“ He was a believer when he spotted traces of metal by a narrow channel in central California in the morning of 1848.”
(“The Gold Rush”) So essentially he was walking somewhere and was a huge believer when he spotted metal. Which right away made him believe he had spotted gold.”Though Marshall tried to keep news of the discovery underwraps, word got out, and by mid-March at least one newspaper was reporting the large quantities of gold were discovered at Sutter's Mill”.(“The Gold Rush”) Ever since that one newspaper over 300’000 people set of to find gold at Sutter's Mill. But James was trying to keep the gold a secret until somehow someone found out that there was gold at the mill, which later on this person sent out one newspaper and made thousands believe there was gold. “Since then many were excited to set off west in search for gold”. (“The Gold Rush”) Because