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California Gold Rush and Mining

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Difference between California Gold Rush and Mining

California Gold Rush vs. Mining

The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit.

Similarities between California Gold Rush and Mining

California Gold Rush and Mining have 20 things in common (in Unionpedia): Australian gold rushes, Chile, China, Cornwall, Dolaucothi Gold Mines, Erosion, General Mining Act of 1872, Gold, Gold mining, Gravel, Hushing, Hydraulic mining, Las Médulas, Mining accident, Placer deposit, Placer mining, Prospecting, Roman Empire, Sacramento, California, Sluice.

Australian gold rushes

During the Australian gold rushes, significant numbers of workers (both from other areas within Australia and from overseas) relocated to areas in which gold had been discovered.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow) is a county in South West England in the United Kingdom.

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Dolaucothi Gold Mines

The Dolaucothi Gold Mines (Mwynfeydd Aur Dolaucothi), also known as the Ogofau Gold Mine, are ancient Roman surface and underground mines located in the valley of the River Cothi, near Pumsaint, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Erosion

In earth science, erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that remove soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transport it to another location (not to be confused with weathering which involves no movement).

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General Mining Act of 1872

The General Mining Act of 1872 is a United States federal law that authorizes and governs prospecting and mining for economic minerals, such as gold, platinum, and silver, on federal public lands.

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au (from aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally.

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Gold mining

Gold mining is the resource extraction of gold by mining.

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Gravel

Gravel is a loose aggregation of rock fragments.

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Hushing

Hushing is an ancient and historic mining method using a flood or torrent of water to reveal mineral veins.

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Hydraulic mining

Hydraulic mining, or hydraulicking, is a form of mining that uses high-pressure jets of water to dislodge rock material or move sediment.

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Las Médulas

Las Médulas is a historic gold-mining site near the town of Ponferrada in the comarca of El Bierzo (province of León, Castile and León, Spain).

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Mining accident

A mining accident is an accident that occurs during the process of mining minerals.

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Placer deposit

In geology, a placer deposit or placer is an accumulation of valuable minerals formed by gravity separation from a specific source rock during sedimentary processes.

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Placer mining

Placer mining is the mining of stream bed (alluvial) deposits for minerals.

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Prospecting

Prospecting is the first stage of the geological analysis (second – exploration) of a territory.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire (Imperium Rōmānum,; Koine and Medieval Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, tr.) was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Africa and Asia.

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Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County.

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Sluice

A sluice (from the Dutch "sluis") is a water channel controlled at its head by a gate.

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California Gold Rush and Mining Comparison

California Gold Rush has 277 relations, while Mining has 316. As they have in common 20, the Jaccard index is 3.37% = 20 / (277 + 316).

References

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