In 1848, the hills surrounding Sutter's Mill were full of men who shouted this universal praise for riches suddenly revealed. The exultation associated with the discovery of gold in California was so great that the excitement and promise associated with the find was to be incorporated into the motto for the new state. In October of 1849, the one word phrase that captures the excitement and elation of the era was approved by convention for inclusion in the California Constitution as the new state motto. This phrase was to be the Greek word "Eureka" or "I have found it."
Archimedes,
the famed Greek mathematician, exclaimed this one word when, after long study,
he discovered a method of determining the purity of gold. "Eureka" -
the phrase that was intended to forever refer to the discovery of gold in
California - describes the single event that led to the birth of one of our
nation's most important states. And it is the one word that could accurately
capture the jubilation
of miners striking it 
rich.
Now this exclamation embodies the largest California gold ingot known to exist- the incredible 934-ounce "Eureka" bar recovered from the wreck of the SS Central America.
This massive 80-pound bar is the largest bar known to exist from the Gold Rush era's dominant assaying firm of Kellogg & Humbert. It would have taken six lucky miners a year of laboring for excruciating 12-hour days to produce an amount of gold required to form the 933.94 ounces of 903 Fine gold that is contained in Eureka. It is the greatest culmination of Gold Rush gold available! It is also the culmination of the adventures of hundreds of thousands of hearty pioneers who blazed a trail to the West, all in search of the massive fortune like that contained in the "Eureka" bar...
