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poor man's camp † Placer Mining 
See 1947 quote.
- 1896 This is a condition, too, that invites investments for the reason that it is a "poor man's camp."
- 1900 It is already evident that the average Klondike creek or gulch mine cannot be regarded as "poor man's diggings" in the sense that the California placers were so regarded.
- 1947 Such deposits are called alluvial or placer deposits : and since they are easily mined they are sometimes described as 'poor man's fields.'
- 1896 This is a condition, too, that invites investments for the reason that it is a "poor man's camp."