Mining Materials
| 1828: |
America's first "gold rush" begins in Georgia, an eastern state.
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| 1836: |
The first steam press is put in place.
Coins can now be made faster—probably about 120 coins each minute.
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| 1837–8: |
Three new Mint branches open in Louisiana, Georgia, and North Carolina because of gold mined nearby.
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| 1848: |
Gold is found in California.
The California Gold Rush takes off the following year.
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| 1854: |
An office opens in San Francisco where Gold Rush miners can have their gold tested and weighed.
It soon becomes the San Francisco Mint.
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| 1858: |
Gold is found in Colorado.
Silver is found in Nevada the following year.
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| 1861: |
During the Civil War, the Southern branch mints fall under Confederate control.
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| 1863: |
A Mint office opens in a bank building in Denver, Colorado, where gold and silver from nearby mines can be tested and weighed.
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