Timeline: The Mining Boom | Timetoast

Period: Oct 30, 1850 to Oct 30, 1899

Mining Camps

Western mining camps were some of the most violent places in the US.
Period: Jan 1, 1855 to Jan 1, 1859

Pushing

Some miners pushed as far North as the Fraser River Valley of Briish Columbia
Jan 1, 1858

Gold found

Prospectors found gold near Pikes Peak
Jan 1, 1859

Flocking

Thousands of peope flocked to Colorado
Jan 1, 1859

Frantic Activity

Carson River Valley in present day Nevada was another center of frantic activity
Jan 1, 1867

Purchasing

US Secretary of state William H. Seward ngotiated the purchase of Alaska.
Jan 1, 1896

Discovery

Prospectors discovered gold in the Klondike district of Canada's Yukon territory, which bordered Alaska.
Jan 1, 1897

$1 million

Yukon miners had extracted gold worth more than $1 million.
Period: Oct 30, 1898 to Oct 30, 1902

1898 & 1902

In 1898 and 1902 gold descoveries in Alaska attracted more settlers.
Period: Oct 30, 1900 to Oct 30, 1999

Companies

mining increasingly became the task of large companies.