gold piece issued in 1849 at San Francisco by the Cincinnati Mining and Trading Company. View Full Article in Timesmachine ...