Mining
A soft mineral mined in Utah
What is coal?
What is Omaha, Nebraska?
Utah's nickname.
What is the Beehive State?
Why are seagulls the state bird of Utah?
Because crickets were eating the settlers' crops and seagulls came and ate the crickets. Seagulls saved Utahns from starvation!
Allosaurus
What is the state fossil of Utah?
A hard mineral mined in Utah.
What is gold or silver?
The starting point for the Central Pacific company.
What is Sacramento, California?
California Gull
What is the state bird of Utah?
Why is the Sego lily the state flower?
The sego lily represents peace
The region of the United States that Utah is in
What is the West?
A mining town in Utah
2 things that made building the railroad difficult for either side.
What are Plains Indians, buffalo, mountains, tunnelling, immigrant workers, finding labor, etc.?
The state tree of Utah.
What is a quaking aspen?
Why is Utah the Beehive state?
Because the people in Utah are hardworking, like bees in a beehive.
2 symbols on the Utah state flag.
What are (any of the following) the beehive, the sego lily, the eagle, the US flag, "Industry", arrows, etc.?
2 dangers involved in mining in the Old West.
What are (any of the following) mine explosions, cave ins, carbon monoxide (or afterdamp), coal dust, etc.
The place where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific finally met up.
What is Promontory Summit, Utah?
State rock of Utah.
What is coal?
Why are the eagle and United States flags on the Utah state flag?
They represent Utah's becoming part of the United States and obtaining protection from the federal government.
This mine explosion caused a man outside the entrance to be thrown 600ft away and live.
What is The Scofield Mine Disaster?
One possible cause of the Scofield mine explosion.
What is (any of the following) blasting powder, dry coal dust in the air, a lamp left on too long?
May 10, 1869.
When was the Golden Spike ceremony held?
Topaz
What is the state gem of Utah?
Why are the years 1847 and 1896 on the Utah flag?
1847 is the year the pioneers arrived in Salt Lake, and 1896 is the year Utah became a state
This was one of the most dangerous tasks Chinese workers were given on the transcontinental railroad.
Hanging over the edge of a cliff in a bucket to light dynamite in the rock face.