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In July 2007, a miner who had been prospecting for lead and gold in a Ugandan cave became infected with Marburg virus.

From Nature • Oct. 28, 2014

The co-op board had been prospecting for water to run its air-conditioning system in case the city declared a full-fledged drought emergency in the summer.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2010

Carmody was not pointedly inquisitive as to my doings; was content to be told that I had been "prospecting around."

From Branded by Lynde, Francis

The passengers were few in number, only a couple of Mexican miners who had been prospecting, an irritable old Mexican woman, and a German doctor, who was agreeable but elusive.

From Vanished Arizona by Summerhayes, Martha

But I had myself so well in hand that I tackled the door as if I had been prospecting to sink a new shaft in Rhodesia.

From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John