What were living conditions like in a mining camp? Give an example.
They were unsanitary and many people lived in tents before permanent buildings were put up.
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Where was the Comstock Lode discovered?
Virginia City, Nevada
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Name 3 basic foods in a miners' diet
Coffee, beans, flour items (pancakes, biscuits, hard tack), salted meats
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How did miners solve camp problems?
They would call camp meetings to figure out the problems
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How could someone claim jump?
If a miner wasn't working the claim for 10 days, other miners could stake it
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What did miners do for entertainment? Name 3 things
Betting, gambling, dancing, going to operas or plays
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Who made the Comstock discovery?
2 Irish miners, but Henry Comstock bribed them into being a partner and he took credit
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Name 2 diseases miners contracted in the boomtowns
Cholera and scurvey
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How were the Chinese treated in mining camps?
They were treated unfairly. They were beaten, robbed, and given land without gold on it.
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Why did Native Americans dislike the miners? Name 2 reasons
Miners were driving away game and polluting salmon streams. They were also driving them away from their land and homes. They brought disease that killed many of the Native Americans.
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What were the prices like in a mining town? Give an example
They were high
Eggs $3
Barrel of flour $800
Soap $1
Tomatoes $2
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How much was the Comstock Lode worth?
400 million
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How did a miner stake a claim?
Mark the land with a stake, file the claim with the camp recorder, work the land so they didn't lose it
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Who were the Chilenos?
Latino miners
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Who discovered gold in California and what was he doing when he discovered it?
James Marshall while building a mill for John Sutter
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What did miners gamble on? Name 2 things
Foot races, horse races, bear and bull fights, dog fights
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What were the names of the miners who discovered the Comstock Lode?
Patrick McLaughlin and Peter O'Riley
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How did other people make money off of the miners?
They would sell mining equipment, make food, do laundry
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What did Henry Comstock do that was unfair?
He took the claim from McLaughlin and O'Riley and then bragged about it so it was named after him.
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How did Nevada become a state?
Abraham Lincoln needed the silver from the Comstock Lode to create weapons for the Civil War. He made Nevada a state to use the silver.
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When miners were dancing, what did they do for a partner?
One of the miners would be the girl and they would wear a bandana around their arms to show they were the girl
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How was mining the Comstock different than the gold rushes?
They used coyote mining with a much bigger shaft because the lode went so deep into the bedrock. They had to create wooden boxes in the shafts to prevent them from caving in.
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What is scurvy?
A disease the miners got from not having enough citrus fruit. They would get sores on their body and in their mouths.
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Why were miners treated poorly?
When miners came from other countries, American born miners were greedy and didn't want gold to be found by anyone else. They treated them badly so they would go away and they could find more gold for themselves.
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What changes occured in mining because of the Comstock Lode?
Miners created companies to work because the mining was underground