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California gold rush

News of gold in California and the rush of 1849 that followed. Newspaper pages from 1848 to 1850 on a map and timeline.

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6239 matching newspaper pages in total. New York, NY has the most hits (1298 pages). Showing up to 10 earliest results from this city.

  1. The New York Herald — 1848-02-24, page 4

    … of \?w Mexico, and thenos westward striking the river U>la n ew Mexico and Upper California are ceded, for a consideration of twtnty millions of dollar!, including two millions …

    … English minister in Mexioo was negotiating with Peua y Pena for the whole of lower California, and that it was highly probable the English government would be la possession …

    … 4 wmgsana iu ioco-iogob. jeneraon couuiy pruuuuiy 11 whiga and 9 loos-foooa. A gold mine baa recently been discovered, m we read, near Teoumaeh, Miohlgaa. It ia found principally …

  2. The New York Herald — 1848-03-27, page 2

    … Florida, Louisiana and Oregon?has alwuys been popular; md why should wc refuse California, with iis beautiful and commodious harborl or New M< xico, with itri gold mines, besides giving us a road to Oregoa'! This may lead to very serious consequences …

    … proceedings. If they were to appropriate two or three valleys in Califoraia, with a gold mine, and one of the big mountains in New Mexico, for our benefit ex- n clusively, we …

  3. New-York Daily Tribune — 1848-04-27, page 3

    … pattern Ha HEMP Sues have been made of 25) bales Sissl at 74 i 1 NEW.ORLEANS Bark California—|0) che ¥ogrine Jobuson—125 sncks Hiteheoek Marehnil—3 hlide S1 bbls Co—60 Blave …

    … of tha Albany. Priea 574 ots O14 Hieks, the Guide; or Adventures io ssarelof a Gold Mine—puhlished by Harper Brothers. 2 parts, 57§ ssch, A faw of the Foreign prpare hy …

  4. The New York Herald — 1848-05-17, page 2

    … 11 young man In I.ellnglon. Ky a year or tw> ago. Recent difcoverle* of valuable gold mine*. In the ipper enuntloH of Nnrlb < aroltna. have creat"d <|Uit? in e*cltement among …

    … effluvia arising from that mammoth pile of city manure (enough to fertilise all California.) miide up of th* very washings of all filth, both foreign and domestic, including …

  5. Sunday Dispatch — 1848-06-18, page 2

    … remarked when he was shearing swine. l The Democrats are . meditating on “ Cass, California, Canada and Cuba.” The Whigs are looking around for , something equally taking …

    … of the West this year will be immense—enough to feed two or three na tions. The gold mines of Mexico may be very convenient, but the world could do without them much better …

  6. New-York Daily Tribune — 1848-08-02, page 2

    … attention of immigrants and settlers. In the first place, it is in the heart of the Gold Region of Virginia, (of which we will speak hereafter.) and whether gold mining prove …

    … Proviso to be applied to all the Terri. tory in controversy—Oregon, New Mexico, California, Minesota, Nebraska, &c. Xe. Such a result wig disgust some, but it would surrise …

    … Jesse Applegate, Esq. Bearer ot Dispatches to the United States authouities in California for assistance in the present difficulties with the Indians, has returned, being …

  7. New-York Daily Tribune — 1848-08-03, page 2

    … avertit! The State now provides Education for all: why not Labor if needed The Gold Region of the United States, so far as the very imperfect explorations have defined it …

    … discovery is expected to work a great and instant change in the productiveness of gold mines. A friend who recently visited that portion of the ascertained Gold Region of Virginia lying nearest us (Staflord and Spottsylvania Counties) writes us as …

    … follows «Many rich gold mines have been dis covered in this vicinity by farmers, while plowing and digging on …

  8. Sunday Dispatch — 1848-08-06, page 2

    … ACQUISITIONS. The area of Texas is 325,529 square mjles or equal to 208,332,800 acres. California and New Mexico contain 326,078 square miles, or 336, 689,928 acres. Here is room …

    … Mexican hero up for one of the highest offices in the peo ple’s gilt. gtj- They have gold mines in Virginia, the ore of which has yielded as high as $2,500 a bushel. The late …

    … mining and separating the gold, have given a great impetus to the operations in our gold region, which, as it is better known, bids fair to be found one of the richest in the …

  9. The New York Herald — 1848-08-15, page 2

    … question of extending slavery to the newly acquired territories of New Mexico and California, as well as to Oregon ; which, after a long and exciting discussion, as regards …

    … fear, will l>e the searoh tf those who are endeavoring to And valuable silver or gold mines on the San Saba and Nueces. There are, doubtless, very rich and valuable veins …

  10. The New York Herald — 1848-08-19, page 1

    TP H isarrwr 110.5188. AIViIm in Our New Territory. San Francisco, Alio California, April 1, 1848. lutes e sting Narrative of the Voyage to California, by u J\r<.i" I*<// ? Volunteer?Commodore Stockton ? Cmcra! Kearny?Colonel Fremont …

    … Indian, but a very zralott > preacher, and, they sry, a good (Jhnstain. The lands in California are mostly used lor crazing. and arc vnri d. in large tracts, fioui three league …

    … Mexicans. Having given you a hnsty outline of the army, the geography, iVc., of California, I overlooked a few farts which may be somewhat interesting to you, viz.: respecting …

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