An astounding amount of gold was pulled from the ground during the California gold rush. In 1852 the take for the year was $80 million ($1.9 billion in 2005 dollars). This map shows some of the ...
Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by ... and $81 million in 1852. After that, the take gradually declined until ...
An estimated 300,000 settlers arrived during the Gold Rush, which peaked in 1852. According to historian Benjamin Madley , California’s Native population plummeted from around 150,000 to 30,000 ...