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History
The California Gold Rush began in 1848 and started a flood of prospectors mining and panning for gold ore. By the time the Gold Rush ended around 1855, hundreds of thousands of people had ventured West to seek wealth by prospecting for gold.
Function
Gold is a rare precious metal needed for use in electronics and desired for use in jewelry. Mining for gold ore extracts valuable metals from rock. Modern methods of extracting gold involve leaching using cyanide.
Types
According to miningbasics.com, gold ore is found in various concentrations in rock, gold particles and flakes. Flecks have also been found in streams.
Geography
In the United States, gold-bearing ore has most commonly been found in the Western states, including California, Alaska, Arizona, Montana,and South Dakota. Other countries, such as South Africa, also have significant gold deposits.
Considerations
Before striking out to mine for gold, know that gold mining is expensive, time consuming and risky. If and when you do find gold, recovering the gold from the ore can be dangerous.