placer
Example Sentences
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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
That’s because we were after the same thing: tiny flecks of placer gold that wash into streambeds.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2017
Methods of the California placer miner were used by the Chicago police in recovering the valuables lost in the mad rush for safety by the Iroquois theater fire victims.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
