gold placer
1Gold placer claim — In the United States, a placer claim grants to the discoveror of valuable minerals contained in loose material such as sand or gravel the right to mine on public land. Other countries such as Canada, Mexico, and Australia grant similar rights. In …
2Gold mining in Alaska — Gold mining in Alaska, a state of the United States, has been a major industry and impetus for exploration and settlement since a few years after the United States acquired the territory from Russia. Russian explorers discovered placer gold in… …
3Gold prospecting — is the act of going equipped to find gold in rocks or in stream beds with a view to exploiting that discovery. This usually means individual prospectors, as opposed to those trained and educated individuals working for mining companies. Up until… …
4gold digging — noun 1. : a gold placer mine 2. gold diggings plural : a district containing gold placer mines …
5placer — I. noun Date: 1579 one that places: as a. one that deposits or arranges b. one of the winners in a competition II. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Spanish, from Catalan, submarine plain, from plaza place, from Latin platea broad street… …
6Gold mining in the United States — has taken place since the discovery of gold at the Reed farm in North Carolina in 1799.In 2006 the United States produced approximately 8.360 million troy ounces (260 tonnes) of gold, making it the second or third largest gold producing nation,… …
7Placer, Surigao del Norte — Placer is a 4th class municipality in the province of Surigao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 21,542 people in 4,237 households.BarangaysPlacer is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. * Amoslog *… …
8Placer mining — (pronounced plass er ) refers to the mining of alluvial deposits for minerals. This may be done by open pit (also called open cast mining) or by various forms of tunneling into ancient riverbeds. Excavation may be accomplished using water… …
9placer mining — ☆ placer mining [plas′ər ] n. mining of placer deposits by washing, dredging, or other hydraulic methods * * * Oldest method of recovering gold from alluvial deposits. It takes advantage of gold s high density, which causes it to sink more… …
10Gold mining — Gold mine redirects here. See Goldmine for other uses of the term. Gold mining consists of the processes and techniques employed in the removal of gold from the ground. There are several techniques by which gold may be extracted from the Earth.… …
