There's been lots of excitement about the meteorites that fell from the California fireball. Hunters have converged around the town of Coloma, home of the famed Sutter's Mill where the California gold ...

About a decade before silver was discovered in Nevada, the West’s first consequential mining boom occurred on the other side of the Sierra Nevada near a place called Coloma. In 1839, John Sutter ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. When James Marshall discovered gold at ...

By 1848, California was a U.S. territory, though with few Mexican or American residents. In January of that year, gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento, and within 12 months, more than ...

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Exhibit in the Gems and Minerals Hall ...