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Affirmed, and recall the scene of the 49'rs. Merchants who got rich selling pans, shovels and spades. And probably expanded their business to include bread and soup. They were probably involved in the "advertising" of the gold rush to the Easterners, attempting to enlarge their customer base, when it was mostly exaggerated claims of fortune striking.

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