Professional gamblers came to draw the gold out of the pockets of foolhardy men and there were a few thieves. The Gold Rush was a time of amusement, where some men and women took time off with pay, from the normal moral customs of American Victorian life.

Gold miner

One major river which helped with the gold rush in Foresthill was the
American River. This river supplies the area with rich deposits
of gold. This river led to the 1849 Gold Rush.

The gold miners used the ditches in Foresthill to find and
clean out the gold.  The ditches of the Foresthill Divide were
used for hydraulic mining, which is using water pressure to
mine, and drift mining, which is mining be driven by
wind or water. For more information visit:
The "Real" First Discovery of Gold in California

"Over six years earlier than what is touted as the
beginning of the great California gold rush, a Mexican
named Francisco Lopez made the first discovery of gold
in San Francisquito Canyon."
For More information, be sure to visit: The Gold Rush

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