List three ways a person could have profited from the gold rush without finding a single nugget
or gold.

Shops, saloons, brothels and other businesses set up in these towns to serve the '49ers and make money of their own. San Francisco became the center of the booming new economy. People also became wealthy by providing the miners with over-priced food, supplies and services. They also sold expensive, durable shovels.

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