Miners in the 1800s Crossword Puzzle

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Miners in the 1800s Crossword Puzzle

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  • pickaxes : miners mostly used _
  • electrocution : _ was a very common injury for miners
  • locomotives : _ trains hauled the coal
  • coal : primarily mining for _
  • dangerous : children often did more _ jobs
  • nevada : major mining booms were in california, colorado, and _
  • boom towns : mining towns were called _
  • deforestation : mining caused _
  • arsenic : _ was a very common poisoning for miners
  • twelve : miners usually worked _ hour days
  • fire : poor lighting caused oil lamps creating _ hazards
  • immigrants : _ were the most common people seen in mines
  • fifties : black lung disease caused miners to pass before there _
  • flooding : _ was a very frequent danger
  • explosions : fire-damp (a chemical) caused many dangerous _
  • forty niners : the people who rushed to california to mine gold were _
  • kids : there were more serious injuries and deaths with _ working
  • forty-four : children got paid _ cents per day
  • animals : miners used _ to see if there was a gas leak
  • malnutrition : miners suffered from severe _