An astounding amount of gold was pulled from the ground during the California gold rush. In 1852 the take for the year was $80 million ($1.9 billion in 2005 dollars). This map shows some of the ...

J. D. Borthwick, an Englishman searching for his fortune in the Gold Rush, came to California in 1851. He observed and portrayed the gambling element of it in several of the lithographs ...