Some of these "forty-eighters", as the earliest gold-seekers were sometimes called, were able to collect large amounts of easily accessible gold—in some cases, thousands of dollars worth each day.
Vissa av dessa "forty-eighters", som de allra tidigaste guldsökarna även kallades, kunde samla på sig stora mängder lättillgängligt guld, i vissa fall till ett värde av tusentals dollar varje dag.