Gold Rush 2
What is a word to describe what it was like to work a claim?
Easy
Expensive
Fun
Safe
If men were too poor to buy supplies, rich businessmen would lend them tools. That was called what?
Grubstaking
Grubworming
Staking a claim
Jumping a claim
Most miners lived where?
In a hotel
Out in the open
In San Francisco
In a tent
Which of these was not a trick gadget mentioned in chapter 4?
A book about where to find gold
A cream that would attract gold flakes
A shovel that sensed gold
A map that showed where gold was
To stake a claim what did a miner NOT do?
Paint a square around it
Leave his supplies there
Make rock piles
Mark the area with stakes
Which of the mining camps were NOT mentioned in chapter 4?
Hangtown
Killerville
Bedbug
Murderer's Gulch
What was the simplest way to find placer gold?
Using the pick
Straining with cloth
Paning
Hammering rocks
Which of these would NOT describe mining for gold?
Slow
Hard
Quick
Back breaking
Which of these was NOT a tool a miner needed?
A knife
A pick
An ax
A shovel
What was a long, narrow wooden chute that separated gold from bigger loads of dirt and rock?
A rocker
Pan
Wooden bucket
A sluice
How long did miners typically work in a day?
8 hours
24 hours
16 hours
4 hours
What was not a common staple food item for the miners?
Berries
Beans
Bacon
Coffee
What did some untrustworthy and fake doctors prescribe to the sick miners?
Aspirin
Tylenol
Flavored sugar water
Sugared coffee
What did children NOT do if they came to the mining camps?
Delivered newspapers
Swept shop floors
Ran errands in hotels
Went to School
Who made $10.00 for one biscuit?
Luela Corvill
Luzena Wilson
Mary Staton
Laura Hadley
What was NOT something most men did in town?
Drank alcohol
Danced
Worked
Gambled
What day of the week did most men write letters and attend prayer meetings?
Saturday
Monday
Friday
Sunday
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