Talk:John Sutter's Pickaxe/@comment-5782071-20161106213004/@comment-5782071-20161106213927

It was one of his employees who discovered the first gold nuggets, and while he did try to keep the find a secret and secure a lot of land for himself, that was because he planned on building a city, not because he wanted the gold all to himself. Plus, the Gold Rush led to him relinquishing his business to his son for fear of failure, which ironically flourished instead.