 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Ngarava yacho yakavakwa paWestervelt MacKay shipyard muNew York uye yakatangwa muna September 1849. Yakanga iri ngarava yaipisa marasha ine mavhiri emhepo, asi yakanga yakagadzirirwawo kuva ngarava ine maseiri maviri kuti ishandise mhepo dzakanaka. Kufanana nevamwe vanamuzvinabhizimisi vakawanda vokutakura zvinhu, Westervelt MacKay vakatsvaka kushandisa mikana yezvokutengeserana yakapiwa neCalifornia gold rushkupfurikidza nokuvaka ngarava nokuda kwebasa muBay Area. Akatumidzwa zita rokuti Gold Hunter. Ngarava yacho yakaenda kuSan Francisco ichipfuura neCape Horn muna December 1849. Pashure pokumira kanoverengeka, yakasvika muSan Francisco pana April 29, 1850 ine vafambi 150 vari mungarava. Akabva atanga kutakura zvinhu uye kutakura vanhu pakati peSan Francisco neSacramento achishandira kambani yainzi Simmons, Hutchinson Co. 