diggings

I don't think any ball would get John Massingbird to it; unless he could be received in what he calls his diggings 'toggery. "

Verner's Pride Henry Wood 1850

In the palmy days of work, before the firm smashed, they had aspired to what might properly be called diggings; and, moreover, had "digged" in respectable surroundings.

The Sorcery Club Elliott O'Donnell 1918

The limitation must not be neglected, but the exploitation of the diggings is another affair.

To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855

Among the new arrivals at our "diggings" was a Mexican, who had followed the profession of a _medico_ in former times, but who was now an inveterate gold hunter; one of the sort who are perpetually on the move from place to place, seeking placers of fabulous richness, but never working any claim long enough to fairly develop it.

Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography Edwin Eastman

Allaga, and other quartz "diggings," have been discovered, as well as those of copper, lead, iron and emeralds, all of which are in the desert near the Red Sea; and the sulphur, which abounds in the same districts, was not neglected by the ancient Egyptians.

Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

Some of these "diggings" were extremely rich, but as a whole they were more precarious in results than at the river.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

If he found good "diggings" he would build a rough shanty under the pines, and dig and wash till the gold-bearing sand or gravel gave out again.

Stories of California Ella M. Sexton

There are blocks of rooms which form bachelor 'diggings' for single men, and small but comfortable suburban houses for families, while the railways on the east and west afford facilities for the importation of excellent furniture.

South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 Louis Creswicke

In the July 1889 letter, the Ripper uses the word "diggings," which is American slang for a house or residence, and can also refer to a person's office.

Portrait of a Killer Cornwell, Patricia 1930

In 1823 one of these men arrived with soldiers, supplies, skilled miners, and one hundred and fifty slaves; and thereafter the "diggings" fast became

The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond Frederic Austin Ogg 1914