Miners in the gold rush were not always entertained and were often
bored. Miners did some things to keep themselves entertained. -Miners
danced with each other even though they were both men. One man would
take the lady role by tying a ribbon onto his arm, because there were
few to no women in the gold fields. -Miners who played cards and gambled lots of gold nuggets either walked out empty-handed or with a lot of gold. -Many miners went to operas. -Miners had a lot of fun getting drunk. -Miners watched horse races for entertainment. These are just some of the things miners did when they had no mining to do..