the first gold was found in america in 1782.
where was the first gold found in america?
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on june 22, 1850, a wagon train bound for california crossed the south platte river just north of the confluence with clear creek and followed clear creek west for . lewis ralston dipped his gold pan into a stream flowing into clear creek and found about a quarter of a troy ounce (worth almost $5, equivalent to $ today) in his first pan. john lowery brown, who kept a diary of the party's journey from georgia to california, wrote on that day: "lay bye. gold found." in a notation above the entry, he wrote, "we called this ralston's creek because a man of that name found gold here." ralston continued to california, but returned to 'ralston's creek' with the green russell party eight years later. members of this party founded auraria (later absorbed into denver city) in 1858 and touched off the gold rush to the rockies. the confluence of clear creek and ralston creek, the site of colorado's first gold discovery, is now in arvada, colorado.
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