Idaho History Chapter 8 Gold

What is the name for the shiny stuff in the ground that miners came out west to find?

• Gold

• Aluminum Foil

• Glitter

What is the name for a long box on a slant used for gold mining?

• Riffles

• Gold Panning

• Ditch

• Sluice Box

What are the bars added to the bottom of a sluice box to catch gold called?

• Sluice Box

• Cradel Rocker

• Riffles

• Ruffles

What is the rocky material gold is found in called?

• Copper

• Ore

• Iron

• Stones

Which gold miner snuck onto a reservation to look for gold?

• George Washington Blackman

• Captain Elias Pierce

• William Clark

• Charles Ostner

What type of mining is done below ground?

• Gold Panning

• Lode Mining

• Placer Mining

• Tunneling

What kind of mill was designed to crush ore?

• Stamp Mill

• General Mill

• Gold Mill

• Donkey Mill

What type of mining is done above ground?

• Gold Panning

• Lode Mining

• Placer Mining

• Tunneling

What is the name for the gold mining device that resembled a baby’s bed?

• Cradle Rocker

• Crib

• Swing

• Bassinet

What job did many Basque miners end up taking?

• Farming

• Walmart

• sheep herding

• gold mining