, 2012, p. 174) Brannan spread the news of gold on May 12, 1848.
James Marshal was also collecting twenty percent of all gold mined in the Coloma area. Other streams and rivers nearby were also rich with gold. Very few tools were needed to extract gold from these rivers; in fact many of the men searching for gold were not even miners at all. Many used just a simple knife to break apart rocks and dig out gold. After the gold was panned it was usually put in a leather pouch and then sold for $4 to $5 dollars per troy ounce.(Clay & Jones, 2008, p. 1020) It is difficult to imagine what it would be like to go to the nearest stream of water and fish for gold instead of fish, the California depicted by these stories is indeed a dream land. It is easy to understand what drew foreigners to this state and fashioned an image of the land of milk and honey.
Many prospered from the gold rush and not only those searching for gold as Philip Armour found out. Armour sold meat during the rush and made enough money to become a giant in the meatpacking industry. Another person who prospered greatly from the gold rush was Leland Stanford. In 1852 Stanford discovered possibly the greatest find of the California gold rush when he found six pounds of gold in a less than twelve-foot tunnel giving him a profit of over 50,000 dollars in one find. John C. Fremont enjoyed the same good fortune when he had a land agent purchase land for him that later was found to be over-flowing with gold.(Clay & Jones, 2008, p. 1025).
Mining, however, was not as easy as it seemed. It was often violent due to the great amount of people in search for gold in the same areas. Miners lived in camps with harsh living conditions, poor food and a lack of medical supplies. The combination of these conditions and violent criminals contributed to over 10,000 deaths during the rush for gold. (Clay & Jones, 2008, p. 1022) California's route to growth was not ideal in the sense that many lost their loved ones and their own lives in search of something better.
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