panning

(noun)

A form of traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit.

Related Terms

  • forty-niner
  • boom town

Examples of panning in the following topics:

  • The Rise of Garveyism

    • Marcus Garvey, a political leader and orator, was a proponent of black nationalism and Pan-Africanism.
    • Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the black nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements .
    • Garvey was unique in advancing a Pan-African philosophy.
    • Describe Marcus Garvey's advancement of a Pan-African philosophy and his support of a Back-to-Africa movement.
  • Marcus Garvey

    • Marcus Garvey (1887–1940) was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the black nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements.
    • Garvey was unique in advancing a Pan-African philosophy, known as Garveyism, which focused on the complete and unending redemption of the continent of Africa by people of African ancestry, both at home and abroad.
  • Television

    • The Broadway musical Peter Pan was televised in 1955 on NBC with Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard in their original roles as Peter Pan and Captain Hook.
    • The coronation of Elizabeth II was televised on June 2, 1953, highlighting the start of pan-European cooperation with regards to the exchange of TV programs.
  • Administrative Corruption

    • Earlier in 1922 Fall had leased naval petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome, Elk Hills and Buena Vista Hills at favorable rates, and without competitive bidding, to Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company and Mammoth Oil, a subsidiary of Sinclair Oil.
    • The leases themselves were not illegal, but Fall accepted bribes from the companies to secure the deals totaling approximately $404,000 (about $5.36 million today), including a no-interest loan of $100,000 ($1.3 million today) from Pan American oil baron Edward L.
  • The Cold War

    • While giving a speech during the Sixth Pan-American Conference in Havana, he said, "We have a desire to maintain not only the cordial relations of governments with each other, but also the relations of good neighbors. " The Clark memorandum of 1930, formulated by Undersecretary of State J.
    • Avoiding military intervention, the United States shifted to other methods to maintain its influence in Latin America: Pan-Americanism, support for strong local leaders, the training of national guards, economic and cultural penetration, Export-Import Bank loans, financial supervision, and political subversion.
  • The "Good Neighbor" Policy

    • While giving a speech during the Sixth Pan-American Conference in Havana, he said, "We have a desire to maintain not only the cordial relations of governments with each other, but also the relations of good neighbors. " The Clark memorandum of 1930, formulated by Undersecretary of State J.
    • Avoiding military intervention, the United States shifted to other methods to maintain its influence in Latin America: Pan-Americanism, support for strong local leaders, the training of national guards, economic and cultural penetration, Export-Import Bank loans, financial supervision, and political subversion.
  • The California Gold Rush

    • Later, gold was recovered from streams and riverbeds using simple techniques, such as panning.
    • A forty-niner, so called because he came to California in 1849, pans for gold.
  • Mining on the Comstock Lode

    • They soon found gold along the gravel river banks by panning, but they left when the mountains were passable, as they anticipated taking out more gold on reaching California.
  • The "Color Line"

    • William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor.
  • Promoting Peace Abroad

    • Coolidge represented the United States at the Pan American Conference in Havana, Cuba, making him the only sitting president to visit the country.
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