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Chapter 18

Mining Booms. Chapter 18. Section 1. PIKE’S PEAK or BUST. 1858: Pike’s Peak or Bust (gold discovered Colorado Rockies) 1869: Transcontinental railroad links East and West 1883: Nation is divided into 4 time zones. Comstock Lode.

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Chapter 18

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  1. Mining Booms Chapter 18 Section 1

  2. PIKE’S PEAK or BUST 1858: Pike’s Peak or Bust (gold discovered Colorado Rockies) 1869: Transcontinental railroad links East and West 1883: Nation is divided into 4 time zones

  3. Comstock Lode A rich lode of silver-bearing ore on the banks of the Carson River in Nevada, 1859 Henry Comstock

  4. Carson River, Nevada People came from Mexico as well as China to mine their fortune.

  5. Henry Comstock owned the land • Henry sold it for $11,000 & 2 mules • Worth hundreds of millions in gold/silver • Mining companies purchased the land

  6. Life of a miner *vigilantes ruled the towns *lived in boomtowns- filled with violence (stealing and cheating were common) *Worked from daylight until dark *extravagant living and gambling (food, lodging, clothing) *fortunate miners - $2,000 a year *Women – sewed, cooked, entertained, started schools, churches, businesses - brought stability

  7. BOOMTOWNS: • Built around mining areas • Wild and lawless • Vigilante groups ruled • Few women and children • “busted” when all ore had been mined • ( 30,000 to 4,000 inhabitants) ghost towns

  8. Other metals found lead copper zinc

  9. Mining Booms ghost town: Former mining town that became deserted vigilantes: citizens that took the law into their own hands. subsidies: Financial aid and land grants from the government

  10. Government & the Railroads

  11. Transcontinental Railroad Railroads grew from 35,000 to 150,000 miles of track between 1865 and 1890. Omaha, Nebraska to Sacramento, California

  12. Union Pacific – 1,038 miles Central Pacific – 742 miles

  13. Railroad Workers Central Pacific 10,000 Chinese Union Pacific African Americans Irish

  14. Promontory Point in Utah Territory on May 10, 1869

  15. Effects of the Transcontinental Railway Towns sprang up along the rail lines Brought thousands of workers to the west Coal production, RR manufactures, construction companies grew Time Zones 1883 – U.S. divided into 4 zones

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