mother lode
mother lode
mother lode
moth′er lode`
n.
| Noun | 1. | mother lode - the main vein of ore in a deposit |
| 单词 | mother lode | |||
| 释义 | mother lodemother lodemother lodemoth′er lode`n.
mother lodemother lodeMother LodeMother Lode,belt of gold-bearing quartz veins, central Calif., along the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The term is sometimes limited to a strip c.70 mi (110 km) long and from 1 to 6 1-2 mi (1.6–10.5 km) wide, running NW from Mariposa. Popularly it is used to mean the gold-bearing area E of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers and W of the Sierra Nevada. The discovery of alluvial gold on the South Fork of the American River led to the 1848 gold rush. Mark TwainTwain, Mark,pseud. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835–1910, American author, b. Florida, Mo. As humorist, narrator, and social observer, Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. ..... Click the link for more information. and Bret HarteHarte, Bret (Francis Brett Harte) , 1836–1902, American writer of short stories and humorous verse, b. Albany, N.Y. At 19 he went to California, where he tried his hand at teaching, clerking, and mining. ..... Click the link for more information. helped make the Mother Lode famous. mother lode[′məth·ər ‚lōd]Mother Lodemother lode
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