California Gold Rush | The Forty Niners | 2
American History Tellers
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The Golden Age of Gold Mining
About one in six 49ers died within six months of arriving in California. Many miners couldn't afford to fill their bellies unless they found gold on a regular basis. The Illinois merchant Alonso Delano and his accounts of mining marveled at the mingled of different classes in gold country. Those who struck it rich sometimes slink back home, though not everyone admitted defeat.
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