Jackson kept his find secret for several months, but after he paid for some supplies with gold dust, others rushed to Jackson's diggings. Jackson, a Missouri native with experience in the California gold fields, was drawn to the area by clouds of steam rising from some nearby hot springs. It was the first substantial gold discovery in Colorado. Jackson discovered placer gold at the present site of Idaho Springs, where Chicago Creek empties into Clear Creek. On January 5, 1859, during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush, prospector George A. The confluence of Clear Creek and Ralston Creek, the site of Colorado's first gold discovery, is now in Arvada, Colorado.Ĭhinese-American miners in the Colorado School of Mines' Edgar Experimental Mine near Idaho Springs, circa 1920. Members of this party founded Auraria (later absorbed into Denver City) in 1858 and touched off the gold rush to the Rockies. Gold found." In a notation above the entry, he wrote, "We called this Ralston's Creek because a man of that name found gold here." Ralston continued to California, but returned to 'Ralston's Creek' with the Green Russell party eight years later. John Lowery Brown, who kept a diary of the party's journey from Georgia to California, wrote on that day: "Lay bye. Lewis Ralston dipped his gold pan into a stream flowing into Clear Creek and found about a quarter of a troy ounce (worth almost $5, equivalent to $160 today) in his first pan. On June 22, 1850, a wagon train bound for California crossed the South Platte River just north of the confluence with Clear Creek and followed Clear Creek west for six miles (9.7 km). Ralston Creek (center of picture) at its confluence with Clear Creek in Arvada.
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