| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ORES | Mineral deposits | |
| STALACTITES | Dangling mineral deposits | |
| FOSSICK | Search desultorily for mineral deposits | |
| OVERBURDEN | Unwanted rock that covers mineral deposits | |
| OSSIFIED | Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues. | |
| FORMATION | Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations. | |
| WAX | A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite. | |