BENCE PLACERS

Bench placers

This is

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ii:r t,vpical yay.:!hht'a stream placer has been

to consicler. a-" well'
renoled froru the present

;ormec,l. T'hl ,'.' :r,re other. tyP-es of 'deposit

Placers may bc iound coiisid'erabI1il

.{ -.4,: Present Channe}

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SECTION ACROSS

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Xrc. 2.-Bar, bench, and strean: pheers.

course of the stream. They may be forlnd manl' feet above

the pi'esent water level, representing the glavel deposiis in a
former channel which has bcen long since left high and dry,
the strearn having changed its course or cut a new cilannel
tlrough the old bed. (See Fig. 2.) These latter, known as
bench placers, have been a prolific source of go1d. Bench