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poor man's gold Placer Mining 
gold-bearing gravel.
See also: pay dirt (def. 1)
- 1921 Quartz . . . lacks the romantic interest that attaches to "poor man's gold," that is, "pay dirt" on a river bar.
- 1938 Gold! Lots of it! Placer Gold! Poor man's Gold!
- 1921 Quartz . . . lacks the romantic interest that attaches to "poor man's gold," that is, "pay dirt" on a river bar.