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Q: By 1852, at the peak of the mining boom, there were over 100,000 prospectors in the region, all fiercely individualistic, working away at their personal, private stakes rather than banding together in organized syndicates.
A:
By 1852 there were over 100,000 prospectors in the region working away at their personal, private stakes rather than banding together in organized syndicates.