Category talk:Colorado Mining Boom

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What is the "Colorado Mining Boom"?

Can anyone define for me the "Colorado Mining Boom"? As this category stands, it appears to embrace anythinge related to mining in Colorado, from gold to uranium, whether related or not to some kind of "boom." It seems to me that this category might either be renamed and limited to items related to the "Pikes Peak Gold Rush", or more straightforwardly renamed to "Mining in Colorado". Plazak (talk) 19:20, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The category "Colorado Mining Boom" includes coal as well as hardrock mining. I agree that this is an issue. However, the category "Mining in Colorado" already exists, so a simple name change may not adequately address the issue. Perhaps someone with the time can do an analysis of topics in the two categories and come up with a recommendation. Richard Myers (talk) 21:59, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How does "Colorado Mining Boom" differ from "Mining in Colorado"? If the two categories are identical, why not eliminate one or the other? Plazak (talk) 00:39, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In view of the redundant categories, unless someone objects over the next week or so, I'd like to rename this category "Pikes Peak Gold Rush", and limit it to that subject. Plazak (talk) 11:17, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No objection here. I am curious, will the more limited category be circumscribed by geographic area, or by time period, or both? thanks, Richard Myers (talk) 16:41, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As I see it, a category "Pike's Peak Gold Rush" would be like the existing categories "California Gold Rush" and "Klondike Gold Rush", limited by time period (the wiki article gives the dates 1858-1861) and limited less by geography than subject matter. The category "Klondike Gold Rush", for instance, could include locations such as Skagway, Alaska, that are very far from the Klondike River, but important waypoints for emigrants. However, offhand I can't think of anything outside Colorado that might be included in a category "Pike's Peak Gold Rush". What do you think? Plazak (talk) 18:26, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think that sounds fine. Richard Myers (talk) 20:11, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]