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How did mining and logging get started in the west?

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Mining in the American West began with the California Gold Rush of 1848 and spread to Nevada, Arizona, Idaho and Montana. A former Butte resident, Quivik has researched and written extensively about the environmental history of the copper industry in Butte and Anaconda.

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