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“As I am mining myself and being vulnerable in the exposure of myself, I’m seeing my ability to understand others, and my ability as an actor is increasing,” says Smith.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2021

Now, I am mining again with cradle, pick, shovel and pan in gulches, on the flats, in the river and on the banks, with miner's luck, up and down, most of the time down.

From California, 1849-1913; or, the rambling sketches and experiences of sixty-four years' residence in that state by Woolley, L. H. (Lell Hawley)