| 单词 | river claim |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver claim river claim n. now historical a mining claim that extends into a river. ΚΠ 1851 Alta California (San Francisco) 15 Aug. 1/5 There is great confidence exhibited by the miners in the river claims. 1906 J. Park Text-bk. Mining Geol. ii. 18 In river claims, where the gold has been derived from the denudation of gold-bearing lodes, fragments of quartz with adhering pieces of the previous metal are often met with. 1994 Business Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 8 Jan. (Executive Lifestyles section) 6 They also found themselves obliged to sift the river claims that Caucasian gold-hunters had abandoned. < as lemmas |
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