Sentences with phrase «mining boom towns»

«There's a whole body of literature that shows that mining boom towns undergo similar changes,» Beckmann says.

Silver City was a mining boom town during the 1890's and still has plenty of Victorian architecture in evidence

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Unlike most boom - era mining towns, Coloma was known for its library and school, not its bars and brothels.

TELLURIDE, Colo. — When I first came to the Telluride Film Festival in 1980, screenings were held in Quonset huts and city parks, the old Nugget theater on Main Street, and in the faded glory of the tiny Sheridan Opera House, built when this was a boom town in mining days.

Chasing the sun west, the winding path continues up Route 89A toward Jerome, a once - booming 19th - century mining town that went bust by the early 1950s.

As booming mining town in the 19th century, Butte was once the largest city in the U.S. between San Fransisco and Chicago.

Today little remains at Granite Bay aside from private homes; however, in the early 20th century Granite Bay was a boom town featuring a successful logging operation, a lucrative gold mine, several settlers with successful stump farms, a school, general store, post office, and government wharf.

The historical district (Phuket Old Town) has been built from mid 19th century onward during the tin mining's boom, an era which saw the construction of the first ever hotel in Phuket (On On Hotel opened in 1929) to accommodate merchants from abroad.

Dubbed «The Fight of the Century,» it took place in Goldfield, a booming gold mining town that was then Nevada's largest city.

Loftis said he believes such projects may be on the cusp of a boom that could spur the economy, reclaim jobs in depressed mining towns and contribute to the nation's renewable energy goals.

Who benefits when a mining boom comes to town?

As booming mining town in the 19th century, Butte was once the largest city in the U.S. between San Fransisco and Chicago.

A small town in Washington, Wenatchee, is seeing a Bitcoin mining boom due to low power prices and cooler temperatures.

Broun talked about her own family's experience in Roeburn in Western Australia: «a fairly typical regional town — large proportion of Aboriginal people, high levels of health problems and unemployment», despite a mining boom that has lasted several decades.