THE LIFE OF A MINER

Groups/people And Events involved

• Forty-niners
• The Californian newspaper
• The New York Herald
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo 
• Indians, chinese, etc.

How the gold rush happened

• James Marshall found small nuggets of gold in the American River.
• At this time, The Treaty of Hildalgo officially made California a Territory
• One newspaper, The Californian, Spread the word of gold in the west.
• In the east, the newspaper, New York Herald, spread the word of gold.
• Thats when Ninety thousand migrants, or the Forty-Niners headed to CA. 

Life of a Miner: Water

• The water was great until mercury and other bacteria got into the water.
• This killed a lot of miners. Manly most of them were Indians.
• All the food was very expenisive. Costing more than the food we buy today.
• They usually eat beans and bread.
• Meat was a rarity for the miners

Life of a miner: Food

• All the food was very expenisive. Costing more than the food we buy today.
• Add anotherThey usually eat beans and bread. 
• Meat was a rarity for the miners

Life of a miner: Enviroment

• Its was very hot and sunny.
• A lot of trees were being cut because or the mining.
• Since the new of mining, Hydralic mining, it caused erosion on hillsides.
• Multiple dead bodies because of greed of one another.
• They slept on the rocky, rough, ground.

Life of a miner: indians

• Took half of the population in start of the gold rush.  
• Most of the time, was brutally tortured there gold by white men.
• Whatever they had, it was taken away. 
• Everyone wanted the Indians to be exterminated. 
• They were soon were died at fast rates by dieseases of contaminated water.

Life of a miner: Forty-Niners

• They came to the gold rush in 1849
• Ninety thousand migrants, such as white americans Chinese, Chileans,  
• Peruvians, Mexicans, Europeans and Australians were in this group.
• They made the best of the little things. Such as a bottle of whiskey.
• They lived in a harsh place, but only some got fortune.

Life of a miner: Chinese

• Arrived in california in 1850.
• All they wanted was gold so they can leave more wealthy.
• They melted there gold to pots so the bandits wont steal them.
• They were taxed with the Foreign Miners Tax, which was just $20 
• tax on every foreign miner.

Life of a miner:Woman

•  The women were very scarce. Only 3% of the population was woman!
• Only some woman went to California with there family, but most stayed home.

Life of a miner: Compare

• Almost every single race had problems and weaknesses.
• The indians almost got eradicated.
• The woman were hit on most of the time.
• The food and water were really nasty. 
• They all had equally harsh lives.

Work Cited

• History.com Staff. "The Gold Rush of 1849" History.com. A+E Networks, 29 May 2010. Web. May 08, 2014