nugget: a piece of metal
Gold Rush: the rapid movement of people in search to get gold
49er: people who came to California in 1849 to get gold
clipper ship: a sleek faster ship used to get to California
istmus; a narrow strip of land
digging: a gold field
mother lode: the area below the Sierra Nevada mountains were most gold was found
claim: a miners own special mining area
entrepreneur: someone who starts a business
placer gold: gold found on the banks of streams
panning: using a pan to scoop up water+dirt+gold
cradle: two trays used to rock the dirt and gold causing them to separate
long tom: a long wooden slide used to wash away the dirt, leaving gold behind
hydraulic mining: blasting water at a hillside to find gold
Gold Rush: the rapid movement of people in search to get gold
49er: people who came to California in 1849 to get gold
clipper ship: a sleek faster ship used to get to California
istmus; a narrow strip of land
digging: a gold field
mother lode: the area below the Sierra Nevada mountains were most gold was found
claim: a miners own special mining area
entrepreneur: someone who starts a business
placer gold: gold found on the banks of streams
panning: using a pan to scoop up water+dirt+gold
cradle: two trays used to rock the dirt and gold causing them to separate
long tom: a long wooden slide used to wash away the dirt, leaving gold behind
hydraulic mining: blasting water at a hillside to find gold