miner's right
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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If in his month's work he doesn't earn enough to buy grease for his windlass, he must take out his miner's right or run the chance of being scragged.'
From In the Roaring Fifties by Dyson, Edward
The ground, of course, didn't belong to him, but he held it by his miner's right.
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Boldrewood, Rolf
As the area was not far enough from the nearest proclaimed diggings to entitle us to an extended miner's right, we just marked out a claim apiece and made no report of the matter.
From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
They hold their blocks of land by miner's right, and their houses are their own.
From The Black Opal by Prichard, Katharine Susannah
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