Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The process of taking gold-bearing quartz out of reefs.
- noun Mining in the solid rock.
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Examples
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He had had experience in quartz-mining before he went to Alaska, and he enjoyed the recrudescence of his old wisdom in such matters.
Chapter IX 2010
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Prediction that quartz-mining eventually will be the most profitable.
The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe
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In some portions of the mountains hydraulic mining is more common than quartz-mining.
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This statement brings us naturally to the consideration of another of our opening positions, namely, that the gold of Nova Scotia is to be successfully sought only under the application of the most scientific and systematic methods of deep quartz-mining.
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"The yield of gold to each man engaged during the year is very much higher than has yet been attained in quartz-mining in any other country."
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Getting gold from the veins is called quartz-mining.
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The source of the placer deposits was soon sought in the ledges, and quartz-mining speedily began.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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He had had experience in quartz-mining before he went to
Chapter IX 1910
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I know the argot of the quartz-mining and milling industry familiarly; and so whenever Bret Harte introduces that industry into a story, the first time one of his miners opens his mouth I recognize from his phrasing that Harte got the phrasing by listening -- like Shakespeare -- I mean the Stratford one -- not by experience.
Is Shakespeare Dead? 1909
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I know the argot and the quartz-mining and milling industry familiarly; and so whenever Bret Harte introduces that industry into a story, the first time one of his miners opens his mouth I recognize from his phrasing that Harte got the phrasing by listening -- like Shakespeare -- I mean the Stratford one -- not by experience.
What Is Man? and Other Essays Mark Twain 1872
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