The first documented discovery of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold" id="mwfw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gold">gold</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" id="mwgA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="California">California</a> occurs at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho_San_Francisco" id="mwgQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rancho San Francisco">Rancho San Francisco</a>, six years before the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rush" id="mwgg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="California Gold Rush">California Gold Rush</a>.<sup about="#mwt79" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"}}' id="cite_ref-14" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_9#cite_note-14" id="mwgw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 14;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwhA">[14]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt83" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-15"}}' id="cite_ref-15" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_9#cite_note-15" id="mwhQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 15;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwhg">[15]</span></a></sup>
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