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gold-bar Placer Mining 
n. a ridge of sand or gravel above the surface or along the shore of a stream in which gold has been found.
See also: bar ((n.)) (def. 1)
- 1873 (1904) I talked the matter over with Jacques, as we sat camped on the gold-bar opposite Pete Toy's house.
- 1880 The Fraser . . . starts on its winding course some 800 miles above this, in the upper slopes of the Rocky Mountains, cleaving its way through many a wild cañon, skirting rich gold bars and fertile valleys.
- 1873 (1904) I talked the matter over with Jacques, as we sat camped on the gold-bar opposite Pete Toy's house.