Gulches/Boom Town
This Gulch was found and mined when a couple of fellas were looking for enough gold to "buy some tobacco"
Last Chance Gulch
Finding flakes of gold.
Color
When was Bannack founded?
1862
Responsible for first strike in MT in Gold Creek.
Benetsee
Describe why Native Americans would have a problem with the gold rush in MT.
White encroachment, no relationship with gold miners.
This colorfully named location was the home of the first gold strike in Montana, although it was not the first major strike that took place here.
Gold Creek
Small test hole dug in ground to find color.
Prospect hole.
Loan of food or other supplies to other miners in return for some gold.
Grubstake
Rival sheriff of Henry Plummer in the town of Bannack. Fled town to escape from Plummer.
Henry Crawford.
Explain the process in which Confederate soldiers came out West. (Specifically how it applies to Diamond City)
Union threats, steamboat, native tribes burning fuel, cut down fuel.
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!
Which directional side (North, South, East, West) of which body of water is Diamond City located on?
East side of Canyon Ferry.
Someone in search of gold. (Not a prospector)
Argonaut
Term to describe a business starting in a boomtown to sell goods at an inflated rate.
Mining the miner.
Man responsible for the findings in Virginia City.
Bill Fairweather.
Why was Diamond City named Diamond City?
Cabins arranged in that shape. "City" because it was far from a city.
What was the name of the preacher's boy from Virginia City who was found frozen, hanging from a tree?
Nicholas Theibalt
Piles of waste and gravel left behind after mining.
Tailings.
Gulch in which Diamond City is located in.
Confederate Gulch.
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Give me 3 of the 4 major overland routes that prospectors would take instead of a steamboat.
Bozeman, Mullan, Corrine, Northern Overland Route
Differences between fur trappers and gold miners as it relates to the relationship to Native Americans.
Respect for land. Trade. Trappers were around for more than three years.
This man found a large silver vein outside of Butte, Montana. He only found this vein because the telegraph telling him to stop mining hadn't reached him yet.
Charles McClure
Gold from one area is mixed with gravel or dirt of another area.
Salting
Name of Henry Plummer's wife.
Electa Bryan (NOT MRS. PLUMMER)
Steep cliff sides, narrow valleys.
The legislation that explained that the owner to a claim had the right explore any vein found on his claim.
Law of Apex