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Bring your precious metal working ancestors on over to this project. Project collaborators, feel free to update the overview, especially the "notables" and "sources" sections. I hope from use of this project to see a human family history of working with gold and silver, through history and around the world. Profiles must be set to public. ==Goldsmiths==* from Wikipedia A goldsmith is a metalwor...
The Gist: All people associated with the California Gold Rush era. Brief History In January of 1848, James Marshall had a work crew camped on the American River at Coloma near Sacramento. The crew was building a saw mill for John Sutter. On the cold, clear morning of January 24, Marshall found a few tiny gold nuggets. Thus began one of the largest human migrations in history as a half-million...
This is intended to be the Over-Arching Site Index of Geni projects about Mining across the world and across human history. General Miners Mines, Mining & Mining Development & Technology Mining Accident People Who Died From Black Lung Disease People Who Died From Miner's Pthisis & Silicosis Prospectors America Arcadian, Franklin & Hancock Mine Fatalities
First vessel from Finland for today's Australia Purpose of this project is to identify the deserters in Finland and Victoria, as well as possible passengers Port and customs visits from Fredriksham (Hamina) to Melbourne 1852-1853; fate of brig "Onni" and her master in wartime 1854 Year 1848 built 284 ton brig "Onni", home at Fredrikshamn, Grand Duchy Finland. Flying Russian flag Sailing out...
British Mine workers (non-coal)= Pictured right Wealden Iron Ore Pits For British Coal Miners please go to: has occurred in Great Britain since approximately 2700 BC. A diverse range of minerals has been extracted by underground mining, ranging from industrial minerals such as limestone through to precious metals like gold. Plans, sections and shaft information exist, recording many of these wo...
Kaapsehoop South Africa (established in 1882) Coordinates for finding Kaapsehoop on Google Earth. 25°35'28.66"S 30°45'59.65"E or click here to see it in Google Maps.==Brief History==It was the discovery of gold in 1882 the streams around what is known today as Kaapsehoop also known as Kaapshehoop or Kaapschehoop that led to the establishment of the town. Gold was also discovered in the small cr...
Aim and Scope==This project is intended to record all the early pioneers and gold prospectors connected to Pilgrim's Rest who are on our Geni tree. Several South African families have their roots in Pilgrim's Rest, as a result of the gold rush in the late 1800's, which attracted prospectors from far and wide."I doubt that a more cosmopolitan assembly of people, sharing such diverse skills and t...
Add people who came to what is now the state of Colorado to look for gold between 1859 and 1861 to this project. People who came after 1861 might qualify for the Colorado Pioneers Project . You can visit HistoryLink to find out which projects include your ancestors. == Overview ==The Pike's Peak Gold Rush (later known as the Colorado Gold Rush ) was the boom in gold prospecting and mining in th...
Gold Rush===When gold in California began to peter out, miners sought gold in other places, including Colorado, Nevada, Montana … and Idaho. Idaho’s rugged mountains presented a real challenge to prospectors and travelers alike. Still, by 1860, a man named Elias Davidson Pierce asked the Nez Perce natives if he could prospect on their lands. They said no, so in true prospector tradition, Pierce...