Article: The mining boom in Baja California from 1850 to 1890 and the emergence of Tijuana as a border community.

In the period following the Mexican War of 1846-1848, many of the hordes of prospectors who participated in the California gold rush also became interested in mining possibilities in the Mexican northwest. During the 1850s, a series of gold and silver strikes in the northern part of the Baja California, or Lower California, peninsula resulted in a rush of U.S. and other foreign miners to the region. It was during this period that San Diegans and other Californians first became aware of the economic potential of the peninsular region and its relevance for their own growth and development. The great majority of the gold seekers left the territory once the mineral deposits ...

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