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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic ores or other mineral substances are. token by digging.
Webster; Marvel v. Merritt, 116 U. S. 11, 6 Sup. Ct 207, 29 L. Ed. 550; Murray v. Allred, 100 Tenn. 100, 43 S. W. 355, 39 In R. A. 249, 66 Am. St Rep. 740.