DCHP-2

pan ((v.)) DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1a † v. — Placer Mining

  separate gold from gravel or pulverized rock by washing the gravel in a pan (def. 3).

  See also: panning  pan out (def. 1)  

• 1b † v. — Placer Mining

  search for gold in this way.

• 1c † v. — Placer Mining

  mine (gold) in this way.

• 2 v. — Sealing, Nfld

  kill and stack in pans (def. 2).

  See also: pan ((n.)) (def. 2)  panned