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mining claim

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mining claim [′mīn·iŋ ‚klām]
(mining engineering)
That portion of the public mineral lands which a miner, for mining purposes, takes and holds in accordance with mining laws. Also known as claim.


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He had prospered well, and Barker had first met him in California, where they had become partners in a successful mining claim at a place called Benito Canon.
 
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