"Panning" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... I am learning how to skate. Yes, I fell for it. Fell for it is good. 'Course I did. All over the ice. You see it was this way. I was up to a tea one of the girls gave in honor of the judge getting a divorce from his wife—we call it a tea because there wasn't any there. We were all sitting around panning those who were not among those present, until at last one of the girls who didn't dare leave till the party broke up suggested that we go down to the park and take a skate. The hostess was real nice. She suggested that it wasn't necessary to beat it clear down there ...
— The Sorrows of a Show Girl • Kenneth McGaffey
... told him they were near the working part of the cave. Men cannot mine a lode of precious ore without leaving many traces behind to tell of their presence. And the stream of clear water that passed across the place seemed to offer a splendid chance for panning any golden treasure that might be found in ...
— The Saddle Boys of the Rockies - Lost on Thunder Mountain • James Carson
... the head-water territory which is delivering the main mass of sediment, and there to locate a vein in place. The problem is complicated by multiplicity of tributaries and by large size of the drainage areas. In such cases careful panning and testing of the gravels at frequent intervals may show which of several tributaries are contributing most of the values, and thus may further localize the area of search. Many important mining districts, including Butte, Bisbee, the Mother Lode region of southern California, the diamond fields ...
— The Economic Aspect of Geology • C. K. Leith |
