The Gold Rush, Alaska 1900s

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Across
  1. 3. The three men that found gold lying on the beach were nicknamed The ___ ___ ____
  2. 5. Newpapers were announcing that on one steamer-ship, as many as 64 ___ men were bringing home stack of ____ metal!
  3. 9. This clogged up the pumps that brought sand in from the sea to the sifter.
  4. 10. How many people abandoned an old gold rush town called Dawson, when they heard on a new gold strike in Nome.
  5. 11. The name of the tents that miners lived in, that lined the beach in Nome.
  6. 13. One way to tell if something is gold, is to rub it on something - if its real gold, the colour won't ____ away.
  7. 14. Because gold was found on the beach, people couldn't stake a ____ to the land.
  8. 15. Beacuse gold was lying on the beach, all people needed to start were shovels, ____ and rockers.
Down
  1. 1. Gold production reached its ___ in 1906.
  2. 2. Gold was found on the shores of the ____ ___
  3. 4. How many gold nuggets, worth $1500 each, were found?
  4. 6. One man, walking along a beach in Nome, rand his hand through the beach _____ and found gold.
  5. 7. One way to tell if something is gold, is to ___ it, because gold is malleable.
  6. 8. The Great ____ Gold Rush (hint: a place name)
  7. 12. Because stampeders found gold lying on the beach, the beach was nicknamed "Poor Man's _____"