Gold Discovery in California

Many of them had little hope of wealth at home, so they were willing to start over in a new place. Some miners were lucky enough to find valuable ______.

Many could make a month’s salary in only one day of ______.

Those who did not get rich by mining often found success in other ways. Some set up ranches or farms on California’s fertile ______.

The city of Sacramento would become the state ______ in a few years.

The remaining gold was underground, so most of it could be reached only by large companies that could afford to build mining equipment that could dig ______.