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Wilson had prospected the Kanab area before and filed claims.

From Time Magazine Archive

A miner had prospected up this river for an estimated distance of forty miles in the season of 1887.

From From Paris to New York by Land by De Windt, Harry

She had prospected and hunted in the mountains with her uncle, weeks at a time.

From The Border Legion by Grey, Zane

They had prospected the place and found it entirely suited to their agricultural needs.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 by Creswicke, Louis

They had prospected round, but hitherto without success.

From The Woodlands Orchids by Boyle, Frederick