In recent years, population increases associated with the mining boom has increased demand for accommodation and land.

By 1862, settlements in both the north and south had formed around the mining boom.

The mining boom almost entirely passed the county by.

The mining boom was over by the end of the 1870s and many of the early settlers left the area.

After the turn of the century, there was another mining boom.

The resulting coal mining boom is likely to last for decades, given the cycle of investment.

However, the mining boom caused income per capita to more than double by 1973-74.

The town's current positive economic development is due to the affluence of the mining boom.

A mining boom in the 1870s helped the city to continue to grow rapidly.

The big mining boom at Unionville occurred between 1863 and 1870.