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 sound extreme and fabulous, but the reality was since nobody was looking for it. Nobody saw it one day began to look for it. They found it in abundance, but very quickly that Surface Goal that Placer Gold was all taken up. It didnt take very long and during this time even more people
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
exactly in the bay bridge like will and james just talking about very gusty very windy want to take your time as you re crossing that, but a hot spot. this is actually out in santa clara county highway 9 at skyline boulevard we know that there s a downed tree there some downed wires all lanes are closed there and that s because of just how windy it was overnight again heading into the city right now going take a little bit of time because of how windy it is under 12 minutes, the for your drive time you can see they ve already turned those metering lights on for those of you commuting the san mateo bridge this commute is nice and at the limit under 14 minutes as you head across to the peninsula. and the golden gate bridge looks great as well we re here we re looking at the richmond center fell bridge. 8 minutes as you head to richmond. now head into the golden gate bridge under 20 minutes for your drive times into the city we re tracking your commute this morning stay safe ou
out of the covid-19 vaccine as well as provide more money for testing and contact tracy and biden has ambitious plans to tackle the economic crisis is extended unemployment insurance. read relief food assistance, he wants to finish the job of getting $2000 stimulus checks to americans by adding $1400 to the 600 congress recently approved not just as smart fiscal investors, including deficit spending or more urgent than ever. is that the return on these investments in jobs. racial equity. prevent long-term economic damage. and the benefits will far surpass the cost, but also wants a $15 federal minimum wage but would slim majorities in congress biden may need republican support to pass the ambitious and expensive plan something that could prove challenging. and biden wants to extend and increased federal unemployment insurance to $400 a week through september that s perhaps of in an indication of just how long we could see this health and economic crisis last live in washin
out right there in marine and sonoma counties, especially at least temperatures have been quite nice we re in the 40 s and 50 s as we ve been all morning long san jose double in concord berkeley oakland and san francisco among those spots in the 50 s. i m talking the rest of your forecast what to expect this afternoon. all still to come john thank you traffic is starting to move along the bay bridge. we saw an accident there early on the eastbound side heading oakland now. nice and clear and the fog is starting to move out as well 10 minutes to the fremont street exit also tracking another traffic collision it looks they got just about clear 5 80 westbound at the toll plaza, you still see traffic is very slow here on the richmond sandra fell bridge 16 minutes out of richmond, the san mateo bridge looks great traffic moving at the limit 13 minutes as you head across the peninsula. also a note for bart if you re taking that today at social airport. sf line heading towards anti