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San Francisco

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If the time back to the Gold Rush era San Francisco business district, miners in the gold Boulevard and Ballance streets with shiny gold weighing of Wales's rich countries to enter a carriage crashed Hao Ma Tai Lin Square Gallery, in the era of the infamous, you walk through the narrow streets , walking in no more than 40 feet high between the buildings, everywhere that are read," morgue" ," devil kitchen" in the name of the pub, listening to the creaking dancers on the stage of their tap dance sound, beware of the ballroom singer hoarse Is the audience dig your wallet, that hour, whether you are local, or the arrival of gold prospectors with dreams, I am afraid will be here groaned.

survived the 1906 earthquake and fire catastrophe in the buildings, now restored with the true still that era, this city looks .

gold, there is gold!

1847 years ago, no one would think, a far cry from the small colony of modern civilization in the two years soared from 500 to 20 000 people become a new city. In 1947, construction in the San Francisco community needs a lot of wood, a carpenter employed in Marshall's Kelun Ma at the foot of the Sierra Nevada near the American River, built a wood processing plant. In 1948, after the war with Mexico, the United States took over California. But in a few days before signing of the treaty, after California changed the fate of the event.

1848 on January 24, Marshall sewage processing plants in check, suddenly found something in the water sparkling." I put my hand into it, pick it up," he said:" It makes my heart was pounding, because I believe it is a piece of gold."

news of the discovery of gold in the San Francisco newspaper reported, and soon a group of explorers 200 Brannan led the Mormons to reach the ground, and quickly grew into entrepreneurs. May the day of his passing through Portsmouth Square, the hands holding a vial filled with gold, shouting:" gold, gold! Scouring the river from the United States to the gold!" For a time, of San Francisco dump City out of all the strong men are hastily betake area, California gold rush began. The Brannan already spreading the news of Amoy to gold before the mine opened in reserves miners store all the equipment will be needed tool to get people to empty the city in all of the pick axes and shovels, the higher price gold for those who hope.

San Francisco

1849 years, as hundreds of thousands of dreams rich people go to the California Bay." Gold, gold, scouring the river from the United States to the gold!" This idea inspired them across the continent, across the mountains and desert, along the campfire light numerous. Others braved the danger of contracting yellow fever, crowded crowded ships, around Cape Horn or through the Panama Canal, arrived from the sea. Abandon ship everywhere along the coast formed a sea of ​​masts, and was towed ashore to do the warehouse.

gold is about half of those Americans, the other half to San Francisco to become the world's cities. Mexico, Chile, Germany, France, Ireland, Hawaii, China, Italy, everyone wants a piece of this golden dream. This multi-cultural now is still a significant feature of San Francisco, has also become a gold rush in 1849 powerful testimony.

nugget is easy to start mining from the river to, and some even claim to be able one day to 5 pounds of gold mining. When the surface gold was depleted, people began washing tank and filter box deep gravel mines in the collection, to 1852, deep in the gold ores have been depleted, further exploitation of multi-joint investment needs, It also makes a lot of gold diggers With the ultimate dream of getting rich become workers. House built of wood and cloth, the wind, whale oil lamps, lighting, heating stove is used to make fire in San Francisco suffered 6 attacks, people are getting more solid brick stone to rebuild the city. Bay leaves of sea filled garbage into a new financial district, banks, churches, theaters, horse-drawn street car, this border town overnight turned into a thriving city.

all, are stacked in the gold rush on the expense of body count.

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