* 1848 – California Gold Rush: In a message before the U. S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.

Gold was perhaps not the only metallic source of Midas ' riches: " King Midas, a Phrygian, son of Cybele, first discovered black and white lead ".

* Gold is discovered in the Black Hills.

* Gold is discovered in Brazil.

Gold burial mask of Pharaoh Psusennes I, discovered 1940 by Pierre Montet.

Gold was first discovered in 1858.

* 1435 — Gil Eanes and Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia discovered Garnet Bay ( Angra dos Ruivos ) and the latter reached the Gold River ( Rio de Ouro ).

In 1848, Sherman accompanied the military governor of California, Col. Richard Barnes Mason, in the inspection that officially confirmed that gold had been discovered in the region, thus inaugurating the California Gold Rush.

In January 1848, James Marshall discovered a small nugget of gold in the American River, sparking the California Gold Rush.

In 1829, gold was discovered in the north Georgia mountains, resulting in the Georgia Gold Rush leading to the establishment of a federal mint in Dahlonega that continued operation until 1861.

Gold was also discovered in Southern California but on a much smaller scale.

Gold was first discovered here in 1799 by Conrad Reed in an unincorporated part of southeast Cabarrus County.

Gold was discovered in the Big Belt Mountains in 1864 which brought several mining towns.

Gold was discovered in 1862 and more of it was pulled from present-day Boise County than from the entire state of Alaska.

Gold was discovered in the county near Auraria in the 1830s, and the U. S. government briefly had a mint in Dahlonega as a result until 1860.

Gold was discovered at Summitville in 1870.

Gold was discovered in the area in 1857.

Gold was discovered in 1898 at Council and Golovin became a supply point for the gold fields.

Gold was discovered in 1902 in Fairbanks, about north of the crossing of the Tanana River.

Gold was first discovered at the current townsite in 1906 on Ruby Creek.

Gold was discovered at Congress in 1884.

Gold was discovered in Yarnell about 1865 by Charles Genung ( 1839 – 1916 ), a well-known area pioneer.

Gold was discovered here by the Murphy brothers in 1849, and it was originally called " Murphys Diggings ," which became " Murphys Old Diggings " when they moved on to greener pastures at " Murphys New Diggings " ( which became the town of Murphys ).

Gold was discovered at Rand Mine near the site in 1895 and a mining camp quickly formed, and was named Rand Camp, both mine and camp were named after the gold mining region in South Africa.

* 1848 – California Gold Rush: the New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California ( although the rush started in January ).

Others believe it was a corrupted term of " Chilango ", meaning an inhabitant from Mexico City or Central Mexico ( i. e. the highland states of Mexico ( state ), Jalisco, Puebla ( state ) and Michoacán ); and even from the term " Chileno " by the Chilean presence in mid 19th-century California, when miners from Chile arrived in the California Gold Rush ( 1848 – 51 ).

* 1848 – California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco, California.

* 1848 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.

The discovery of gold in California in January 1848 set off the California Gold Rush, and the number of settlers going to California skyrocketed.

The California Gold Rush ( 1848 – 1855 ) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.

The first to hear confirmed information of the Gold Rush were the people in Oregon, the Sandwich Islands ( Hawaii ), and Latin America, who were the first to start flocking to the state in late 1848.

During the 1848 California Gold Rush, H. C. Smith converted the Mission to a general store, saloon and hotel.

California's acquisition by the United States under the terms of the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo following the defeat of Mexico in the Mexican – American War caused further American westward expansion into Mexico intensified with the California Gold Rush, beginning in 1849.

It gained particular importance supporting and supplying the California Gold Rush ( 1848 – 1858 ).

Gold prospecting in Calaveras County began in late 1848 with a camp founded by Henry and George Angel.

Sutter's discovery of gold at nearby Coloma in January 1848 triggered the California Gold Rush.

The center of modern El Dorado Hills lies about 13 miles from the 1848 gold discovery site in Coloma, where the California Gold Rush began.

* James W. Marshall ( 1810 – 85 ), sawmill operator, whose 1848 discovery of gold in the American River in California set the stage for the California Gold Rush.

It was followed by the California Gold Rush of 1848 – 55 in the Sierra Nevada, which captured the popular imagination.

In 1848, John Sutter used the set to verify the authenticity of the gold found in his mill, a discovery that would start the California Gold Rush.

Prior to the California Gold Rush of 1848 – 1855, the Yahi population numbered approximately 400, but the total Yana people numbered about 3, 000.

Susanna ," which became an anthem of the California Gold Rush — in 1848 – 1849.

James William Marshall ( October 8, 1810 – August 10, 1885 ) was an American carpenter and sawmill operator, whose discovery of gold in the American River in California on January 24, 1848 set the stage for the California Gold Rush.

* January 24, 1848: Gold found at Sutter's Mill, beginning the California Gold Rush