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winter work Placer Mining, Hist. 
the recovery of gold- or platinum-bearing gravel through burning (def. 3) and drifting.
See also: burning (def. 3)
- 1898 He has bought No. 25 above on Bonanza, and will direct the winter work and add it to the gold dust producers.
- 1898 Prospects and "winter work" indicate that there are on said three creeks about thirty other claims which will yield an average of $35 per cubic yard of the dirt handled in a summer cut thirty feet wide in the richest portion of the deposit.
- 1898 He has bought No. 25 above on Bonanza, and will direct the winter work and add it to the gold dust producers.