Hydraulic Mining
Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
(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.