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19-2 Mining and Railroading

19-2 Mining and Railroading. Life of a Miner. Where - Virginia City, Black Hills, Yukon. Hardships temperature (150 °F) no ladders – slippery semi-darkness lack of air Non-renewable resource. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7f9hHt41og&feature=related. Life Cycle of a Mining Town.

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19-2 Mining and Railroading

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  1. 19-2 Mining and Railroading

  2. Life of a Miner • Where - Virginia City, Black Hills, Yukon. • Hardships • temperature (150°F) • no ladders – slippery • semi-darkness • lack of air • Non-renewable resource

  3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7f9hHt41og&feature=related Life Cycle of a Mining Town Discovery of Mineral Miners arrive and set up tents Tent City Merchants arrive to supply miners; build wooden structures Boom Town Mineral used up; miners leave; stores close Ghost Town

  4. The Wild West • Few miners ever got rich – most worked for large companies • Lawlessness and disorder in new towns • vigilantes use frontier justice • unfair laws for foreigners • Pollution and deforestation

  5. TranscontinentalRailroad

  6. Ride the Rails • Railroad companies race to lay track • Federal government subsidizes railroad companies to speed up construction • Companies received money and land for each mile of railroad completed • Much of the land given to companies belonged to the Native Americans

  7. Transcontinental Railroad • Union Pacific built west from Omaha, NE. • Central Pacific built east starting in Sacramento, CA. • Rail lines met at Promontory Point, UT. • Leland Stanford drops in “golden spike”

  8. Promontary Point, Utah

  9. Officially opened on May 10, 1869 The Golden Spike!

  10. Railroads’ Effect on Society • Rail lines lead to rapid settlement and statehood for NV, CO, ND, SD, MT, WA, ID, and WY. • Railroads made it possible to get products and people across the country quickly. • Immigrants from Ireland, China, Mexico and African Americans provide labor.

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