“Some things should stay buried.”
Definition/Summary:
(Mining & Quarrying)
- A person who searches for the natural occurrence of gold, petroleum, etc
- In the United States and Canada prospectors were lured by the promise of gold, silver, and other precious metals
- They traveled across the mountains of the American West, carrying picks, shovels and gold pans
- The majority of early prospectors had no training and relied mainly on luck to discover deposits
- This lead to many deaths and quarrels amongst those allured common folk to the prospects of becoming rich