Did the forty-niners find gold? Northern California's American River was the site of the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848. mostly men from the east, came from Europe, China, ...

On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848 ... seven years later, California continues to lead the U.S. in gold production and discovery. The spirit of the original forty-niners who tilled the land lives ...

They scour the same rivers, often looking for gold the forty-niners missed. In fact, in 2009 California banned a popular dredging technique in part because the miners were stirring up mercury ...