Economic Growth in Utah

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Across
  1. 4. When the Mormons first came to Utah, and discovered bits of gold, what did Brigham Young discourage the people from doing?
  2. 8. ________started businesses in the mining towns of Alta, Bingham, Ophir, and Park City.
  3. 9. An alarming number of miners developed ____ disease rom breathing in so much dust.
  4. 12. ________ factories produced cloth and clothing in Hyrum, Ogden, Brigham City, etc.
  5. 15. The wool cloth was made into suits, pants, overcoats, shawls, ________, and blankets.
Down
  1. 1. Farming and ________ were still the leading occupations in Utah, but banking, mining, and manufacturing grew more and more important.
  2. 2. To make silk in a home, a large place had to be prepared to house the _____ as they grew.
  3. 3. The Provo Woolen Mills was Utah's _______ factory.
  4. 5. A _________ is a jointly owned business where owners share the costs and benefits.
  5. 6. What is the name of the business that bought goods from the East and imported them to Utah to sell.
  6. 7. After various kinds of shops opened all over the Utah Territory, families no longer had to _____ everything themselves.
  7. 10. Employees at the mill were usually immigrant _____ who had learned to make wool cloth in England and Scotland.
  8. 11. Miners were paid $3 to $4 a day for ten or twelve hours of labor, ____ days a week.
  9. 13. The _______ brothers were the first to discover rich ore in the Oquirrh Mountains.
  10. 14. Utah was rich in mineral ____, but most of the deposits lay hidden in the ground for a long time while the settlers concentrated on farming.