However, as the rush for gold intensified, so did the techniques used to extract it. Hydraulic mining, a method that blasted away entire hillsides with high-pressure water jets, devastated ...

January 8, 2025 • When we speak of The Gold Rush in American history ... but Oregon also had a significant gold mining history, and mining goes on--on a smaller scale--today.

The Chinese brought mining techniques and a distinct way of life ... and hostility from their European counterparts. The gold rush era of the 1850s brought together three groups – the ...