Which of these is untrue about the california gold rush 1. overnight it made san francisco the second largest city in the united states, after new york 2. the alien land act prohibited latinos and asians from mining gold, since they couldn't register a claim 3. mining corporations, not individual "49ers" made money in the gold rush 4. latinos went home, chinese couldn't; instead the chinese opened laundries, hotels, and restaurants, and invented a unique american cuisine called "chinese food"