Related Words for placer mining

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streaming
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Noun, Noun
cropping
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Noun
placer
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Noun
pay dirt
//
Phrase, Noun
sinter
/x
Noun
mill
/
Noun
bank
/
Noun
black sand
//
Name, Name
lode
/
Noun
rake
/
Noun
floor
/
Noun
river bottom
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
shoot
/
Noun
digging
/x
Noun
sedimentology
xxx/xx
Noun
groundwater
/xx
Noun
dropper
/x
Noun
roof
/
Noun
pitfall
/x
Noun
water table
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
flat
/
Adjective
alluvium
x/xx
Noun
aquifer
/xx
Noun
petrology
x/xx
Noun
mother lode
/x/
Phrase, Noun
coalfield
/x
Noun
sole
/
Noun
pitch
/
Noun
field
/
Noun
prospector
/xx
Noun
floodplain
/x
Noun
dish
/
Noun
waste
/
Noun
riverbed
/xx
Noun
mudstone
/x
Noun
drift
/
Noun
mine
/
Noun
bunch
/
Noun
outcrop
//
Noun
sinkhole
/x
Noun
glory hole
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
rock
/
Noun
impregnation
x//x
Noun
subsoil
/x
Noun
lamination
/x/x
Noun
freestone
/x
Noun
natural resource
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
crag
/
Noun
workings
/x
Noun
serpentine
/xx
Noun
accretion
x/x
Noun
saddle
/x
Noun
foreland
/x
Noun
sandstone
/x
Noun
tectonics
x/x
Noun
sediment
/xx
Noun
geomorphology
xxx/xx
Noun
dredging
/x
Noun
monument
/xx
Noun
abatement
x/x
Noun
aboriginal
xx/xx
Adjective, Name
absolute
/xx
Adjective, Noun
abstraction
x/x
Noun
additive
/xx
Noun, Adjective
administrative
x/xxx
Adjective
advantaged
x/x
Adjective
affluent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
agriculture
/xxx
Noun
aliquot
xx/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
anthracite
/xx
Noun
appalachian
xx/x
Name, Adjective
aqueduct
/xx
Noun
arable
/xx
Adjective
arid
/x
Adjective
bishopric
/xx
Noun
blasting
/x
Noun
bolivian
x/xx
Name, Adjective
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cave
/
Noun, Verb
claymore
/x
Noun
coal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
collecting
x/x
Noun
colliery
/xx
Noun
concession
x/x
Noun, Verb
dairying
/xx
Noun
designated
/xxx
Adjective
drilling
/x
Noun
druze
/
Name, Adjective
eject
x/
Verb, Noun
emplacement
x/x
Noun
estonian
x/xx
Name, Adjective
excavation
xx/x
Noun
exploitation
xx/x
Noun
exploitative
x/xx
Adjective
exploiting
/xx
Verb
exploration
xx/x
Noun
exploring
x/x
Noun
extracting
x/x
Verb
extraction
x/x
Noun
extractive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
farming
/x
Noun, Adjective
felling
/x
Noun
fishery
/xx
Noun
forestry
/xx
Noun
fountain
/x
Noun, Verb
gold
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
grant
/
Noun, Verb
harvesting
/xx
Noun
hematite
/xx
Noun
hoard
/
Noun, Verb
holding
/x
Noun
impoundment
x/x
Noun
industry
/xx
Noun
joy
/
Noun, Verb
klondike
/x
Name, Verb
locate
/x
Verb
logging
/x
Noun
manufacturing
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective
maori
/x
Name, Adjective
metal
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
metallurgy
/xxx
Noun
minas
/x
Noun
minefield
/x
Noun
mineral
/xx
Noun, Adjective
ming
/
Name, Verb
mount
/
Noun, Verb
operating
/xxx
Adjective
operation
xx/x
Noun
operational
xx/xx
Adjective
ore
/
Noun
pit
/
Noun, Verb
placement
/x
Noun
placing
/x
Noun
pleasure
/x
Noun, Verb
production
x/x
Noun
prospecting
x/x
Noun
pull
/
Verb, Noun
punjab
x/
Name
quarrying
/xx
Noun
ranching
/x
Noun
reef
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
refining
x/x
Noun
removal
x/x
Noun
removing
x/x
Noun
resource
/x
Noun, Verb
retrieval
x/x
Noun
retrieving
x/x
Noun
school
/
Noun, Verb
scraping
/x
Noun
shale
/
Noun, Verb
shipbuilding
/xx
Noun
slovak
/x
Name, Adjective
smelting
/x
Noun
super
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
tabernacle
/xxx
Noun, Verb
transylvanian
xx/xx
Name, Adjective
trove
/
Noun
vineyards
/x
Noun
wealth
/
Noun
whaling
/x
Noun
wildcat
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
winning
/x
Adjective, Noun
zinc
/
Noun, Verb