As gold prices are tippy-topping again, real estate sales of mines long abandoned in the Rand Mountains are getting practically brisk, reviving interest in past prospects.
Historically, the real beneficiaries of gold rushes were not the miners, but the merchants selling supplies and services to them, just like in the 1850s.
The first documented gold strike in California took place in Newhall in 1842, predating the famous discovery at Sutter's Mill by six years.
Southern California managed to profit from the gold fields by supplying food and supplies to prospectors, showing that opportunity existed far from the mines.
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