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Chapter 4 lesson 4
boomtowns and ghost towns
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a boomtown? | A mining town that started and grew quickly |
| What mining town was started with a legend? | Silver City |
| Who led miners into the Owyhee Mountains looking for the Blue Bucket Mine? | Michael Jordan |
| What did pioneers use their gold in the blue bucket for? | Sinkers on their fishing lines |
| Where did Michael Jordan's men find a small amount of gold? | Sinker Creek |
| What precious mineral was mined in the Owyhee Mountains by Michael Jordan and his men besides gold? | Silver |
| About how many mines were dug into the Owyhee Mountains from 1863 to 1883? | Over 250 mines |
| What was the value of the gold and silver mined in the Owyhee Mountains from 1883-1883 at the time? | Over $30 million dollars |
| Name 5 nationalities of miners and their families that came to Silver City. | Chinese, Germans, Basques, Irish, and African Americans |
| For what was the grand Idaho Hotel used in Silver City? | A gathering place for meetings and holiday parties |
| What did the people of Silver city do to help create a nice community? | They formed a marching band and a town baseball team. they built a 2-story school and built a church |
| Why did most of the population leave Silver City? | The mines went out of business |
| What do we call former boomtowns that have empty buildings and quiet streets with few people? | Ghost towns |
| What are some differences between a ghost town and a historic mining town? | Ghost towns have empty buildings that need repairs. Historic mining towns have tourists, the buildings are repaired and preserved so people can stay in them. |
| Name 3 immigrant groups that came to Clearwater Valley to mine. | Mexico, Canada, China |
| How many years was the Idaho Hotel in Silver City closed down? | 30 years, from 1942-1972. |
| What do we call a person who moves to a new country? | An immigrant |
| Why did the Chinese come to Idaho? | To earn money they could send home to their hungry families |
| Name one of the largest immigrant groups to come to Idaho. | the Chinese |
| Name 5 Idaho cities in which numbers of Chinese immigrants lived. | In the southern part of Idaho--Boise, Idaho City, and Silver City. In the northern part there were large numbers of Chinese immigrants in Warren and Lewiston |
| At one time in Idaho, during the gold rush, about what fraction of the population was Chinese? | Almost one third. |
| Besides mining, how did the Chinese make money in Idaho? | They ran laundries, grew vegetables to sell and worked as house servants. |
| Why were Chinese immigrants treated poorly in Idaho? | They looked different , spoke a different language, and had different customs than the other miners. |
| How did Idaho discriminate (treat them differently) against the Chinese? | Chinese miners had to pay $6 a month to work a claim when it was free for everyone else, they could not own a claim, and soon they were not even allowed to enter Idaho. |
| Name the Chinese immigrant who came to Idaho as a slave, earned freedom, and married the boss, and ran a boarding house. | Polly Bemis |
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