单词 | prospect hole |
释义 | > as lemmasprospect hole prospect hole n. ΚΠ 1846 Independent Amer. & Gen. Advertiser (Platteville, Wisconsin Territory) 30 Oct. All persons are hereby forbid digging mineral or prospect holes, in the road. 1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 303 Most of these are as yet mere prospect-holes, and can boast of but little rich ore. 1962 Brit. Columbia Digest Oct. 28/2 The prospector..will..study and locate the creek wash,..so as to know where to sink his prospect holes in the winter. 1988 Technol. & Culture 29 304 Only in the last generation..has Colorado mining history lured serious research scholars, who have subsequently dissected it in all its variety—from Aspen to Victor, and from the prospect hole to the miner's union hall. < as lemmas |
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