Life in the Mining Camps
What was the basic food in the prospectors' diets?
Coffee, salt pork, beans, flour (must name at least 2)
What were two non-white groups that worked in the gold fields?
Chinese, Latin Americans (chilenos), Mexicans
What were prices like in mining towns?
Extremely high
Why did the Native Americans dislike the miners?
The miners took their land and ruined it.
What did the minders do for entertainment?
Dance, gamble, bear fights, some professional entertainment (plays/performances)
How were the Chinese treated in the mining camps?
The worst of all groups
What two diseases did miners often contract?
Scurvy, cholera
Who were the "chilenos?"
Miners from Latin America
What were living conditions like in a mining camp?
Harsh and unsanitary
Name 3 states, other than California, where gold was discovered in the late 19th century.
South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Nevada, Alaska