Prospector: alternatives and connections

Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. B…

One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in…

A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals…

metamorphism that occurs deep under the earth's surface; changes simple minerals into complex minerals

Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, d…

The first principle of metals, i. e., mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them.

Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals.

A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals.

Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.

To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to br…

the possibility of future success; "his prospects as a writer are excellent"

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronou…

A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime).

a state without friends or money or prospects

One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.

One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell.

Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite.

any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive