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“Diarra From Detroit” shows us the unmined vein of platinum sitting there, waiting to be claimed and refined.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2024

Copenhagen-based Pandora will launch a collection using unmined gems in North America this month, as it hopes to attract younger shoppers with cheaper and more sustainable stones guaranteed not to have come from conflict zones.

From Reuters • Aug. 16, 2022

To get to this place, “I think it’s like a delicate operation of excavating from the character what has gone unmined and what is scary to approach,” the director says.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2021

The area northeast of Boise contains the largest unmined deposit of molybdenum in the world, the company said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2016

The ownership of the Delaware, Lackawana and Western Railroad with its equally large unmined coal deposits is divided between the Vanderbilt family and the Standard Oil interests.

From Great Fortunes from Railroads by Myers, Gustavus