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The Mining Booms

The Mining Booms. Pike’s Peak 1858. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rls=CNDB,CNDB:2005-04,CNDB:en&q=Pike%27s+Peak&start=18&sa=N&ndsp=18. Panning for Gold. Mining for Silver and Gold. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comstock_Lode. Miners of the Comstock Lode on the banks of the

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The Mining Booms

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  1. The Mining Booms Pike’s Peak 1858 http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rls=CNDB,CNDB:2005-04,CNDB:en&q=Pike%27s+Peak&start=18&sa=N&ndsp=18

  2. Panning for Gold

  3. Mining for Silver and Gold http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comstock_Lode

  4. Miners of the Comstock Lode on the banks of the Carson River in Nevada. Henry Comstock owned a large share of the claim. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comstock_Lode

  5. Virginia City, Nevada: Between 1859 – 1861 it had a stock exchange, hotels, banks, an opera company, and five newspapers. Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) was one of the newspaper reporters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_City,_Nevada

  6. A Silver Mine Ore from the Comstock Lode A Nugget of Silver. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_mining http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_City,_Nevada

  7. The Union Pacific Railroad line and the Central Pacific Railroad line were joined by a golden spike on May 10, 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah. http://www.accelerationwatch.com/promontorypoint.html

  8. Time Zones in the United States http://www.oltiby.com/img/us-time-zone-map.gif

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