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| lode | a mass or strip of ore sandwiched between layers of rock |
| ore | a mineral mined for the valuable substance it contains, such as silver |
| vigilante | people who take the law into their own hands |
| subsidy | grant of money from the government to a person or a company for an action intended to benefit the public |
| transcontinental | extending across a continent |
| open range | land not fenced or divided into lots |
| cooperative | store where farmers bought products from each other |
| Populist Party | U.S. political party formed in 1892 representing mainly farmers favoring free coinage of silver and government control of railroads and other monopolies |
| free silver | the unlimited production of silver coins |
| dry farming | a way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in ground where ther is some moisture |
| nomadic | moving from place to place with no permanent home |
| reservation | an area of public land set aside for Native Americans |
