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late, Western mining campes were some of the most violent places in the U.S
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late, some miners pushed as far North as the Fraser Valley of British Columbia
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Gold was found near Pikes Peak
Gold was found near Pikes Peak -
Thousands of people came to Colorado to try to "hit it rich"
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gold and silver was found at the Carson River Vally in Navada (in 20 years, miners found about $500 million)
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Russia sold Alaska to the U.S for 2 cents an acre (today Alaska is our 49th state)
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mob of masked men drove the Chinese inhabitiants of Rico, Colorado out of town
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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
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to !902, more gold discoveries in Alaska ment more settlers
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early, mining increasing became the task of large companies