Mining Cootie Catcher

Mining Cootie Catcher

MEC Mining && Money Catcher Create Play • Separate these instructions from the MEC Catcher at the cut line. • Start with the catcher closed. • Lay catcher printed side down. • One player chooses an outside term: Mining, Money, Shared or Geoheritage. • Fold two corners together to form a large triangle. Unfold. Do the same • The other player counts out the number of letters in the term, opening and for the other two corners. closing the catcher in an alternating direction for each letter. • Fold each corner to the center of the paper to create a smaller square. • Choose one of the terms inside and lift the flap to learn more. • Flip catcher over. Fold each corner to the center of the paper to create a • Switch players and continue choosing terms until you’ve read them all. smaller square. • Fold catcher in half to create a rectangle. Visit www.MineralsEducationCoalition.org/ESW to learn more about • Slide your thumbs and pointer fingers under the four flaps and push how mining has shaped money and Our Shared Geoheritage. together to create the catcher. ✂ ✂ Geoheritage Act Coinage 1792 1792 Shared In 1792, the Coinage Act creates the first mint in the then U.S. capital, Philadelphia, and establishes the Comstock the East Coast pan for gold in Alluvial Lode silver standard. streams and dig just below the surface for gold. The first Gold Rush In the early 1800s, U.S. settlers on is in NC & GA. 1800 1863 s Comstock Lode discovery of 1859. to coin silver from the to coin silver In 1863 the Carson City, In 1863 the Carson City, NV mint was established City, NV City, Placer hopes of riches. riches. of hopes Carson Carson the globe move to CA in in CA to move globe the immigrants from around around from immigrants across the country and and country the across fortune seekers from from seekers fortune In 1849, 300,000 300,000 1849, In Mining 1849 California Money Gold Rush.

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