Most people did not find a lot of riches in the gold fields. Mining companies had a better chance of getting rich in the goldfields.
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companies made up of several investors
There is a very small chance that gold would be found in any given spot near a "gold-filled" area.
not rich or poor
Because the Confederacy had a law that anyone owning a certain number of slaves could be sent home; therefore the men/boys who weren't rich enough to live on plantations and such had to fight in part to preserve the way of life favored by those better off. The Southern foot soldiers referred to it as "rich man's war, poor man's fight".
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