yes, or even China. It was much cheaper
They levied a heavy tax on foreign miners.
The term "49ers" was used to refer to the gold miners who migrated to California in 1849 during the California Gold Rush. The name comes from the year 1849, which was the peak of the migration when thousands of people rushed to California in search of gold.
They were mostly just plain old miners, but if they weren't lucky, they would get rich by selling supplies.
the miners looking for gold in California
panning
Generally, no. In 1849, you made your own soap and did your own laundry, or you had servants to do it for you. You could send your laundry out for other people to clean, but this was fairly expensive for the "average" person. There were areas of great distortion in the normal functioning of markets, however; for a few years from about 1850 to 1855, gold miners in California could ship their laundry to be done in Hawaii, and shipped back, less expensively than they could have it done locally.
They levied a heavy tax on foreign miners.
Yes
In California.
The term "49ers" was used to refer to the gold miners who migrated to California in 1849 during the California Gold Rush. The name comes from the year 1849, which was the peak of the migration when thousands of people rushed to California in search of gold.
The forty-niners were the miners who went to search for gold in 1849 during the California Gold Rush
No they did not
His name is Prospector Pete. He's a representation of a Forty-niner, which was the name for the miners who came to California during the Gold Rush.
Yes
poorly
49ers
The address of the Underground Gold Miners Of California Museum is: Po Box 907, Alleghany, CA 95910-0907