Montana's Gold and Silver Boom - Chapter 6

Montana's first major gold strike was _______________

• Bannack

• Virginia City

• Nevada City

• Helena

The second gold discovery in Montana was __________

• Virginia City

• Helena

• Bannack

• Deer Lodge

The third major gold strike in Montana was ____________

• Helena

• Bannack

• Nevada City

• Virginia City

Grasshopper Creek turned into the town of ____________

• Bannack

• Helena

• Virginia City

• Nevada City

Alder Gulch creates a string of fourteen towns, the biggest town was __________

• Virginia City

• Nevada City

• Bannack

• Deer Lodge

A person who determined the value of gold.

• assayer

• banker

• miner

• sheriff

When an area no longer yielded (contained) gold.

• played out

• skunked

• scad

• placer

Recovering gold from gravel in a shallow pan

• placer mining

• hydraulic mining

• hard rock mining

• quartz mining

A place where large rocks were crushed into sand

• stamp mill

• assayer's office

• livery

• dredge boats

The sheriff of Bannack who was also the leader of the road agents

• Henry Plummer

• Clubfoot George Lane

• Jack Slade

• Sidney Edgerton