Miners and the Gold Rush
Sutter’s MillGold found 1848 Tried to hid discovery
San Francisco Prospectors bombarded city60,000 residence by 1860
California Gold Rush
Outfitting a prospector
Nevada Gold Rush- 1859Virginia City, NV
Silver and Gold foundNext 20 years mined
$400 million in precious metals
Gold Rush sites
Boom TownsIncrease population
= increase need of servicesEntrepreneurs saw
$$$ to be made supplying prospectorsHotelsSalonsGeneral Stores
DiscriminationForeigners
MistreatedForeign miners tax
Anti- Chinese sentimentBoycotts on Chinese
businessesLed to Chinese Exclusion
Act 1882Those already in America
Reapplication for entryDenied citizenship
New immigrantsCould not enter for 10
years
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