In California.
they found gold in California 1849
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The address of the Underground Gold Miners Of California Museum is: Po Box 907, Alleghany, CA 95910-0907
it started out with gold until the miners took all of it.
Miners. They came for what is known as the Gold Rush. California is where it all look place.
1849- California Gold Rush!
They were mostly just plain old miners, but if they weren't lucky, they would get rich by selling supplies.
The miners went to California in the gold rush were called 49ers.
the miners looking for gold in California
The 1849 California gold rush attracted Americans from all walks of life. Of course the first Americans involved were miners. As news of the gold discovery spread, people from US cities, and farmlands became gold miners. Thus California's population instantly grew in size and a good number of the new miners became rich, not all however.
The web address of the Underground Gold Miners Museum is: http://www.undergroundgold.com