What is the fraser river gold rush?

Question

where did it happen?what year was it on?where did it start?who discovered it?

Answer 1

One man credited with the gold discovery which resulted in 30,000 miners swarming into New Caledonia in 1858 was James Houston.  He originally came from Dunfermline, the ancient capital of Scotland, where his parents were wealthy ship manufacturers owning the White Star Shipping Line.  As a youth Houston ran away from home with school chum Andrew Carnegie bound for the United States.  Carnegie, upon his arrival in America, apprenticed to a Pennsylvania blacksmith and eventually built up the steel-works which brought him wealth and fame.

Answer 2

1858, Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada.

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