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placer mining

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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 mining - mining valuable minerals from a placer by washing or dredgingplacer mining - mining valuable minerals from a placer by washing or dredging
mining, excavation - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
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placer mining
n (in rivers) → Goldwaschen nt
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Recreational gold mining is almost entirely small-scale placer mining.
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[FIGURE 2 OMITTED] Significant placer mining took place on about a hundred streams, fifteen of which produced in excess of 5000 ounces of gold (Table 1, Fig.
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Placer Mining Placer mining is practiced when the metal is found in unconsolidated deposits of sand and gravel from which the gold can be easily separated because of its high density.
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