Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 7:05AM PST (-0800 GMT)
IMPORTANT – remember to always type the Dig Discovery number you are answering at the beginning of your answer, and to include your name and school name in the handle box below the answer box.

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 7:05AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #1 - What event in 1848 changed California and created an increased demand for shipping up and down the coast and through the Channel waters ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 7:05AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #2 - Along with a sudden increase in shipping in California waters came an increase in ship disasters. How many shipwrecks are known to lie at on the floor of the ocean around the Channel Islands ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 7:05AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #3 - The Winfield Scott was shipwrecked in Channel waters. What type of ship was she ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 7:06AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #4 - What was the Winfield Scott carrying when she went down ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 7:06AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #5 - What natural phenomenon lead to the Winfield Scott’s wreck ? And where did it happen ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 7:06AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #6 - Where did the passengers and crew spend the night of the shipwreck ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 7:06AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #7 - Richardson Rock was near a notorious shipwreck. What caused the shipwreck that gave the rock its name ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 7:07AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #8 - In March of 1999, a shipwreck that was thought long-lost resurfaced on what island ? What was the name of the ship ? When and where did she wreck ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 7:07AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #9 – what agency is now responsible for protecting the shipwrecks as cultural resources ? and what is that diver doing in the water ? button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 7:07AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #10 – Marine Sanctuary Researchers are hot on the trail of a shipwreck off San Miguel island today. What is the name of the ship they are looking for ? And how did the shipwreck survivors make it to dry land ? button

Valley View: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 9:27AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 Gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill.

Valley View: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 9:29AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2 At least 21 documented remains of shipwrecks have been located by underwater archeologists.

Valley View: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 9:31AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3 It was a side-wheel passenger steamer.

Valley View: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 9:34AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#4 It had a full load of passengers ( 375 cabin and 450 steerage ), mail, and a shipment of gold bullion ( estimated at $2 million.

Valley View: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 9:34AM PST (-0800 GMT)
We need to go to the computer lab and will continue later.

Valley View: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 10:52AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#5 There was a fog that caused the ship to wreck. The captain was trying to go between Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands and rain full-speed into Middle Anacapa.

Valley View: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 10:56AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#6They spent the night 200 yards off the coast of Anacapa Island.

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 11:01AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Valley View - what did they stay on that was 200 yds off Anacapa ?

Valley View: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 11:08AM PST (-0800 GMT)
# 7 The captain, Nathan Richardson, and his crew sunk the boat and went off with the gold.

Valley View: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 11:15AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#8 The ship was called the Comet. She wrecked on San Miguel Island in 1911.

Valley View: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 11:21AM PST (-0800 GMT)
# 9 The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary is now responsible for protecting the shipwrecks as cultural resources. The diver is looking through a shipwreck.

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 11:23AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Valley View students - if you were a diver - and found a shipwreck from the gold rush era - what are the first two things you would search for in the wreck ?

Valley View: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 11:34AM PST (-0800 GMT)
# 10 The ship was the Watson A. West. The survivors used the longboat to row to shore.

Valley View: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 11:36AM PST (-0800 GMT)
We would search for gold first, and then other valuables.

Valley View: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 11:36AM PST (-0800 GMT)
What would you look for?

Valley View: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 11:37AM PST (-0800 GMT)
They stayed on rocks.

: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 11:47AM PST (-0800 GMT)
We had fun figuring out the solutions to the questions. We worked together to agree on the same answers. Thanks and we look forward to doing another dig soon. We are off to lunch.

aol#55: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 4:50PM PST (-0800 GMT)
hi guys

: . . . . Thu, Mar 30, 7:27PM PST (-0800 GMT)
hello everyone

: . . . . Fri, Mar 31, 7:58AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Cressa- I am waiting for the sys admin to clear the chat room ... check back in ahlf an hour please .. thanks. Marcy