USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -PIKES PEAK GOLD RUSH. In 1858, an expedition led by William G. Russell, comprised of miners from the goldfields of Georgia and California, followed reports of gold to Ralston Creek, near present day Denver.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Fraser Canyon Gold Rush began in 1858, after gold was discovered on the Thompson River in British Columbia at its confluence with the Nicoamen River.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the first week of July 1858, Green Russell and Sam Bates found a small placer deposit near the mouth of Little Dry Creek that yielded about 20 troy ounces (622 grams) of gold, the first significant gold discovery in the Rocky Mountain region.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1807 explorer Zebulon M. Pike met trapper James Purcell in Santa Fe and learned that Purcell had found gold in the area eventually known as the Pikes Peak region.

Detailed explanation-5: -Gold discoveries in Colorado began around Denver; prospectors traced the placer gold to its source in the mountains west of Denver, then followed the Colorado Mineral Belt in a southwest direction across the state to its terminus in the San Juan Mountains.