In addition, it was accepted that some groups knew how to take advantage of any rich ores found in placer deposits in streams. From Wordnik.com. [Did you know? Lots of "real" Aztec gold was only tumbaga.] Reference
The second type of gold deposit is called a placer deposit. From Wordnik.com. [Gold] Reference
Such deposits, where minerals are concentrated by their weight, are called placer deposits. From Wordnik.com. [Archaeometrical Study of Craft Activities « Interactive Dig Sagalassos – City in the Clouds] Reference
This shoal or placer, which is of the extent of 200 square leagues, is well known only to the tribe of the. From Wordnik.com. [Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America] Reference
When these streams slow down, the diamonds are deposited in the stream sands in what are called placer deposits. From Wordnik.com. [Diamond] Reference
As Dalton and I learned this morning, season six’s third-placer is every bit as level-headed off the Project Runway set. From Wordnik.com. ['Project Runway Talk' with Carol Hannah: 'I don't think I've been that depressed in a really long time' | EW.com] Reference
The larger operations of this kind are called "placer" and "dredge" mining. From Wordnik.com. [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference
Gold found in streams like this is called "placer" gold - hence -Placerita Canyon. From Wordnik.com. [May 2009] Reference
People are already scattered over one hundred miles of land, and it is supposed that the 'placer' extends from river to river. From Wordnik.com. [What I Saw in California] Reference
The subject of the suit was the right to a "placer" mine in Yuba River, at Park's. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State] Reference
My principal purpose, however, was to visit the newly-discovered gold "placer," in the. From Wordnik.com. [The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources] Reference
Yesterday and to-day nothing has been talked of but the new gold "placer," as people call it. From Wordnik.com. [California Four Months among the Gold-Finders, being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold Districts] Reference
Originally from my own county, Tipperary, he had gone to California in the early days of the "placer" mines. From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer] Reference
The gold "placer" near the mission of San Fernando has long been known, but has been little wrought for want of water. From Wordnik.com. [The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources] Reference
The placer mines are chiefly in Alaska and California. From Wordnik.com. [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference
In all there were fifteen placer claims staked on Anvil. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman who went to Alaska] Reference
The gold first discovered in California was placer gold. From Wordnik.com. [The Western United States A Geographical Reader] Reference
Weller is owner of the biggest placer mines in the country. From Wordnik.com. [Tabitha's Vacation] Reference
Gold, or placer digging as it was called, was at its height. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
In the first case it is obtained in crude form by placer mining. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
For this reason hydraulic placer mining has been stopped by law. From Wordnik.com. [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference
Tomorrow he could go to Poncha Springs and work his placer claim. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Below Climax] Reference
Then the really astute placer has a chance to demonstrate his efficiency. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
All the mining of Montana is now confined to the placer or gulch diggings. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
The placer diggings are at their greatest depth here, but exceedingly rich. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
At the time we were there the placer mining had been abandoned, except by some. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
There are lesser, but important resources of placer gold in Montana, Idaho, and. From Wordnik.com. [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference
I got my saddle horse and we moved down the trail, the Captain talking about his placer. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheep Eaters] Reference
Mr. McKensey told the Captain that I was quite an expert in placer mining and had been in the Black. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheep Eaters] Reference
During the early years of placer mining in California thousands of acres of rich lands in the foothills were destroyed. From Wordnik.com. [Conservation Reader] Reference
Well we worked down to the Sea, and a few hours each day dug at placer mining. after forty eight days we took our gold about. From Wordnik.com. [Black Beaver The Trapper] Reference
Here we turned up in search of placer mining, the short summer soon past and we returned to Dawson and fitted out for the winter. From Wordnik.com. [Black Beaver The Trapper] Reference
"Farthest North" railroad, known as the "Wild Goose" road, leading up to some of the most important placer mines on the peninsula. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts on the Yukon] Reference
I went in, and my attention was directed to a series of papers unfolded on his table, in which lay about half an ounce of placer gold. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
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