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Gold was and is a valuable metal and a sign of wealth, so when gold was discovered in California, word travelled quickly. Some miners even believed stories about gold being found sitting in rivers or on the ground. If you could go somewhere and get rich just by sitting in a river or picking rocks off the ground for a few days, wouldn't you go?

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