1. Mining & Transportation

2. Set-up Cornell Notes (IN Page
Title: Mining & Transportation
Essential Question: How did development of mining and transportation impact Utah?

3. Mining in the Utah Territory
Utah was rich in mineral ore
Early on, most settlers only mined for things they needed, not to make money
Mined for:
Salt (food)
Lead (bullets)
Coal (stoves)
Iron (tools)

4. Mining Grows in Utah
After large deposits of ore were found, mines were open for business
Just like the gold rush, few became wealthy through mining
Some did the hard work to make a living
A few that owned mines became millionaires
Others cashed in on providing supplies to miners

5. A Miner’s Life
Miners were paid $3 to $4 a day for hours of work, 6 days a week
It was generally easy to get a mining job and the pay was higher than other jobs
Thousands of immigrants from Europe, Canada, Asia & Mexico came to Utah to work in the mines

6. A Miner’s Life (IN Page
Read the description of “A Miner’s Life” on page 175
Draw a picture that shows what life would be like working in the mines based on the description (top half of page)
Answer this question below your picture:
Would you like to work in the mines? Why or why not?

7. Development of Transportation
It was difficult to transport items to the west for the following reasons:
Storms & floods
Poor roads
Few bridges
Native American attacks
To travel from St. Louis to the west and back took an entire summer

8. Development of Transportation
Stagecoach stations were eventually set up along the trails out west to provide people with fresh horses and meals

9. The Railroad Revolutionizes Transportation
The issue: connecting the eastern United States to the western United States
Solution: laying RR tracks to connect the country with a Transcontinental Railroad
Advantages: speed and convenience

10. Two Railroad Companies
Union Pacific- began laying tracks west from Omaha, Nebraska
Central Pacific- began laying tracks east from Sacramento, California
Meeting place: Ogden or Salt Lake City, Utah

11. Two Railroad Companies
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Hired immigrants from Ireland and other countries
Hired immigrants from China
Laid track on flat prairie land (at first)
Passed through the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Had to purchase lumber and have it shipped to create tracks (few trees where track was laid)
Had access to lots more lumber in the area
Needed help from Utah once they reached the Rocky Mountains
Raced across the Great Basin of Nevada faster than expected

12. Dangerous Work
Workers of both Railroad Companies dealt with harsh weather (extreme heat or bitter cold)
Many died from the cold in the mountains and from accidents while setting off dynamite to blast through mountains

13. Brigham Young Helps the Union Pacific
Young accepts contract for $2 million do build a roadbed from Echo Canyon through Weber Canyon
They promised to run the tracks through Ogden & Salt Lake City
President Ulysses S. Grant wanted to tracks to follow trails just north of Ogden so it didn’t initially run through SLC

14. Transcontinental Railroad

15. The Race Was On!
The tracks from both railroad lines finally met on May 10, 1869 at the top of Promontory Summit, north of the Great Salt Lake
The Golden Spike (actually made of gold!) was driven in to complete the merging of the two railroads
Later, both railroads went to Ogden