Kildonan Gold Rush

The Kildonan Gold Rush was a gold rush in the Strath of Kildonan, Sutherland, in the Highlands of Scotland in 1869. Gold was first discovered in the area in 1818, but public interest was sparked, and a gold rush started, following a newspaper announcement in 1868.

External links

"The Scottish Gold Rush History - Helmsdale.org". helmsdale.org. Retrieved 2016-11-16.

Gold rushes of the 19th and 20th century

United States	Carolina (1800s) Georgia (1829) California (1848) Pike's Peak (1858) Black Hills (1876) Nome (1899) Fairbanks (1902)

Canada	Queen Charlottes (1851) Fraser Canyon (1858–60) Blackfoot (1860) Rock Creek (1860) Similkameen (1860) Stikine (1861–62) Cariboo (1861–66) Nova Scotia (1861–74, 1896–1903, 1932–42) Wild Horse Creek (1863–65) Goldstream (1863) Leechtown (1864–65) Big Bend (1865) Peace River Omineca (1869) Cassiar (1871–?) Cayoosh (1884) Tulameen (1885–86) Bridge River (1890s–1950s) Klondike (1897–1903) Golden Cache (1898–1900) Porcupine (1911)

Australia	Victorian (1851) New South Wales (1851) Western Australian (1880s–1890s)

New Zealand	Otago (1861–63) West Coast (1864) Coromandel (1867–68)

Elsewhere	Lapland, Finland (1870) Tierra del Fuego (1884) Witwatersrand (1886) Kildonan, Scotland (1869) Kakamega, Kenya (1930s)

Part of a series on Gold mining

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