Across
- 2. a mineral-bearing rock, which may be rich enough to be mined at a profit.
- 3. Sediment from mines.
- 5. A piece of land 25 to 300 feet wide and 1,500 feet long, which the government sells to the man who finds minerals within its limits.
- 8. a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, shaped like an icicle,
- 12. an random shaped piece of gold of medium to large size
- 15. shaft excavated upward for connecting adjacent levels.
- 16. a person who works in a mine
- 18. Hard surface used to shape horseshoes or pound rivets.
- 19. to dig in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores or other valuable minerals.
- 20. An un-castrated male bovine. Well-bred males are raised to father cattle in a cow herd.
Down
- 1. a precious yellow metallic element
- 4. an area where rock or alluvium has been removed.
- 6. sit of non-sedimentary origin, which may or may not contain valuable minerals; lode.
- 7. End of level or tunnel against the ore or rock.
- 9. a deposit of gold or other minerals.
- 10. A hired hand that tends to cattle and performs other duties on horseback.
- 11. The formation underlying pay-dirt.
- 13. an approximately horizontal underground passage open at both ends.
- 14. Sets of straps, collars, reins, and hardware that are used on horses to have them pull a wagon.
- 17. a vertical or sloping opening, giving access to the various levels of a mine.