High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Sacramento Gold Miners were a Canadian football team based in Sacramento, California. The franchise was the first American team in the Canadian Football League. The Gold Miners were originally the "descendants" of the Sacramento Surge from the defunct World League of American Football. The team played its home games at Hornet Stadium.The Sacramento Gold Miners were originally the Sacramento Surge of the World League of American Football, which was owned by Fred Anderson. When the World League of American Football folded, he took the opportunity to start another Sacramento team called the "Gold Miners" in the Canadian Football League when they decided to have American teams in 1993.