DCHP-3

hand method

Placer Mining
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the process of separating gold from sand and gravel by using a pan (def. 3a).

Quotations

1897
This [panning of gold] is called the 'pan' or `hand' method, and is never, on account of its slowness and laboriousness, continued for any length of time when it is possible to procure a `rocker,' or to make and work sluices.