Across
- 4. A small river where people sometimes searched for gold.
- 6. A person who traveled west hoping to find gold.
- 9. A town that grew very quickly because people found gold or silver there.
- 10. Something miners used to dig underground.
- 11. A town that becomes empty when people move away.
- 13. The shiny yellow metal that many miners searched for.
Down
- 1. A tool miners used to carry dirt and rocks.
- 2. A building where travelers or miners could stay the night.
- 3. The money miners hoped to make by finding gold or silver.
- 5. The tall landforms where many mines were located.
- 7. The state where many boom towns were created during the gold rush.
- 8. The job of digging in the earth to find gold or silver.
- 12. The metal that was also found in Colorado mountains after gold.