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"Growing Up In Coal Country by Susan Campbell Bartoletti": HTML5 Crossword |
Across3. Even though miner's families received a discount on coal they dug from the dangerous ______ banks. (4)
5. In the summer boys would swim in the ponds formed by the breaker runoff, they would come home covered in grimy ____. (4)
6. What do you call a long piece of wood that was jabbed into the wheel of a moving mine cart to control the speed? (6)
8. What do you call the horse drawn ambulance that came to retrieve injured miners? (10)
11. ________ were common between the miners. (13)
12. When a boy gave his payday money to his mom but kept a few change, what do you call this? (9)
13. Mule driver was the most _______ job. (8)
14. What do you call the lunch pails that miners filled with beer to take home? (8,0)
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Down1. Boys would pay $5 for the movies or go to the _____. (6)
2. Each miner hired their own ______ or helper. (5)
4. Who were the patch villages owned by? (7)
7. Men made time for ______ at saloons and pubs. (10)
9. Who was usually the youngest in the mines? (7)
10. What did patch village residents do to cure the gloomy soot that accumulated on their homes? (10)
11. Breaker boys were quite _______ when getting back at their bosses. (6)
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ACROSS
3. Even though miner's families received a discount on coal they dug from the dangerous ______ banks. (4)
5. In the summer boys would swim in the ponds formed by the breaker runoff, they would come home covered in grimy ____. (4)
6. What do you call a long piece of wood that was jabbed into the wheel of a moving mine cart to control the speed? (6)
8. What do you call the horse drawn ambulance that came to retrieve injured miners? (10)
11. ________ were common between the miners. (13)
12. When a boy gave his payday money to his mom but kept a few change, what do you call this? (9)
13. Mule driver was the most _______ job. (8)
14. What do you call the lunch pails that miners filled with beer to take home? (8,0)
DOWN
1. Boys would pay $5 for the movies or go to the _____. (6)
2. Each miner hired their own ______ or helper. (5)
4. Who were the patch villages owned by? (7)
7. Men made time for ______ at saloons and pubs. (10)
9. Who was usually the youngest in the mines? (7)
10. What did patch village residents do to cure the gloomy soot that accumulated on their homes? (10)
11. Breaker boys were quite _______ when getting back at their bosses. (6)

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