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Pizzuto was camping with two other men near the town of McCall, in central Idaho, when he encountered 58-year-old Berta Herndon and her 37-year-old nephew Del Herndon, who were prospecting in the area.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2022

Pizzuto was camping with two other men when he encountered Berta Herndon, 58, and her nephew, Del Herndon, 37, who were prospecting in the area.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2022

International companies that were prospecting for oil a few years ago have now stopped work.

From Economist • Nov. 12, 2015

Many of the rejects were "prospecting letters," mailings that fish for new clients and often hook only a 2% response -- plenty, by industry standards, to justify the flow.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were prospecting in Geneva Park, where they had been all winter, driving a tunnel.

From Wild Life on the Rockies by Mills, Enos Abijah