CWWFileFormat=2.0 PuzzleTitle=The California Gold Rush PuzzleSubtitle= CreatedBy= CreditsLine=www.CrosswordWeaver.com CustomAlphabet=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ@.49 Columns=19 Rows=17 TightlyCrossed=F LooseAutoSize=T SymmetryMode=No Symmetry EveryPuzzleDifferent=T FlagOneLetterSlots=F FlagTwoLetterSlots=F ShowHotSpots=F Exchanged=F LGCS=18320 [Paper Size and Margins] Printer=hp deskjet 990c Orientation=0 PaperWidth=8.5 PaperHeight=11 MarginTop=0.75 MarginLeft=0.95 MarginRight=0.95 MarginBottom=0.75 PutFrameOnCode=7 FrameStyle=None = None 0, None 12632256, None 0 FrameInsideTop=0.25 FrameInsideLeft=0.25 FrameInsideRight=0.25 FrameInsideBottom=0.25 FrameOutsideTop=0.5 FrameOutsideLeft=0.5 FrameOutsideRight=0.5 FrameOutsideBottom=0.63 [Unsolved Puzzle] CellWidth=0.25 CellHeight=0.25 GridLineThickness=0.01 BlockedCellColor=0 RemovedCellColor=16777215 CellNumberPercent=36 PuzzlePage=1 PuzzleLeft=0.925 PuzzleTop=0 [Solution] AlignSolution=T CellWidthSol=0.15 CellHeightSol=0.15 GridLineThicknessSol=0.01 CellLetterPercent=90 SolutionFont=Arial SolutionThemeBold=T SolutionThemeColor=F [Clues and Columns] ClueColumns=2 SeparateClues=F AcrossText=Across DownText=Down LeadingPercentage=115 ClueNumberFont=Arial ClueNumberFontSize=11 ClueNumberBold=T ClueTextFont=Arial ClueTextFontSize=11 ClueThemeBold=T ClueThemeItalic=T ClueThemeInColor=F ClueThemeAllCaps=F AcrDwnFont=Arial AcrDwnFontSize=11 AcrDwnBold=T AcrDwnCapitals=T NewColumnDown=T WordBankCB=F WordBankMode=Bottom WordBankSort=Alpha WordBankHeader=WORD BANK: WordBankPager=1 asWordBankHeight=0 [Title and Credits Details] PutTitleOnCode=2 TitleFont=Times New Roman TitleFontSize=36 TitleColor=0 TitleBIUS=FFFF SubtitleFont=Times New Roman SubtitleFontSize=18 SubtitleColor=0 SubtitleBIUS=FFFF SubtitleExtraSpacing=0.000 CreditsFont=Times New Roman CreditsFontSize=7 [Auto-Layout] AutoLayout=T AutoMargins=T AutoTitleSize=T AutoCellSize=T AutoCellShape=T AutoCenter=T AutoLayout_OnApply=T AutoLayout_OnSpill=T AutoClueColumns=T AutoNewColumn=T AutoClueSize=T AutoClueSpacing=T AutoLayoutPageChoice=1 AskBeforeUsingTwoPages=T GRID: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ j ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ a ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ m ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ j a m e s m a r s h a l l ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ s ~ ~ ~ ~ a ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ p ~ j o h n s u t t e r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ o ~ ~ ~ ~ f ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ l ~ ~ ~ ~ r ~ ~ ~ c ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ k ~ ~ ~ ~ a ~ ~ ~ a ~ 4 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ n ~ ~ ~ l ~ 9 ~ ~ ~ s ~ ~ ~ a m e r i c a n r i v e r ~ ~ i ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~ ~ f ~ r ~ g o l d f e v e r ~ ~ s ~ ~ ~ o ~ s ~ ~ ~ v ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ c ~ ~ ~ r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ e i g h t e e n f o r t y n i n e ~ ~ r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ s a m b r a n n a n ~ ~ END GRID THEME WORDS: 0 -- JamesMarshall |Man who first discovered an abundance of gold in California (2 wds.) 0 -- SamBrannan |Became the richest man in California by exploiting the law of supply and demand. First became rich by buying all the gold mining equipment in the area, dramatically spreading the word about the discovery of gold, and then selling the equipment for an amazing profit (2 wds.) 0 -- JamesPolk |President of the United States who verified to the country that there was gold in California, causing many to go West (2 wds.) 0 -- AmericanRiver |The river where gold was first discovered in California (2 wds.) 0 -- Eighteenfortynine |Year gold fever caused thousands to leave their occupations and go to California (spelled out, no hyphens) 0 -- SanFrancisco |City that boomed in business and population due to the coming gold seekers (2 wds.) 0 -- JohnSutter |Individual who was employing James Marshall and others to build a saw mill when they first found gold. He eventually lost his plantation due to miners who overran his place for food and mining materials (2 wds.) 0 -- California |Region where gold rush took place, which had not yet become an official state 0 -- 49ers |San Francisco NFL team named for those who came to mine during the gold rush. (use numbers and letters) 0 -- Silver |Discovery of this material in Nevada brought an official end to the gold rush 0 -- GoldFever |Name given to the over-excitement that those who came to mine for gold had END THEME WORDS CURRENT CLUES ACROSS: 2 JAMESMARSHALL |Man who first discovered an abundance of gold in California (2 wds.) 4 JOHNSUTTER |Individual who was employing James Marshall and others to build a saw mill when they first found gold. He eventually lost his plantation due to miners who overran his place for food and mining materials (2 wds.) 8 AMERICANRIVER |The river where gold was first discovered in California (2 wds.) 9 GOLDFEVER |Name given to the over-excitement that those who came to mine for gold had 10 EIGHTEENFORTYNINE |Year gold fever caused thousands to leave their occupations and go to California (spelled out, no hyphens) 11 SAMBRANNAN |Became the richest man in California by exploiting the law of supply and demand. First became rich by buying all the gold mining equipment in the area, dramatically spreading the word about the discovery of gold, and then selling the equipment for an amazing profit (2 wds.) CURRENT CLUES DOWN: 1 JAMESPOLK |President of the United States who verified to the country that there was gold in California, causing many to go West (2 wds.) 3 SANFRANCISCO |City that boomed in business and population due to the coming gold seekers (2 wds.) 5 CALIFORNIA |Region where gold rush took place, which had not yet become an official state 6 49ERS |San Francisco NFL team named for those who came to mine during the gold rush. (use numbers and letters) 7 SILVER |Discovery of this material in Nevada brought an official end to the gold rush END CURRENT CLUES END.