Fill in the Blanks California Gold RushOnline version The California gold rush by Lorena Rico-Murguia 1 Germany gold mining gold January attacked riches families seekers John laundry Sacramento Sutter 1849 1848 population live economy niners Marshall Sutters in Male John was born in and established what is now . His land was when people found out there was . The gold rush started on 24 , when James W . discovered gold on property . They tried to keep it a secret but soon people found out . The typical California gold seeker was a who had they left behind and promised them they would come back . Woman were the ones who did all the work besides , they made food and did the , they cleaned and made the area able to . The gold rush helped California's and increased its . The " forty - " were people who traveled to look for and they were the fortune of .