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Going South
Miners went south to Arizona where Hispanics have been mining silver. -
Patio Process
The patio process which used mercury to extract silver from ore which was used to seperate gold. Hydraulic Mining was when water shot at high pressure ripped away gravel and dirt to expose the minerals beneath. Hard-rock Mining was involved in sinking deep shafts to obtain ore locked in veins of rocks. -
Northern Ventures
Some miners pushed as far as North as the Fraser River valley of British Columbia. -
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Camps
Western mining camps were some of the most violent places in the United States. -
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Gold and Silver
Prospectors found gold near Pikes Peak. Thousands of people had flocked to Colorado. -
Carson River valley
The Carson River valley in present-day Nevada was another center of frantic activity. -
Alaska
U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward negotiated the Purchase of Alaska -
Settlers
Mob of masked men drove Chinese inhabitants of Rico, Colorado, out of town. -
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Discovering Gold
Prospectors discovered gold in the Klondike district of Canada's Yukon Territory which bordered Alaska. Yukon miners had extracted gold worth more than $1 million. Gold discovered in Alaska attracted even more settlers. -
Mining
Mining increasingly became the task of large companies.
