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Finding gold is tough. Most of the gold was found by relatively few miners. There were thousands of people panning gold on the same rivers, and there just wasn't enough gold for everyone.
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∙ 11y agothe forty niners found lots of gold
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How many championships do the Forty Niners have?
5
How many Super Bowl championships do the forty-niners have?
5
How many forty niners were there during the gold rush?
10,000,000
How many regular season games did the forty niners win?
They have won 503 to date.
What are the names of some past Forty niners quarterbacks?
Joe Montana, Steve Young, and many more.
Why were the men who went to California looking for gold called forty niners?
Because most of them left there home in the year 1849. So many people came that it became a state and the famous forty-niners now have a football team named after them.... not that there very good.
Why did forty niners come California?
Forty niners came to California for many reasons. They came to get their chance at the gold that had been found there. They also had some financial or economic difficulties that led to their decision. Some reasons were more personal that they already had family there and the gold there was just a bonus.
How many times since the 1980's have the green bay packers an the forty niners played each other in a playoff game an how many of those games did the niners win?
Six times - the 49ers won in 1998 and 2012.
On whose land was gold found in California in 1848?
After gold was discovered in California, many people decided to become forty-niners, or people who went to California to find gold, starting in 1849.
Why were the gold seekers called forty niners?
Forty niners came to California for many reasons. They came to get their chance at the gold that had been found there. They also had some financial or economic difficulties that led to their decision. Some reasons were more personal that they already had family there and the gold there was just a bonus.
Did the forty-niners make their fortune?
Some did, while many more barely eked out a living by prospecting. Eventually they took other jobs such as farmers, tradesmen, and dockworkers.
What is the forty-niners job?
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).
