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Colorado Gold Rush

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The Colorado Gold Rush begins, setting off a cycle of mining booms and busts that lasts well into the twentieth century. Miners and mining companies blast open hundreds of mines, beginning the process known as acid mine drainage, in which liquified metals leech into nearby water sources.

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