placer
Example Sentences
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Dorr, whose story earned newspaper coverage in subsequent years, claimed the sand there was “very rich in placer gold.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
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 Arthur J. Hoskin
