The Growth of California and the Forty-Niners
Posted at Feb 28th, 2010 in Relationship Advice
In January 1848, James Marshall was overseeing the building of a saw mill for his employer, when he noticed an odd rock glinting in the upturned soil.
He was not certain whether it was gold or not and did not want to get people’s hopes up. So Marshall attempted to break the yellow rock with a hammer. It did not crack, but it did dent. just like gold would. The woman who was cooking meals for the saw mill construction team, tried another test by boiling the rock in lye.
