Gold Rush Word Search
Find words about nineteenth-century gold seekers, mining tools, boomtowns, and the California Gold Rush.
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Words to find
Drag across a word, or tap its first and last letter. Tap a word in the list for a hint.
About the Gold Rush Word Search
This puzzle covers the people, places, tools, and hardships associated with gold rushes, especially the California Gold Rush. Look for words such as Sutter's Mill, Forty-Niners, sluice box, and Sacramento. It suits students learning about westward expansion, history enthusiasts, and anyone curious about prospecting and the boomtowns that grew around mining camps.
All 46 words in this puzzle
Each grid hides a different handful of these, so press New puzzle for a fresh one whenever you like.
- American River
- Assay
- Banker
- Bonanza
- Boomtown
- Bounty
- California
- Chinese Miners
- Claim
- Coloma
- Cradle
- Dust
- Fortune
- Forty-Niners
- General Store
- Gold Fever
- Gold Pan
- Hardship
- Humbug
- Immigration
- James Marshall
- John Sutter
- Mining Camp
- Mule
- Nugget
- Overland Trail
- Panning
- Pickaxe
- Placer Mining
- Prospector
- Quartz
- Riverboat
- Rockers
- Sacramento
- Saloon
- San Francisco
- Shovel
- Sierra Nevada
- Sluice Box
- Stagecoach
- Stake
- Supply Train
- Sutter's Mill
- Tent
- Trading Post
- Wagon Train
