Anglo-European miners arriving in 1849 were racially prejudiced against Hispanic people and resented their success in the mines. Little difference was made between people from Mexico, Peru or Chile. As the newcomers saw it, they were all inferior people and had no right to mine American gold. Not all Chileans made it to the gold fields...
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Some remained in San Francisco, Sacramento and Stockton where they frequently worked as bricklayers, bakers, or seamen. Some with capital established themselves in various businesses, particularly the importation of flour and mining equipment from Chile. In the cities most tended to congregate and live in specific areas in the poorer sections of town...
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