La Paz gold rush of 1862
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The La Paz gold rush of 1862 was a brief but intense mining boom in what is now western Arizona, sparked by the discovery of placer gold along the Colorado River that drew thousands of prospectors to the remote desert region.
All labels observed (1)
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| La Paz gold rush of 1862 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11737392 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: La Paz gold rush of 1862 Context triple: [La Paz, Arizona, notableFor, La Paz gold rush of 1862]
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A.
Pike’s Peak Gold Rush
The Pike’s Peak Gold Rush was a mid-19th-century gold rush in the Colorado region that spurred rapid settlement and the founding of numerous mining camps and towns.
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B.
Cripple Creek gold rush
The Cripple Creek gold rush was a late 19th-century mining boom in Colorado that transformed the Cripple Creek area into one of the most productive gold-mining districts in the United States.
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C.
Black Hills Gold Rush
The Black Hills Gold Rush was a late-19th-century gold boom in the Black Hills of present-day South Dakota and Wyoming that drew thousands of prospectors onto sacred Lakota lands, intensifying conflicts between the U.S. government and Native American tribes.
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D.
Comstock Lode silver rush
The Comstock Lode silver rush was a mid-19th-century mining boom in Nevada that became one of the first major U.S. silver discoveries, spurring rapid settlement, wealth, and technological innovation in the American West.
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E.
Fraser Canyon Gold Rush
The Fraser Canyon Gold Rush was an 1858 gold rush in British Columbia that drew thousands of prospectors, many from California, and marked the beginning of large-scale European settlement in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: La Paz gold rush of 1862 Target entity description: The La Paz gold rush of 1862 was a brief but intense mining boom in what is now western Arizona, sparked by the discovery of placer gold along the Colorado River that drew thousands of prospectors to the remote desert region.
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A.
Pike’s Peak Gold Rush
The Pike’s Peak Gold Rush was a mid-19th-century gold rush in the Colorado region that spurred rapid settlement and the founding of numerous mining camps and towns.
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B.
Cripple Creek gold rush
The Cripple Creek gold rush was a late 19th-century mining boom in Colorado that transformed the Cripple Creek area into one of the most productive gold-mining districts in the United States.
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C.
Black Hills Gold Rush
The Black Hills Gold Rush was a late-19th-century gold boom in the Black Hills of present-day South Dakota and Wyoming that drew thousands of prospectors onto sacred Lakota lands, intensifying conflicts between the U.S. government and Native American tribes.
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D.
Comstock Lode silver rush
The Comstock Lode silver rush was a mid-19th-century mining boom in Nevada that became one of the first major U.S. silver discoveries, spurring rapid settlement, wealth, and technological innovation in the American West.
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E.
Fraser Canyon Gold Rush
The Fraser Canyon Gold Rush was an 1858 gold rush in British Columbia that drew thousands of prospectors, many from California, and marked the beginning of large-scale European settlement in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gold rush
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ mining boom ⓘ |
| cause | discovery of placer gold along the Colorado River ⓘ |
| characteristic |
placer mining methods
ⓘ
remote desert setting ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedAs | brief but intense mining boom ⓘ |
| effect |
influx of thousands of prospectors
ⓘ
rapid growth of La Paz mining camp ⓘ temporary economic development in a remote desert region ⓘ |
| endCause | decline of easily worked placer deposits ⓘ |
| followedBy | decline of La Paz as a mining center ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
development of transportation routes along the Colorado River
ⓘ
early settlement patterns in western Arizona ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Colorado River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
La Paz, Arizona Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Colorado River region NERFINISHED ⓘ western Arizona ⓘ |
| industry | gold mining ⓘ |
| locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater | Colorado River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Arizona Territory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Mexico Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | placer gold ⓘ |
| participant |
prospectors from California
ⓘ
prospectors from the American Southwest ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Arizona mining
ⓘ
history of the American West ⓘ |
| product | gold ⓘ |
| significantPlace |
Arizona Territory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
La Paz mining camp ⓘ Parker Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1862 ⓘ |
| temporalLocation | American Civil War era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: La Paz gold rush of 1862 Description of subject: The La Paz gold rush of 1862 was a brief but intense mining boom in what is now western Arizona, sparked by the discovery of placer gold along the Colorado River that drew thousands of prospectors to the remote desert region.
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