Rating | Solver | Clue |
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LODES | Ore veins | |
SLICKING | Narrow veins of ore. | |
POWERFUL | Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. | |
ARGENTIFEROUS | Producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous lead ore or veins. | |
HUSHING | The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming. | |
STOCKWORK | A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories. |