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Definition of Placer miner
1. Noun. A miner who extracts minerals from a placer by washing or dredging.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Placer Miner
Literary usage of Placer miner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Law Timesby Armour, Edward Douglas, 1851-1922, Judicial Committee, Great Britain, Elliott, Charles, Privy Council, Gillis, Edward, Hunter, Alfred Taylour, 1867-1957, Thompson, Bram by Armour, Edward Douglas, 1851-1922, Judicial Committee, Great Britain, Elliott, Charles, Privy Council, Gillis, Edward, Hunter, Alfred Taylour, 1867-1957, Thompson, Bram (1904)
"The placer miner, on renewal (to which he has no absolute, but only a preferential,
right*, holds under an animal grant in substitution for, ..."
2. Digest of Canadian Law Reports, 1901-1905 by Walter Edwin Lear (1906)
"Dominion Lands Act — Mining Regula- tions—Royalties—placer miner—Renewal uf
Grant.]—Section 17 of the Mining Regulations passed under the Dominion Lands Set ..."
3. The Canada Law Journal by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1904)
"The placer miner's right to a renewal is not absolute but merely preferential,
and he holds under an annual grant in substitution for, ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"It withdraws land which might better be left open for other uses, and it imposes
upon the placer miner the burden of buying extensive acreage which he ..."
5. Proceedings by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain) (1893)
"Any man of ordinary intelligence may soon become an expert placer miner. It is
after all, in the main, a poor man's method of mining ; and, as a rule, ..."
6. Elements of Metallurgy: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Extracting Metals by John Arthur Phillips (1887)
"Water is the principal agent employed by the placer miner, and ita abundance or
... The appliances made use of by the placer miner are exceedingly simple, ..."
7. The Canadian Law Timesby Armour, Edward Douglas, 1851-1922, Judicial Committee, Great Britain, Elliott, Charles, Privy Council, Gillis, Edward, Hunter, Alfred Taylour, 1867-1957, Thompson, Bram by Armour, Edward Douglas, 1851-1922, Judicial Committee, Great Britain, Elliott, Charles, Privy Council, Gillis, Edward, Hunter, Alfred Taylour, 1867-1957, Thompson, Bram (1904)
"The placer miner, on renewal (to which he has no absolute, but only a preferential,
right*, holds under an animal grant in substitution for, ..."
8. Digest of Canadian Law Reports, 1901-1905 by Walter Edwin Lear (1906)
"Dominion Lands Act — Mining Regula- tions—Royalties—placer miner—Renewal uf
Grant.]—Section 17 of the Mining Regulations passed under the Dominion Lands Set ..."
9. The Canada Law Journal by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1904)
"The placer miner's right to a renewal is not absolute but merely preferential,
and he holds under an annual grant in substitution for, ..."
10. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"It withdraws land which might better be left open for other uses, and it imposes
upon the placer miner the burden of buying extensive acreage which he ..."
11. Proceedings by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain) (1893)
"Any man of ordinary intelligence may soon become an expert placer miner. It is
after all, in the main, a poor man's method of mining ; and, as a rule, ..."
12. Elements of Metallurgy: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Extracting Metals by John Arthur Phillips (1887)
"Water is the principal agent employed by the placer miner, and ita abundance or
... The appliances made use of by the placer miner are exceedingly simple, ..."
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