they bought cloths and food for their family
gold miners got to the fields by covered wagon's,or by horse.
They were mostly just plain old miners, but if they weren't lucky, they would get rich by selling supplies.
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The Forty-Niners were gold miners in California during the Gold Rush. Many of them had traveled a long way from across the country with the hope of becoming rich. However, they instead had a very hard time and almost none, if any, made a fortune by mining gold. Instead, the people who got rich were the ones who sold the gold miners their equipment (IE, denim jeans, etc).
The Forty-Niners were gold miners in California during the Gold Rush. Many of them had traveled a long way from across the country with the hope of becoming rich. However, they instead had a very hard time and almost none, if any, made a fortune by mining gold. Instead, the people who got rich were the ones who sold the gold miners their equipment (IE, denim jeans, etc).
everybody in the the world got rich by a lil gold nugget =] everybody in the the world got rich by a lil gold nugget =]
Miners kept on striking it rich so people started calling the need or gold GOLD FEVER
they got the Jews to mine it and use alchemy to convert it to gold coins
Miners went to different places primarily in search of valuable resources such as gold, silver, coal, and other minerals. They followed rumors of rich deposits or were attracted by mining booms and the potential for striking it rich. Economic opportunities and the allure of adventure also motivated miners to travel to different locations.
A: to get rich B: to make a fortune quickly
Very few got rich. Most died or went home broke. Those that did get rich often didn't look for gold but found riches in other ways. Levi Strauss made jeans, and San Francisco sourdough bread company became rich through selling bread to miners.
Mining brought people west because people wanted gold. They also wanted to get rich quick. But a good miner would get ten cents a day. The miners did not rich the merchants got rich because people bought from the,.