However the coal miners and engineers were less enthusiastic. He comes from a family of coal miners. This caused great hardship for farmers, ranchers, and miners. Natives of the West came in conflict with expansion by miners, ranchers and settlers. It resulted in the deaths of 19 unarmed striking miners of the Lattimer mine. Such merchants soon began selling supplies to miners and pioneers. Tikas and the other two captured miners were later found shot dead. Included in these were the first miners and merchants of the California gold rush. Up to 150 of the estimated 30,000 illegal miners were shot from helicopter gunships. The bulk of the miners were still away. Many of the miners were not released from jail. Medieval European miners believed in underground spirits. Hearst has several of his own Cornish miners murdered when they attempt to unionize. Chile achieved global recognition for the successful rescue of 33 trapped miners in 2010. There was plenty of work in the valley for disillusioned miners.