d him. When he told his workers of his find they only believed it be another one of Marshall's odd notions. It is said that not one of them "even bothered to look where he had been poking around" (Jackson 9).
             Marshall proceeded to put the pieces that he had found into his hat and walked back to the mill. The following occurrence took place:
             The first man that he came to was William Scott, at the carpenter's bench. 'Boys, by God I believe I have found a gold mine,' he exclaimed. Scott glanced at the metal flakes in the hat. Marshall set the hat on a workbench. Azariah Smith pulled out a five-dollar piece and compared it with the flakes; the coin looked brighter and whiter-the result of the alloy, they guessed. James Brown stuck a piece in his mouth and tried to twist it, but it wouldn't give. Their skepticism was eroding. (26)
             It turned out that what Marshall had found was what he had said it was, gold. (Jackson 9)
             After bringing his findings to Sutter they worked o
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