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California Gold Rush | The Forty Niners | 2
American History Tellers
Mining in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
California's richest gold fields lay 40 miles east of modern Sacramento. The most desirable mining spots lay along streams or rivers because the water scoured away the topsoil and exposed the gold rich earth underneath. By 1849, miners now made up as much as 60% of California's entire population so competition was fierce.
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