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Other international miners, including BHP Billiton and Inco have prospected over the years, only to move on to more promising ground elsewhere.

From Reuters • Apr. 29, 2011

So far as we have prospected, this strip of sand is full of them.

From For Jacinta by Bindloss, Harold

It is said that some miners have prospected this stream, but I could learn nothing definite about it.

From Klondyke Nuggets A Brief Description of the Great Gold Regions in the Northwest by Ladue, Joseph Francis

You can't lose me in these mountains; I have prospected all over them, and I have seen where the haunted mine is located a hundred times.

From The Haunted Mine by Castlemon, Harry

"Besides, you might have prospected a bit first anyway," presently she went on, watching the tips of her slender white fingers held out transparent towards the fire.

From The Girl of the Golden West by Belasco, David