The Mining Boom

By alshenk11
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    Mining Camps

    Western mining camps were some of the most violent places in the US.
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    Pushing

    Some miners pushed as far North as the Fraser River Valley of Briish Columbia

  • Gold found

    Gold found
    Prospectors found gold near Pikes Peak

  • Flocking

    Flocking
    Thousands of peope flocked to Colorado

  • Frantic Activity

    Frantic Activity
    Carson River Valley in present day Nevada was another center of frantic activity

  • Purchasing

    Purchasing
    US Secretary of state William H. Seward ngotiated the purchase of Alaska.

  • Discovery

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

  • $1 million

    $1 million
    Yukon miners had extracted gold worth more than $1 million.
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    1898 & 1902

    In 1898 and 1902 gold descoveries in Alaska attracted more settlers.
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    Companies

    mining increasingly became the task of large companies.