Five of the most famous miners who ... - Mining Technology
George Hearst. Born to farming parents in Missouri in 1820, George Hearst would go on to have a net worth equal to 1/712 th of the GNP of the entire US, and serve two terms as a California senator, following a career as one of the first famous miners in the US.. Hearst moved to California in 1850 as part of the 19 th century Gold Rush, where he worked as a quartz miner …