California Gold Rush Images
Ships to California!
Handbill advertising steamship travel to California, 1849.
Hydraulic Mining: Environmental Disaster
Effects of hydraulic mining in Nevada County, California.
"The Slickens"
Deposits from Gold Rush-era hydraulic mining—"the slickens"—remain visible today in NASA satellite images taken of the Yuba River goldfields.
From China to Gold Mountain
A Chinese miner in California.
No Crew Available
Masts of abandoned ships line San Francisco harbor, 1849. Ships could not leave the port because all sailors rushed to the gold fields.