Californian gold miners, c1880. Miners in the Californian gold fields inspecting the result of their digging by the light of a camp fire. The discovery of gold in 1848 led to mass immigration into California, with over half a million people from all over the world pouring into the state in search of riches.
World North and Central America United States California
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