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Mogok

Boom town, Myanmar.

About Mogok

City in Mandalay Region, Myanmar.1

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An example ofHpakantAnother boom town in Myanmar: Hpakant.1An example ofJhariaAnother boom town, in India: Jharia.1ExamplesKolar Gold FieldsAnother boom town, in Myanmar: Mogok.2

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q2712129 (Mogok)
  2. Wikidata item Q727181 (Kolar Gold Fields)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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