It forced all foreign miners to pay 16 dollars a month:)
The chilean miners have been stuck undergorund for 69 days
some miners were mining in the mountain and hit ice and that is what got it more unstable and it was miners thet got it to collapse.
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miners
Ask the German silver miners....
The Foreign Miners' Tax in 1850 was designed to discourage Immigration by removing an economic incentive for moving to the United States or remaining in the country.
The Foreign Miners' Tax in 1850 was designed to discourage Immigration by removing an economic incentive for moving to the United States or remaining in the country.
The Foreign Miners' Tax in 1850 was designed to discourage Immigration by removing an economic incentive for moving to the United States or remaining in the country.
Early 1849 California experienced resentment and provoked violence against Mexican American miners. The Foreign Miners Tax was able to force Mexican Americans out of the gold fields SOURCE: Murrin's LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER. "A History of the American People"
They levied a heavy tax on foreign miners.
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They levied a heavy tax on foreign miners.
a shopping list for a miner in the 1850
1850 plus 6 percent tax = 1961.00
yes there was
Thousands of experienced miners came from Sonora in Mexico. Other foreign miners came from Europe, South America, Australia, and China.
on average for a bucket 16 dollars