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quartz
n. a mineral; the common form of nativesilica. It is abundantly diffused throughout the world, andf...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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quartz-battery
n. a machine for crushingquartz, and so extracting gold. 1890. `The Argus,' July 26, p. 4, col. 4:...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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quartz-blade
n. blade of a miner'sknife used for picking lumps of gold out of the stone. 1891. `The Argus,' Dec...
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quartz-crushing
adj. See quartz. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. xxxix. p. 341: «The dull reverberatin...
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quartz-field
n. a non-alluvial goldfield. 1890. `The Argus,' June 16, p. 6, col. 1: «Our principal quartz-fiel...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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quartz-lodes
and Quartz-mining See quartz. 1880. G. Sutherland, `Tales of Goldfields,' p. 32: «He chose the pi...
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quartz-reefer
n. a miner engaged in Quartz-reefing, as distinguished from one diggingin alluvial. See above. ...
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quartz-reefing
n. 1) The operation ofmining. See reef, verb. 2) A place where thereis gold mixed with quartz. 18...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris