Across
- 2. In Wyoming; pioneers arrived around the 4th of July, "Independence Day"
- 5. People who move from one place to another (within the same country)
- 8. a piece of ground of a certain size which no one has a right to mine except the person who owns the ground
- 9. a town that grew fast as a result of mining
- 12. Native American tribes that lived where the Oregon Trail crossed
- 13. Large animal that pulled the wagons
- 16. a rocking device used in placer mining for separating gold from rock and gravel; also called a rocker
- 17. to test ore with a chemical to find out how much gold is in it
- 18. a person in search of gold
- 20. any trace or sized particle of placer gold
Down
- 1. Wagon
- 3. Disease that killed more people than anything else
- 4. a form of robbery wherby a rightful owner of a claim is forced to abandon it by threats, violence or even murder
- 6. Large, wild animal living in the west
- 7. a vertical shaft dug in loose dirt or gravel in the diggings hole
- 10. Path/road that pioneers took to get to Oregon
- 11. Different families formed traveling grouossword98h2340g98h gold pioneer
- 14. First people to move into a new territory/area
- 15. a flat Indian bowl used by miners when they needed a meal pan or mining pan
- 19. the mayor or judge of a town