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gutter-flags
n. Flags fixed on the surface todenote where the course of a gutter or lead underground hasbeen dis...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
in Australian goldmining, «the lowerand auriferous part of the channel of an old river of theTertiary period» (`Century'). «The lowest portion of a lead.A gutter is filled with auriferous drift or washdirt,which rests on the palaeozoic bed-rock.» (BroughSmyth, `Glossary of Mining Terms.')
1864. J. Rogers, `New Rush,' p. 55:
«Duffers are so common And golden gutters rare.»
1871. J. J. Simpson, `Recitations,' p. 23:
«Privations and hardships you all have to suffer
Ere you can expect to get on to the gutter.»
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. viii. p. 81:
«If we happened to drop right down on the `gutter' or maincourse of the lead, we were all right.»
1890. `Goldfields of Victoria,' p.23:
«The Company . . . are putting in a drive to strike the old Shakspeare gutter.»
1891. `The Australasian,' Nov. 21, p. 1015:
«Evidently both claims had been driving for a `gutter.' Oneof them had got to the end of its tether before reaching it.»
n. Flags fixed on the surface todenote where the course of a gutter or lead underground hasbeen dis...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris