| 单词 | mother of gold |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmother of gold mother of gold n. [apparently after Spanish madre del oro (see quot. 1596 at mother n.1 3d)] a rock or mineral supposed to indicate the presence of gold. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [noun] > indicators of presence mother of gold1596 show1600 shoad1602 squad1674 prospect1709 indication1855 showing1877 lode-light1883 indicator1894 1596 W. Raleigh Discoverie Guiana (new ed.) To Rdr. In Guiana..the rocks..are in effect thorow-shining..which being tried to be no Marcasite..but are no other then El [sic] madre del oro..the mother of golde, or as it is saide by others the scum of golde. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 26 I am of Opinion there is also Gold in the Island because we took up the Mother of Gold in several places by the Water-side. 1860 Harper's Mag. Apr. 610/2 Savans have at last been compelled to admit that ‘quartz is the mother of gold’. 1922 V. Hemphill Down Mother Lode Foreword It was the haunt of Harte, and Twain, and Canfield in the north; it was the bank of such men as Hopkins, Crocker, Huntington and Stanford; the foundation of one of the greatest states in the Union, the Mother Lode, the Mother of Gold! < as lemmas |
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