Newspaper column reporting gold found at Sutter's Mill
1851
Page two, column four of The Californian, carrying the notice of the discovery on the American River. This short item is among the first printed reports of the find, and word spreading out from it emptied San Francisco of workers before drawing tens of thousands back.
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