Mining is Big Business
What state was Pikes Peak located in?
It was located in Colorado.
Towns when mining booms were followed by busts.
Ghost towns
Railroad that connected the Atlantic coast with the Pacific coast.
Transcontinental Railroad
What was the prospectors slogan about Pikes Peak?
"Pikes Peak or Bust".
People who dealt out their own brand of justice without benefit of judge or jury.
Vigilantes
Between 1865 and 1890 what spread rapidly throughout the East and Midwest?
Railroads
Silver deep underground in rich streaks of ore
Lodes
True or False?
Boomtowns grew up quickly over night.
True
When was the first transcontinental railroad completed?
1869
What was it called when prospectors found a rich lode of silver bearing ore?
Comstock Lode
What was the key metal found in Montana, New Mexico, and Arizona, at the end of the gold and sliver rush?
Copper
When did railroad companies divide the country into four time zones?
1883
A valuable type of rock during the gold and silver rush.
Ore
Where was the Comstock Boomtown located?
Virginia City, Nevada.
When did CONGRESS pass a law to make the 4 time zones an official practice?
1918