Just because we're long past the days of the 49ers and old-time prospectors, don't think mining for gold has been ... the American craze in the early 1800s with the discovery of single nuggets ...

The first wave occurred in the mid-1800s – hence the term 49er – and ... in the creation of the state of California. Today’s miners – according to the article their numbers have doubled ...

According to the team's website, Allen E. Sorrell – a partner alongside team owner Tony Morabito – suggested the name "49ers" after the miners who rushed the West for gold in 1849. The term ...

SANTA CLARA -- The 49ers on Thursday unveiled the first “alternate” uniform in franchise history -- all-black threads with red numerals. The new jerseys resemble what Colin Kaepernick and the ...

said demonstrators this year will also protest the 49ers’ name, which refers to the hundreds of thousands of gold miners who descended on Indigenous land in California in the 1800s, displacing ...