In South Africa, one of these events occurred at Witwatersrand, and the first instance of this in the United States began with John and Conrad Reed. These events caused the founding of Australian towns like Beechworth, Kalgoorlie, and the Tasmanian Queenstown, and another one of these events began after the Skookum Party came across (*) Bonanza Creek. The most famous one of these events began after John Sutter's discovery and prompted a massive influx of the "forty-niners". For ten points, give the common terms for this events, which involve a ton of people moving to a single location to mine 
In South Africa, one of these events occurred at Witwatersrand, and the first instance of this in the United States began with John and Conrad Reed. These events caused the founding of Australian towns like Beechworth, Kalgoorlie, and the Tasmanian Queenstown, and another one of these events began after the Skookum Party came across (*) Bonanza Creek. The most famous one of these events began after John Sutter's discovery and prompted a massive influx of the "forty-niners". For ten points, give the common terms for this events, which involve a ton of people moving to a single location to mine for a certain precious metal, famous examples of which occurred in California and Yukon.
In South Africa, one of these events occurred at Witwatersrand, and the first instance of this in the United States began with John and Conrad Reed.
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