31. The town is a former mining settlement that flourished during the Colorado Silver Boom in the late 19th century. 32. The tiny city is an historic mining settlement founded in 1859 during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. 33. The town grew primarily because of its role as a service centre for surrounding commercial farms and mining settlements . 34. Joseph Reed ] ] Along with Bendigo, Ballarat was one of the major Cornish mining settlements in Victoria. 35. Its survival is due to the local community wanting to retain a physical link with the early mining settlement . 36. "' Atwood "'is a former mining settlement located northeast of Nye County, Nevada. 37. Medieval mines surrounded by mining settlements were localized outside the walls of the medieval town ( named Star?Hory ). 38. Alma began as a gold-mining settlement and was named after the Battle of Alma in the Crimean War. 39. The town started as a Spanish colonial mining settlement for gold and silver, and was formally established in 1592. 40. A prominent coal mining settlement , Pyramiden once had a population numbering over a thousand, and a flourishing community.
