Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1910 — Gold In California. [ARTICLE]

Gold In California.

The Society of California Pioneers determined after careful Investigation that Jan. 28. 1848. was the exact date of the discovery of gold In California by James W. Marshall. The gold was found In the rocky bed of the tailrace of the Sutter sawmill at Coloma, on the south fork of the American river.