Across
- 4. to acquire a piece of land by living or cultivating it
- 6. a person who take the law into their own hands
- 8. extending across a continent
- 9. a mineral mined for the valuable substance it contains
- 11. Hispanic ranch hand
- 12. a mass or strip of ore sandwiched between layers of rock
Down
- 1. a way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture
- 2. grant of money from the government to a person or a company for an action intended to benefit the community
- 3. former mining town that became deserted
- 5. a name given to a Plains farmer
- 7. land not fenced or divided into lots
- 10. a symbol burned into an animal’s hide to show ownership