ESPM 50AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Placer Mining, Gold Rush, Ion

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Environmental Science, Policy, And Management
• Course: ESPM 50AC
• Professor: Spreyer Kurt

Document Summary

Lecture 26 - gold mining and the chinese in california - outline. : gold rush and mining as a subject of myth: myth, different forms of mining: in terms of t, k, and l in commodification of. N: the role of chinese immigrants (and other groups): in terms of labor, a, strategies in struggles over mineral resources c. in pursuit of other opportunities, environmental changes: associated with gold mining. Geology: volcanic activity, molten minerals pushed up through fissures, eroded to be the foothills of sierras with gold that was slowly exposed in river placer deposits (heavy minerals) People from regions all over the world coming to mine gold in california using their expertise in mining and the technology. January 24, 1848: james marshall discovers gold at sutter"s mill. December 1848: president polk confirms discovery to congress. 1849: the rush (1849-52): east coast, mexico, peru, chile, france, china. ^pop ca: 1848 14,000 > 1852 225,000 (95% of migrants = men)