Storyteller charlie chin. You can view this and other american artifacts at our Website Cspan Dot org slash history. Next we continue our look at the chinese in america with a visit to San Franciscos chinatown. This is the second of a Threepart Series and we pick up the story with the discovery of gold in, california in 1848. We have an unusual and remarkable situation here. Gold is discovered in 1848. And the reason why cantonese was amongst the first to hear about it, is that there already were some chinese here. News spread back to southern china and in a flash thousands of men began to board ships to head for guns on the Gold Mountain. Which california was known as then and still is known as the Gold Mountain . In the early days, very heady, very exciting. Much of the gold was Placer Gold surface gold. Theyve been washed down from the hills from the mountains for generations for millions of years. So it meant that you could literally find it on the surface. A man using a simple dev
Website Cspan Dot Org slash history. Next we continue our look at the chinese in america with a visit to San Franciscos chinatown. This is the second of a Threepart Series and we pick up the story with the discovery of gold in, california in 1848. We have an unusual and remarkable situation here. Gold is discovered in 1848. And the reason why cantonese was amongst the first to hear about it, is that there already were some chinese here. News spread back to southern china and in a flash thousands of men began to board ships to head for guns on the Gold Mountain. Which california was known as then and still is known as the Gold Mountain . In the early days, very heady, very exciting. Much of the gold was Placer Gold surface gold. Theyve been washed down from the hills from the mountains for generations for millions of years. So it meant that you could literally find it on the surface. A man using a simple device like this a rocker. Could in fact just dig up mud pour water through it swis
Now its 3 half empty. The Drought Crisis worsening here in the Bay Area. Some local reservoirs reporting dire water levels. Thank you for joining us here this afternoon on kron 4 news at 3. Im Sanaz Tahernia Marin county has already set a goal of reducing Water Use the summer by 40 . And now were learning that counties reservoirs are less than half full Kron Fours. Charles clifford brings us the latest. Well, here in Marin County, the last 2 years have been the driest and more than 140 years. The county has already declared a Drought Emergency. And now as we head into the hottest and driest months of the year. Were learning just how bleak the situation is on tuesday. The marine municipal Water District revealed that the water levels in the districts reservoirs are exceptionally low on this graphic. The blue lines are the water levels from the previous 2 years were storage was above 80 in may. This may Reservoir Capacity is just below half. There was almost no rainfall over the winter t
Gold in, california in 1848. We have an unusual and remarkable situation here. Gold is discovered in 1848. And the reason why cantonese was amongst the first to hear about it, is that there already were some chinese here. News spread back to southern china and in a flash thousands of men began to board ships to head for gumsan the Gold Mountain. Which california was known as then and still is known as the Gold Mountain . In the early days, very heady, very exciting. Much of the gold was Placer Gold Surface Gold. Theyve been washed down from the hills from the mountains for generations for millions of years. So it meant that you could literally find it on the surface. A man using a simple device like this a rocker. Could in fact just dig up mud pour water through it swish it out and find Gold Dust and gold nuggets. They are tails in the first year of men walking through a field looking for gold nuggets and filling their pockets with gold nuggets. They sound extreme and fabulous, but the
The story with the discovery of gold in, california in 1848. We have an unusual and remarkable situation here. Gold is discovered in 1848. And the reason why cantonese was amongst the first to hear about it, is that there already were some chinese here. News spread back to southern china and in a flash thousands of men began to board ships to head for guns on the Gold Mountain. Which california was known as then and still is known as the Gold Mountain . In the early days, very heady, very exciting. Much of the gold was Placer Gold surface gold. Theyve been washed down from the hills from the mountains for generations for millions of years. So it meant that you could literally find it on the surface. A man using a simple device like this a rocker. Could in fact just dig up mud pour water through it swish it out and find Gold Dust and gold nuggets. They are tails in the first year of men walking through a field looking for gold nuggets and filling their pockets with gold nuggets. They so