This is a list of economic booms created by physical commodities .
Merchant ships fill San Francisco harbor, 1850–51.
The stately Victorian architecture of Dunedin, New Zealand, is a result of the capital brought into the city by the Otago gold rush of the 1860s.
Uranium bubble of 2007[ 1]
Boom
Commodity
Type
Location
Dates
First Chilean wheat cycle
wheat
agricultural
Chile
1687–1810
Brazilian Gold Rush
gold
metal
Brazil
18th century
Carolina gold rush
gold
metal
North Carolina , US
early 19th century
Georgia Gold Rush
gold
metal
Georgia , US
1828 – early 1840s
Chilean silver rush
silver
metal
Chile
1830–1850
Guano Era
guano
soft commodity
Peru
1845 – c. 1870
California gold rush
gold
metal
California , US
1848–1855
Second Chilean wheat cycle
wheat
agricultural
Chile
mid-19th century – 1870s
British Columbia gold rushes
gold
metal
British Columbia , Canada
1850–1941
Australian gold rushes
gold
metal
Australia
1851–1906
Pennsylvania oil rush
petroleum
fossil fuel
northwestern Pennsylvania , US
1859 – early 1870s
Otago gold rush
gold
metal
Central Otago , New Zealand
1860s
Colorado River mining boom
gold
metal
Southwestern US
1861–64
West Coast gold rush
gold
metal
West Coast , New Zealand
1864–1867
Lapland gold rush
gold
metal
Lapland , Finland
1870s
Azerbaijan oil boom
petroleum
fossil fuel
Azerbaijan
1870s
Black Hills gold rush
gold
metal
Dakota Territory , US
1874 – c. 1880
Patagonian sheep farming boom
wool , mutton
agricultural
Patagonia
late 19th to early 20th century
Coromandel Gold Rushes
gold
metal
Coromandel Peninsula , New Zealand
1870s – 1880s
Cripple Creek Gold Rush
gold
metal
Cripple Creek, Colorado , US
late 19th to early 20th century
Bodie gold rush
gold
metal
Bodie, California , US
1877–1880
First Amazon rubber boom
rubber
agricultural
Amazon basin
1879–1912
Canadian wheat boom
wheat
agricultural
Canada, especially Prairie Provinces
circa 1880 to 1910 , and 1914 to 1921 [ 2] [ 3]
Indiana gas boom
natural gas
fossil fuel
Indiana , US
early 1880s – early 20th century
Ohio oil rush
petroleum
fossil fuel
Northwest Ohio , US
1880s – 1930s
Tierra del Fuego gold rush
gold
metal
Tierra del Fuego
1883–1906
Witwatersrand Gold Rush
gold
metal
South Africa
1886
Klondike Gold Rush
gold
metal
Klondike, Yukon , Canada
1896–1899
Mount Baker gold rush
gold
metal
Whatcom County , Washington, US
1897 – mid-1920s
Nome Gold Rush
gold
metal
Nome, Alaska , US
1899–1909
Fairbanks Gold Rush
gold
metal
Fairbanks , Alaska, US
early 1900s
Texas oil boom
petroleum
fossil fuel
Texas , US
1901 – 1940s
Cobalt silver rush
silver
metal
Cobalt, Ontario , Canada
1903 – c. 1930
Stoy, Illinois oil boom
petroleum
fossil fuel
Stoy, Illinois , US
1906–1910
Porcupine Gold Rush
gold
metal
Northern Ontario , Canada
1909 – 1950s
Kakamega gold rush
gold
metal
Kakamega , Kenya
early 1930s
Vatukoula gold rush
gold
metal
Vatukoula , Fiji
1932
Second Amazon rubber boom
rubber
agricultural
Amazon basin
1942–1945
Alberta conventional oil boom
petroleum
fossil fuel
Alberta, Canada
1947 – 1980
New Zealand wool boom
wool
agricultural
New Zealand
1951 – late 1950s
Mexican oil boom
petroleum
fossil fuel
Mexico
1977–1981
1970s commodities boom
multiple
multiple
worldwide
1970s
2000s commodities boom
multiple
multiple
worldwide
2000s
Uranium bubble of 2007
uranium
metal
worldwide
2005–2007
North Dakota oil boom
petroleum , shale gas
fossil fuel
North Dakota , US
2006 – c. 2015
Rhodium bubble[ 4]
rhodium
metal
worldwide (primarily South Africa, Russia)
2008
2020s commodities boom
multiple
multiple
worldwide
2020s