On March 15, 1848, the Californian newspaper in San Francisco published a small little article at the bottom of its second page that gold had been recently found at Sutter’s sawmill. A transcription reads: GOLD MINE FOUND — In the newly made raceway of the Saw Mill recently erected by Captain Sutter, on the American Fork, gold has been found in considerable quantities. One person brought thirty dollars worth to New Helvetia, gathered there in a short time. California, no doubt, is rich in minera