Technological advances in mining and farming helped the Americans take economic advantage on the west. It helped since the west had great soil land and great mining spots. These advances just made them want to go use them more and they used them in the west. This shows in that the number of farms tripled from 1860-1905 by going from 2.0 million to 6.0 million. In mining after the big gold rush California's new population was 100,000.
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