On January 24th, 1848, gold was accidentally discover at Sutter Mill in Coloma, California by James Marshall. Marshall was employed by John A. Sutter to start a construction of a saw mill at Coloma. While he was at the construction site his eyes spotted a gold nugget that will led thousands of people to California. Marshall and Sutter discussed about this discovery and tried to keep it a secret, but unfortunately the news spread rather quickly (Sheafer 9). The population in Coloma then stated to grew in a few months, next thing you know about ten to …show more content…
Marshall was unsuccessful during the gold rush, he wasn’t able to secure his claim on the Coloma property and decided to charge other sawmills for the gold they have found, but at the end he was still unable to gain any profit from it. All his men that worked for him has turn against on him in order to search for gold ( Peterson). His mens believe that searching for gold will make them richer rather than working under Marshall. At the end, Marshall end up with nothing and live as a poor man that sign his autograph on a card for 50 cents each