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rock (out)
Placer Mining
v.
wash gravel with a
rocker
.
See also:
rocker ((1))
1870
 
The only mining done was by Sylvester and Black, who had panned and rocked about $40 from the edge of the Discovery ground.
1898
 
The layman on a Rich Hill claim is rocking out the refused dirt of last year's lay and is making $100 a day.
1937
 
Four miners from up on the Stikine came down with $500 each rocked out on the bars.