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Miners The land was calm with animals and indians ruling the land, only a few people had dared.. The California Gold Rush, 1849" EyeWitness to History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2003)    Miners The land was calm with animals and Indians ruling the open spaces, only a few people had dared to go west before the gold rush and most that did were rewarded with plenty of area to farm and raise live stock on. One of these people was James W. Marshall(The California Gold Rush, 1849" Eyewitness to History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2003)). He, as you might know, was the founder of the gold rush. Shortly after his discovery the land was full of miners trying to strike it rich in the hills of California. They gave up almost everything based on rumors they heard back east about people becoming millionaires by simply panning in the rivers of the far west. The hope of finding gold was very high is all of the miners but the fear was also tremendous because they knew that if they did not strike it rich they would lose everything they hoped and dreamed for(The California Gold Rush, 1849" Eyewitness to History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2003)). Their fears only got worse when the stores began to charge outrageous amounts of money for simple things, a barrel of flour could range between 7 and 8 hundred dollars! the overall life of a miner was hard and stressful as they didn't know if one day they would strike gold or come home empty handed(The California Gold Rush, 1849" Eyewitness to History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2003)). []