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How did the new mining towns enforce laws and keep the peace

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  • 04-03-2019

Two words: vigilante justice.

Mining Towns were relatively lawless places, as property rights were fluid.

Vigilante groups enforced what was seen as the majority will, often the moneyed will, often at the expense of Asian and Mexican prospectors.

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