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Miniature gold rush projects for dollhouses, room boxes, and dioramas

See also wild west

 

Gold Rush Miner Scene 1:12 Scale Miniature


Links to miniature projects

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  • photo albums, blog posts, web pages

Gold Rush Miner Scene - from Miniature Madness

Victorian Gold Mining Model - from Australia

Blogs

  • Blogs concentrating on the Gold Rush or categories/labels about it in blogs

 

Groups

  • Discussion groups, forums (or forum categories) and photo groups dedicated to the Gold Rush.

 

Supplies for sale

  • Supplies needed for making the Gold Rush projects.

Borne Sofa - kit from Little Trimmings, circular sofa fashionable for entryways, lobbies

 

Miniatures for sale

  • Do you have a section for the Gold Rush in your shop? Add a direct link to that item here.

 

Books

  • Books about miniature  Gold Rush projects (also books with chapters about them)

 

Instructions for miniatures

 

Miniature printables

 

Wallpapers

  • Wallpapers that go well with Gold Rush projects

 

Other Printies

  • Book/magazine covers related to the Gold Rush

 

Links

  • links to sites showing how to make items related to the Gold Rush

 

Videos

  •  YouTube videos about miniature projects related to this subject

 

 

Research/ Inspiration

  • Gold is a precious metal, prized since ancient times. It is unchanging with the passage of time. Gold adorns wedding rings, medals, crowns, and awards such as the Oscar.
  • The Egyptians used gold extensively - remember King Tut's Tomb? The term golden has been applied to many things - Jason's Golden Fleece, the golden chalice, a golden moment, golden anniversary and golden jubilee, for example.
  • Alchemists tried to produce gold from base metals - they lacked the "Midas Touch". Miners also discovered "fools gold", iron pyrite which resembles gold but is comparatively worthless.
  • Needless to say, when gold was discovered anywhere, there was a rush to stake a claim and greed raised its ugly head. During the 19th century, Australia, Brazil, Canada, South Africa and the United States all experienced the influx of migrants desperate to take advantage of gold discoveries and become as rich as Croesus. In North America, the California and Klondike gold rushes are the most famous. It truly became the Wild West.

Gold Fever - the Life of a Miner

  • Pierre Burton wrote several histories about the Klondike -

Klondike Quest - Photographic Essay

  • And then there were the ladies:

Soiled Doves

Soiled Doves of the Old West

Painted Ladies of the Old West

 

Tips/Hints

 

Ideas about what is needed for these projects

  • links to inspiring pages
  • ideas for shop names
  • YouTube videos on the subject

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Comments (4)

Linda McD said

at 9:48 pm on Jun 18, 2010

moved saloon to the wild west

Linda LeBlanc said

at 4:47 pm on Mar 23, 2011

where can I find the miniatures I need to create a diorama of the klondike gold rush?

johanna janhonen said

at 11:10 pm on Mar 23, 2011

Tell more about it: what kind of things you have in mind?

Linda McD said

at 7:37 pm on Mar 24, 2011

I would imagine you could make a great deal of the miniatures yourself....saddlebags, gold nuggets, etc. Look in the water page for how to create a stream, the camping page for tent ideas and the landscaping page for rocks and terrain. See the video above for sluices.
Otherwise, shop for pans, picks and other tools.

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