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

One may still run across a few men who are sticklers upon the point that a placer is not a mine.

From The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines by Hoskin, Arthur J.