Question

from fascinating colorado by bonnie marie dewolfe

1. \ttin cup is located in gunnison county at the foot of cu
2. pass. its not actually a ghost town anymore as it does have

summer homes.
3.

1. \ttin cup came about in 1861 when jim taylor and his 2
2. stopped at the creek to get a drink and one of them saw gold
3. bottom of his cup.
4. \tin the 1870s there were strikes of high grade gold and
5. such mines as the gold cup and jimmy mack among other n
6. started the gold rush to this area. originally the town was nan
7. virginia city in 1880, but was changed to tin cup in 1882. th
8. the gold and silver out by mules and wagons to the railroad w

12 was taken to the smelters
question 4:
the author could strengthen the quality of information about tin cup by
a \tincluding opinions about the economic changes.
b \tproviding more detailed examples from the gold rush.
c \tremoving the details about specific people.

Explanation:

To determine the correct answer, we analyze each option:

• Option A: Including opinions about economic changes would add subjective content, not strengthen factual information about Tin Cup.
• Option B: The passage mentions the gold rush and mines. Providing more detailed examples from the gold rush (like more about the mines, the process, or its impact on Tin Cup) would give more in - depth, relevant information and strengthen the content about Tin Cup.
• Option C: Removing details about specific people (like Jim Taylor) would take away from the historical narrative and weaken the information about Tin Cup's history.

Answer:

B. providing more detailed examples from the gold rush.