Mining Boom

By loweed

  • late, Western mining campes were some of the most violent places in the U.S

  • late, some miners pushed as far North as the Fraser Valley of British Columbia

  • Gold was found near Pikes Peak

    Gold was found near Pikes Peak

  • Thousands of people came to Colorado to try to "hit it rich"

  • gold and silver was found at the Carson River Vally in Navada (in 20 years, miners found about $500 million)

  • Russia sold Alaska to the U.S for 2 cents an acre (today Alaska is our 49th state)

  • mob of masked men drove the Chinese inhabitiants of Rico, Colorado out of town

  • gold was found in the Klondike distric of Canada's Yukon Territory

    gold was found in the Klondike distric of Canada's Yukon Territory

  • miners extrackted more than $1 millon worth of gold

  • to !902, more gold discoveries in Alaska ment more settlers

  • early, mining increasing became the task of large companies

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