To the north, up La Plata Canyon, lay Parrott City, a town that had come into being a few years back to supply miners working silver deposits in the La Platas.

In Bannack, Granville operated a butcher shop to supply miners with meat.

Londonderry's statue is better loved than the man was in life, when he issued eviction notices to traders who supplied miners on strike from his collieries.

After the death of Dan Rudolph, the newly weds became one of the first prospectors of the Belt, and eventually started a business to supply miners.

The Northwest Fixture & Electric Company, who during the gold rush supplied miners with electric motors and generators for mining and lighting, occupied the upper floors between 1894 and 1900 and had their name prominently painted across the building's facade.

In about 1859 the town was developed as a cattle ranching community to supply miners with provisions.

The plan was to supply miners during the California Gold Rush with meat.

The impresario Rul Bazwan, a man as long on enterprise as he was short on qualms, operated there, supplying miners with the services they craved in their off-time: ardent liquors, games of chance, and compliant companions.

With the California Gold Rush Catherwood moved to San Francisco, California to open up a store to supply miners and prospectors, which he considered a more likely way to make money than chasing after the gold himself.