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It was to be expected that little men should salt gold-mines with a shotgun and work off worthless brick-yards on their friends, but in high finance such methods were not worth while.
Chapter I 2010
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"Quite so; at the gold-mines, where, as I understand, Mr. Turner made his money."
Sex Dungeon for Sale! Patrick Wensink 2010
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"Quite so; at the gold-mines, where, as I understand, Mr. Turner made his money."
Sole Music 2010
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He wrote he was going to the gold-mines; but since then he has made no sign.
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He wrote he was going to the gold-mines; but since then he has made no sign.
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My character and habits and favorite occupations all unfit me for business and money-getting, and yet we can only make money by some kind of industry; if I have some faculty for the discovery of gold-mines, I am singularly ill-adapted for getting the gold out of them.
Two Poets 2007
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My character and habits and favorite occupations all unfit me for business and money-getting, and yet we can only make money by some kind of industry; if I have some faculty for the discovery of gold-mines, I am singularly ill-adapted for getting the gold out of them.
Two Poets 2007
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Beneath that long shining river of mist, which ends at the foot of the great Silla, lies (so says the Indian lad) the rich capital of Venezuela; and beyond, the gold-mines of Los Teques and
Westward Ho! 2007
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We wanted to visit the gold-mines, and to report concerning the new railway — about the proper line of which two parties were contending — a question of private or public benefit.
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His name was Bollum, Richard Bollum, and he had connections with Australia; — was largely concerned in Australian gold-mines.
John Caldigate 2004
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