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Definition of Prospecting
1. prospect [v] - See also: prospect
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prospecting
Literary usage of Prospecting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Kentucky Geological Survey (1907)
"prospecting THE FAULTS. Work should always be begun in the limestone side, ...
For prospecting a surface cross-cut three feet wide usually answers. ..."
2. Index of Mining Engineering Literature: Comprising an Index of Mining by Walter Richard Crane (1912)
"I. prospecting FOR ORES OF THE GOLD- FIELD TYPE. By JV Lewis. E. & MJ, vol. ...
prospecting AND MINING GOLD PLACERS IN ALASKA. By JP Hutchins. USGS, Bull. ..."
3. Bulletin by Tennessee Division of Geology, Geological Survey, Division of Geology, Tennessee (1913)
"prospecting the ore beds:—Heretofore in describing the iron ores of an area the
author has been obliged to depend entirely upon natural exposures of the ore ..."
4. Elements of Mining by George Joseph Young (1916)
"CHAPTER II prospecting Definition.—The fundamental meaning of the term ...
Surface and Underground prospecting.—Surface and underground work are the two ..."
5. The University Geological Survey of Kansas by Erasmus Haworth, Kansas Geological Survey (1904)
"METHOD OF prospecting BY DRILL. prospecting is the first step taken in the ...
If the prospecting shafts or drill holes do not show a sufficiently large ..."
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