There's Gold in Them Thar Hills!
A method of searching for gold, often done by prospectors in rivers.
What is panning?
Name of the tool with a long wooden handle, a squared off end, and a sharp side used in hand mining.
What is a Pickaxe?
The full name of the process nicknamed "Fracking."
What is Hydraulic Fracking?
The pointy rock formations found on the roof of a cave.
What are stalactites.
The mined alien material that can weaken Superman.
What is Kryptonite?
The letter combination representing gold on the Periodic Table of Elements.
What is Au.
The name for the exploration of underground caves.
What is Spelunking?
The method of mining that harvests 57% of the world's uranium.
What is In-Situ mining?
What is copper?
Name the popular computer game created by Mojang, where the player is called "Steve?"
What is Minecraft?
Another name for Pyrite.
What is "Fool's Gold"?
The lowest point on Earth, including those that are under water.
What is Challenger's Deep?
(What is the Mariana Trench?)
The largest amount that is taken off of a mountain in Mountaintop Mining.
What is 1,000 ft?
What are troy pounds?
What is Steven Universe?
The Ancient city known as "The City of Gold."
What is El Dorado?
(What is Quivira, City of the Caesars, La Canela, Paititi, or Lanka.)
Adjective which is Latin for "below the ground."
What is Subterranean?
What the letters in the acronym ANFO stand for?
What is Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil.
One of the many negative effects of inhaling coal dust.
What are respiratory issues, Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) or "black lung disease," or COPD.
The birthstone representing the month of July.
What is a Ruby?
What year the Californian Gold Rush began.
a) 1748
b) 1828
c) 1848
d) 1928
When is 1848?
The type of bird used in coal mining to determine if their air was breathable.
What is a Canary?
3 risks of Hydraulic Fracking.
What is...
Contamination of groundwater
Methane pollution
Air pollution impacts
Exposure to toxic chemicals
Blowouts due to gas explosion
Fracking-induced earthquakes
Severe headaches
Childhood Leukemia
Asthma
Cardiac issues
Birth defects
Cancer
(Other.)?
The modern cellphone contains this many different minerals.
a. 63
b. 35
c. 30
d. 45
How many is 35.
(Including gold, silver, copper, tellurium, lithium, cobalt, manganese, tungsten, and zinc.)
Names of all of Snow White's mining friends.
Who are Doc, Grumpy, Bashful, Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy and Dopey.