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prospect ((n.)) † Mining

• 1 n. a mining area or claim appearing to have attractive mineral deposits; a site that a prospector works.

  • 1859  At this place I prospected and found some excellent prospects.
  • 1928  On his way from his "prospect" to the "outside" this man saw his fellow men for the first time at the mines.
  • 1958  Black Crow Mines is exploring a 21-claim gold prospect in Davis Twp., Sudbury area, Northern Ontario

• 2 n. the quantity of gold panned on a prospect.

  • 1860  Two bits to the pan is an excellent prospect.
  • 1870  On French creek the Cosmopolitan co., on Thursday last, got a prospect of two ounces to nine car-loads of dirt, although their tunnel is not yet fairly in the channel.