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placer miner

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placer mining
n.
The obtaining of minerals from placers by washing or dredging.
placer miner n.
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Noun1.placer miner - a miner who extracts minerals from a placer by washing or dredgingplacer miner - a miner who extracts minerals from a placer by washing or dredging
miner, mineworker - laborer who works in a mine
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William (Bill) Hong worked hard all his life as a placer miner, and in winter he toiled at many other jobs, from cutting firewood to working on the railroads.
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It has become apparent while conducting this research that most of the diamond discoveries in the Yukon have occurred by accident, mainly by placer miners serendipitously coming across the gems while examining their cleanup," the authors note.
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Striking "paydirt" as a placer miner involved a considerable degree of chance and most claims did not supply steady forms of income.
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