quartz-reefing

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1) The operation ofmining. See reef, verb.

2) A place where thereis gold mixed with quartz.

1861. Mrs. Meredith, `Over the Straits,' c. iv. p. 133:

«You'd best go to a quartz-reefin'. I've been surfacing thisgood while; but quartz-reefin's the payinest game, now.»

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. xxix. p. 263:

«[He] had located himself in a quartz-reefing district.»

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