Top Ten Gold Mining Inspired Phrases Still Used Today
Gold and gold mining have added some of their distinct lingo to the English lexicon. Here are some of them:
1. Pan Out
Definition: turn out.
One method of prospecting for gold is using a perforated metal pan to sift sedminent and capture gold. The process of using a pan to find gold is called gold panning. For many this type of gold prospecting didn’t pan out.
Today, we may console a dejected friend who had high hopes for a project that failed by telling them “sorry it didn’t ‘pan out’ for you.”

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