California Gold Rush

 

H A E L R S E E K R L A T E M S
S L Z I E D I S C O V E R Y R A
I S I M C N E O T T G S O E I W
L D C I A A L D B C T T P T C M
B E I N L D L O E E T A E E H I
A T L I P G N I R P P K D G M L
T S B N H A O C F S M E O G O L
S U U G N A E L W O R A L U V F
E A P Z T S G E D R R E T N E O
L H A G N I N N A P E N N S M R
I X E V I S N E P X E T I I E T
T E V A L U A B L E T E T A N U
W E A L T H R S T R I K E U T N
D A N G E R O U S C L A I M S E
D W E R H S U R S G N I G G I D
T N E M E L T T E S F O R T Y S

 


THE WORDS:
BONANZA CALIFORNIA CLAIM
DANGEROUS DIGGINGS DISCOVERY
ESTABLISH EXHAUSTED EXPENSIVE
FORTUNE FORTY GOLD
LODE METAL MINING
MOVEMENT NEWSPAPERS NINER
NUGGET PANNING PLACER
PROSPECTOR PUBLICIZE RICH
RUSH SAWMILL SECRET
SEEK SETTLEMENT SHREWD
STAKE STAMPEDE STRIKE
SUTTER VALUABLE WEALTH


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Build the mysterious sentence with all the remaining letters (don't forget to start from the top left-hand corner):

__ __ __   __ __   __ __ __   __ __ __ __   __ __ __ __   __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ . 
__ __ __ __ __ __   __ __ . 

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How it works:
The 2 numbers show you where the first letter of the word can be found (first number = column; 2nd figure = line)
The letter tells you where it is written (N = North, S = South, E = East, W = West)

For example: the "B" of "BONANZA" (9,4,SW) is in the 9th column, on the 4th line.

(Over,Down,Direction) BONANZA(9,4,SW) CALIFORNIA(5,3,SE) CLAIM(10,14,E) DANGEROUS(1,14,E) DIGGINGS(16,15,W) DISCOVERY(6,2,E) ESTABLISH(1,9,N) EXHAUSTED(2,12,N) EXPENSIVE(11,11,W) FORTUNE(16,8,S) FORTY(11,16,E) GOLD(6,6,SE) LODE(13,8,N) METAL(15,1,W) MINING(4,3,S) MOVEMENT(15,6,S) NEWSPAPERS(7,10,NE) NINER(15,12,NW) NUGGET(14,9,N) PANNING(10,10,W) PLACER(5,6,N) PROSPECTOR(10,10,N) PUBLICIZE(3,9,N) RICH(15,2,S) RUSH(8,15,W) SAWMILL(16,1,S) SECRET(6,9,NE) SEEK(6,1,E) SETTLEMENT(10,16,W) SHREWD(6,15,W) STAKE(12,3,S) STAMPEDE(14,10,NW) STRIKE(8,13,E) SUTTER(15,14,NW) VALUABLE(3,12,E) WEALTH(1,13,E)

All is not gold that glitters. 

 



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