California Gold Rush

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Across
  1. 1. A town that rapidly grows due to an economic boom, like the Gold Rush
  2. 6. The city that became a major supply center for Gold Rush miners
  3. 9. The person who discovered gold at Sutter's Mill
  4. 10. Nickname for people who rushed to find gold in 1849
  5. 13. Fort built by John Sutter near the gold discovery site
  6. 14. The goal of people coming to look for gold
  7. 15. A tool used to break rocks and find gold
Down
  1. 2. A place where minerals, especially gold, are dug up
  2. 3. A method of finding gold using water
  3. 4. The man whose land was the site of the first gold discovery
  4. 5. The name for excitement around finding gold
  5. 7. Small piece or lump of gold
  6. 8. The river where gold was first discovered in California
  7. 11. A city that grew rapidly during the Gold Rush
  8. 12. A valuable metal that caused the rush to CA