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haymaker
Placer Mining, Slang, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a miner choosing to work only rich deposits, leaving the poorer dirt.
See: high-grading(def. 2)
Quotations
1900
Even now, in spite of the cost of labour . . . companies formed for the purpose of utilizing the poorer gravels and tailings left by old-time "haymakers" in Cariboo and elsewhere are doing more than paying expenses.