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Historic Gold Rush Event?

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I need a historic gold rush event NOT THE EUREKA STOCKADE from the Australian or Californian gold rush. Then i need you to name one or two people who were in that event. Thanks.

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  1. Levi Strauss invented blue jeans as the work pants for California miners. They were made out of sailcloth.

    James Marshall worked for Sutter and was the person to first find the gold at what became Sutter's Mill.

    Samuel Brannan was a newspaper editor in San Francisco that's credited with starting the "frenzy".


  2. Klondike Gold Rush in Alaska.

    The famous author Jack London was there and he wrote two popular books as a result. " The Call of the Wild " and " White Fang. "

    " Keish ", better known by his European name, Skookum Jim Mason. He is credited with discovering the gold that led to the Klondike Gold Rush.

    George Carmack, he was with Skookum Jim when the discovery was made, he was originally given credit for the discovery because Skookum Jim was an Indian.

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