Tolga
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Why are miners called 49ers?
Miners were called 'forty-niners' because they moved to California en masse in 1849 as a result of the California Gold Rush. Gold was discovered in California in 1848, but by 1849 large numbers of people (about 90,000) began flooding in to California from all over the world.
Miners were called 'forty-niners' because they moved to California en masse in 1849 as a result of the California Gold Rush. Gold was discovered in California in 1848, but by 1849 large numbers of people (about 90,000) began flooding in to California from all over the world.