miner's right

noun

1. history a licence to prospect for minerals, esp gold

Example Sentences

A court questioned the miner's right to operate Sukari in October, and last week a report from the Egyptian State Commissioner's office was not positive for its case.

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Once the miner's right found his ribs, and his face contracted with a sudden spasm of pain, while the angry red blotches showed mottled against the clear white skin.

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They hold their blocks of land by miner's right, and their houses are their own.

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This miner's right enough, about the digging.

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Under the mining laws, each of you has as much right as my friend Scarlett, here, to a digger’s claim upon this field, provided only that you each obtain a Miner’s Right and peg off the ground legitimately.

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