Across
- 2. to look around a new place
- 4. digging in the land for precious metals or minerals
- 6. where Native Americans were forced to live in the US
- 8. a place where few, if any, people live
- 9. people who moved away from developed areas and settled new ones
- 11. system of business
- 12. growth and progress
- 14. to act of building something
- 15. raising cattle on large areas of open land
- 16. when something gets bigger
- 17. something new someone finds
- 18. put a person or thing in a successful position
- 19. rush when people moved West in the US to find gold
Down
- 1. a town that quickly grows due to a discovery of gold / silver
- 3. resources a set amount of something
- 5. number of people living in an area
- 7. make a guess
- 10. a person
- 13. people who provide the money to start a new mine or business
- 14. land that someone considers to be their own
- 19. town an abandoned town