淘金热后,经历了浅层采矿和深层采矿阶段,美国西部的环境受到了严重的影响。工业革命后资本家为了牟利需要开采更多矿藏,新的雇佣关系的矿业企业不断出现。与此同时深层采矿引起了采矿业的技术变革。本文从生态农牧业的变化及尘暴的发生看对西部环境产生的影响。 After the gold rush, the environment in the western United States has been severely affected after the shallow mining and deep-mining stages. After the industrial revolution, the capitalists needed to mine more minerals for profit, and new mining enterprises emerged. At the same time, deep mining has caused technological changes in the mining industry. This article from the ecological changes in agriculture and animal husbandry and the occurrence of dust storms on the impact on the western environment.