33. False: The primary nugget of gold was found in California at Sutter’s Mill
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The gold discovered at Sutter’s Mill in 1848 may need set off the California Gold Rush, however that wasn’t the primary place gold was found within the U.S.
Fifty years earlier than the insanity began, the primary huge golden nugget was discovered at Little Meadow Creek, North Carolina. That state had its personal gold rush first and the person who discovered the 17-pound nugget was duped into promoting it for about 1,000 occasions lower than it was price.