Legend has it that miners yell "Eureka" when they find Gold ..The reality however is a smart miner will keep very quiet about his discovery. Other miners will try to move in on you to get their share of the gold...
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∙ 2011-09-13 23:48:48because they struck gold.
Gold was discovered in California in 1848. The result was an influx of miners hoping to make a fortune by mining gold.
Well, itIs said the miners would yell "Eureka" if they find gold. A smart miner will keep his gold secret because people will want his hair, and some gold dust is in their hair.
It was discovered when the miners were mining some gold while in 1849 they found gold and silver and named it Sacramento.
To get the gold that was found in '48"49ers couldn't wait, discovered gold in '48"
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they discovered wagons
the first crystals were discovered in 1816, when some gold miners came across a cave of giant crystals.
Miners disagreed to licence because it had a fee you had to pay weekly or monthly, which made this unfair for miners, especially the unlucky ones. Gold rush: a rapid movement of people to a newly discovered goldfield
Gold was discovered
Australian gold miners were known as diggers.Gold miners are generally known as prospectors.
There are native American gold miners in Africa