Hydraulic Mining
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
(Hydraulicing.) The process of mining gold and other precious minerals by forcing water, at great pressure though pipers or hose upon deposits of earth which contain the minerals. A considerable portion of the earth and debris is carried away through the sluices, Gloss. Mining terms; Bancroft's Handbook Mining. HYPOBOLUM (Lat.) In civil law. The name of the bequest or legacy given by the husband to his wife, at his death, above her dowry. Tech. Diet.