DCHP-2

water privilege † Hist. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1

  a site on a river, creek, etc. suitable for building a mill run by water power.

  See also: mill site  

• 2 — Placer Mining

  the right to hold and make use of such a site.

• 3 — Placer Mining

  the right to set up a dam to provide water for a sluice.