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sniping Placer Mining 
n. See 1965 quote.
- 1897 There is a little "snipping" [sic]--i.e. working old bars--on Forty Mile Creek, but it does not pay much.
- 1963 Chinese miners were particularly adept at sniping and have worked in most camps and on most creeks . . . Sniping and bar-combing are continuously being carried out by individuals who would rather do this than work for wages, and the number so engaged increases in hard times.
- 1965 "Sniping," usually done by the individual, is studying an area and selecting sections of bedrock for working or reworking old tailings.
- 1897 There is a little "snipping" [sic]--i.e. working old bars--on Forty Mile Creek, but it does not pay much.