silver rush
Precious metal stampede
A silver rush is a rapid influx of prospectors and settlers to an area where silver has been discovered, analogous to a gold rush.
The term evokes the frenzied migration, boomtown development, and speculative fever that accompanied major silver strikes: The Comstock Lode triggered Nevada's silver rush in 1859.
- Comstock LodeFamous Nevada ore deposit
- mining claimsLegal extraction territory rights
- mining boomSurge in mineral extraction
- bonanzaSudden large windfall
- strike it richSuddenly acquire great wealth
staking a claim · Nevada · ore · claim · prospectors · boomtown · ghost towns · mine · Carson City · Colorado · stake · mining camps · mining town · frontier towns · Wild West · boom and bust · vein · assay
- BoomtownsDeadwood, Tombstone, Virginia City, Skagway, Nome
- resource boomsoil boom
- Silver Miningminers, ore, shafts, tunnels, smelting
- Comstock EraComstock Lode, Virginia City, mining boom, bonanza, boomtown
- mininggold, mines, gold mines, mine, coal
- Gold Rushgold miners, gold mining, gold flakes, gold nuggets, gold pan