placer
Example Sentences
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Here’s the thing with California’s oranges: The California gold rush, smack in the middle of the 19th century, was an enormous splash in the placer pan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2024
Simonson, a conference placer in diving, has been accepted academically to go to Notre Dame.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 8, 2021
Mr. Tremblay began placer mining a few years ago, a passion he admitted is stoked more by the thrill of discovery than the prospect of striking it rich.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2017
The placer gold, the gold that had been washed down the mountains into streams and rivers, was quickly exhausted, and what remained was deep below ground.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
"Men get rich placer mining now and then, and it might happen to me," he said.
From Delilah of the Snows by Bindloss, Harold
