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Mining Boom/Railroad

Mining Boom/Railroad. Chap. 18.1. Vocabulary. Pikes Peak- Gold rush area in Colorado Lodes -rich streak of ore sandwich between layer of rocks Ore -minerals that can contain silver Comstock Lode- lode of silver bearing ore by Carson River, NV

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Mining Boom/Railroad

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  1. Mining Boom/Railroad Chap. 18.1

  2. Vocabulary • Pikes Peak- Gold rush area in Colorado • Lodes-rich streak of ore sandwich between layer of rocks • Ore-minerals that can contain silver • Comstock Lode- lode of silver bearing ore by Carson River, NV • Boomtowns- towns that grew in response to mining • Virginia City, Nevada- First major boomtown-Comstock lode

  3. Vocabulary Cont • Vigilantes-Citizens who took up law into own hands • Subsidies- finical aide and land grants from government • Transcontinental- span the length of country • Promontory Point- point where two railroad lines met in Utah • Time zone- separating the nation into areas where they share the same time

  4. Mining • After civil war people looking for new way of life. • Mining expedition found gold at Pikes peak and set off “gold rush” • Henry Comstock found ore in Nevada and started Virginia City, NV.

  5. Life in Mining towns • Boomtowns sprang up in response to rapid growth of people around a mine • Towns often lawless and rough, law enforcement left up to vigilantes. • Most boomtowns busted after mines where done and became ghost towns • Some towns survived and later became state in Union; North/South Dakota, Washington, Montana, Wyoming

  6. Railroad • Needed a way to get to the new mine towns in the west. • Idea came about to build transcontinental railroad. • Government helped subsidies this with money and land grants. • Had to go through harsh Native American territory

  7. Connecting Railroad • Union Pacific Railroad started building from Omaha Nebraska • Central Pacific from- Sacramento, CA. • They competed against each other • Central Pacific use Chinese labor, Union Pacific used Irish and African American labors

  8. Railroads Meet • May 10, 1869 the two tracks met in Promontory Point, Utah. Golden spike used to connect them

  9. Results of Railroad • Connected West to rest of country; workers, resources ect came west. • Towns sprang up all along rail tracks • Established time schedules and time zones

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