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wash ((v.)) Placer Mining 
1 † v. separate gold from gravel by using water.
- 1862 (1958) I got some drifters and started to wash. The black sand was hard to get out of the gold.
- 1913 For it was on that very little stream he had washed his gold, and there his claims were situated.
- 1963 Panning is a simple method of recovering placer gold, but it becomes laborious if any yardage is washed.
2 v. mine by the placer method.
- 1900 All summer he fought mosquitoes and washed the sure-thing bars of the Stuart River for a double grub-stake.
- 1959 Henry said it was up to him to make a good showing and find the best places for the kids to "wash". . . .
- 1862 (1958) I got some drifters and started to wash. The black sand was hard to get out of the gold.