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No other historian has mined American Indian accounts—written, oral and pictographic—of a war with the U.S. government more thoroughly than Mr. Hedren has here.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

George, as somebody who has mined your own life for your comedy, could you understand why Mayan would do the same?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2024

Retired University of Illinois archeologist Robert Mazrim has mined artifacts and assembled an “Echoes of Pillsbury” museum beneath a leaking loading dock roof.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2023

Russia has mined portions of the Black Sea in the past, Ukrainian officials have said, notably around Crimea.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023

And he who this song made for singing, Himself through those layers has mined, And the relics to daylight upbringing, Felt pride as a mortal refined.

From Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von