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| has gloss | (noun) mining valuable minerals from a placer by washing or dredging placer mining |
| has gloss | eng: Placer mining (, also ) is the mining of alluvial deposits for minerals. This may be done by open-pit (also called open-cast mining) or by various forms of tunneling into ancient riverbeds. Excavation may be accomplished using water pressure (hydraulic mining), surface excavating equipment or tunneling equipment. |
| lexicalization | eng: placer mining |
| subclass of | (noun) the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth mining, excavation |
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| German | |
| lexicalization | deu: Seifenabbau |
| French | |
| lexicalization | fra: orpaillage |
| Korean | |
| lexicalization | kor: 사금 채취 |
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| similar | e/Placer mining |
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| media:img | Alaska Gold in pan.jpg |
| media:img | Alaskan Trommel.jpg |
| media:img | Gold Pan.jpg |
| media:img | Miners on lucky.jpg |
| media:img | Panorámica de Las Médulas.jpg |
| media:img | Placermine.jpg |
| media:img | X-60073.jpg |
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