The Gold Rush
Prospector migration event
The Gold Rush refers to periods when discovery of gold deposits triggered mass migration of prospectors to a region.
The most famous is the California Gold Rush of 1848–1855, which transformed the American West.
Others include the Klondike Gold Rush in Canada's Yukon.
Figuratively, any frenzied pursuit of quick wealth: The tech boom was a gold rush for venture capitalists.
Also the title of Charlie Chaplin's 1925 film.
- prospectorOne seeking valuable deposits
- miningExtracting earth's resources
- CaliforniaWest coast megastate
- 1849Mid-nineteenth century date
- Sutter's Mill1848 gold discovery location
nugget · pan · sluice · claim · staking a claim · fortune · strike it rich · Klondike · frontier · boom · strike · fever · pickaxe · dust · creek · Chaplin · saloon · miner
- Silent Filmsilent films, silent era, silent comedy, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton
- Classic FilmsCasablanca, Citizen Kane, Gone with the Wind, Some Like It Hot, Vertigo
- comedycomedy, jokes, humor, puns, sarcasm
The Gold Rushdepopulation
Loss of inhabitants
abandonment · exodus · diaspora · brain drain · flight
The Gold Rusheconomic collapse
Catastrophic failure of finances
market crash · economic depression · bust · the exodus · ghost towns
The Gold Rushsubsistence farming
Growing food for household
sustainable agriculture · homesteading · conservation movement · land stewardship
gold, rush, golden, gild, gilded, gilding, rushed, rushing, rusher