prospected
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With little formal education, Mulholland had left his native Ireland in his teens, worked steamer ships on the Great Lakes, labored in lumber camps and prospected for gold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
JOHANNESBURG—For years, hundreds of illegal miners known locally as zama zamas prospected for gold on this patch of land on the outskirts of the city with hammers and chisels in hand-dug tunnels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
Small fragments of the specimen were "prospected" using ultraviolet lights at night.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2023
Bolsonaro’s father prospected for gold at Serra Pelada, where Dirceu first saw gold mining, and the president sometimes draws on his upbringing to rally support from prospectors.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
There ain’t a sign of color left there, so pop says; and he’s prospected all through the range 64 on that far side.
From Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold by Alice B. Emerson
