panners
Stream-bed treasure hunters
People who pan, especially for gold.
Panners work streams and riverbeds, swirling water and sediment in shallow pans to separate heavier gold flakes from lighter material: The panners worked the creek until dusk.
The term applies to anyone using the panning technique, whether amateur prospectors or professionals.
Gated water conduit
- placerMineral-rich sediment accumulation
- swirlingTurning in curves
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- gravelLoose small rock fragments
gold flakes · nuggets · bedrock · concentrates · tailings · riffle · classifier · vial
Mass migration seeking ore
- forty-niners1849 gold rush migrants
- KlondikeYukon gold rush region
- YukonNorthwestern Canadian territory
- CaliforniaWest coast megastate
nineteenth century · Sutter's Mill · boomtowns · Old West · frontier · settlers · claims · staking
sluice
Gated water conduit
- placerMineral-rich sediment accumulation
- swirlingTurning in curves
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
gravel · gold flakes · nuggets · bedrock · concentrates · tailings · riffle · classifier · vial · black sand
gold rush
Mass migration seeking ore
- forty-niners1849 gold rush migrants
- KlondikeYukon gold rush region
- YukonNorthwestern Canadian territory
California · nineteenth century · Sutter's Mill · boomtowns · Old West · frontier · settlers · claims · staking · Comstock Lode
prospectors
Mineral deposit searchers
discovery · quest · exploration · risk · venture · thrill · intrepid · bold · daring · undaunted
shovel
Tool for moving earth
- pickaxePointed digging implement
- callusesThickened protective skin areas
- toilStrenuous, prolonged effort
sweat · fatigue · wading · stooping · sifting · hauling · buckets · muscles · backbreaking · kneeling
- gold minersforty-niners, prospectors, gold diggers, gold seekers
- prospectorsprospectors, miners, gold diggers, forty-niners, gold rushers
- panned outUltimately proved successful
- gold pannerOne seeking river treasure