placer
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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
Bond, who has been working for the Yukon Geological Survey since 1997, is on his periodic rounds, visiting placer miners, looking at their operations and chatting about what they’re finding.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
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
Along the sea-coast to the south it has some placer gold mines.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears
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