alluvial mining
Britishnoun
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Residents of La Toma have long practiced both alluvial mining — panning in the Ovejas for gold washed down from the hills — and digging for ore in tunnels cut deep into dirt and rock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2022
The contrast between the modern new plant, based in the town of Koidu, and traditional hand-dug alluvial mining could not be more stark.
From BBC ● May 21, 2012
For alluvial mining it will throw a powerful jet at 100 lb. to 120 lb. pressure, or by means of a belt will drive an experimental quartz crusher or stamp mill.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 by Various
In framing the licensing regulations, the advisers of the Crown had thought only of the possibilities of alluvial mining.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
I made innumerable attempts to find it, but in vain, and the day came when I was constrained to confess to myself that alluvial mining for me was a failure.
From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by I. Stone Sanpietro
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