: a usually cylindrical or conical revolving screen used especially for screening or sizing rock, ore, or coal
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While the basic goal is still the same – filter away sand and rock, leaving behind valuable material – the technology today is industrial-scale, thanks to truck-sized machines such as the trommel, which spins with water to separate out the precious metal.
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Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2025
On the other end of the property, volunteers fed yard trimmings into a giant metal trommel, the rotating cylinder sifting out big sticks and other extras.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
The Lewis crew begins sluicing and clocks its first gold weigh; Freddy and Juan fiddle with a massive trommel; Dakota Fred returns with a lead on virgin ground; Christo visits the Lewis claim; a surprise announcement divides Dustin’s crew.
—Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021
One where there is a trommel.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2020
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Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2025
On the other end of the property, volunteers fed yard trimmings into a giant metal trommel, the rotating cylinder sifting out big sticks and other extras.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
The Lewis crew begins sluicing and clocks its first gold weigh; Freddy and Juan fiddle with a massive trommel; Dakota Fred returns with a lead on virgin ground; Christo visits the Lewis claim; a surprise announcement divides Dustin’s crew.
—Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021
One where there is a trommel.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2020
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“Trommel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trommel. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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