DCHP-3

poor man's camp†

Placer Mining
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1947 quote.

Quotations

1896
This is a condition, too, that invites investments for the reason that it is a "poor man's camp."
1900
It is already evident that the average Klondike creek or gulch mine cannot be regarded as "poor man's diggings" in the sense that the California placers were so regarded.
1947
Such deposits are called alluvial or placer deposits : and since they are easily mined they are sometimes described as 'poor man's fields.'