West Kiravian Silver Rush
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| Native name | Ísgúhorva Íarthikiraviá |
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| English name | West Kiravian Silver Rush |
| Date | 1800s AD |
| Location | Western Great Kirav |
| Type | Mineral discovery Mass migration |
| Cause | Silver deposits |
| Motive | Money |
The West Kiravian Silver Rush was a series of mining booms triggered by the discovery of major silver ore veins in the Western Highlands and Atrassic Coast Ranges of Great Kirav during the 19th century AD. The Silver Rush was a major event in the history of the region, with a considerable economic, ecological, demographic, and political legacy.
Most ethnic Kir families living in the Farravonian states and Western Highland provinces are descended from Silver Rush era migrants. The Silver Rush also attracted immigrants from abroad, including contingents of Daxian people and Metzettans, representing the first appreciable migration of East Audonian people to the Kiravian Mainland.
Economic background
At the time of the first major silver strike in the Upper Swadesh valley, silver prices (and precious metal prices in general) were at world-historic highs due to the depletion of accessible deposits in Levantia, Sarpedon, and the Kiravian Eastern Highlands. These older deposits had been exhausted after centuries of intensive mining to finance the early modern expansion of global commerce and colonisation by Odoneru Rim countries, exacerbated by the influence of bullionist ideas on economic policy during this time.