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
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