La Paz gold rush of 1862
E944369
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)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Paz gold rush of 1862 canonical | 1 |
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
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.