The beginning of the California Gold Rush was in January 1848 when the gold was discovered by James Marshall who was working to build Sutter’s sawmill. In spreading the news about discovery of gold the main lead had publications, among which are emphasized newspapers, travelogues and maps. To describe different circumstances in which information spread and the different opinions which were represented about Gold Rush, the thesis refers on few newspapers which had headquarters in various regions. Journey to California is described through three routes. In the beginning of the Gold Rush, most people traveled around the Cape Horn which was predominantly way of traveling until the 1850 when it was substituted by traveling via the Isthmus of Panama. The third route is the overland route on wagons driven by mules. The destination of travelers who traveled by the sea was San Francisco, which in the period of the Golden Rush rose from the village into the city. During the Rush, the techniques and tools used in mining were being developed by improving based on borrowing more advanced features. The Gold Rush represents one of the biggest working migrations which incited a great number of people in endeavor to enrich. In the difficult position were Natives and foreigners (African Americans, Latinos and Chinese) each of which had individual problems in a society which separated them from the Americans because of their origins.