单词 | diggings |
例句 | Foremole and his team knew all there was to know about the diggings: depth, approximate dimensions, the placement of shoring, even where the first rat’s head was likely to break ground. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The poorest went on living in burrows of the most primitive kind, mere holes indeed, with only one window or none; while the well-to-do still constructed more luxurious versions of the simple diggings of old. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z We prowl around among the trees, looking for bones, for hummocks in the earth that could mark diggings, the outlines of buildings, turning over logs and rocks to see what’s underneath them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Much of the ground is untouched, but there are scars like giant claw marks, diggings, earthworks going on. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The morning papers and the evening news brought fresh reports of wrongdoing at the highest levels of government, unearthed by congressional committees, a federal grand jury and the diggings of journalists. Review: ‘Watergate’ Shocks Anew With Its True Tale of Political Scandal 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z In Britain, the Irish worked in factories or diggings tunnels. Brian Friel: trapped in silence 2012-08-10T21:55:09Z He said his crew was not familiar with smoldering peat fires that can burn below ground in the Canada woods, and they are still getting used to “all those diggings.” In fight against Canada fires, dancing South Africa crews are a familiar and uplifting sight 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z But her family letters from a century ago told of gatherings, as well as grave diggings. Holidays in a Pandemic? Here’s What Happened in 1918 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z High above their diggings in the mining district of Kantishna, three Alaskan prospectors stopped to catch their breath in the thin, subzero air of America’s highest peak. Chasing Denali: how four miners created one of climbing's greatest mysteries 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Now, I’ve found that the diggings of wild pigs on our land reach my first wattle fence and stop. Wattle fences: Weaving branches takes time, yields rewards 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z My share of the diggings paid for my lifestyle for the next three years. When You’re a ‘Digital Nomad,’ the World Is Your Office 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z The proboscis seems to lick or comb sediments for food, perhaps while their bodies remain comfortably ensconced in the safety of their burrow in the center of the diggings. What Lives at the Bottom of the Mariana Trench? More Than You Might Think 2013-04-15T00:15:05.547Z Here were the signature diggings of a giant armadillo, one dedicated earthmover. Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt] 2013-02-22T19:15:00.507Z When I was five months old my father started for the gold diggings in California, but died shortly after reaching that state. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z Come up to my diggings and sew it up. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z One of these two stations is at Paramo, mentioned in the chapter on the gold diggings, and the other is at Thetis Bay on the southeast corner of the island. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z It stood between the "new diggings" and the royal palace of Portici. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z The new diggings are as rich as butter. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z Fresh diggings of pocket gophers were observed along the trap lines. Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2012-02-24T03:00:32.243Z Three months we were and all over England, North Wales and the Isle of Man, and I never struck a sofa in diggings anywhere that hadn't a broken spring. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z "How many men have you seen coming from the diggings with dust?" The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z He wished he might go to a hotel, some place less saturated with memories of Mabel than his own diggings. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z Mr. Harrison seemed quite confident that in the new diggings there was a good chance of making a moderate fortune. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z The golden news from these far northern diggings was of a most glittering nature, but there was a reverse side of the picture in the hardships and privations endured. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z Farther back, the valley opened out, and up and down it were scattered the Green River diggings. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z In case the gold mines develop half the wealth they are expected to, the railroad will be carried right away up to the diggings. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Or go out to the Australian diggings to pick up gold. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z "Wait until you get to the new diggings, where the miners and gamblers are congregated." Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z When Cooktown was opened as a port for the diggings, the overland route was abandoned for dray traffic, and droving stock alone used it. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z And the next day, Friday, I cleared out of my diggings in that quarter of the globe, rigged myself out afresh, and found other lodgings. The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:22.303Z In the year 1886 the Cape Virgin diggings were so far worked out that no more than day wages—a paltry $5 a day, as the miners call it—could be had. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z I can tell sure thing, Kitten, that you and I are going to have a heap of fun in these diggings. The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z I shouldn't be surprised if he was out at the new diggings. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z Ellis Read, trading for R. Towns and Co., soon had a fine store established, and carried on a large business with the stations, and also with the diggings opening on the Etheridge River. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z An intelligent sexton, who keeps an accurate chart of his diggings, will eschew that spot. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z The story of the Cape Horn gold diggings is especially remarkable in this, that the gold there should have remained undiscovered during the centuries that passed after the first navigators landed in the region. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z After the battle of Wisconsin Heights, opposite Prairie du Sac, the white army, now out of supplies, retired southwest to Blue Mound, the nearest lead diggings, for recuperation. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z Clear out of here," added the marshal, "and don't you show up in these diggings again. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z The Cape York Peninsula, within which was found the rich Palmer diggings, came in for a share of settlement between 1875 and 1880. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z As often as the journals launch forth upon the discovery of some fresh gold-field, the field hands forthwith strike work, and make off to the "diggings." Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z Here, then, at the wreck of the steamship Arctic, is found the real beginning of the story of the Cape Horn gold diggings. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Superior quality limestone on Fox and Desplaines rivers; lead most important mineral; Galena in centre of richest diggings of the Northwest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z Several old miners tried, with the best of intentions, to dissuade Gabe from going to those diggings, saying he would only meet with failure. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z You shall find a man of letters sharing diggings with an auctioneer, and a medical student pigging with a stockbroker's clerk. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z We heard there, that across on the other side of another mountain, on a stream called Nelson Creek, were new diggings. A Trip to California in 1853 Recollections of a Gold Seeking Trip by Ox Train across the Plains and Mountains by an Old Illinois Pioneer 2011-12-21T03:00:30.213Z More expeditions have been fitted out in Punta Arenas to go to Sloggett Bay than to any two gold diggings besides. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The gold-seeker having decided on the place where he was to make his first venture, provided himself with a shovel and pick and started for the 'diggings.' The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z After supper Gabe left the two boys alone, as he wanted to go about and make some inquiries of an old friend of his, who was somewhere about the diggings. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z I said to Harry, when we got to the diggings. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z Uncle Isaac and his son made us promise, that if we heard of new diggings being struck, to give them word. A Trip to California in 1853 Recollections of a Gold Seeking Trip by Ox Train across the Plains and Mountains by an Old Illinois Pioneer 2011-12-21T03:00:30.213Z But, according to the Hansens, the best of the diggings there were worked out. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z These are known as 'ocean placers' or 'beach diggings,' and are of minor importance. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z "I heard him say he'd been over to the Dizzy Gulch diggings before he drifted in here," volunteered a miner with a very red mustache. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z “Yes, I first opened my eyes at the diggings.” Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z The gold here was coarser than it was in the southern diggings. A Trip to California in 1853 Recollections of a Gold Seeking Trip by Ox Train across the Plains and Mountains by an Old Illinois Pioneer 2011-12-21T03:00:30.213Z They reached the diggings and set up both sluices and pumps. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The stones were first procured from the 'river diggings' in the Vaal and Orange rivers. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z The gold amounted to far more than that which they had washed out by hard work in their first diggings. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z The discovery of diamonds along the banks of the Vaal in 1867 entirely altered the fortunes of the country, and by the end of 1869 the rush to the alluvial diggings had begun. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Little communities of four or five fellows who have proved congenial live together in "diggings"—that is, in some townsman's house—hard by the college gate. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z In explanation of this indifference, it may be said that the diggings, even of Las Minas creek were, on the whole, rather lean. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z It was soon found that the diamonds of South Africa were not confined to the river gravels, and 'dry diggings' came to be established in the so-called 'pans.' The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z Three weeks later, when Mr. Crosby, his wife and daughter reached the new diggings where Jed, Will and the old miner were, they learned all the details of the wonderful strike. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z At this time the “dry diggings,” of which Kimberley is the centre, had been discovered,2 and over the miners there the Orange Free State asserted jurisdiction. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Then we’ll sprint as hard as we can for my diggings. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z He had worked diggings outside the Paramo claim, using common sluice boxes. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Hayhurst came in noisily, and shaking hands with the man who had been at the diggings with him, nodded to the rest. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z In the end they banished the Indians from the "diggings." Stories of the Badger State 2011-11-27T03:00:12.687Z On the 4th of November a small party of Cape Mounted Police took possession of the dry diggings and hoisted the British flag. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z At the commencement of the diggings, we descended from our carriage, and easily walked to the end of the way then opened. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Of the richness of the diggings in the early days it may be said that the mine was discovered in September, 1886. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z “I haven’t seen him since we were at the poor man’s diggings together.” Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z Land worth nineteen pounds per foot must be wellnigh as good as gold to its fortunate possessor, and the man who owned an acre of it would hardly need to emigrate to any other diggings. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 27, 1872 2011-11-19T03:00:22.947Z In the north your diggings will discover a dark serpent, which will swallow you up. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z Founded in Kimberley, where diamond diggings established South Africa’s mining industry, De Beers was named after a nearby farm. Anglo to Buy Oppenheimers’ De Beers Stake for $5.1 Billion 2011-11-04T14:02:42Z The Yankee traveller is sure to be informed, too, that "a Texas cowboy named Marshall has a store at the camp, and he says the diggings beat California." The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Stephens, the man from the diggings, handed him a glass. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z In one of these "false diggings" Jack stopped and pointed silently before him. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z We got up here some months before the dry diggings were found, and I tried my luck at the river where all the diggers were then. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z They even threatened to hang him if he did not lead them to the finest diggings. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z "I'm going to try my luck on the diggings first." Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z The young fellow Francis Robertson, then, who now lays claim to the estate, is, to tell the honest truth, a roué and a blackguard from the Australian diggings. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z He saw him as he went around to the "false diggings," and finally his lamp disappeared 296 from view as Jack went down toward the ravine. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z I had noticed the lay of the ground of the dry diggings, and I felt sure that there must be lots of spots where diamonds were to be found in quantities. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z At the diggings he sailed under an alias, and under an alias he drifted to Tasmania as early as July, 1854. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z I don't say it's accurate, but it's given me a better grasp of the diggings as a whole than ever I had before, and I should like it to do the same for you. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z There we shall sell the ship and, going to the diggings for a time, to avoid suspicion, will in a few months return to Sidney or Melbourne as lucky miners. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z Unfortunately no trace remained of the central chimney; but at any rate the diggings established that the eastern half had a cellar, while the western section did not—another indication of the double house. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z Darrell knew the man by sight, having seen him lately hanging about the diggings, and had not been much prepossessed by his appearance. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z Now there are no poor man’s diggings, and one must possess great wealth before he attempts to seek the diamond in its rocky bed. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z "It's one of the best huts I've seen on the diggings." Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Even when a boy he was rough and wild, and at fifteen he was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for shooting a man at the gold diggings. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z The ex-sergeant promised to relate more of his adventures on his way to and from the gold diggings on a future occasion. The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier 2011-08-31T02:01:26.737Z I went over and saw the new diggings, and after that I could not be contented at the river. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z But they very soon eclipsed the old diggings, and the present town sprang up around the claim. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z He might have been a genius, but if so it was at nothing that counted on the diggings. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z “Ah, sir,” said McGregor, “you have been at the diggings before, and so have I.” Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z Well, diggings are more convenient in many ways, and more private, too.” The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z After a bit the dry diggings were found and many of the diggers left the river for them, but still I stayed on at Pneil. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z Kimberley was once the most famous diamond diggings in the world. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z "So you're bound for the diggings, are you?" said the hawker. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z He was always singing when at work in the diggings, and he generally managed to keep his comrades in excellent humour, and laughing all the time. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z Nests are placed chiefly in abandoned woodpecker diggings in willows, four to ten feet high, over water. The Breeding Birds of Kansas 2011-08-27T02:00:24.797Z He made the first discovery of gold in Colorado, which he found at the foot of Lincoln Mountain, doubtless at Fairplay on the Platte River, where once extensive placer diggings existed. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z I'm due back at my diggings in a week. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z "Did he tell you which diggings he came from?" Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Many a wild and bloody scene is enacted at the diggings, but in this case the police seem to have been wonderfully sharp. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z Now, it was a miner at the diggings who had made extraordinary disclosures; now, some shepherd on a sheep-run, after a fit of illness, found his memory returned, and recollected where important deeds were deposited. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z "I expect to be in diggings of my own in a week or two," he said, "and shall make a point of having a spare bed, to put up a friend at any time." The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z For in the diggings of the musk ox this little creature finds sufficient food uncovered for its needs. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z We want to get to the diggings, not to cool our heels in this nice place. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z I went to see the old man and the girl in their diggings. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z The day before had been pay day at the Eureka Washings and the Oreode Company’s diggings and at most of the major mining prospects in the vicinity. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z These diggings are scattered over the whole mine country; and hardly a season passes, in which some antique works, overgrown with brush and trees, are not found. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z But it's necessary to be hard and sharp at the diggings or the country would go to the devil. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z I make that the Gravel Pits right ahead across the stream; you can see the sun on the pools of water; they say it's the wettest bit on the diggings. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z “Yes, but I did not stay there; I ran on to Australia, and tried the diggings.” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z There was much movement at the diggings: every one was busy on top, and the change from the drear monotony of the terrible winter was giving place to cheery looks and hopeful faces. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z Upwards of forty principal sub-districts are known, most of which are appropriately denominated diggings. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z He, like a young fool, thought he might choose his own company at an Australian diggings, "all people out here being alike," or some such rot. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z "I think he's going to the diggings instead." Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z I did not know his address, and I did not hear of him again until three years after, when I met him on the diggings. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z We had amongst our acquaintances on this diggings one or two Canadians who had been about this region for years. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z The calcareous spar is most abundant in connection with rock diggings. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Ned Lawless wants me to join him at a new diggings, more than a hundred miles from here.' Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z The diggings were in the state of suspended animation which was their normal condition from twelve to three. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z The nearest diggings were at Ravenswood, some hundred and thirty miles inland. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z The trails between the shanties and to the diggings were mere ditches. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z This is a characteristic trait of the locality of abandoned diggings. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z It would be a change after this beastly hot, dusty diggings.' Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z After all, in the beginning they had actually started for the diggings, they two, to sink or to swim together. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Other diggings were scattered behind that place, but to reach them I understood I had to go to Ravenswood first, and that it was as good a place as any. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z The stones were pure white, and of that peculiar crystallisation which characterises the gems found on the banks of the Vaal River, as distinguished from those found in what are known as the “dry diggings.” Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z The search for ore has been generally confined to these clay diggings, which are pursued, very much, with the apparatus of common well-digging. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z I begin to suspect that I have, but how many men have bought stolen horses on the diggings without a thought of anything dishonest? Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Thus, ere the diggings were astir again for the afternoon, the new owners were alone in their unforeseen glory, and one of them at least was still capering and singing in his joy. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Otherwise the road was not lonely; every day I passed waggons hauled by sixteen or eighteen bullocks each and filled with merchandise for the diggings. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z I seen them riding over the hills together, as well as wandering about the diggings. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z Got a hint from some airship fellows that you was somewhere 95 around these diggings. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z Cross-examined by Mr. England: 'We had more than two hundred horses before the diggings. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z He was making a new map of the diggings. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Just about the time I started, the Palmer diggings came to the front, and a great rush set in to that place from the south. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z As Ruth and others watched, the procession began to wind down into the shallow gorge where the long “petered-out” placer diggings of Freezeout had been located, and where the rejuvenated town itself still stood. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z Ralph was weary of "diggings," and was literally pining for a home of his own. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z The two men had arranged to go up to the diggings together, and Trevanion decided that in some respects he could not have a better mate. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z "Traps," added another; but Denis had not been on the diggings two months without learning the meaning of both words. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z There will be prospectors prowling all over the country now, and they are bound to strike the rich diggings up the Quaska. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z She did this by wandering alone through the shallow gorge, from the first, or lower “diggings,” up to the final abandoned claim, where the gold pockets had petered out. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z Here every caravan stopped on its way to gather news as to the diggings at the gold fields. Dorothy's Double Volume III (of 3) 2011-06-10T02:00:18.697Z Then the men wandered through the diggings, talking to the miners, as opportunity offered, and trying to learn something about the recognised method of making a commencement to dig gold. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z These wonderful days were also the most comfortable that the partners had yet spent upon the diggings. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Yes," Martin continued, "I suspected something, and made up my mind to visit my old diggings. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z He had heard of an abandoned mining camp in Mohave County, Arizona, which could easily and cheaply be put into the condition it was before its inhabitants stampeded for other gold diggings. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z Captain Hampton learnt that there were scores of diggings, and that fresh ones were being opened every day. Dorothy's Double Volume III (of 3) 2011-06-10T02:00:18.697Z Some had since been identified by their owners, who were chiefly miners and working-men connected with the diggings. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z "Oh, just a respectable elderly man, not much of the old soldier about him, but the diggings must be crawling with them, and how many look the part?" Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z I got along fairly well, and staked a claim at the very edge of some old diggings I found there. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z I know what this Freezeout proposition was when it was placer diggings. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z Next morning Captain Hampton went through the diggings; presently he came upon the man he had spoken to the evening before. Dorothy's Double Volume III (of 3) 2011-06-10T02:00:18.697Z Melbourne is such a queer place now since the diggings have broken out. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z "Did he really go to the diggings?" she asked in a constrained voice. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z That night all the men in the mining town came to his cabin, anxious to learn all they could about the prospects of the new "diggings." If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z Several of the men of the company broke their contract with the Alectrion Film Corporation and would remain at the diggings. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z It is certainly not the rule here in the diggings to ask people who they are or where they come from.' Dorothy's Double Volume III (of 3) 2011-06-10T02:00:18.697Z That is very well, but surely you don't intend to go up to the diggings and to horrid places in the bush all by yourself?' Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z "So you determined to go up to the diggings?" Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z He longed for some trusty person with whom he could discuss the whole affair, and his mind turned naturally to Tom, who was up at the new diggings. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z I mean to have just as true a picture as possible of the old-time gold diggings; and that doesn’t mean that guns are flourished every minute or two. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z After many inquiries, he found that the greater portion of the diggings were either upon the Yuba River, or on creeks among the hills through which it ran. Dorothy's Double Volume III (of 3) 2011-06-10T02:00:18.697Z Her heart broke when he broke his neck somewhere down on the diamond diggings, and she didn't want to live any longer, even for you—her Poppy-flower she always called you. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z A rigid economy was his watchword; they must walk to Ballarat; so let their packs be light, and if kits were dearer on the diggings, they would still have saved. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z They would thus not have to cross the stream, but simply follow the trail to the diggings. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z His memory of old times at these very diggings and at similar mines proved to be keen, and he became a valuable aid to Mr. Hammond. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z It was foolish and cruel of you to imagine—even when you were in trouble—that any of the Club weighed friendship on old-fashioned placer diggings gold scales. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z They come from the ironstone diggings beyond Penny Nab—the southern bluff. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z This was the most populous part of the diggings. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Perhaps they had been questioned as to the old diggings up the Quaska. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z The Martinengos certainly are making a fortune out of these diggings if this is a sample shipment!” Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z I was in the diggings about two years, and brought out about 1,500 ounces, which I suppose will bring $17 an ounce. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z All who were worth anything had gone off to the diggings.” The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z He is, we think, at least five feet four inches tall and lives in Bloomsbury, in very respectable bachelor diggings. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z A poor chap got badly hurt out at the diggings, and several miners are bringing him in over the trail. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z Then came his trip by plane with other prisoners to the gold diggings in the Cypress Swamp. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z During the Fall the news reached the older diggings of the amazing discoveries of gold by these absurd tourists from the South, and from all the country round about came the rush to Klondyke. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z As in most similar cases of late years, expectations were by no means realised on the new diggings. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z The diggings about the supposed ancient site of Nineveh, in Babylonia, have unearthed the ruins of an immense library. Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures 2011-03-27T02:00:12.580Z Upon a small table in the middle of the room was a rough map, sketched with the point of a burnt stick, showing the new diggings. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z “Well—your plan is to take your fighting men across the Glades and clean out the diggings, isn’t it?” Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z In another length was a nugget weighing thirteen ounces, next to the largest found in the diggings. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z Tom Seddon read the letter and was the happiest man in the diggings. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z I always drop in on Molly when I happen to be round her diggings. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z It was a great sacrifice on Tom's part to leave the diggings just at this season. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z Bill, of course, did not know the exact location in Big Cypress of Martinengo’s gold diggings, but here Osceola’s uncanny bump of direction came into play once more. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z The diggings around Circle City and in the older places are rich enough to satisfy any ordinary demand, but they have all, or nearly all, been temporarily left for the new fields. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z The agents of betterment found the diggings depleted, and the wrongs complained of now irreparable. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z "This is my diggings," our host was saying. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z He was, accordingly, glad when Tom left with Dad for the diggings up the Quaska. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z Can you get me any real information about the gold diggings? The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Should the new field play out, which is a thing impossible, the older diggings would be returned to and with profit. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z Well, those boys tried the lower diggings, and found them no good; so Web-foot started back up the river on Jack McQuestion's steamer called the New Racket. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z After the discovery of the richer diggings here, I came overland to try them. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Isn't it too bad that he is up at the diggings with Tom? If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z He had received his Hibernian patronymic from his first friend, a wild Irishman on the diggings where he was born. The Childerbridge Mystery 2011-02-16T03:00:38.127Z There is enough in sight to confirm the belief that these new diggings cannot be exhausted in ten years. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z He sat down to rest on the flat, or, as it was called in the diggings, bench, half-way up the Klondike bluffs. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z I had made more money on the Ballarat diggings than elsewhere in Australia; and I had never left the place to go to any other, without having cause to regret the change. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z One day, as I was strolling round, I saw a great, big placard on the wall, in letters two feet long: 'Ho! for the Umpqua diggings! Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z In the red letter days of diamond digging, it was no uncommon thing for sixty thousand or more people to gather round the dry river diggings. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z That the Canadian Government has the right to prohibit all but British subjects from working these diggings cannot be questioned. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z "You've told us straight enough—there's lot's of colour in your bouquets; now tell us which way the new diggings is." The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z When gold was discovered in these diggings, I gave up my hackney business, took an affectionate leave of my girl; and came out here. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z I had been whaling in the Pacific, and stopped at 'Frisco; we were all mad for the diggings. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Back from the river are what are termed "dry diggings." The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z It was made on October 23, 1896, and as soon as the news spread everybody rushed to the diggings from Circle City, Forty-Mile, and from every other camp in the district. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z In 1885, thirty miles up the Stewart, the first considerable bar diggings was struck. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z He has gone to the diggings in California, where I have no doubt but what he will do well, and come back with plenty of money.” Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z "I expect it's a party of prospectors going west to the diggings," remarked Trooper Medlicott, riding up to his side. Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout 2011-02-07T03:00:22.570Z Many changes have taken place in the neighborhood of the mines and dry diggings. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Mr. William Van Stooten, the mining engineer and metallurgist, gives his views in the New York Herald as to the necessary outfit required by miners contemplating a trip to the Klondyke diggings. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z "Some fellow from new diggings was blowing himself!" The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z The business of mining, in the Victoria diggings, is attended with considerable danger; and those who conduct it should be men of temperate habits—as well as possessed of some judgment. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z It's not the best time of the year to start for the diggings, winter coming on. Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout 2011-02-07T03:00:22.570Z I do," said the Major, "but pray make yourself at home, as far as it is possible, in such 'diggings' as mine. The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z There may be other diggings over this vast area quite as good as the Klondyke diggings. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z Me to go off into the bush for months and rustle new diggings, and then tell a lot of perambulating carrion like you where I struck it! The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z Judge Lynch was very much wanted on the diggings of McIvor—as well as throughout all Victoria, during the first three years after gold had been discovered there. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z With his share carried in buckskin sacks belted around his waist under his clothes, Mr. Roper started in a sailing vessel up north along the coast on a trip, hunting for richer diggings. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z The new arrivals were mounted militia from San Francisco, who had been warned by the fugitives from the massacre at the diggings. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z As in all the gold mining regions, diggings everywhere vary considerably in value. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z The old-timer goes because the diggings he had last worked in proved of little good. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z But few of those, who committed crimes in the diggings, were ever brought to trial; or in any way made answerable for their misdeeds. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Civil rights groups last year got the Supreme Court to suspend the diggings. 2010-01-30T23:35:00Z Situated on the enchanting banks of the Yuba, this city resembles an immense market-place, and does in fact supply all the villages and diggings round about. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas As the Klondyke diggings, as thus far developed and staked, are upon Canadian territory it is important to bear in mind the regulations imposed by the Dominion Government on placer mining. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z Even if it could be shown that the conditions depicted in Beowulf can be better illustrated from the grave-finds of Vendel in Sweden than from English diggings, this would not prove Beowulf Scandinavian. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn During my long experience in the diggings—both of California and Australia—I knew of but two such cases. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z It lies at an elevation of 3313 ft., in a picturesque mountainous district, for the most part pastoral and agricultural, though it contains some alluvial gold diggings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" This town was formerly the market which supplied certain rich diggings of the neighbourhood, long since exhausted. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas They are as follows: "Bar diggings" shall mean any part of a river over which the water extends when the water is in its flooded state and which is not covered at low water. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z The surface diggings having been exhausted, the precious metal is now got from greater depths, and there are mines as deep as some coal-pits, the gold being obtained by crushing the auriferous quartz. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis I thought we should work together, as long as we stayed on the diggings; and for him to leave, without saying a word about his going, quite stunned me. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z If even two ounces can be realized, these diggings of Gabriel's Gulch will prove a Bonanza indeed. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Weaverville is the centre of a great mining district, and its commerce chiefly consists of provisions, household utensils, and tools used in the diggings. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas "Mines on benches" shall be known as bench diggings, and shall for the purpose of defining the size of such claims be excepted from dry diggings. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z The rains which came on towards the end of March continued for two weeks, and furnished an abundant supply of water for the dry diggings. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 While thus cogitating, I was further tantalised by reading in a newspaper some later accounts from the diggings. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Finally, however, the diggings ceased to yield so lavishly; the surface ore was exhausted, and to get gold out of the earth a man was compelled to work hard for it. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands It is now and then found in deep iron and silver diggings. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments "Dry diggings" shall mean any mine over which a river never extends. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z The diggings differ from all others in the circumstance of all the earth containing gold down to the bottom rock, which is struck at a depth of four feet. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 It was proposed that one of us should accompany the man on a prospecting expedition, that we should take plenty of provisions with us, and search until we should discover such diggings as we desired. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z The diggings of Maryborough district, situated a hundred and fifty miles northwest of Melbourne, are also of great extent and quite famous. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands At the Mexican dry diggings, which, with their bull rings and fandangoes, had sprung up here and there in the foothills, there was bloody defiance 255of the tax collector. Unexplored! "Claims" shall mean the personal right of property in a placer mine or diggings during the time for which the grant of such mine or diggings is made. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z The Volcano diggings continue to give large returns; while there is no diminution in the yield of the old localities on the American Fork, the Stanislaus and the Mariposa. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 Disgusted with the city, and everything in it, a few days after my arrival, I started off for the McIvor diggings. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Ike Watson was on his way up the Salmon River to visit a new gold diggings. Three Young Ranchmen or, Daring Adventures in the Great West In the time of the Californian gold fever a man went to the diggings, and left his wife to follow him some time afterwards. Wondrous Love and other Gospel addresses The dry diggings are independent of the De Beers combine, of course. The Social Gangster Everybody is impatient to be on the trail, fearing that others will reach the diggings before him. Journal of a Trip to California Across the Continent from Weston, Mo., to Weber Creek, Cal., in the Summer of 1850 On our way back we halted for dinner—where some men with a dray load of stores,—on their way to one of the diggings, had also stopped for their mid-day meal. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z I don't attempt to pad you with the social tarra-diddle that genius finds nuggets on the surface of the diggings. Love's Usuries Recently he had employed a number of Mexicans to work for him, and had started some placer diggings about a mile below where they then were. Campmates A Story of the Plains It was found in the dry diggings of the Vaal River, a few miles from Kimberley. The Social Gangster Packers and foot men rushing for the diggings. Journal of a Trip to California Across the Continent from Weston, Mo., to Weber Creek, Cal., in the Summer of 1850 Another of our firm had been an apothecary’s assistant in London; and had but recently made his début on the diggings. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z One of our cousins had found us delightful diggings in M—— Street, which I was able to enjoy, as dear Mr. and Mrs. Jones sent me an extra cheque to impress London with. Confessions of an Opera Singer From these it was carefully gathered several times each day by the white overseer who had charge of the diggings, and sent to Fort Garland for safe-keeping. Campmates A Story of the Plains At first the diggings were chiefly along the rivers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" Still he thought it better to do so rather than run the risk of offending his host, who was evidently a man of influence in the diggings. Harper's Round Table, May 21, 1895 I’ve never had but one decent claim, since I’ve been on the diggings; and the gold I got out of that was stolen from me. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z As soon as they were gone he engaged other natives, and set out for the diggings that had for so long been the goal of his desires. Harper's Round Table, May 14, 1895 Not only that, but the first ones to reach the diggings from any direction since navigation closed. Harper's Round Table, May 7, 1895 We will suppose the whole to have five complete diggings, and say nothing about the little matters of sowing and planting and hoeing and harvesting, all which are a mere trifle. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend The prisoner has expressed a desire to learn something of our methods of working these diggings, and we promised to teach him. Harper's Round Table, May 21, 1895 When Oakes and I came together again, he informed me, that the men were his old mates, who had robbed him on the Bendigo diggings! Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z It has been left to the present century to prove that gold-mines exist on the site of the fabled El Dorado, for it is there that the well-known Caratal diggings are situated. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Hunting down Pawnees or buffaloes was as mean and ignoble a travesty of feudal adventure as was the gold diggings at Bendigo of the learned labors of the alchemist. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Primarily male, their prevailing mood was explosive instability, a glassy-eyed greed flamed higher as each truckload of gold poured back into town from the diggings. Adolescents Only Both these were found in the river diggings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" Karl had probably fallen down one of the deep holes, on the abandoned diggings, over which we had been pursued. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Calm enough are the gray old miners scratching a bare living in waste diggings here and there. My First Summer in the Sierra Several entire Jewish families have already emigrated to the diggings. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) They circled the diggings and landed to inspect the quality of the gold hoard at the bank. Adolescents Only I have been contributing to a London weekly, as Crimean correspondent, with occasional letters from the gold diggings. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day The little bird called “rumour,” had chirupped about the diggings many tales of his former achievements in crime—all of which, however, seemed to have been forgotten. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Somehow, I seemed to be one of the men who didn't have any luck at the diggings. The Boy With the U.S. Miners By the side of the Lechaeum road, near the steps leading to the propylaea, were found in deep diggings thirteen early Geometric vases. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" "What was that you hinted at when we first got here about signs of some one else in these diggings?" he asked, turning to Alec. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp "This is going to the gold diggings with a vengeance," murmured Dr. Barwaithe. To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon The piece of money fell wrong side down; and the man remained at the diggings; and for aught I know, may be there still, working for a “pennyweight per diem.” Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z He was found dead half-way to the diggings, murdered for his outfit. The Boy With the U.S. Miners We reached the diggings at the head of the emigrant ravine, three miles from Hangtown, about nine o'clock, P.M., and camped. Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 “Yes, that’s the den of the Doleful Dumps–their diggings!” laughed a younger scout, flourishing aloft a mess-mug, the gray of his rolling eyes. Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl "And to think that we have got to put up with him until we reach the gold diggings!" To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon By the time he had completed his task, he was summoned to Melbourne, as a witness on the trial of the murderer; and, after his leaving the Avoca diggings, I saw him no more. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z He had worked in the gold diggings, himself, and his standards of principle were those of the great outdoors. The Boy With the U.S. Miners The east side of the mountains on the descent to the Carson Valley is well timbered, and furnishes some good gold diggings, although not very much prospected. Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 He was immensely satisfied with his diggings, he said, liked the natives, and considered this a splendid chance for improving his Spanish. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) No. I am from Maine, and I knew a Guardley up there who came to these diggings. To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon Not long after that interview with him, he made his appearance near where I was working, in the Bendigo diggings. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z They captured negroes and shipped them to Spain as slaves in the gold diggings. The Boy With the U.S. Miners This was in new diggings, where the earth had never been disturbed so far as appearances would indicate, and moreover he found but one small piece of gold besides that in the claim. Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 Our job’ll be to pick up the rum-boat with her juicy cargo, an’ hand her over to some Government official Jack knows about around these diggings. Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes "If they don't get into trouble before they leave the gold diggings, it will be mighty queer." To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon On my arrival at the Avoca diggings, I marked out a “claim,” and for several days my occupation was that of “shepherding” it. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z “I sure would if I’d had the least suspicion that there was any other hunter around these diggings,” declared Thad, with a frown on his usually smooth brow; for he instantly began to scent trouble. The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods The New Test for the Silver Fox Patrol Tod Denver and Charley, the moondog, made ideal companions as they set a zigzag course for the Martian diggings—paradise for fools. t was Charley's fault, of course; all of it.... Master of the Moondog She wants to stay at the Enterprise on Saturday, so they can't have very nice "diggings,"' replied her companion. A City Schoolgirl And Her Friends The new diggings, with all their golden hopes, lay before them. To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon ‘It is a miserable, wretched life, at the best, on these diggings,’ I remarked. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z They told us that the diggings were rich, good “ounce a day” diggings. Gold Never such a season for work since the diggings broke out. Happy Days for Boys and Girls These men found placer gold and rock "float" at our camp and made quite a clean-up that fall, returning to Sitka with a "gold-poke" sufficiently plethoric to start a stampede to the new diggings. Alaska Days with John Muir "He says the new gold diggings are something immense, and he wants to stake a claim at the earliest possible date." To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon The drayman’s partner was a man known in the diggings, by the name of “Bat.” Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z We loafed about here and there through the diggings, swapping remarks with the better disposed, until the men began to knock off work. Gold But we still live in makeshift houses, and so far only a few families are able to make a living, bare and meager, out of their clearings, diggings, and cows. A Stake in the Land Without doubt he had tried his luck at the diggings, and got no good from that; without doubt he had loved the bottle, and lived the life of Jack ashore. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) “I’ve been looking 35 about for fresh diggings; I’m tired of mine.” The Phantom Lover For two or three days after he had left me, I looked about the diggings—undecided what I should next do. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z “Which,” said Johnny shrewdly, “is a sad commentary on the decline of the diggings at Hangman’s.” Gold Colonel Charles Whittlesey, of Cleveland, Ohio, who has examined these "ancient diggings," has several interesting relics, some of which he has figured and described in the thirteenth volume of the "Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 I was in diggings out Hampstead way—17, Potter's Terrace, was the address. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly In Brazil the diggings were not so extensive nor so rich as in this state. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining Where I should go, after leaving the diggings, was a subject for profound consideration. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z The crowd took his whiskey, laughed with him, and tried shrewdly to pump him as to the location of his diggings. Gold Stone hammers are found in all the ancient diggings, and in some instances the number is almost incredible. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 “We picked up a few particles, just enough to keep hope alive, but, in the end, had to give it up and take our chances in the diggings like the rest of the fortune hunters.” Up the Forked River Or, Adventures in South America Bench diggings are in a "bench" or narrow table on the side of a hill above a river. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining He went to the diggings in Victoria, a little more than two years ago. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z An effigy clad in regulation gambler’s rig, including the white shirt, swayed and swung slowly above the merest surface diggings. Gold When men drifted in to trade dust and nuggets for picks and flour, the fur-traders smiled, and rightly surmised that the California diggings were playing out. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia You said the dining-room out at your diggings would be closed by this time. The Million-Dollar Suitcase Some gold does not amalgamate readily; in various diggings of Siskiyou county, the gold has a reddish coating, which prevents amalgamation. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining Ever since meeting you on the Victoria diggings, I noticed about you the appearance of a man who had lost something—the mother of his children, for instance. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z It was further agreed to increase our chances by utilizing the cradles at two totally different kinds of diggings. Gold A few men have been there and proved the existence of rich diggings by bringing specimens back with them. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia Then come and help me to hunt up some diggings. Audrey Craven "Dry digging," as a mode of mining, must not be confounded with "dry diggings," a kind of mining ground which has been described near the beginning of this chapter. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining As soon as we should have completed our claim on the Gravel-pits lead, Olliphant and Bill had declared their intention of proceeding to Melbourne—to return to the diggings no more. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z By that hour we figured we should have reached the outskirts of the regular diggings, where, our experience told us, our companions would be safe. Gold If it had a shiny yellow pebble inside only the size of a pea, the miner would stay on that bank and begin bench diggings into the dry bank. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia The cold was below zero and no work could be done in the diggings until a rise in temperature came. A Waif of the Mountains The existence of gold in a district having been established, close observation will suggest to the prospector where he may reasonably expect to find the best diggings. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining I wanted to see the great city of iron foundries; and, still more, my old mate—Brown, the convict—who had worked along with me on the diggings of Avoca. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z It was situated on one of the main overland trails, and that was possibly the only reason its rich diggings had not been sooner discovered–it was too accessible! Gold By the spring of '59 dry bench diggings had extended back fifty miles from the river. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia Varick Thomson, an old miner, who had spent years of fruitless toil in the diggings of Australia, lay down and died, and the parson officiated at his funeral. A Waif of the Mountains The diggings are placers in the bars and banks of the Klamath River and its tributaries, the Trinity and Salmon Rivers, and many small creeks. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining As a matter of course, we found that the birds had flown; and could not be discovered anywhere upon the diggings. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Buck Barry was standing near some small sage bushes at the upper end of the diggings. Gold This kind of mining required sluicing, and long ditches were constructed to bring the water to the dry diggings. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia “On your way to the diggings I presume?” continued the captain courteously. A Waif of the Mountains The diggings are so difficult of access, and are so protected by mountains against ditches, that they will last for many years. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining As I did not much like the idea of separating from him so soon; and, having no great desire to return to the diggings, I resolved to accompany him. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z We gravitated naturally to the diggings, which were very much like those at Hangman’s Gulch, except that they were rather more extensive, and branched out more into the tributary ravines. Gold Men on the upper diggings were making from sixty to a hundred dollars a day. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia When they told the rest of us, we made up our minds that the trouble was the diggings had panned out so rich in them parts that the folks meant to keep ’em to themselves. A Waif of the Mountains The Klamath runs through a deep canon; the Scott and Shasta Rivers, have pleasant open valleys, but the diggings along their banks are chiefly among the canons near the Klamath. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining We met by mere chance—on the diggings of Victoria; and, hearing me called Rowland, he asked my other name. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z There’s no miner in these diggings but has gold enough in his belt to sink him. Gold Sometimes the best diggings were a mother lode at the head of a creek. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia “Didn’t you refer to the diggings?” he innocently asked in turn. A Waif of the Mountains The diggings are mostly in the basins of Clear Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Rock Creek and Salt Creek, all of which enter into the Sacramento. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining Astounding discoveries of gold were being daily made in Victoria; and the diggings of New South Wales were richly rewarding all those who toiled in them. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z I don’t 292 believe the Porcupine is any richer than these diggings, and it’s mighty uncertain. Gold There are also in that region diggings of coarser gold on small streams that empty into the main river. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia It was when he was in this mood, that Captain Dawson urged him to accompany him to the gold diggings in the Sierras. A Waif of the Mountains The shallow or surface diggings are chiefly found in the beds of ravines and gullies, in the bars of rivers, and in shallow flats; the deep diggings are in hills and deep flats. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining Living near by the diggings was a sort of doctor, who used to speculate, in various ways, in the business of gold-mining. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z When my cradle was finished, I went prospecting with a pan; and since this was that golden year 1849, and the diggings were neither crowded nor worked out, I soon found ‘colour.’ Gold His breech-clouted scouts discovered some dry placer diggings here, and he bade the squaws mine the dust which he exchanged with crooked-souled white traders for ammunition. When the West Was Young The diggings were in the mountain side at varying distances. A Waif of the Mountains In Australia the diggings are very deep and spotted, that is, the gold is unevenly distributed, and the supply of water for mining is scanty. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining The three of us, thus temporarily acting together, were not what is called on the diggings “regular mates,” though my two partners stood to one another in this relationship. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z We hated each other, and the work, and the valley of the Porcupine, and gold diggings, and California with a fine impartiality. Gold The gambling-hall was filled with raw-boned packers from the hills, dust-stained teamsters from the valley towns, miners from the diggings, and a riffraff of adventurers from no one knew––or cared––where. When the West Was Young There were the same merry jests, the reminiscences, the conjectures how certain diggings would pan out, the small talk and the general good feeling. A Waif of the Mountains Hill diggings are those where the pay-dirt is in or under a hill. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining I once met two miners in San Francisco—to which place they had come from different diggings, for the purpose of having a few days’ rest after months of toil. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z In that time thousands had landed, and the diggings had filled. Gold The promise of time saved was an important consideration, for all of the company were getting impatient to reach the placer diggings lest they be too late. When the West Was Young Now that they had procured their wealth and abandoned their diggings, all their eagerness was for escape. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin The tom may be used to advantage in diggings where the amount of pay-dirt is small and the gold coarse. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining The odd two or three hundred will be enough, to carry the loser back to the diggings. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z “The diggings are rich as mud,” replied the hotel man dispassionately. Gold They were on their way out from some winter diggings, they told him, and they had plenty of dust with them. When the West Was Young The other principal gold diggings were some seventy miles further south, near the present site of Leadville. A Gold Hunter's Experience The diggings at Timbuctoo are in a deep hill, which is washed away by the hydraulic process. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining I know it: for he has worked with me all the time he has been on the diggings; and he had no chance to get this nugget anywhere else. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Few of them stopped at the diggings, although most had come west in hopes of gold, but pushed on down to the pastures of the Sacramento. Gold The "diggings" referred to was a pile of hard-tack which, when Rodney first saw it, was almost as long and high as the railroad depot. Rodney The Partisan In these diggings the shrewd antiquary digs for those precious tear-bottles of my ancestors. The Book of Khalid He told it that if it would behave itself he would take it up to the Rocky Mountains to the gold diggings. The Monkey That Would Not Kill In the latter part of the year 1853, a report reached the diggings of Victoria: that very rich “placers” had been discovered in Peru. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Old man,” he said to Pine, “you and yore sons help us with this job, and we’ll locate you on the purtiest diggings in these hills.” Gold We have been here two months now, and no living soul but ourselves and Younkins has ever been in these diggings; not one. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas It is this that forces us to seek his diggings, to trace, if possible, his footsteps. The Book of Khalid Coal was found, it is said, 'though of too sulphureous a kind for use;' but deeper diggings would, no doubt, lay bare a superior seam. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice It appears, from the intelligence we have received, that a woman was, or was supposed to have been, murdered, at the diggings near Sonora. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z McNally, Johnny, and I inclined to the belief that we would do better to keep our wealth by us until we finally left the diggings, maintaining always a proper guard. Gold There McClellan's diggings and strategy neutralize the gallantry of the generals and of the troops. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 He’s had such wonderful luck on the diggings. The Tale of Timber Town For some time Frank worked between Sacramento and the diggings. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California After reaching the diggings at McIvor, I entered into partnership with one of the men, who had travelled with me from Melbourne. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z The diggings were in the gulch below the road; but the streets of the town, and especially the shady sides of the buildings, were numerously furnished with lounging men. Gold That means that things will begin to happen in these diggings pretty soon now.” Young Alaskans in the Far North His route lay for a brief mile along the track which led to the diggings. The Tale of Timber Town Work was here carried on methodically; water was, in some cases, brought many miles in little canals from mountain lakes down to the diggings, and operations were carried on on a large scale. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California I endeavoured to persuade them, to go up to the diggings with me, and try to make their fortune by honest and honourable labour; but both rejected my counsel—Vane even receiving it with scorn. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z However, we did not wait to investigate the wonders of Hangman’s Gulch, but drove our animals along the one street, looking for the trail that should lead us back to the diggings. Gold Drylyn’s eyes ran painfully over ditch and diggings, the near cabins and the distant hills, then returned to the messenger. Red Men and White And when we adjourn, I suggest that a meeting of all diggers on the field be called for the purpose of forming a vigilance committee, for the detection and suppression of crime on the diggings.” The Tale of Timber Town Then, leaving one of their number in charge, they started off to visit the diggings. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California For two or three days I strolled about the diggings, looking for some opportunity of setting myself to work. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Our common ground of meeting was at first the natural one of the gold diggings. Gold I have never, curiously enough, heeded the insistent call of the diggings; I have never "washed a pan," and my name has never appeared on the share-list of a mine. Arizona's Yesterday Being the Narrative of John H. Cady, Pioneer “But I’m afraid the men on the diggings think hardly of me.” The Tale of Timber Town After a time the lower valley became worked out, and numbers drifted away to other diggings; but it was four months before the party at the waterfall completely worked out their claims. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California Influenced by these thoughts, I remained for some time in doubt, whether I should return to the diggings or not. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z “All the surface diggings are taken up,” our friend told us. Gold ‘As well attempt to stop the influx of the tide as stop the rush to the diggings,’ was the reply given by Fitzroy to his petitioners. Australian Writers “I have come from the diggings,” said Jack, “and have called to ask ...” The Tale of Timber Town The stores were brought in waggons as far as Sacramento, and from that town were carried to the diggings on the backs of mules and horses. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California The man, who had made it, lost his two thousand dollars; and next morning he handed the money over to his more fortunate friend, shook hands with him, and started back for the diggings! Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z “Here’s feed, and water near, and it ain’t so very far back to the diggings.” Gold Charlie Bates had pulled out for the new gold diggings in the Mojave desert, rich again in anticipation, although he had to leave San Francisco secretly to escape the process servers. The Readjustment “I shall require you to proceed to the diggings at Bush Robin Creek,” said the Manager, addressing the gold-clerk. The Tale of Timber Town Frank was left behind at the next town, his fellow-passengers overwhelming him with thanks, many having considerable amounts of gold concealed about them, the result, in some cases, of months' work at the diggings. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California He was also en route for the diggings at Tuolumne; and we arranged to travel together. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Every day we wait, some other fellow is landing in the diggings.” Gold There are strangers continually watching our diggings, and making inquiries about Isobel. The Master Mummer “Mr. Scarlett—who has been so lucky on the diggings—kicked him out of the house on to the pavement.” The Tale of Timber Town The existence of gold in the valley had been discovered but three weeks before, but a rush had taken place from other diggings. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California With only one hundred dollars in his purse, he again started for the diggings; and it was while journeying thither that he and I came together, and entered into partnership as above related. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z “Gold diggings right in the streets of San Francisco,” murmured Yank. Gold It may be added that even the African diamonds that are found in "river diggings" average better in quality than those of the volcanic pipes which form the principal source of the world's supply to-day. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public But the reel digger don’t act so—it’s the loafers on the diggings gets us a bad name. The Tale of Timber Town An interesting inscription has been lately brought to light in the diggings on the Athenian Acropolis. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life “After coming up to the diggings, I had no luck for a long time; but I’m now working one of the richest claims as ever was opened.” Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z We arose before daylight, picketed our horses, left our dishes unwashed, and hurried down to the diggings just at sun-up carrying our gold pans or “washbowls,” and our extra tools. Gold An old diggings is the place for this work, because there you will learn the kind of country, formation, and spots to look for gold when you want to break new ground. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia “Now, look this way,” Dolphin pointed down the track in the direction of the diggings. The Tale of Timber Town The diggings of Maryborough district, situated a hundred and fifty miles northwest of Melbourne, are famous, and give occupation to some eight thousand miners. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands He seemed at least ten years older, than when he left me at the diggings two days before. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z “He’s the most level-headed man in these diggings.” Gold In the earliest days of the diggings proclamations were issued on diverse subjects, but mostly in the direction of curtailing the privileges of the miners. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia All was strangely quiet, for most of the members were at the diggings, and the times were too pregnant with business to warrant much conviviality. The Tale of Timber Town The precious metals are distributed over the land in gold-bearing quartz reefs, rich alluvial diggings, and in the sands of its many rivers. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands I had heard good accounts of the southern “placers,” which, being of the sort known as “dry diggings,” were best worked during the rainy season. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Although we did not immediately run into the expected thousands, nor did the promise of that first glorious day of discovery quite fulfil itself, nevertheless our new diggings turned out to be very rich. Gold H. H. Hayter, `Christmas Adventure,' p. i: "Fryer's creek, a diggings more than 90 miles from Melbourne." Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia So lucky on the diggings, so unlucky in town, Bill the Prospector took the box with a slightly trembling hand and rattled the dice. The Tale of Timber Town On the discovery of the "dry diggings" at Kimberley, the majority of the diggers removed thither. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" I was anxious to be off to the diggings, where his eldest son, James, a young man about twenty years old, proposed accompanying me. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z We stopped and talked to them; and discovered that they were working what they called “dry diggings.” Gold But her walks were ever within the limits of the busy diggings; all her old fondness for the wild places seemed sleeping—like her ambitions. That Girl Montana Tresco looked on this man as a veritable gold-mine, in that he had discovered one of the richest diggings in the country. The Tale of Timber Town Minerals; lime and excellent freestone for building purposes,—coal,—iron,—lead and copper,—with several old "diggings" and furnaces, where both copper and lead ore have been smelted in early times. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Old Johnson declined going to the diggings himself—his object in coming to California being to “locate” a farm, while the country was still “young.” Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z For when one man said there was no gold; another was as confident that the diggings were not even scratched. Gold Even if she leaves these diggings some day and forgets all about me, just as the young wolves or wildcats do—well, what difference? That Girl Montana I refer to Mr. Scarlett, the boss of the Robin Creek diggings.” The Tale of Timber Town Some of these diggings are, probably, relinquished, and many new ones commenced. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West The profits obtained in some cases of extensive deep diggings and hydraulic mining are very great. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography We thought them miners; but in the light of subsequent knowledge I believe that unlikely–the diggings were farther in. Gold I come down from the diggings with Mr. Overton this morning. That Girl Montana A carpenter named Jack Barker and myself started with three horses in pursuit, eventually finding the absconders where the Woolgar diggings now are. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 The following is a list of the principal diggings in that portion of the lead mine region that lies between Rock river and the Wisconsin, embracing portions of Illinois State, and Wisconsin Territory. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Now, except in newly opened diggings, the genuine desperado is a thing of the past. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography The miners slowly dispersed, returning to their own diggings. Gold Word came that she was to cut the diggings and go to school a spell. That Girl Montana Both Fitzmaurice and myself were well known to the firm through our carrying for them from the Port to the several diggings. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 "If he's around these diggings he'd be the very one to engineer some dirty trick." The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery The simple individual pan-washers are the first in the field, but it soon ceases to be profitable to this class of operators, and they soon move on in search of richer "diggings." Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography This was by far the largest single nugget found in these diggings–for most of the gold here came in flakes–and it attracted much attention. Gold He was very enthusiastic about the diggings back of his cabin, and in the end got Wumble to promise to join him in his hunt for gold in the Spring. The Rover Boys in Alaska or Lost in the Fields of Ice After making a quick trip we returned, and loaded again for the Gilbert diggings. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 Her friends would have taken her to see the gold diggings if it had been possible. The Old Helmet, Volume II This constant strain on my mind interposed stumbling blocks to my material prosperity, as I had no heart for my work, and wandered about the diggings aimlessly. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography We were doing pretty well in the diggings, but we had also fairly healthy appetites, and I am convinced that at the prices that man charged we should have no more than kept even. Gold In many houses in which I made diggings I regularly found the following arrangement. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests The Cape River diggings had just broken out, and as I was now getting stronger—the fever was going off gradually—I decided to remain in Australia, and try my hand at gold digging. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 To my surprise and dismay the cleric told me that he could not pay it, as the officer in question had run away from his ship and gone to the gold diggings. A Retrospect Again, it matters not what kind of work you are set on; some slaves are set to forced diggings, others to forced marches; some dig furrows, others field-works, and others graves. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing Johnny did not return at all that night, but showed up next morning at the diggings, looking blear-eyed and sleepy. Gold The diggings for nitre have almost obliterated the entrance to the cavity, and the fortress is already so much injured that possibly in another century scarcely a trace of the edifice will remain. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests On my last trip to the Cape diggings, Wilson and I had returned as far as Homestead, when Bob Watson rode up, and enquired for what we would take loading to the Gilbert River. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 We've been at work on the American River diggings, where your folks ahead there are going, and we found it good enough, but we've heard of something better. The Windy Hill "Come along, honey," this to Joan, "seize up your bag and follow me; we have got to find diggings of sorts before the hour is up." To Love I may add that I never saw a machine of the kind actually at work in the diggings. Gold Him and me was one of the very first that went out to the diggings. Her Mother's Secret Watson explained the reason for our loading at night was that the Gilbert diggings had only just been reported, and his firm wished to get supplies on the ground early to obtain high prices. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 Yet Felix could not put from his mind the talk of the man he had met on the prairie, the tale of higher mountains, deeper valleys, and richer diggings over to the southward. The Windy Hill ‘Ay, to the diggings, somewhere, anywhere, to get away from it all!’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster "Confess now, Jack," said Harry, "you would rather be on board ship than here at the diggings." In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia A single visit to the creeks sufficed for me, for although Dawson was free from mosquitoes, the diggings swarmed with them. From Paris to New York by Land When crossing the Expedition Range, before reaching Clermont, on my way from Mistake Creek, I rode over to a small diggings to purchase meat. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 Yes, these are rich diggings," he said finally, going back to the subject of which they had first been talking, "but—there is more gold even than this somewhere beyond. The Windy Hill And certainly in the very early days of the gold-digging rushes, much harm was done to the settled industries of the land through everybody rushing away to the diggings. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia As the gold was being conveyed from the diggings, escorted by bands of armed troopers, the bushrangers lurked upon the road, treacherously shot the troopers, and rifled the chests. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 But a rough life and stormy weather soon cured him of a love for the sea, and while his ship was lying at Nome City he escaped, intending to try his luck at the diggings. From Paris to New York by Land Then Dickson told her that he had heard Tony had gone back to the diggings, and she attributed his not returning to the station to that cause. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush |
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