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Workings

Evidence of past exploration, evaluation or extraction of a specific mineral occurrence

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Winnowing

The separation of minerals based on particulate trajection based on density. This process originated by placing gold bearing gravel in a wool blanket, and discarding the lighter materials that do not immediately fall upon tossing of the mixture

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Wash plant

Machinery assembled in circuit for the purpose of the wet physical separation of minerals

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Wash boring

Drilling unconsolidated soil and gravel by use of compressed water flow