Editing Sutter's Mill (section)

{{Short description|Location of gold discovery that started the California Gold Rush in 1848}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox historic site
| name = Sutter's Mill
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| image = Sutter's Mill (2).JPG
| caption = 2014 replica of Sutter's Mill
| image_map= Americanrivermap.png
| image_map_caption= Location of Sutter's Mill
| location = [[Coloma, California]]
| area = [[Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|38|48|12.5|N|120|53|32.5|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark|display=title,inline}}
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| governing_body = [[California Department of Parks and Recreation]]
| owner =
| designation1 = California
| designation1_offname = Gold discovery site
| designation1_date = March 7, 1955<ref>{{cite web | url = https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail/530 | access-date = 2025-05-04 | title = Gold discovery site | publisher = California State Parks Office of Historic Preservation}}</ref>
| designation1_number = 530
}}

'''Sutter's Mill''' was a [[water mill|water-powered]] [[sawmill]] on the bank of the [[South Fork American River]] in the foothills of the [[Sierra Nevada]] in California. It was named after its owner [[John Sutter]]. A worker constructing the mill, [[James W. Marshall]], found gold there in 1848. This discovery set off the [[California gold rush]] (1848–1855), a major event in the [[history of the United States]].

The mill was later reconstructed in the original design and today forms part of [[Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park]] in [[Coloma, California]]. A [[meteorite fall]] in 2012 landed close to the mill; the recovered fragments were named the [[Sutter's Mill meteorite]].