A gold discovery happened in 1848 at the property of John Sutter that led to the California Gold Rush. Did most Forty Niners strike it rich? Gold was extracted in amounts estimated to exceed $2 ...

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the California Gold Rush. In 1849 the recent discovery of gold at Coloma, ... the so-called Forty-Niners, arriving by boat and over land.

There’s a New Breed of Forty-Niners Rushing to the Pacific Lured by the soaring price of the precious metal, prospectors are heading for the California hills like it’s 1849 all over again ...