Gold Rush Crossword

2. _______ was a common way for many miners to lose money that they had just made (3)
4. the first method most people used to find gold was by ______ for it (4)
6. ____ were angry with mining companies for the damage they caused to rivers (5)
8. one of the most common foods eaten by 49ers (2)
12. ______ mining was used by mining companies to blast rock away from mountainsides (4)
13. this often destroyed mining camps and towns (3)
15. many miners died from disease or _______(1)
16. the last name of the man that became the largest landowner in Sacramento by selling materials to the miners instead of mining himself (5)
18. _______ caused many 49ers to make poor decisions

1. it was too dangerous and _______ for miners to bring their families to California with them(3)
3. Miners dig ditches and used a device called a ___ ____ to speed up the search for gold (4)
5. gold is most often found within this type of rock (4)
7. poor ______ caused disease since 49ers rarely bathed or washed clothes (2)
9. this was a dangerous liquid metal that was used to help separate gold from the rocks it was imbedded in (4)
10. many miners went to this city in winter (3)
11. _____ were much more likely to get rich from the Gold Rush than the miners themselves (5)
14. not eating enough fruits or veggies causes this disease (2)
17. the transcontinental ________ would soon connect the east coast with California and make it much faster to travel across the country (5)