MCC Montana History Chapter 6

Most mining towns needed a/an ________ to determine the value of gold.

• panning

• played out

• assayer

• quartz mining

• stamp mill

An area was ________ when it no longer yielded gold.

• panning

• played out

• assayer

• quartz mining

• stamp mill

Recovering gold or silver embedded in rock requires ________.

• panning

• played out

• assayer

• quartz mining

• stamp mill

________ separates gold from gravel in a shallow wooden pan.

• panning

• played out

• assayer

• quartz mining

• stamp mill

Large rocks were crushed into sand at a/an ________.

• panning

• played out

• assayer

• quartz mining

• stamp mill

Benetsee discovered

• Alder Gulch

• Grasshopper Creek

• Last Chance Gulch

• Deer Lodge Valley

• Granite Mountain

Charles McClure discovered

• Alder Gulch

• Grasshopper Creek

• Last Chance Gulch

• Deer Lodge Valley

• Granite Mountain

John White discovered

• Alder Gulch

• Grasshopper Creek

• Last Chance Gulch

• Deer Lodge Valley

• Granite Mountain

Bill Fairweather discovered

• Alder Gulch

• Grasshopper Creek

• Last Chance Gulch

• Deer Lodge Valley

• Granite Mountain

The expression "boom and bust" explains a/an...

• economic cycle.

• method of hard-rock mining.

• slogan for settlers heading west.

• agricultural technique.