gold prospector
Stream-sifting fortune seeker
A gold prospector is someone who searches for gold deposits, typically by panning streams or exploring terrain for signs of ore.
The term evokes the California Gold Rush of 1849 and similar rushes in Alaska and Australia, when individuals struck out hoping to find their fortune: The old prospector spent decades in the hills without ever hitting a vein.
- minerOne who excavates ore
- nuggetSmall solid lump
- panShallow cooking vessel
- sluiceGated water conduit
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
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Merchant of precious yellow metal
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