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What did gold miners face in the 1900

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miners were exposed to loneliness and homesickness, isolation and physical danger, bad food and illness, death, and flooding.


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Some miners were injured in explosions or electrocuted. Others fell off ladders, slipped on rocks, inhaled silica dust, or suffered from mercury, lead or arsenic poisoning. Many got sick from drinking dirty water and living too close together.

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