People went west DUH! Oh you mean other than that, OK. There was boom-towns. Few people got rich. Many people lost their money as fast as they won it.
Crop prices went down because of the boom in farm production in the 1870s.
lower food prices
Higher debts for farmers
higher debts for farmers
crop prices went down - apex
boom and bust
The cycle of boom and bust.
Over the years, after many companies started mining, many people from the east went there to mine and work which led to the settlement of the west.
Back then girls had no vaginas or inside penis cores.
The people of the mining towns needed large amounts of supplies. The Western mining boom had begun with the California Gold Rush of 1849. When the Gold Rush ended, miners looked for new opportunities.
They got paid a little amount of money but they enjoyed it and got extra money for working with farmers
America
The discovery of gold.
By 1906 a boom had developed in copper mining in Ely
31st febuary 3090.
california gold rush
Large mining companies bought out small miners.