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2nd most important Gold rush in USA.
It started in 1829 in present-day Lumpkin County near Dahlonega, -
1848–55
Gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. -
Called "Marvellous Melbourne" -
An estimated 100,000 gold seekers took part in one of the greatest gold rushes in North American history. -
Often called the Central Otago Gold Rush it was in New Zealand. -
Gold was found near the Taramakau River in 1864 by two Māori, In New Zealand. -
It was a gold rush in British Columbia. -
It was in Lapland, Grand Duchy of Finland, then part of Imperial Russia. -
Led to the establishment of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was a part of the Mineral Revolution. -
When 100,000 prospectors came to the Klondike region of Yukon, Canada, between 1896 and 1899. Gold was discovered there by local miners,caused many to look for more gold. -
It is separated from other gold rushes by the ease with which gold could be obtained. -
Fairbanks was a city largely built on gold rush fervor at the turn of the 20th century. -
Although a number of prospectors made their fortune, operations in the area are marked largely by the development of larger mining companies. -
Mining exchanges were in Cripple Creek, Colorado Springs. -
Occurred at Kakamega, Kenya based on the reports of the geologist Albert Ernest Kitson.