| 单词 | pickax |
| 例句 | They went at the hardened zoquete with pickaxes, hatchets, even acetylene torches. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I brought these in from home. Two shovels and a pickax.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Powell was armed only with a pickax, but his incredible strength could turn that tool into a formidable weapon. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He and some friends had dug a plot of earth with shovels and pickaxes. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She still remembered the feeling of embedding the pickax into his gut, and the stickiness of his blood on her hands and face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was heavy work, and boring; there was nothing to it but swinging my pickax again and again, breaking off big chunks of salt that another prisoner shoveled into a donkey cart. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z We found a shovel and pickax at an abandoned farm and spent just about every free minute digging a hole. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They were followed by a rough- looking militia unit that was trailed by a group of slaves carrying shovels and pickaxes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Winston had a hallucination of himself smashing a pickax right into the middle of it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Howard had already spent three years combing the Southwest for ancient bones, crawling into rattlesnake caves and taking a pickax to rock faces. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Miss Whitlaw had managed to salvage shovels, pickaxes, and crowbars from the various places for at least a dozen workers. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time she brought her arms down on the lever, she drove a pickax into the rock, swung a sledge onto a railroad spike. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She wasn’t that out of shape—after all, her pickax in the mines had been heavy. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “That was with a pickax,” she said, her smile growing feral. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Jake swung the pickax to break up the gravel, which had cemented itself together with caked dust. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z When the detectives open it, they are shocked by the sight of a tall man with a pickax slung over his shoulder, wearing a shirtsleeve on his head like a stocking cap. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Did you not hear them with the pickaxes this morning?” the first woman said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He stood before them, a large, powerful-looking man, carrying a pickax. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they focus their attention on the tall stranger with the pickax. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t see how working in a mine can teach anything beyond how to use a pickax.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I was given my own carbide light, my own pickax, and my own place to work. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Last year Clay pleaded no contest to a felony vandalism charge for smashing President Trump’s Walk of Fame star with a pickax. Man sentenced for stealing Marilyn Monroe statue in LA 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Photos and memories from women with bumps of all sizes, pictured in quarries and temples, jungles and deserts, up mountains and volcanoes, posing with pickaxes, backpacks and clipboards. Pregnant in the field: have trowel, will travel 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z President Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was destroyed early Wednesday morning by a man with a pickax, the police said. Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Is Shattered by Vandal 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z With shovels and pickaxes, we look like a search and rescue squad entering a residence after an earthquake. I clean out hoarder houses. Some jobs are even harder than the rest 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z The restoration began in 2005 and is now in its third phase, making slow progress because the uneven terrain allows use only of basic tools such as chisels, hammers, pickaxes and shovels. China's Great Wall repaired with simple tools, bricks of old 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Johnson's rumpled delivery extends the mileage of what becomes an extended joke that stops being funny after a point, which is Doug's knack for sniffing out goldmines but just missing the X with his pickax. Saved from extinction, "Minx" is back with an even richer and more complicated second season 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Without set or props, one scene of men working with pickaxes very much resembles another, which is sort of the point, but also sort of tiresome. Review: In ‘Cool Hand Luke,’ the Ultimate Escape 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z A man attempted to remove the star by smashing it with a pickax and sledgehammer in October 2016, and pleaded no contest to felony vandalism in February 2017. Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Is Shattered by Vandal 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z If you saw his first collection, last February, you could imagine that a pickax might be necessary to break through the cashmere layers and ethnic references, which by now, thankfully, I don’t recall. Fashion Review: Chlo?, Givenchy, Herm?s, John Galliano, Stella McCartney: Fashion Review 2011-10-03T23:34:47Z Their ideals were lofty but simple: They would live off the land, farming with Colonial-era tools, along with a band of like-minded men dressed in homespun robes wielding scythes and pickaxes. They Built It. No One Came. 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z Start with “My Bloody Valentine,” a 1981 Canadian slasher film about a mining town besieged on Valentine’s Day by a killer with a pickax. What to Stream on Valentine’s Day 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Prosecutors said Mr. Clay used a pickax to smash the pink star, which is made of terrazzo and brass. Man Who Destroyed Trump’s Hollywood Star Is Ordered to Pay Nearly $9,500 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Ms. Roitfeld was doubtless aware that in raising the specter of human decline, Mr. Klein had taken a pickax to fashion’s most fearsome taboo. The Photographer and Auteur Steven Klein Loves to Shock, but Surreptitiously 2011-11-24T10:45:04Z The men were hired to dig the canal with pickaxes and shovels for $1 a day, six days a week. History and Nature on Delaware and Raritan Canal 2010-07-29T21:54:00Z Will the wall withstand climbers, diggers, pickaxes, torches and sledgehammers? What Is the Status of Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Wall’? 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z His star, which he received in 2007, is currently roped off and covered after a man with a pickax destroyed it last month. West Hollywood Urges Removal of Trump’s Walk of Fame Star (It’s a Long Shot) 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Our pickaxes slam into it, sometimes getting stuck like a blade wedging deep inside a tree trunk. I clean out hoarder houses. Some jobs are even harder than the rest 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z The stage is suddenly teeming with Soviet poster art imagery as the dancers clench their fists, wave their pickaxes, and pound the stage in percussive fury. Mikhailovsky Ballet: Laurencia 2010-07-21T20:30:00Z “That first year,” Ms. Burems said, “we started with a pickax and a heavy rake and spool of cord to make our rows straight.” For These New York Farmers, Harvest Time Means High Times 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was vandalized with a sledgehammer and a pickax in October. Trump Scorns the Pop Culture World He Once Cultivated 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z For a writer, though, it’s a pickax, and we’re living through a gold rush, as they might say in San Francisco. A Tech Insider Stylishly Chronicles Her Industry’s ‘Uncanny Valley’ 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Wooden trunks, set out along the island’s few sand lanes, contain tools for wildland firefighting: rakes, pickaxes, backpacks that can be filled with water, and fire extinguishers. Last Stop on the Way to the Cosmos? No Thanks. 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z However, on 21 September the work was destroyed under court order with pickaxes, saws and ropes. Maldives marine artwork destroyed for being a 'threat to Islamic unity' 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z I knew where my father kept his shovel and pickax. Liner notes for the Citadel 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z In one photo, several men wield pickaxes as they prepare to bust through sheets of fallen concrete. AP PHOTOS: Anxiety, grief and despair grip Gaza and Israel on week 5 of the Israel-Hamas war 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z People were said to be arriving with shovels and pickaxes to try to move the debris. Mexico church: Many trapped after Tamaulipas roof collapse 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z "We have come to bodies quite perfect, and we have cut parts away with choppers and pickaxes," he said. Necropolis Railway: The railway trip where only some returned 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Behind him, 20 men were working with pickaxes, shovels and hands. Morocco earthquake: "We need help from whomever will give it' 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Heavy machinery, sniffer dogs and pickaxes were used during the three-day search - which came at the request of German investigators who believe convicted sex offender Brueckner is the prime suspect in her disappearance. Madeleine McCann: German police say objects analysed after Portugal search 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z A man was arrested Monday afternoon after he allegedly crashed his car into a Lake Forest home, then threatened his roommate and chased neighbors with a pickax, according to Orange County sheriff’s deputies. Man accused of chasing people with pickax after crashing car into Orange County home 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z According to The Guardian, officers used pickaxes, chain saws and rakes to search the peninsula and the surrounding woods. The Madeleine McCann Case: Here’s What We Know 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Her DNA was found on a pickax on Daybell’s property, according to testimony from a forensic investigator. Lori Vallow’s defense attorneys rest case after calling zero witnesses in murder trial 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z When it was razed on Dec. 6, 1992, Das was there, watching a frenzied Hindu mob climb its rounded domes and tear it down with pickaxes and crowbars. 1 city, 2 people — and India’s widening religious divide 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z In Ethiopia, it was like stepping back in time as people harvested salt with pickaxes in temperatures of 50C. Pictures from above: What a bird's eye view of Africa reveals 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z After the crash, the driver, who authorities believe was a temporary resident of the neighborhood, left the car and ran to a nearby home, where he got a pickax, said Deputy Mike Woodroof. Man accused of chasing people with pickax after crashing car into Orange County home 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The Syrian Civil Defence Force - also known as the White Helmets - which operates in opposition-held areas, did what they could with pickaxes and crowbars. No tents, no aid, nothing: Why some Syrians feel forgotten 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z In the city of Antakya, men armed with pickaxes and crowbars sifted through the rubble of a fallen building on Tuesday, looking for survivors. Turkey earthquake: Long journeys to find family 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z His three sons borrowed pickaxes and jackhammers, angrily hacking away at the walls they had decorated with colored plates just last month. Israel steps up Jerusalem home demolitions as violence rises 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z The villagers explain how the goldminers came to their area with their shovels and pickaxes. The Somali gold rush endangering frankincense and myrrh 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Woodroof said the man attempted to assault his roommate and a gardener outside the home with the pickax. Man accused of chasing people with pickax after crashing car into Orange County home 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z A woman accused of smashing her Pasadena neighbor’s windows with a pickax in an attack caught on video is set to appear in court Friday to face a felony vandalism charge, officials said. Pasadena woman faces felony charge after video shows pickax attack on neighbor's home 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z As the sun began to set Monday, Kris Pflugh of Chewack Wildfire was using a pickax to pull up hot ash and dirt, exposing orange embers. Inside the Bolt Creek fire — and the newly burning forests of the western Cascades 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z There will be glider designs based on Destiny sparrow designs, alongside Destiny-inspired pickaxes and back blings. Destiny 2’s Fortnite crossover is official and includes skins, maps, and more 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z If you’re tempted to be pleased by the pickax — to regard it as a fine interplay of public art and public life — ruangrupa, an artists’ collective from Indonesia, will gladly disillusion you. A Radical Collective Takes Over One of the World’s Biggest Art Shows 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Inside, the man is shown hacking at a housemate’s door with the pickax. Man accused of chasing people with pickax after crashing car into Orange County home 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Surveillance video from the home’s front porch Monday afternoon shows a woman walking up the driveway with a pickax in her hands before swinging the tool into a street-facing window. Pasadena woman faces felony charge after video shows pickax attack on neighbor's home 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z When Mr. Lopez escaped from a prison bus on May 12, he had been serving sentences for crimes that included killing a man with a pickax. Escaped Texas Killer Dies in Shootout With Police, Officials Say 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z In 2006, Lopez was convicted of capital murder after kidnapping a man over a drug debt and killing him with a pickax, The Washington Post reported. Escaped inmate dies in shootout hours after allegedly killing five 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z The pickax may be outdoors, but a formal gap still separates artifact from audience. A Radical Collective Takes Over One of the World’s Biggest Art Shows 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z “It takes a pickax to it and in doing so, it opens up the risk of losing a whole stack of other rights that we’ve come to depend on.” For Conservative Legal Movement, a Long-Sought Triumph Appears at Hand 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z A woman inside the home is heard screaming as the woman with the pickax walks away. Pasadena woman faces felony charge after video shows pickax attack on neighbor's home 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Carrying shovels and pickaxes, miners make their way down the winding path of reddish clay to the coal-filled mountain. Desperate for Cash, Afghans Toil in Mines That Are Deadlier Than Ever 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Until recently, the gray circle featuring a bald eagle flying over the U.S. flag, surrounded by the Bible, a cross, the county’s map, and a pickax and shovel, did not receive much attention. A Missouri county’s ‘cluttered’ seal was ridiculed online. It prompted a global search for a replacement. 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z A writer may convey its philosophy or evoke memories of past shows, but between events — in the lead-up to Documenta, for instance — there’s nothing to see, no giant pickax to describe. A Radical Collective Takes Over One of the World’s Biggest Art Shows 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Ice is still for sale in London, although nobody has to go wading with pickaxes to get it. London's callings: Odd, obsolete and old jobs in the capital 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z A short time later, the woman returns and smashes through several more of the home’s windows, swinging the pickax as shards of glass fall to the ground. Pasadena woman faces felony charge after video shows pickax attack on neighbor's home 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Inside the dark tunnels, he works through the pain that shoots through his back and arms as he slams a pickax into the wall of coal over and over and over again. Desperate for Cash, Afghans Toil in Mines That Are Deadlier Than Ever 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z He keeps the pickax he used in his fields as a souvenir of the hard labor that transformed Ishigaki into something close to the paradise he was promised. The Island Paradise Near the Front Line of Tensions Over Taiwan 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z But regular people, and sometimes children, also grab a pickax and start digging. Congo Ousts Mining Leader in a Cloud of Corruption Claims 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The Palestinian farmer rested his pickax and shook his head. ‘Hate crime’ attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians spike in the West Bank 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z One depicts an industrial miner in hard hat, headlamp and boots; another a shoeless, shirtless man in ragged shorts holding a pickax. Hunt for the ‘blood diamond of batteries’ impedes green energy push 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z He advised the firefighters to dig delicately, using shovels and a pickax, to keep the structural components of the tunnel intact, starting at the entrance of the burrow. Firefighters launch tense rescue after pet tortoise traps pet dog in underground burrow 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Carrying hammers, pickaxes, brushes and water, their packs weigh 15-20 pounds before they find anything, and they often hike 4 or 5 miles. UW paleontologists dug up 4 dinosaurs in Montana this summer — see the fossils emerge at the Burke Museum 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z As per usual, completing quests will unlock some free goodies like gliders and pickaxes. Fortnite’s Halloween event turns Ariana Grande into ‘the galaxy’s greatest monster hunter’ 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Wear jeans and bring along a small pickax, a hammer, a respirator and protective eyewear if you plan to pound rocks and something to carry your crystals in. How to Collect Crystals 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z A cacophony of chain saws, generators and pickaxes striking the soil competed with the rumbling of diesel engines of fire trucks lined up along the side of the road. One Night on the Fire Lines at Lake Tahoe 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z He didn’t speak Spanish and knew nothing about mining but dug into the hills with a pickax to seek his fortune. Stanley Weiss, executive who founded group monitoring defense spending, dies at 94 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z The family trudged up the hill to the tap-tap of a pickax digging out the grave where Mushtaq would be buried. Afghans already mourning their country begin burying their dead 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Several members of an Israeli rescue team worked partly on hands and knees Tuesday over a small section of the rubble, digging with shovels, pickaxes and saws. Condo searchers eye tropical forecast as effort stretches on 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Nearby, the charges say detectives found a key card to the Federal Way hotel; a pickax and shovel were found next to a second hole about 20 yards from the grave. Kent man faces murder, arson charges as sheriff’s detectives continue to investigate double homicide 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Later that year the jihadists used pickaxes to destroy the mud-brick mausoleums that covered the saints’ tombs, condemning the buildings as totems of idolatry. ICC holds reparations ceremony for Timbuktu mausoleums 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Some climbed to the rooftops and used pickaxes to chop holes, firing through them at the immigrants inside. The racist massacre that killed 10% of L.A.'s Chinese population and brought shame to the city 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z “Here in the rain they savagely killed our brothers and sisters with knives and pickaxes,” said Paul Sakata, a resident of Bulongo. Suspected Islamists kill at least a dozen villagers in eastern Congo 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z One woman testified that the mob broke through the doors of her son’s house on East 28th Street in Manhattan, where she was visiting, using pickaxes to break through. Opinion | The Real Story of the ‘Draft Riots’ 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z He climbed mountains to log trees with hand saws and axes, moving them to construction sites and digging the frozen ground with a shovel and pickax. North Korea waging propaganda-heavy, 80-day labor campaign 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z One glass case displayed a pickax that a Chinese soldier used to “continuously hack three American soldiers to death.” Amid U.S. election, China uses war stories to rally long-term resistance to Washington 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Otis, who has previously attacked the star, took a pickax to it Friday. Trump's Walk of Fame star vandalized again, person turns himself in: report 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z The event will include the standard array of unlockable items; players will be able to earn Halloween-themed pickaxes and weapon wraps by completing a series of challenges. Fortnite’s Halloween event includes a J Balvin concert 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z It will be up to the chamber to again replace the star, just as it did in 2016 when Otis destroyed the mini-monument with a sledgehammer and pickax. Man dressed as the Hulk is arrested for vandalizing Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z A man in an Incredible Hulk costume demolished Trump's star with a pickax around 5 a.m., Trump's Hollywood star destroyed by man in Hulk costume: report 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The sidewalk star was defaced with a pickax early Friday morning by a person dressed as the Incredible Hulk, the Marvel superhero, said Jeff Lee, a public information officer for the Los Angeles Police Dept. Trump's Walk of Fame star smashed again, this time by someone dressed as the Hulk 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Senior BJP leaders watched from a podium as a mob armed with ropes and pickaxes demolished the mosque, with at least one of the politicians urging them on, eyewitnesses said. Indian court acquits Hindu nationalist leaders accused of demolishing 16th-century mosque 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z The sounds of fierce sobbing and mourning prayers mixed with the clinks of pickaxes echoed across the sand. Coronavirus live news: France daily cases top 10,000; Victoria reports 41 new infections 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z The group said things would have escalated “either way” but they admitted the protesters called their bluff on the firepower when they pulled out a pickax to remove the statue despite the armed patrol. New Mexico militia refusing to stand down amid protests 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Then in July 2018, another person destroyed the star with a pickax. Trump's Hollywood star destroyed by man in Hulk costume: report 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Last month, demonstrators tried to tear down an Oñate statue outside an Albuquerque museum using chains and a pickax. ‘Conquistador’ image on New Mexico water tank targeted 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, demonstrators tried to tear down an Oñate statue outside an Albuquerque museum using chains and a pickax. Spanish colonial monuments fuel race strife in US Southwest 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z Mayor Tim Keller on Tuesday also raised concerns about a separate group of armed men who showed up before protesters tried to bring the statue down with a chain and pickax. Pueblo leaders seek ‘meaningful’ resolution to statue fight 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Merrell’s novel was already a heavily fictionalized treatment of Jackson’s life, and Decker’s “Shirley” fittingly takes a pickax to its own source material. Review: 'Shirley,' with Elisabeth Moss as Shirley Jackson, is a cunning psychological brew 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z He foraged to find cheap materials before digging the foundation with shovel and pickax at age 61. Genius or folly? One man's three-decade quest to build a replica of Monticello in the middle of nowhere 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Do you offer tips on where to buy pickaxes and how to read geologic maps? Review | Upending retail with razors, lipstick and mattresses 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z He suffered from back pain much of his life after a Nazi lashed him 25 times with the wooden handle of a pickax for being caught with extra bread. Rachmil 'Ralph' Hakman, Holocaust survivor, dies after making final visit to Auschwitz 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z One wears a dark beard and carries a pickax. Women scientists wear fake beards for documentary project 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z In the wake of the incident, firefighters had to tether to the roof, using 2x4s and pickaxes to dislodge the remaining ice before it could fall in massive sheets, NBC DFW reported at the time. How does weather for Super Bowl LIV compare to past games? Here are the top 5 worst weather moments 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z Meers knows Sourdough Sam, San Francisco’s gold miner mascot with the comically large pickax, and said he was looking forward to catching up with him before the game. Chiefs’ KC Wolf, the NFL’s longest-tenured mascot, basks in first Super Bowl trip 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z There was the time a Nazi lashed him 25 times on his back with the wooden handle of a pickax one of those days visiting his uncle, when he was caught with extra bread. 75 years after being freed from Auschwitz, he can't stop going back 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Many work with little more than pickaxes and shovels and carry what they dig on their backs. What is artisanal gold and why is it booming? 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z The stuff includes packs of Fizzy Lava, Fossil Rock, Ice Age Putty, Dino Dirt, Glowing Slime, a plastic pickax, six mini, smashable eggs and a stand to reassemble or display the mini eggs. Zadzooks 2019 Gift Guide for young role-players 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z A soldier works his trench with a pickax. On Ukraine’s bleak front line, US aid saves lives and morale 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z They use the pictures from the next days and nights, as delirious young men and women took pickaxes and hammers to the wall while the guards looked on. In place of Berlin’s Wall now stands a barrier of sullen resentment | Neal Ascherson 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z Many climbed the wall at Berlin's Brandenburg gate, chipping away at the wall itself with hammers and pickaxes. How 1989 reshaped the modern world 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Some of the biggest Fortnite streamers are even swinging their pickax. Thinking of returning to Minecraft? Here’s what you need to know. | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Thursday and saw someone with a pickax trying to break into his storage shed, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. West Texas gunman suspected of planning attack in 2011, police reports say 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Thursday by noise outside and saw someone trying to break into his storage shed with a pickax. Police: Dallas man went back to bed after killing burglar 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Meyers told police he was awakened by a noise around 5 a.m. and saw someone trying to break into his storage shed with a pickax. Cops: Texas man fatally shot burglar and went back to bed before calling 911 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Afterward, Reyes Reyes and others returned to the park with a pickax and shovel, spending the better part of a day digging a grave for Hernandez Cruz, Farrell said. A teen was killed because man thought he was a gang member using black magic to control a girl, detective testifies 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Last year Clay pleaded no contest to a felony vandalism charge for smashing President Trump’s Walk of Fame star with a pickax. Man sentenced for stealing Marilyn Monroe statue in LA 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Khafra worked with loyalty and tenacity, wielding a rotary hammer, jackhammer and pickax. A millionaire day trader, the secret bunker under his home and a murder conviction 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z “It’s different than the gold rush days, when anybody with a mule or a pickax could go and try to find gold,” says George Sowers, a space resources expert at the Colorado School of Mines. The New Scramble for the Moon 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z In July 2018, a man took a pickax to the star. Trump’s star on Hollywood Walk of Fame is defaced by a vandal — again 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Some African miners are swapping their pickaxes and shovels for diggers and crushers – increasing production volumes exponentially. Exclusive: Gold worth billions smuggled out of Africa 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z He threw bricks at officers and grabbed a pickax, the department said. LAPD led nation with 14 officer-involved fatal shootings in 2018 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z They rushed home to get a shovel and pickax to try to free him but were unsuccessful. South Carolina firefighter adopts puppy he rescued from under pile of rocks 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z “Ah, pickaxes, that’s the word,” he said with a boyish grin. How a Slovakian neo-Nazi got elected 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z They will attempt to dig using special pickaxes, drills and shovels in a bid to reach the boy. Spanish expert miners finally ready to reach missing toddler who fell down well 11 days ago 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z In October 2016 Trump’s star was replaced after a man vandalized it with a pickax. Man arrested for allegedly defacing Trump’s Hollywood star with swastikas 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z It’s appealing to users because they’re able to build within the game, utilizing strategy and technique to defeat opponents – sniping them down from self-built towers or whacking them with giant pickaxes. ‘School, football, Fortnite’: For WSU Cougars, the real battle begins when they leave the field 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z But armed with sledge-hammers and pickaxes, Bomfleur and his colleagues unearthed an unusual patch of mummified plants in a rocky outcrop along the eastern shore of the Dead Sea in Jordan. Dead Sea fossils hint at earlier start for some ancient plants 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z A few hours later, Clay put on headphones and took from the car a guitar case that contained the pickax. Suffering pickaxes and dog poop, Trump’s Hollywood star has become a symbolic spectacle 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z “When I was bringing the pickax down, it felt cathartic,” Clay said. Suffering pickaxes and dog poop, Trump’s Hollywood star has become a symbolic spectacle 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z Earlier this year, another man was caught on video also destroying the newly replaced star with a pickax. Man arrested for allegedly defacing Trump’s Hollywood star with swastikas 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Another pickax is in play a few yards to the west, attacking another root. Wayne State archaeology team studies Hamtramck history 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Clay took a pickax to Trump's star on Hollywood Boulevard in July. Former congressman from Texas sentenced to 10 years for fraud 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Clay took a pickax to Trump’s star on Hollywood Boulevard in July. Man sentenced for smashing Trump’s Hollywood star with ax 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z The pink pentagram has been destroyed twice, obliterated by a pickax two weeks before the 2016 election and again this past July. Suffering pickaxes and dog poop, Trump’s Hollywood star has become a symbolic spectacle 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z Farther down the trail from the fence project, a second group formed a national-park-style chain gang, each wielding a pickax and pummeling the ground of a reclamation trail. Grand Teton park-goers lend a hand to public lands 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z With men already busy with manual labor jobs, the African American women were given wheelbarrows, pickaxes and shovels and dispatched to gardening projects around the city, such as City Park and Calvary Cemetery. Garden wants to identify people who built it decades ago 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z They worked to clear paths through the area with a bulldozer, and then broke up into smaller groups and used rudimentary tools like pickaxes and shovels, or even just their hands. Cries for Help Give Way to Silence: After the Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z In August, days after the latest pickax vandalism incident, another artist turned to art to wage a counter-protest. L.A. artist places Trump's Walk of Fame star behind bars 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z “Most of them are using pickaxes and shovels because it’s dangerous to use heavy equipment.” Landslide kills 12 in the Philippines, dozens feared trapped 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Items like whetstones and pickaxes are no longer unlimited. You should know what you’re in for with Monster Hunter on the Switch 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Prosecutors say Clay took a pickax to Trump’s star on Hollywood Boulevard on July 25. Suspect: Damaging Trump’s star was ‘right and just act’ 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Last month, a man used a pickax to destroy Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Granite marking Trump’s New Hampshire primary win smashed 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z The star was previously vandalized by James Otis with a sledgehammer and pickax days before the November 2016 election. Man charged with destroying Trump’s Hollywood star 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z A story on YourNewsWire says Austin Clay, 24, “has been charged with felony vandalism and is set to be banned from voting for the rest of his life” for demolishing Trump’s star with a pickax. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Trumped: A man who took a pickax to President Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame early Wednesday turned himself over to police and was booked on suspicion of felony vandalism. Essential California: UCLA getting that $$$ 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z This anti-Trump sentiment reached a new level Wednesday when the star was annihilated with a pickax by a vandal who quickly turned himself in to police. Taking a pickax to Trump's star: Does L.A.'s creative resistance go too far? Los Angeles police say the star was destroyed with a pickax around 3:30 a.m. The Latest: Chamber leader weighs in on smashed Trump star 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z “A pickax was used in vandalizing the star” embedded in the sidewalk near Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue in Los Angeles, at about 3:30 a.m., Trump's star on Hollywood Walk of Fame vandalized: police 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Brown says a pickax was used in the vandalism. Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star vandalized 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z The man was carrying the pickax in a guitar case, according to KNBC-TV. Man who destroyed Trump's star on Hollywood Walk of Fame turns himself in, police say 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z The last person to do serious damage to the star was James Otis, who took a sledgehammer and a pickax to the star in October 2016. Taking a pickax to Trump's star: Does L.A.'s creative resistance go too far? The star was previously vandalized by a man swinging a sledgehammer and pickax days before the November 2016 election. The Latest: Chamber leader weighs in on smashed Trump star 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z The Duke and Duchess of Sussex toured the exhibition and highlights included the Robben Island Bible that Mandela studied during his time in prison and pickaxes used by Mandela and his fellow prisoners. Duke and Duchess of Sussex honor Nelson Mandela at centenary exhibition 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Trump’s star was previously vandalized by a man swinging a sledgehammer and pickax days before the November 2016 election. Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star vandalized 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Other former prisoners rushed forward with hammers and pickaxes, and soon the air rang with a baritone call-and-response spiritual of freedom that wafted into the endless sky. Nelson Mandela’s letters detail his 27 years as the world’s most famous political prisoner 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Now it’s Juul-sneaking little homebodies demolishing virtual walls and houses with imaginary pickaxes. How Fortnite Captured Teens’ Hearts and Minds 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z But by Wednesday morning, rescuer workers were back at it with pickaxes, metal rods and flashlights in hand, risking their own lives in search of victims or a miracle survivor. Rescuers tirelessly search for 200 missing near Guatemala volcano 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Police opened fire when the man armed himself with a pickax and began trying to enter a residence in the Pacoima area, Eisenman said. Los Angeles police fatally shoot man armed with pickax 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z When officers arrived, they were approached by a man who was carrying a pickax, “at which time the officer-involved shooting occurred,” Eisenman said. Man armed with pickax hospitalized after officer-involved shooting in Pacoima 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z She pointed to another recent case, in which a Hindu fanatic killed a Muslim man with a pickax. Where 8-Year-Old Was Raped and Killed, Hindus Rally Around Suspects 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Whatever they were, they looked as if someone had taken a pickax to them in an attempt to obscure their original form. Perspective | When the mortar crumbled on this D.C. building, a dark history was revealed 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z It's simple: Just leave your pickax in the car, stumble up to the bar and ask. Your all-in-one guide to all the free crap you can get on Tax Day - Golf Digest 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z A 26-year-old man has been charged with killing an elderly man with a pickax and a transient with a knife, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said Tuesday. Man charged with two counts of murder, including pickax slaying of elderly man 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z A 33-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday by North Las Vegas police after neighbors reported her attempting to climb the fence of an elementary school while yelling threats and wielding a pickax. Woman arrested outside Las Vegas school wielding a pickax 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Asher returned with a pickax and five friends and trudged through the debris to salvage any possession he could find. Torrential California mudslide takes lives of elderly, young 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z A man broke into a North Seattle home early Friday and attacked a man living there with a pickax, Seattle police said. Sleeping man attacked by intruder with pickax in North Seattle 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Men with crowbars, pickaxes, shovels and iron rods were trying to topple a huge mound of earth. The build-up to a demolition that shook India 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z The charges include allegations that a pickax and a knife were used as deadly weapons. Man charged with two counts of murder, including pickax slaying of elderly man 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Hearing their cries as the cloud of dust dispersed, neighbors and nearby workers rushed in with pickaxes, shovels and ladders and rescued them all from the rubble. Recovery, reconstruction go slowly after Mexico earthquake 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z You’re literally chipping away at making progress with your trusty pickax. If you’re craving a Metroid game on the Switch, try these new indie games instead 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z When the ground stopped shaking, people called for help using loudspeakers and residents of nearby communities quickly arrived in Atzala with shovels, pickaxes and chains to haul away rubble. Mexican family mourns 11 dead after church falls at baptism 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z When they lie awake at night worrying about labour unrest, they picture mobs of manual labourers with pickaxes, not swarms of pen-wielding office drones. China’s labour law is no use to those who need it most 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Mahdi - described as a "religious scholar" in court documents - led rebels who used pickaxes and crowbars to destroy nine of Timbuktu's mausoleums and the centuries-old door of the city's Sidi Yahia mosque. ICC Timbuktu case: Mali Islamist liable for €3m in damages - BBC News 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z As the decline of traditional TV creates a gold rush for ad dollars and consumer attention, every tech and media company seems to be heading to the mine, pickax in hand. The Messy, Confusing Future of TV? It’s Here 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z Your pickax will get stronger and your loot bag will get more spacious. If you’re craving a Metroid game on the Switch, try these new indie games instead 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Natsis worked with hired laborers to attack the cliff with pickaxes, shovels and sledgehammers, according to photos and court testimony from neighbors and township employees. Man farms 100 feet from the Lincoln Tunnel 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z Chinese villager sentenced to death over massacre: A court in southwest China sentenced to death a man who killed 19 people, including his parents, with a pickax. World Digest: July 28, 2017 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z "If you destroy, by God we will rebuild!" he cries as his men wave pickaxes and shovels and then descend into laughter. 'You destroy, we rebuild': a builder's life in war-torn Syria 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Cavalcades of tanks and armoured trucks transported orange-clad prisoners locked in cages, and men with sledgehammers and pickaxes hacked away at priceless statues. The art born of destruction 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z GOLD!!!’ while the field is left half planted, the house half built, and everything neglected but the manufacture of shovels and pickaxes.” California Today: Everywhere You Look, $1 Million Homes 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z On Monday morning he hit the ground with a pickax and planted onions in the open soil. Man farms 100 feet from the Lincoln Tunnel 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z The court found that Yang killed his parents with a pickax in September after they scolded him over his gambling debts. World Digest: July 28, 2017 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Typically, inmate firefighters are armed with such tools as shovels and pickaxes, and focus on establishing fire containment lines in rugged terrain. Inmate firefighter dies battling Northern California blaze 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z The pickaxes and shovels would blister my palms and the sieve would harden or even deaden my fingers, often breaking my fingernails. How I funded my studies by digging for Sierra Leone diamonds - BBC News 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Hindu fundamentalists with pickaxes and crowbars razed the structure to the ground in December 1992. India ruling party leaders face trial in 1992 mosque attack 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z In 1994, campaigning for prime minister, he described himself as a man of compassion, but his sharp debating skills earned him the nickname of the “talking pickax.” The U.N.’s new leader is taking on an impossible job 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Many shocking scenes were filmed and posted on the internet, such as the destruction of Nimrud, jewel of the Assyrian empire founded in the 13th century BC, with a bulldozer, pickaxes and explosives. Mosul: Iraqi troops find Assyrian treasures in network of Isis tunnels 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z But salt mining is a serious, sometimes dangerous business, practiced in this western New York countryside since the days of mules and pickaxes more than a century ago. Salt of the earth: Road salt miners chip away at winter need 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Earlier this week, James Lambert Otis was arrested by Los Angeles police on suspicion of felony vandalism for allegedly using a pickax to demolish the Republican presidential nominee's star. LAPD searches for Trump supporter harassed after allegedly spewing racial slurs in Hollywood 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z A man was arrested on Thursday for defacing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's star a day earlier on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles with a sledgehammer and a pickax, police said. Man arrested for defacing Trump's Walk of Fame star in Los Angeles 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z He was holding a sledgehammer and a pickax. Donald’s Trump Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Is Smashed 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Fatou Bensouda, the court’s chief prosecutor, said that it was Mr. Mahdi “who identified the sites to be destroyed and who provided the means” to do so, including pickaxes and crowbars. Extremist Pleads Guilty in Hague Court to Destroying Cultural Sites in Timbuktu 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z A pickax and stains at the tire shop tested positive for Palacios’ blood. 3 brothers in south Texas, one a Border Patrol agent, charged in drug cartel-linked murder case 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z All around, rescuers plucked away at rubble with heavy machinery, pickaxes and bare hands. Deadly earthquake rocks central Italy; dozens dead, hundreds missing 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z He appeared at The Hague in the Netherlands on Monday, accused of leading rebel forces who destroyed nine mausoleums and a mosque with pickaxes and iron bars in 2012. I Ordered Attacks on Ancient Timbuktu Shrines, Islamist Rebel Says 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z “Then he took the pickax and was trying to pry one of the points of the star.” Donald’s Trump Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Is Smashed 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Crews use chain saws and pickaxes to fell trees and clear fire lines to eliminate fuel to stop spreading flames. Body of Vermont firefighter killed in Nevada flown home 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Fossils share the table with dental picks, X-Acto knives, pickaxes and various brushes. University team hunting T. rex backed by crowdfunding 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z There's also a knife, bomb, hammer, crossed swords and a pickax, so you'll still be able to threaten people with your Instagram captions. Apple pressures Unicode into pulling rifle emoji 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Typically, inmate firefighters are armed with such tools as shovels and pickaxes, and focus on fire containment lines in often rugged terrain. Female inmate firefighter dies following injury in Malibu blaze 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Four men targeted the Avery Row jewellers at about 10:15 GMT with two men using sledgehammers and pickaxes to gain entry while the riders stood guard threatening passers-by. Mayfair jewellers smash and grab raid: Moped gang in 'brazen' robbery - BBC News 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z On Saturday, rescue workers using shovels and pickaxes recovered more bodies from the rubble as an emergency official said another 350 people were believed missing. Guatemalan family loses 11 members to mudslide that likely killed hundreds 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Hundreds of rescue workers using shovels and pickaxes recovered four more bodies early Saturday in the wake of a hillside collapse above a group of homes on the outskirts of the Guatemalan capital. Rescue efforts underway after deadly mudslide near Guatemala City 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Nearby, a young fighter put on a gas mask and grabbed a pickax. In Turkey, Kurd youths arm themselves with firebombs, guns, pickaxes 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Within 15 minutes, aided by a metal detector and pickax, he uncovered 11 relics under the reddish soil, including railway staples and bolts. Australian in Thailand devotes life to ‘Death Railway’ POWs 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Start with the Old South itself: Even the most cursory glance at history confirms that those who met the civil-rights movement with pickax handles or fire hoses were almost to a man Democrats, from Govs. Confederates in the Attic 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Thousands of Asian labourers died building treacherous roads at high altitude, including the Ledo Road between China and India, working with basic pickaxes and falling prey to malaria and other tropical diseases. Has India's contribution to WW2 been ignored? - BBC News 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z A large group of uniformed soldiers filed past, toting shovels and pickaxes, ready to begin a grim new shift. Business stirs, tents begin to come down in quake-devastated Nepal 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z The 30-second ad cautions ravenous viewers to #EatASnickers–before your cravings lead you to plant a pickax in the middle of Mike and Carol’s coffee table. The 5 Super Bowl Ads Already Getting The Most Buzz 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Q. My backyard soil is so rocky that I often need a pickax to dig a hole, yet chipmunks and moles burrow through with apparent ease. Mighty Little Diggers 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Reid’s father’s grave in the town’s grassless cemetery is marked with the etching of a pickax to mark that time. Harry Reid’s land sale to gold mine is boon for him and opportunity for Searchlight Only one foreign climber — a Chinese man who hid in a steep trench clutching a pickax — survived. One year after shocking terrorist attack, Pakistan’s peaks bereft of foreign climbers Deer antlers were used both as pickaxes and rakes to build the ditch and banks that circle Stonehenge. Meet The Flintstones Nearby a worker slammed a pickax into the undercarriage of a Lincoln Town Car, creating a cascade of gasoline into a worn plastic garbage bin. For Car Thieves, the Older and Heavier the Ride, the Better 2014-04-08T16:12:31Z He said it looked like an underground subway passage, and that generators and pickaxes were found inside. Israel Announces Discovery of a Tunnel Stretching From Gaza 2014-03-21T16:03:34Z Video footage from the period shows armed militants hacking at the sites with pickaxes. Reconstruction of Timbuktu tombs begins in Mali 2014-03-14T21:20:19Z Nearby, protesters with sledgehammers and pickaxes broke apart the cobblestones on the square and bagged them to be used as weapons against the police, in the conflict zone about a quarter-mile away. Cease-Fire in Kiev as Opposition Leaders Meet With President 2014-01-23T15:08:50Z Bargnani, a forward with the , sounded like a man who was about to devote his evening to hard labor with a pickax. Raptors 115, Knicks 100: In Toronto, a Knicks Loss and a Boo-Filled Return 2013-12-29T03:46:05Z Instead of swinging pickaxes, these custom-built machines, which are running an open-source Bitcoin program, perform complex algorithms 24 hours a day. DealBook: Into the Bitcoin Mines 2013-12-21T18:43:19Z While I was never beaten, I saw other workers being punched, kicked, shoved, attacked with shovels and pickaxes. Slavery Reappears in the U.K. 2013-10-19T05:05:22Z With a pickax and shovel, the men widened the pre-dug graves, raking stones from the earth the size of melons. A Day’s Toil in the Suicide Bombers’ Graveyard 2013-08-03T22:40:39Z Its 'Red Men' – the name given to the miners as they always were always coated in the ore's fine red dust – hung up their pickaxes. Paint it red: artists find new life in west Cumbria's disused iron ore mine 2013-05-22T13:39:27Z "The illegal immigrants the colored minister wants to regularize, kill people with pickaxes," local party official Matteo Salvini told Italian news agencies. Pickaxe attacker kills one, injures four others in Milan 2013-05-11T15:58:24Z For several hours, masked protesters started fires and attacked the offices with pickaxes and sticks, spraying slogans on the walls. Teachers on rampage in Mexican state 2013-04-25T01:37:07Z The white-haired bushy browed geologist, who immigrated to South Africa more than 50 years ago, packs a pickax, a few other tools, and some tea when he heads out to rocky bush country. Old-Timers Can Be Worth Their Weight in Gold 2013-03-04T03:48:28Z Armed with pickaxes and sledgehammers, they reduced to rubble the tomb of Sidi Mahmoud, a saint who, according to legend, protected the city from invaders. Timbuktu Endured Terror Under Harsh Shariah Law 2013-02-01T02:25:10Z One resident told AFP that the Islamists were destroying the shrines with pickaxes. Timbuktu mausoleums 'destroyed' 2012-12-23T16:07:20Z “It took me a week to clear the site with a shovel and pickax,” says Miller. The Post-Apocalypse Survival Machine Nerd Farm 2012-11-02T01:22:11Z "Not only was it quieter than using pickaxes, the sitting position allowed small tunnels to be built quickly, an ideal solution to take the enemy unawares." 'First Moles' photos discovered 2012-09-17T17:20:49Z In the first, in November 2002, while he was campaigning for re-election, the commission said a man carrying a pickax cursed at him, saying the judge had ruined his life. Judge Vincent Sgueglia Censured After Gun Mishap in Chambers 2012-08-28T01:42:09Z Inside, miners work in groups of three to five, hunched over hoes and pickaxes, or crawling on their knees to scoop the walls with their hands. The Deadly Tin Inside Your iPad 2012-08-23T10:00:37Z They chopped holes in it with pickaxes and fired shots into the building. Lens Blog: Tim Greyhavens's Project, 'No Place for Your Kind' 2012-08-13T09:00:03Z About a dozen militants drove up to the 14th-Century Djingareyber mosque in an armoured four-wheeled truck, armed with guns, pickaxes and hoes, one Timbuktu resident who witnessed the scene told Reuters news agency. Timbuktu mosque tombs 'destroyed' 2012-07-10T13:56:20Z About a dozen militants arrived in an armored truck, armed with pickaxes and hoes, and started smashing the tombs, a witness said. | Africa: Mali: Islamist Rebels Smash Historic Sufi Tombs 2012-07-11T03:52:31Z About a dozen militants arrived in an armored four-wheel drive truck, armed with pickaxes and hoes. Mali Islamists destroy tombs at famous Timbuktu mosque 2012-07-10T12:21:54Z Rosnan worked among thousands of Indonesians who wield pickaxes and buckets each day on Bangka Island, extracting the tin that becomes the solder that binds components in the world’s tablet computers, smartphones, and other electronics. The Deadly Tin Inside Your iPad 2012-08-23T10:00:37Z French television stations showed video of men, some armed, resolutely hacking the structures with pickaxes. Mali Islamists Attack Religious Sites 2012-07-03T00:17:41Z “There’s about 30 of them breaking everything up with pickaxes and hoes,” Mr. Boulahi said. Islamist Militants Destroying Shrines in Mali 2012-06-30T16:14:18Z In the late 1840s, there were tons of people who wanted to find gold, but it was mainly the middlemen, who sold the pickaxes and gold pans, who made money. It’s the Economy: How the Art Market Thrives on Inequality 2012-06-02T03:36:03Z After detaining him, the gang returned twice more, severely beating my sister-in-law and nephew with pickax handles. Op-Ed Contributor: How China Flouts Its Laws 2012-05-30T06:08:39Z Like the men who made fortunes selling pickaxes during the California Gold Rush, mercury traders today are cashing in on gold fever, but by selling a hazardous material. Mercury's Poisonous, Profitable Role in the New Gold Rush 2012-05-24T22:12:48Z “We saw the Islamists, busy destroying the mausoleums with pickaxes.” Mali Islamists Attack Religious Sites 2012-07-03T00:17:41Z Cassandra seized her pickax and followed Sylvia, who with hair streaming over her shoulders and elation in her aspect charged past The Old Farm just when Philip was coming out of the gate. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Some more scaling-ladders are in process of preparation, the materials being the long bamboo dhoolie-poles for the sides, and the handles of pickaxes for the rungs. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z Recently, however, the old graveyard has been sadly cut about by the pickaxes and shovels of railway excavators, engaged by the Midland Railway, which passes thereby. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z And your pickaxes are your own care, wit and learning; your smelting furnace is your own thoughtful soul. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z They were treasure-seekers, pure and simple; and what they judged to be of little value they broke up with their pickaxes. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z We use shovels and pickaxes and burlap and plaster. Scientists Are Building Robot Dinosaurs Out Of 3-D Printed Fossils 2012-02-20T18:16:17Z They are detached partly with iron crows, partly by gunpowder, broken into pieces with pickaxes, and loaded in the wagons. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z No illegal acts like “downer” animals being forced down the kill line with fork lifts, or getting their brains bashed in with a pickax. Dot Earth Blog: The Troubling Path from Pig to Pork Chops 2012-02-02T22:38:54Z Thus, in silence, they plied their huge, old-fashioned pickaxes, made to be wielded by giants. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z However, I managed to fasten the cord to his chain, then I made two men armed with pickaxes break away the spars. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z This appeared to have been worked at a remote period, and before iron tools were employed, as large pickaxes of oak, holm, and box were found there. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z Workers use shovels and pickaxes to slowly dig through the soil, sleeping in the warehouse until the job is done. Major US-Mexico border tunnel highlights seasonal trend in increasingly popular smuggling tack 2011-12-01T09:12:08Z The rocks thus soften'd and made more pliant and yielding, several thousands of profligate wretches break in pieces with hammers and pickaxes. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Allen began shaking and sweating not long after Tucker, who helped butcher two people with a pickax in a drug- fueled frenzy, was strapped to a gurney and injected with a lethal mix of chemicals. Dunst’s Gloomy Bride Awaits Doomsday; Death-Row Killer: Movies 2011-11-11T08:11:58Z From this we entered an immense cavern, in which several hundred men were working with pickaxes and hatchets, cutting out large blocks of salt, and trimming them to suit the size of barrels. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z "I'm going to get out there with a pickax," he said. After key votes, Cincinnati streetcar project moves forward 2011-11-11T01:11:02Z But their tools were poor substitutes for pickaxes, and Elizabeth feared that there would not be time to block the tunnel effectively before the savages arrived. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z Those that are the strongest amongst them that are appointed to this slavery, provided with sharp iron pickaxes, cleave the marble-shining rock by mere force and strength, and not by arts or sleight-of-hand. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z A few feet from the surface the pickaxes struck upon iron and the philosopher drew nearer, for he felt that the secret of the haunting was about to be disclosed. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z Some of the soldiers had brought back hammers, drills, and pickaxes as a proof that they had been in the mine itself. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z “Destroying the key is what you do when the plane is going down or people with pickaxes are at the door,” said Mr. Swanson. Computer Drives to Start Your Day Quicker 2011-07-27T23:16:01Z Dave set immediately at work plying the pickax with vigor, and shoveling out the stones and the hardened sand about the opening, while his twin superintended the job and occasionally offered words of encouragement. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z When all was still, he rose from his sleepless couch, and going out stealthily and noiselessly, commenced, by aid of a small pickax, breaking into the wall, removing stone by stone. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z A grave half dug was found in Probert’s garden, but the soil was hard, and it is supposed that Thurtell and Hunt were afraid of the noise pickaxes would make. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z A Japanese miner climbs onto the stage, his helmet light bobbing and a pickax slung over his shoulder. 10 Top Illusions (preview) 2011-06-02T14:45:00.593Z On the German side, all the troops not on guard duty found shelter in the neighbouring villages, the pioneers only being kept at work with their pickaxes. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z The twins left their horses at the foot of the hill and climbed up about thirty feet to a narrow ledge, where a shovel and pickax marked the small entrance of a coyote's den. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z By the Savaras of Vizagapatam, rudely carved and grotesque wooden representations of human beings, monkeys, lizards, parrots, peacocks, guns, pickaxes, daggers, etc., are dedicated to the tribal deity. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z Nidart put the shovel in his wife's hand, and took up the pickax. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z Wearing goggles and dust masks, they carried long pickaxes, chainsaws and backpacks. Japanese village washed away by tsunami 2011-03-14T20:17:00Z Nothing more joyous can be imagined than a good "digging-sing" from twenty throats, with the pickers—so they call their pickaxes—falling in regular beat. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z "Certainly, nobody would ever believe that that fireplace could be opened without a pickax." Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z A pickax turns up large chunks of it; these are placed around the sides. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z For answer, he shook himself free of his packages and began to undo them, the ax, the hammer, the big package of nails, the saw, the trowel, the paper bags of seeds, the pickax. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z Rescue workers used shovels and pickaxes to dig bodies from the deep mud and local residents wrapped victims in blankets and carried them away. Guatemala landslides kill dozens, toll seen rising 2010-09-06T01:40:00Z In later years, he developed a reputation for his outspoken criticism of the Italian political system and its players, gaining the nickname Il Picconatore, or the pickax. Francesco Cossiga, Former Italian Leader, Dies at 82 2010-08-18T02:35:00Z Vandals at different times attacked the cameras with Silly String and a pickax. Arizona Halts Photo Enforcement of Speed Laws 2010-07-16T04:13:00Z Detainees withdrew back inside, where they easily found the tools to vent their frustrations, like propane tanks to set fires and pickaxes to chop up the doors. Signs of Cover-Up Found After Killings in Haiti Prison 2010-05-22T22:44:00Z Villagers attacked the men with rocks, batons and pickaxes after a local resident was injured by gunfire, a reporter at the scene said. Pakistan villagers kill 'bandits' 2010-05-10T13:17:00Z But a subtler truth began emerging around 1998, when two Greek-Cypriot women went to a cemetery with pickaxes and hacked away at the marble slabs where they said their husbands were buried. People and history: Burying myths, uncovering truth 2010-03-11T10:43:00Z These two were Thugs, murderers by caste, who worshiped the pickaxes with which they buried their victims. The Great Mogul With shovels and pickaxes they would dig them out of the ground. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document The wooden pickaxes and coco-nut shells employed as shovels in digging the grave were also carefully buried with the corpse. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II The pickaxes and shovels which were at work on the wall which barred their progress moved but slowly. Peasant Tales of Russia They now came to a place where the passage in the trench made an angle with the parallel, and from beyond which the pickaxes and shovels of the sappers could be heard. Tales from the German. Volume I. Arwed Gyllenstierna They carried along with them pickaxes and three small casks. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. He gave it a jab of the handle of his pickax between its cold pupilless eyes, and it swung limp, losing consciousness but anchored to his arm by the frightful teeth. The Buttoned Sky None of them, it was observed, had pickaxes; but all had scales. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) But in spite of this, the old man distinctly heard not far off the blows of the miners' innumerable pickaxes, the dull echoes of explosions in distant galleries, and vague human noises. Peasant Tales of Russia I scratched around amongst the old tools, and got a pickax and give it to him, and he took it and went to work, and never said a word. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade It was scarcely worth while disturbing ourselves for a mere handful of rascals armed with pickaxes, hoes, and shovels. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Having got all the men up, except the rear-guard, the pioneers went to work with their pickaxes, some making a road, and others felling trees. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment They felt the dull thud of the pickaxes, the wall seemed to reel beneath their feet, and they could do nothing to prevent the progress of the besiegers. Sónnica The pickaxes struck the rocks violently, and the shovels dug deeply. Peasant Tales of Russia All this was effected without the knowledge of the British, although the enemy were so nigh that they were heard at work with their pickaxes and shovels. Nathan Hale Howell, the letter writer, lamenting the demolition of so ancient and visible a monument, says trumpets were blown all the while the crowbars and pickaxes were working. Old and New London Volume I So on we marched at double-quick; and, all I could do and say, I could not prevent my men, armed, as they were, with pickaxes and shovels, from following me. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment Merchants and slaves, rich city dames and women from the suburbs, all mingled together, wielding pickaxes, rolling stones and carrying baskets of clay. Sónnica We picked up the sledges and pickaxes which the Germans had dropped on the floor, and made holes through the wall of the gable. Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 The men were already at work at it, using their pickaxes like demons. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers At the time when I went through them they contained nothing more dangerous than condemned shovels and pickaxes, empty bottles, old tin cans, metal lamps, dirty straw hats, discarded hammocks, and cast-off shoes. Campaigning in Cuba About this time, report was made to me that considerable progress had been made by the troops on the other side of the street by means of crowbars and pickaxes, working through houses and yards. Company 'A', corps of engineers, U.S.A., 1846-'48, in the Mexican war Naked, black, shouting, raising and lowering their muscular arms which ended in glittering iron-pointed pickaxes, they looked like infernal spirits sent by the Cabiric gods of Carthage for the destruction of the city. Sónnica But whatever can he be doing with that pickax?” Jack Winters' Campmates But at last the resourceful Hannibal abandoned his battering rams, and with pickaxes undermined the wall, which fell with a crash. A Short History of Spain Secondly, A sortie made by the garrison, which they got the worst of, although they succeeded in stealing some of our pickaxes and shovels. Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815 The interior of the mine resounded with the blows of pickaxes, but the inevitable trumpeters had no sooner announced that the Sovereigns had left their coach than all work was suspended. In Brief Authority Fifteen hundred Africans, armed with pickaxes, were gathering on the outskirts of the camp. Sónnica He waited until the man stood up to rest, with the pickax held over his shoulder, and the sun well on his face. Jack Winters' Campmates The landlord and his servants set out immediately with shovels and pickaxes, and followed the dog, which ran quickly before them. Harper's Young People, February 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly In some places they cut down the gravel with pickaxes, and wash it in pans. Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California Here miners were at work with pickaxes getting out the ore. The Mines and its Wonders Projectiles came hurtling from outside the walls, passing over the merlons like dark-colored birds, as if the Africans were covering an assault with battering-rams and pickaxes to open a breach. Sónnica The doctor, with the pickax, demolished one of them, and then we all got aboard the other, and set out to go round by the sea for North Inlet. Treasure Island Behind a wall of stone and unbaked brick, that readily yielded to the pickaxes of the workmen, was discovered the stone slab which formed the doorway of the subterranean monument. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt Two of them carried pickaxes in their hands, which they had been using to clear away the wreckage across the street. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin And the little boy was getting tired of watching the pickaxes rise and fall and of listening to the noise the ground made. The Doers Under cover of these portable bulwarks the Africans armed with pickaxes advanced, while in other directions throughout the valley hurried the Celtiberians, carrying their ladders in front of them. Sónnica The cement in which that door is embedded is thick as any wall; it would take men with pickaxes, possibly with dynamite, to make a breach there wide enough for anyone to reach in. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories “If you know it’s there it’s a pity I didn’t bring along a couple of pickaxes,” said Sam, with a grin. Across the Mesa They, too, were Gautier employees, and they had pickaxes on their shoulders. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin Then the first man was ready again, so that the sound of the pickaxes was as regular as the ticking of the tall clock. The Doers The crew climbed out of her on to the ice armed with pickaxes, pincers, mattocks, and saws, and merrily endeavoured to cut a passage. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century He saw these men sound the rocks and try them with pickaxes. The Son of Monte-Cristo “All the treasures I ever heard about called for pickaxes, skeletons and an old family chart.” Across the Mesa All afternoon the greater part of the 487 men were swinging pickaxes and shovels, clearing the way for the railroad leading up to the Gautier Steel Works of the future. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin Catesby only remarked, “We must buy strong pickaxes, then,” and resumed his puffing in the calmest manner. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot He rowed back to the ship, ordered the pickaxes and shovels to be brought up from below, and chose out a first gang of sailors and soldiers to go ashore and commence digging. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea He replies, nothing but men breaking ore with pickaxes: the galleries of the mine are alike, however deep they may go; when you have seen one, you have seen all. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 The workmen with pickaxes stood on the top of the walls some eighty feet high, and others below cleared away the dislodged stones—a dangerous task in which lives were lost. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch Carloads of pickaxes, shovels and barrows are arriving from Baltimore for the workmen. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin She smiles, though she is surrounded by pickaxes, litters, black hangings, and all the utensils of funerals. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul Four of them, with sharp pickaxes, were making the grave by the side of a sharp rock. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote Mrs. Surratt said to Mr. Morgan: "I am so glad you officers came here to-night, for this man came here with a pickax to kill us." Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After Artillerymen were spiking their guns, some ran them into the river, some hammered the mitrailleuses out of shape with pickaxes. Lorraine A romance When this incident got noised about among the workmen they dropped their pickaxes and ran to look at the wonderful sight with their hats off. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin The boors now ran flocking with pickaxes and other tools, and would have their share of the treasure, but none of them was able to find the spot where the silver had welled out. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 At length a boat was sent ashore with an armed party carrying pickaxes and shovels. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold Crowbars, pickaxes, and fire forced an entrance into the prison. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III I felt at the time that a man who objects to a few taps on the face with a pickax is overcritical. Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge As an illustration: a man asked F., the other day, if he had a spare pickax about his clothes. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 With pickaxes and shovels they searched in vain. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Clawbonny and Bell, armed with their pickaxes made for the cairn. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras Dark as Erebus was the interior, baffling the peering eyes of the scouts, until Mr. Newton, hanging a lantern on each point of a pickax, dangled it into the depths. The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters The Lost Treasure of Buffalo Hollow In advance a corps of pioneers broke with pickaxes the solid and treacherous surface, roughening the road so that the poor brutes might gain foothold. The Long Roll A large company packed up their goods and chattels, generally consisting of a pair of blankets, a frying-pan, some flour, salt pork, brandy, pickax and shovel, and started for the new Dorado. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 That the British might not hear the noise of the wagons and pickaxes, the patriots bombarded the city all night. George Washington And your pickaxes are your own care, wit, and learning; your smelting-furnace is your own thoughtful soul. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American He went out with all the men he could spare from camp as soon as supper was eaten, and they carried with them pickaxes, crow-bars, mining drills, and shovels. The Talking Leaves An Indian Story Worth ordered forward the mountain howitzers of Cadwallader's brigade, preceded by skirmishers and pioneers with pickaxes and crowbars, to force windows and doors, or to burrow through walls. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 Only a few had guns, the others brandished hatchets and pickaxes, crying: "Tear down the gate!" Which? or, Between Two Women After a great deal of trouble with the pickaxes and crowbar nothing was found but bones. Southern Arabia The latter showed themselves willing labourers, and immediately assembled with their muskets slung over their shoulders and pickaxes in their belts. The Young Rajah Such was the rough nature of the ice, that a road had to be formed in many places by pickaxes before an advance could be made, even with light loads. Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign Several of the lesser cones were knocked over by his powerful blows; and the hard tough clay yielded before his sharp horns, used by him as inverted pickaxes. The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family When all were at liberty they were to seize their shovels and pickaxes and with them attack the slumbering soldiery, killing as many as possible before they were fully awake and could seize their rifles. Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru We got over the heavy floe-ice, to find ourselves confronted with jagged, rough ice, where we had to pickax our way. A Negro Explorer at the North Pole Given a pickax and a shovel, and an uninterrupted period of, say, a week, he might be able to tunnel under one of the log walls. Rebel Spurs He was determined, nevertheless, to attain his object, and assembling some people from the neighbouring village with pickaxes, they began to dig in the usual way into the hole. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 446 Volume 18, New Series, July 17, 1852 Hurriedly they collected the tools—pickaxes, crowbars, chisels, and hammers—and they all set to work on the masonry. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series A little later a man arrived carrying hoes and pickax, and asked her why she was crying so hard. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 The making of a trail through these masses of ice caused us to use our pickaxes continuously. A Negro Explorer at the North Pole A strong force was quickly within the streets of the city, assailed by skirmishers firing from houses and gardens, who could be reached only by forcing a way in with pickaxes and bars. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III It was as if men worked furiously, with pickaxes; and somehow Stephen was sure that Maïeddine, despite his wounds, was among them. The Golden Silence "I can do any kind of work, you know, and if you will just loan me that pick"—and I handed him the pickax. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists If the firing is made into a butt, a couple of wheelbarrows, with two or three pickaxes and half a dozen shovels, will be necessary. 25th. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. We were still in the heavy rubble-ice and had to continuously hew our way with pickaxes to make a path for the sledges. A Negro Explorer at the North Pole This depletion in the ranks of sledge drivers meant that Marvin and MacMillan would each have to drive a dog team, and that the pickax squad would be reduced to one man—Dr. Goodsell. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club These treasures—mighty and inexhaustible, were buried in the morning of the earth's history, at such awful depths, that no crowbar or pickax will ever drag them from their tomb! A Journey to the Centre of the Earth Don't crack my skull with your pickaxes, for Heaven's sake!' The White Sister Noah, resting on the handle of his pickax, "perhaps the old tub will float." The Cruise of the Noah's Ark She could only point to it by her exhausting efforts; she could only invite the generation which succeeded her to bring their pickaxes to bear upon it. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Bartlett and Marvin started off with the pickaxes as soon as they had finished their morning tea and pemmican, and their divisions, with Borup and his division, followed as soon as their sledges were stowed. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club Our impatience was so great that if we had once begun with pickax and crowbar, the rock would soon have split into a hundred fragments. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth All I could hear was the sound of pickaxes on the ground and the thud of falling clods. In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry Natural decay and the pickaxes of the woodman seeking fuel for his camp-fire had hollowed out a comfortable retreat from the storm. Round About the Carpathians A number of laborers with their dinner-satchels, and their pickaxes over their shoulders, passed him. The Debtor A Novel Getting the last sledge over caused a delay of a few hours, as we had to cut an ice raft with pickaxes to ferry the sledge, dogs, and Eskimo driver across. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club Then on further examination, I found ladders, cords, pickaxes, crowbars, and shovels, all scattered about on the shore. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth "I believe you, Major Ruddy," answered Mr. Strong, and then he sent some cadets back for more shovels and a few pickaxes, with which to loosen up the dirt. The Mystery at Putnam Hall The School Chums' Strange Discovery Now and again our pickaxes come upon a poor dead man whom the war harasses even in his grave. Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915 They all entered the den, and the trooper assembled some people from Chandour with pickaxes, and dug into the den. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II Or, one may search for a cake of ice, or hack out a cake with pickaxes, which can be used as a ferry-boat on which to transport the sledges and teams across. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club "Well," cried my uncle, roused to enthusiasm by my words, "Let us go to work with pickaxes, with crowbars, with anything that comes to hand—but down with these terrible walls." A Journey to the Centre of the Earth While the tree was being cut down, the cadets and teachers had been busy with pickaxes and shovels, and also with their rakes and wet swabs, and had put out much of the fire elsewhere. The Mystery at Putnam Hall The School Chums' Strange Discovery Behind the decrier of mariners were men with other shovels, hoes, and pickaxes—listening. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul You work 'by the ton,' you own your pickaxes and shovels from handle to blade, and you have the right to do with them as you please. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm This was done with a pickax, leveling the ice down into the crack, so as to make a continuous surface over which the sledges could pass. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club "It is far too tough and too big to be destroyed by a pickax or crowbar," I replied. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth These machines were set against castle walls whilst the men within them attempted to make a breach with crows and pickaxes.' The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent Then a spot of ant-hill-like activity where a German railway company is at work building a new branch line, hundreds of them having pickaxes and making the dirt fly. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Some were caparisoned with pistols, cutlasses, and knives; and, not to speak of pickaxes and clubs, the array was sufficiently formidable. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia There were some broad heavy pressure ridges in the beginning of this march, and we had to use pickaxes quite freely. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club The garden was full of ropes, rope ladders, torches, gourds, iron clamps, crowbars, alpenstocks, and pickaxes—enough to load ten men. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth Now, then, as many of you as can use shovels and pickaxes, dig away at that hole, which Steel Spring commenced. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia While this was doing, half a dozen splashed in with iron bars and pickaxes; the rest rigged two stout ropes with tackles, and hauled. The Ship of Stars It was a regular construction case, and full of shovels, crowbars, pickaxes, sledges and drills. Bart Stirling's Road to Success Or, The Young Express Agent We hustled along for ten hours again, as we had before, making only twenty miles, because of the early delay with the pickaxes and another brief delay at a narrow lead. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club Our tools consisted of two pickaxes, two crowbars, a silken ladder, three iron-shod Alpine poles, a hatchet, a hammer, a dozen wedges, some pointed pieces of iron, and a quantity of strong rope. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth In my Monarchy or no Monarchy, the next side after the coffins and pickaxes, there is a representation of a great city all in flames of fire. William Lilly's History of His Life and Times From the Year 1602 to 1681 You can still see the marks of their pickaxes along the cliffs; I'll show them to you some day. The Ship of Stars This you have a thousand mattocks and pickaxes lifted up to demolish. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) The next morning I went ashore myself, carrying pickaxes and shovels with me, to dig for water: and axes to cut wood. A Voyage to New Holland Nothing could be more dangerous than to begin to work with pickaxes in that particular part of the globe. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth In North Carolina the Indians had a little thing like a pickax which was made out of a deer's horn tied to a stick. Stories of American Life and Adventure I could not restrain my surprise that the inhabitants of the Quaker City had not arisen with pickaxes and razed this architectural extravaganza to the ground. Your United States Impressions of a first visit The water in our canvas buckets froze into solid cakes of ice, which we hewed out with pickaxes and kicked about like footballs. Tell England A Study in a Generation We went armed with muskets and cutlasses for our defence, expecting to see people there; and carried also shovels and pickaxes to dig wells. A Voyage to New Holland Not a pickax, not a crowbar, not a hammer, and, far worse than all, no food—not enough for one day! A Journey to the Centre of the Earth An Indian woman would sit down on the ground with one of these little pickaxes in her hand. Stories of American Life and Adventure Here, half imbedded in the sand which covered the floor, were two pickaxes, a shovel, a sledge-hammer, a fine timber-felling axe, and three crowbars. The Wings of the Morning Find me a pickax, or a mattock, and put it right here on this rock. Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box They it is who, every spring, come down in large companies from their native mountains, to break up the heavy clods with pickaxes, and complete the work of the plough. The Roman Question At the first stroke of the pickax it is ten to one but what you are taken up for a trespass.—Bulwer. An English Grammar He stuck it into a stick so that it made something like a small pickax. Stories of American Life and Adventure There was very little that would serve, except a number of pickaxes, a few shovels, and two or three hayforks belonging to the stables. With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne "Good! here's either one you want—pickax or mattock," were the words he whispered to Ruth. Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box The work consisted of concrete, formed with Roman cement so hard that it turns the points of pickaxes when employed against it, with layers of tiles at regular intervals. Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 They build houses, they work in carpentry, they forge weapons, gun-barrels and locks, swords, knives, pickaxes, cards for wool, ploughshares, gun-stocks, shovels, wooden shoes, and frames for weaving. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 Whole blocks of dark, forbidding buildings were obliterated by the pickaxes of the blousards, who thus assisted at their own regeneration. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 Scattered about the trampled grassplots was a crowd of pitmen, surging hither and thither, some armed with pickaxes, some with hedge-stakes, some with nothing but nature's weapons. With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne Then the pickaxes rang upon the hard layer, a species of rock formed by very dry petrified shells. The Moon-Voyage Mining it is, Jim, but we three are young and tender, and not expert with pickaxes. The Young Engineers in Nevada Or, Seeking Fortune on the Turn of a Pick Then sure enough the sounds of pickaxes working below were just audible. A Perilous Secret Assuming, therefore, that the natives wanted our crowbars, telegraph poles, and pickaxes they had little or no money with which to pay for them. Tent Life in Siberia The uninterrupted stretch of deep blue for water, and light blue for sky, and green for the farther bank, with occasional palm trees looking like long-handled pickaxes, seemed to satisfy them. Round the Block I began to dig in the rock, yet was obliged to desist for want of a pickax, shovel, and wheel-barrow. The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801) They formed a cordon, shouldered their pickaxes, and swore they would not let the Duke pass till he said "God save the Queen." Collections and Recollections In a minute he had a cage ready for Walter, and twenty fresh-lit lamps, and down went Walter with more men and pickaxes. A Perilous Secret The pickaxes hardly made any impression on the rock, but its disaggregation was effected with really remarkable facility by means of the fulgurator. Facing the Flag These defensive weapons were accompanied by pickaxes, crowbars, saws, and other useful implements, not to mention clothing adapted to every temperature, from that of polar regions to that of the torrid zone. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon He stood up, lifted his pickaxes and threw the hammer end over his shoulder: he was going to have a fight for his life! The Princess and Curdie They had heard goblin hammers and pickaxes busy all the time, and at length fancied they heard sounds of water they had never heard before. The Princess and the Goblin Two of you for the pickaxes and the tools! The Woman in White They had pickaxes and shovels, and they were running. How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell About ten men mounted the sides of the Nautilus, armed with pickaxes to break the ice around the vessel, which was soon free. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea He dropped his pickaxes and held out his hand. The Princess and Curdie He now knew at least one of the reasons for the constant sound of the goblin hammers and pickaxes at night. The Princess and the Goblin He lighted a candle, and going down celler, first securing a pickax, struck into the earthen flooring, and began to work energetically. Brave and Bold The Fortunes of Robert Rushton Two native workmen appeared in front of us, with pickaxes on their shoulders. It Happened in Egypt On that day, the sixth of our imprisonment, Captain Nemo, finding the pickaxes work too slowly, resolved to crush the ice-bed that still separated us from the liquid sheet. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Give me your pickaxes young miner, and I will show you how a baker can make the stones fly.' The Princess and Curdie With flint and steel, and tinder-box, they lighted their lamps, then fixed them on their heads, and were soon hard at work with their pickaxes and shovels and hammers. The Princess and the Goblin Mountaineers sleep lightly and do not make toilets, so it was barely ten minutes from the time of the cave-in when three men were working at the tunnel's mouth with pickaxes and shovels. A Woman Tenderfoot If they were green, he put his own mark over the other mark, and made it clearer by slashing the bark with the great pickaxes that grew on his toes. The Biography of a Grizzly It was covered with such thick ice, that it required some labor with pickaxes to make holes for the animals to drink. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Other instruments, such as planes and hatchets, were rudely fashioned, and bands of steel were made into saws and chisels; and from the iron, mattocks, shovels, pickaxes, hammers, nails, etc., were manufactured. The Mysterious Island There were plenty of tools and pickaxes, but it was really impossible to approach the enceinte. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude He declared the enemy to be contemptible, and that as for Broadfoot and his sappers, twenty men with pickaxes were enough; all they were wanted for was to pick stones from under the gun wheels. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 Cowed by the terror, the King hurries to undo his work, calling for pickaxes to open the tomb and himself going with all speed to set free its victim. Authors of Greece Instead of these were hammers, pickaxes, and chisels. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks They had pickaxes in their hands and wore corduroy trousers and that little leather band below the knee that goes by the astonishing name of "York-to-London." Fifty-One Tales All set to work zealously, men and women alike seizing shovels and pickaxes. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude It was already nearly six feet deep, but it seemed they had instructions to sink it further, for they first plied their pickaxes, and then began to shovel out the earth. Tom Cringle's Log Women are employed on the railroads, working with pickaxes on the road-bed. My Four Years in Germany We should get on a lot faster with these than with only pickaxes. The Treasure of the Incas "I want to get back to civilization and set an excavating party with pickaxes to work on me." The Clicking of Cuthbert Those who had no fire-arms have seized their pickaxes or pieces of their broken ploughs! Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) These roads have all been made by hewing the rock away with pickaxes, or bursting it with gunpowder. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes It then occurred to them to strike with their pickaxes against the roof of the mine. Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea We had better get rid of the pickaxes and shovels, they would fetch pretty nearly as much here as we should give for new ones at Lima. The Treasure of the Incas We could make a cave for ourselves with pickaxes! An Antarctic Mystery Where they haven't burned a house, they have made holes through the roofs with pickaxes. Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun Here a short halt was made, and on the last day of March they set off for Ascalon, their animals laden with shovels, pickaxes, and baskets. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century Even the handles of the shovels and pickaxes had been sawed off, probably by the natives who first found the place. Schwatka's Search There is nothing else to do, so it would be as well to take our pickaxes and get some of those brackets out of the walls. The Treasure of the Incas Every sword was drawn; and those hardy peasants who owned none, seizing the instruments of pasturage, armed themselves with wolf-spears, pickaxes, forks, and scythes. The Scottish Chiefs The men swarmed up the side, and the officer in command shouted, "Bring up the pickaxes, and go to work!" Stories by English Authors: the Sea From the window we saw men running eagerly towards our chalet with pickaxes, ropes, hatchets, and other necessary adjuncts of Alpine adventure. Dreams and Dream Stories We learn from the narrative that they were able to saw off the handles of pickaxes and shovels. Schwatka's Search It did not pay him to pick a lock; it was simpler for him to quarry his way through the wall with a pickax. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life After the first plunge she went up and down like a pickax, coming down almost where she went up; but she held her course, with the waves roaring round her like a pack of hell-hounds. Love Me Little, Love Me Long Oh! then, how they longed for a mud cabin, or a hole picked with a pickax in some ancient city wall, or a cow-house, or a cart-shed in their native land. It Is Never Too Late to Mend Another man strikes and shatters the posts at the mouth of another dug-out with a pickax he has found there, causing a landslide, and the entry is blocked. Under Fire: the story of a squad The men stood on each side of the new house with their shovels and pickaxes, and greeted the young wife with such a hearty cheer that her eyes filled with tears. The Malady of the Century If R�nne had plenty of sewing, N�dtvedt had no less forging -- sledge-fittings, knives, pickaxes, bars and bolts, patent hooks by the hundred for dogs, chains, and so on to infinity. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 The garret had a paved floor, and first of all the young detective removed one of the stones with a pickax he had brought for the purpose. Monsieur Lecoq "I should think you might guess," replied George quietly, while putting down his pickax and taking off his coat. It Is Never Too Late to Mend The groan is breathed by the long procession that tosses about in these crevices of the earth, carrying rifles and shovels and pickaxes under the eternal torrent. Under Fire: the story of a squad In the lower part of the town scores of willing workers, recruited often from the humblest classes, kept order with pickaxes. Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich The passage was encumbered with rope ladders, knotted cords, torches, flasks, grappling irons, alpenstocks, pickaxes, iron shod sticks, enough to load ten men. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Iron, oil, salt, tar, a bellows, a pickax, planks, thread, nets, light matting for roofs, bricks, chimney-pots, jars, glass, animal food, some variety of vegetable food, and so on. Foul Play The reading of this letter was followed by a thoughtful silence broken only by the sound of George's pickax and the bursting roots. It Is Never Too Late to Mend This man goes with little steps, and holds his pickax up in front like a candle; his face is withered, and his body borne down by the blows of lumbago. Under Fire: the story of a squad Afterwards, for long centuries, there was silence again, and finally, in our days, the double, then in its last weakness and almost non-existent, perceived the same noise of stones being unsealed by blows of pickaxes. Egypt (La Mort de Philae) He tied the heaviest of our pickaxes to a long rope which he let down two hundred fathoms. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth He made his pickax in half an hour, but with his eyes rather than his hands. Foul Play Just as the sun was setting, a man came into the gully with a pickax on his shoulder. It Is Never Too Late to Mend He knew that weak minds cannot make head against ridicule, and with this pickax he proposed to clear the way, before he came to grave, sensible, business love with the lady. Peg Woffington Some had pickaxes and crowbars to break the rocks, others had implements to construct bridges over the mountain-torrents, while it was the duty of others to lay stepping-stones in the smaller streams. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada |
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