Question

What caused some mining camps to grow into towns or cities?

Answer 1

Some mining camps started to grow into towns or cities as more people started pooling into the mining camps the population started expanding and also precious metals like gold was often found.

Explanation:

The population explosion required more building as camps could no longer accommodate such huge numbers.

Mining also led to employment, a boom in business and prospects of a healthy income on a regular basis. The finding of gold further led to wealthy business prospects.

As the camps started changing into towns and cities with more settlements facilities like railroads, schools and hospitals along with markets were also built.