Utah mining Chapt. 9

Match the correct information based on your reading:

• Ore that was rich in silver, lead, gold

• Alta

• Mines Emma Prince of Wales South Helca

• Stockton

• Bingham Bros. first to discover rich ore

• Bingham Canyon

• Utah's first non-Mormon town

• Park City

• A town of shacks, saloons, gambling

• Ophir

Earlier settlers mined salt, sulphur, silver, lead, and coal

• True

• False

Businessmen realized there was plenty of money to be made by

• Working in the mines

• "Mining the miners"

• Investing in mining towns

• Selling land near mines

Trains made it possible to remove __________ from the mines and deliver it to smelters or factories.

• gold

• ore

• coal

• silver

Brigham Young discouraged the Bingham brothers from prospecting. He wanted them to focus on __________ and ____________.

• farming and building

• planting and exploring

• mining and railroads

• church meetings and building

Washing ore to find gold is called:

• placer mining

• gold digging

• lode mining

• oring

When soldiers learned from Native Americans there was _________, ____________, and _________ nearby, the mining town of Ophir was established.

• gold, gold, and gold

• ore, coal, and lead

• silver, gold, and lead

• sulphur, salt, and uranium

Alta mines were known for

What was found in Parley's Canyon?

Park City attracted workers from many