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In the first week of July 1858, Green Russell and Sam Bates found a small placer deposit near the mouth of Little Dry Creek that yielded about 20 troy ounces (622 grams) of gold, the first significant gold discovery in the Rocky Mountain region.
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Who discovered gold in the Rocky Mountains that caused miners to go west?
imigrants
When and who discovered the rocky mountains?
Pierr and Paul mallet discovered the mountains in the 1739's.
How was the gold deposited in the Rocky Mountains?
QUE?
Does the Rocky Mountains have gold mines?
Maybe...
What is the importance of the rocky mountains?
gold silver and timber x
Why would the rocky mountains be a good place to mine for minerals?
The Rocky Mountains is a good place to go mining for minerals because backbone of the great upland system. In the Rocky Mountains there is gold, sliver, lead and zinc.
Did gold seekers cross the rocky mountains in route to California?
yes
Gold seekers crossed these in the overland route to California?
Rocky Mountains
What mountains did the Lewis and Clark Corps struggle through?
During their explorations Lewis and Clark explored the Rocky Mountains and they discovered the mountains were rougher and more extensive than they expected. They also crossed the Bitterroot Mountains.
Which mountain man discovered the south pass through the rocky mountains?
Jedediah Smith
How the Rocky Mountains where found?
they were already there before! any thing in nature cannot be "discovered"
What metals are mined in the Rocky Mountains?
silver,gold,lead,zinc,and uranium.
