8. How did Sam Brannan plan to get rich?
Raising cattle
Selling supplies to people who wanted to raise cattle
Selling tools to people who wanted to mine for gold
Mining for gold
Brannan didn't actually dig for gold, but gold swelled his investments to a fortune. His store made enormous profits by selling as much as $5,000 (about $120,000 in 2005 dollars) in goods per day to miners.
