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A number of things happened during the cariboo gold rush. A few people struck it rich but many were lucky to find any gold at all. ... Several Towns were built, and new ways of getting gold were used.
Because the cariboo gold rush was at it’s peak in 1861 – 1863 trails needed to be built to this otherwise very difficult area to get to. This was a great time when people, by the thousands flocked to the cariboo area in search of quick wealth.
The journey to the cariboo region was difficult for some and not as difficult for others depending on how and where they traveled. ... Many of these people simply did not want to stay in the cariboo and went to Victoria.
Many people were flocking to BC during the cariboo gold rush and Governor Douglas needed to put a law and order system in place. ... Gold miners needed to have their claims protected so businesses were set up specifically to grant mining licenses. ...
As new laws were put into place, the cariboo area became a lot more civilized. ... The Gold Commissioner’s court dealt with anything to do with gold mining. ...
Using a law and order system like this is what made the cariboo gold rush so successful. ...
The creeks throughout the cariboo area could only be mined with a claim. ...
In order to mine gold though, miners needed the equipment and methods to do so. ...
There were three stages in the gold mining evolution. The one most commonly used in the cariboo gold rush, was the first stage, placer mining. The three methods of placer mining were gold panning, the sluice box, and the rocker.
Gold panning was the simplest and the first method of mining gold. ... Since gold is heavier then the mud, when the mud floated out the gold would be left at the bottom of the pan. This was a very effective but difficult method of mining during the cariboo gold rush. ... The gold itself would get caught by the riffles and the larger rocks would wash out the lower part.
Approximate Word count = 1715
Approximate Pages = 6.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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