sluice

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People on social media brandish gold-flecked pans and nuggets while showing off their equipment, ranging from old-fashioned picks to gold-separating sluice boxes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Satellite images showed water washing over damaged sluice gates.

From Washington Times • Jun. 6, 2023

At the mining sluice, kids can pan for up to 20 gemstones and treasures.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2023

“A river is really a giant sluice box,” said Barron Brandon, a former mining executive who pans for gold in his spare time and has found enough pieces to fill a finger-size glass vial.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023

I scooped more mud from the sluice and swirled it around in my pan.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff