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Definition of Placer mining
1. Noun. Mining valuable minerals from a placer by washing or dredging.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Placer Mining
Literary usage of Placer mining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"The claim under the placer mining law was first brought to the attention of those
officers and, upon ex parte proofs presented In support of that claim, ..."
2. Mining in the Pacific States of North America by John Shertzer Hittell (1862)
"placer mining is not only much cheaper, because the earthy matter may be so ...
Comparison of Quartz with placer mining. The mode of working will depend ..."
3. A Treatise on the American Law Relating to Mines and Mineral Lands Within by Curtis Holbrook Lindley (1914)
"Laws relating to the location and relocation of placer mining claims.—p. 2515.
III. Reference to miscellaneous legislation on mining subjects.—p. 2516. ..."
4. Mining Rights on the Public Domain: Lode and Placer Claims, Tunnels, Mill by Robert Stewart Morrison (1908)
"1001, extending the mining laws to saline lands, the provisions of the law relating
to placer-mining claims are extended to all States and Territories and ..."
5. Bulletin (1914)
"placer mining The district was first worked for its placer gold, and for years
made a considerable production from the smaller tributaries of the main ..."
6. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"The claim under the placer mining law was first brought to the attention of those
officers and, upon ex parte proofs presented In support of that claim, ..."
7. Mining in the Pacific States of North America by John Shertzer Hittell (1862)
"placer mining is not only much cheaper, because the earthy matter may be so ...
Comparison of Quartz with placer mining. The mode of working will depend ..."
8. A Treatise on the American Law Relating to Mines and Mineral Lands Within by Curtis Holbrook Lindley (1914)
"Laws relating to the location and relocation of placer mining claims.—p. 2515.
III. Reference to miscellaneous legislation on mining subjects.—p. 2516. ..."
9. Mining Rights on the Public Domain: Lode and Placer Claims, Tunnels, Mill by Robert Stewart Morrison (1908)
"1001, extending the mining laws to saline lands, the provisions of the law relating
to placer-mining claims are extended to all States and Territories and ..."
10. Bulletin (1914)
"placer mining The district was first worked for its placer gold, and for years
made a considerable production from the smaller tributaries of the main ..."