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• n  someone who explores an area for mineral deposits

• The prospector retaliated by naming the mountain after the champion of the gold standard, then Presidential Candidate William McKinley.
• The prospector carries it over the hills, poking into crevices.
• A white prospector who believed the old legends of buried treasure persuaded her to lead him to the secret burial cave of Lobengula.

News & Articles

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• I came into The Prospector
  I came into The Prospector only a year ago, and it has been a great experience. My former sports editor, Daniel Ornelas , carried the load last summer, and that pressure really forced...
  June 12, 2013 - The Prospector
• This is an exciting time...
  This is an exciting time to be part of the editorial team at The Prospector. After working for a semester as a staff photographer, I am looking forward to continuing the job as the photography editor during the summer and fall semesters. ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Prospector
• Tucson Perspectives
  By: Aaron Montes / The ProspectorDowntown Ballpark The Tucson Padres have begun playing their last season in Tucson and fans are not happy about their departure to El Paso. The Prospector team went to the memorial day game to see the opinions some fans had. ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Prospector

Quotes

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• Maria Cantwell in Seattle Post Intelligencer
  Today, the hardrock mining industry is a far cry from the 19th century lone prospector on a mule wielding a pick ax,Cantwell said in Spokane, a city largely built on mining wealth in the late 1800s.
• Nick Rahall in Pahrump Valley Times
  It is time -- far past the time -- for responsible reform of the Jurassic Park of all federal laws,Rahall said during a Capitol Hill press conference. "The hard-rock mining industry is a far cry from the lone prospector with pick ax of the...