print email comment close California Geological Survey: Gold URL: http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/geologic_resources/gold/ Description: Collection of material about gold in California. Includes an illustrated essay about the discovery of gold on January 24, 1848, the designation of gold as the state mineral, list of publications about gold prospecting today, maps of California historic and active (as of 2001) gold mines, and a few historic gold mine photographs. Includes links to related sites. From the California Geological Survey. Publisher: State of California Extra Keywords gold rush Marshall Sutter's Sawmill LII Database Information: Record 25852 created by Maria Brandt on 04/07/2008 Last modification on 04/18/2008 Published: 04/09/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25852