placer

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His plans call for placer mining, a process that involves separating gold from the dirt and gravel beneath the ground, which he estimates was deposited in Johannesburg through ancient flash-flood and heavy rain events.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 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

The gold production of Russia has been remarkably constant, averaging �4,899,262 per annum; the gold is derived chiefly from placer workings in Siberia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various