Some did, while many more barely eked out a living by prospecting. Eventually they took other jobs such as farmers, tradesmen, and dockworkers.
gold
The forty niners were called the forty niners because the gold rush was in 1849.
The '49ers were named so due to the Gold Rush having began in 1849.
No, he made a fortune from oil.
no
Alfred Nobel made his fortune by inventing dynamite.
Nope.
he made his fortune by bulding the model t ford and by mass production
I like Chinese restaurants because they always provide a fortune cookie. Fortune favors the bold.
Fortune cookies are from what country?
No. Those "fortune cookies" are made of fondant.
Fortune cookie writers do not get paid very well. One might make around 25,000 a year writing fortune cookies. That is if they are good at what they do.