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Why did people who live in gold mining towns decide to live in tents?
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∙ 12y ago
because they need to move every few weeks and they could not haul a big house along so they went in tents
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∙ 12y ago
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When mining was no longer profitable many mining towns became ghost towns or?
It is true that when mining was no longer profitable, and mines stopped producing, the mining towns became ghost towns. The reason was because the people that lived in the town had to leave the area looking for work.
What were Towns of shacks and tents built by homeless people during the Depression called?
Hoovervilles
Why did many people in gold mining towns decide to live in tents?
A gold mining town could spring up very suddenly when gold was found in a particular location, and there wasn't enough time to build normal housing for all the prospectors who might come flooding in. Also, since a prospector might suddenly want to move to a different location in search of more gold, it is useful to have portable housing.
Why do people use lanterns in mining towns?
possibly no electricity.
How where mining towns different from Mormon towns?
Mining towns were different than Mormon towns mostly because mining towns were focused on getting rich and mining, and Mormon towns were focused on religion rather than money. Mining towns were more 'rough and tumble' or 'wild west' than Mormon towns, which were more peaceful and civilized and had a lot more women and children. However, in the west, some Mormon towns were also mining towns. Nevertheless, most Mormon towns were farming, ranching, or industrial communities.
What town of shacks and tents built by homeless people during the depression?
Such make-shift 'towns' are known as shanty towns. Though it can also be known as a squatter area.
Is mining town a ghost town?
Most of the old mining towns are considered to be ghost towns now. Many of the mines went out of business and without the work, people had to move away and leave the town empty.
After the rush to the western gold mining towns who took over mining operations?
Large mining companies
Who took over mining operations after the first rush to gold mining towns?
Large mining companies
After the first rush to the western gold-mining towns who over mining operations?
Large mining companies
What best describes Hoovervilles?
Hoovervilles are towns of shacks and tents.
What was Towns of shacks and tents built by homeless people during the Depression were called?
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