placers

For, at the age of thirteen, accompanying his father, he had formed one of the small band of gold seekers who fought their way to the "placers" of Forty-mile Creek years before the great Yukon rush.

The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon Ridgwell Cullum 1905

It was one of the "placers," such as have since proved so productive in different parts of the world.

The life of Christopher Columbus: from his own letters and journals and other documents of his time. 1891

The "placers" or Gold Mines of California, are located in the valley of the Sacramento, in the northern part of that new territory.

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851

"placers"; that is, masses of gravel and sand along the beds of mountain streams.

Diggers in the Earth Eva March Tappan 1892

"placers," where whole sides of the hills had been dug out and washed away in the search for gold; the water being brought over the hill-tops by various ingenious methods.

A Boy's Voyage Round the World Samuel Smiles 1858

In team scoring (based upon top 8 placers), the USA totaled 167 points, well ahead of runner-up Kenya (108) and Germany (95).

Boys' track and field final marks: World champs 2009

Years of freighting and mining had followed, and, with a stake gleaned from the Merced placers, he satisfied the land-hunger of his race and time by settling in Sonoma County.

LIKE ARGUS OF THE ANCIENT TIMES 2010

I've churned around placers some, but I never got butter like what's in this pan.

THE STAMPEDE TO SQUAW CREEK 2010

I was a dyer's helper in Pyonhan, a gold-miner in the placers of Kang-wun, a rope-maker and twine-twister in Chiksan.

Chapter 15 2010

"Advertised volume is being double, triple and quadruple counted, and is misleading to order placers; there should be ramifications for publicly claiming an execution as your own if you did not actually execute the order," the firm told regulators.

Morgan Stanley Calls for Clarity on Orders Jacob Bunge 2011