1h 1min, jan 1, 1849 y - People suffered while mining.
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Immigrants learned mining was the hardest kind of labor. They moved rock, dug dirt and waded into freezing streams. They lost fingernails, got sick and suffered malnutrition. Many died of disease or by accident. Hiram Pierce, a miner from Troy, New York, conducted a funeral for a young man from Maine who died of gangrene after carelessly shooting himself in the leg.Added to timeline:
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1h 1min, jan 1, 1849 y
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~ 177 years ago