A huge gold deposit is found in the dry desert highland. The most prosperous land ever discovered and full of different resources, it has all of the makings of a classic Boomtown. The desert climate is hot and inhospitable, and water is scarce. These adverse conditions give the miners a short mining season, and to win settlers have to build the railroad before the summer heat turns the desert into scorched earth. Boomtown settlers will only have around two months to develop their business and mine as much gold and other resources as they can.