The action or process of washing auriferous soil, gravel, etc., in order to extract gold from it. Cf. panning, n.1 2a.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > washing or streaming > for gold (8) gold washing1683 The action or process of washing auriferous soil, gravel, etc., in order to extract gold from it. Cf. panning, n.1 2a. panning1838 The action or process of washing gold-bearing gravel, sand, etc., in a pan, in order to separate the gold; an instance of this. Also with out and, by… pan-washing1850 the action or process of separating gold from gravel, etc., by stirring it in water in a pan (sense 2c); the gravel, etc., being washed in this… rocking1850 Gold-mining. The action or process of using a cradle (cradle, n. 14) to separate out gold from gravel, sand, etc. Cf. rocker, n.1 10a. Now chiefly… ground-sluicing1857 gold panning1882 the action or process of washing gold-bearing gravel, sand, etc., in a pan, in order to separate the gold; = panning, n.1 2a. wash-up1890 Mining. The washing of a collected quantity of ore; the quantity of gold that has been obtained by washing. blacksanding1906 the process or occupation of panning black sand for gold. |
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