Traveled to california, the physical geography of the area and evolving Technology Used to mine gold. Good morning everybody. The topic of our lecture is the history of the gold rush and i will talk mainly about california in the years following 1848. But gold played a very, very Important Role in American History. Think back to the conquistadors, one of the things they were fascinating about was the quest for gold. An unquenchable desire for Precious Metals, gold above all, but also silver. When the first settlers came to jamestown they were hoping to find the same supplies of gold found by the spaniards and bitter disappointment not to find gold in the whats now virginia and brought with them jewelers and gold smiths. Americas first gold rush took place in georgia in 1829 in north georgia. If youve been about 100 miles north, you would see the old lump kin county courthouse has been converted into a gold mining museum. Its about 100 miles up the road. What happened was, first gold wa
But also silver. When the first settlers came to jamestown they were hoping to find the same supplies of gold found by the spaniards and bitter disappointment not to find gold in the whats now virginia and brought with them jewelers and gold smiths. Americas first gold rush took place in georgia in 1829 in north georgia. If youve been about 100 miles north, you would see the old lump kin county courthouse has been converted into a gold mining museum. Its about 100 miles up the road. What happened was, first gold was discovered and people started pouring into the area in huge numbers because of the intoxicating possibility that gold would make them wealthy quickly. Until then this had been an area really beyond the line of settlement. But suddenly now the White Settlement catches up very quickly. Here is the governor, george gilmore, describing what it was like meeting the georgia miners in 1829. Many thousands of idle people flocked into georgia from every point of the compass whose pe
Tread new ground and made a success of it welcome to made in this weeks edition we want to look at how the Pioneering Spirit continues to change the world for better or for worse i take this german teenager for example who started a company at the age of 72 years later he decided to try his luck in the u. S. He traveled to california Silicon Valley to find out for himself if he could make a splash with his ideas in the epicenter of the global Tech Industry and fortunately for us he made a video diary of his experiences take a look. Man dont do this to me the flight in an hour. Business is so awesome thank you all and just one follow up to a high. I cant believe it. Im in my hair is totally messed up but thats the Golden Gate Bridge in the background its crazy. I mean because america is a country of Infinite Possibilities we thought about it and decided to give it a shot for weeks in the states. We want to establish something youre pursuing the dishwasher to millionaire principle a 4. 0
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Pioneers of industry with their ideas and innovations they tread new ground and made a success of it welcome to made in this weeks edition we want to look at how the Pioneering Spirit continues to change the world for better or for worse i take this german teenager for example who started a company at the age of 72 years later he decided to try his luck in the u. S. He traveled to california Silicon Valley to find out for himself if he could make a splash with his ideas in the epicenter of the global Tech Industry and fortunately for us he made a video diary of his experiences take a look. Man dont do this to me the flights in an hour. Business is so awesome thank you on just one swallow too high. I cant believe it were actually here. My hair is totally messed up but thats the Golden Gate Bridge in the background its crazy. I mean because america is a country of Infinite Possibilities we thought about it and decided to give it a shot 4 weeks in the states. We want to establish somethin