USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Most of the miners DID NOT find gold.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Diggers arrived at the goldfields with little mining experience. By watching other miners and veterans from the Californian rushes they learnt the techniques of panning, ground sluicing, cradling, puddling and digging shafts. All these methods involved human labour and water to free gold from clay and soil.

Detailed explanation-2: -False; Correction: Most of the miners gained little or nothing.

Detailed explanation-3: -The best estimates currently available suggest that around 208, 874 tonnes of gold has been mined throughout history, of which around two-thirds has been mined since 1950. And since gold is virtually indestructible, this means that almost all of this metal is still around in one form or another.

Detailed explanation-4: -The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought approximately 300, 000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.

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