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Definition of Grubstakes
1. grubstake [v] - See also: grubstake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grubstakes
Literary usage of Grubstakes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Illustrated Sketches of Death Valley and Other Borax Deserts of the Pacific by John Randolph Spears (1892)
"Will the putter-up of grubstakes look at the ore? He will. They are choice specimens.
He will and does have them assayed. They show from 20 ounces to 1500 ..."
2. Alaska, Our Beautiful Northland of Opportunity by Agnes Rush Burr (1919)
"The stream is an unfailing source even yet of grubstakes for miners. For miles
the bars of the river still yield a harvest and hither come miners who are ..."
3. The Russian Road to China by Lindon Wallace Bates (1910)
"Histories as romantic as those of the Sierras are being lived out in its unsung
gorges, — tales of hardships, of grubstakes, of bonanzas in Last Chance ..."
4. The Gold Placers of Parts of Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Including the Nome by Arthur James Collier, Frank Lee Hess, Philip S. Smith, Alfred Hulse Brooks (1908)
"Although no bonanzas have so far been develop! on this creek, it has probably
yielded grubstakes and wages to many prospectors and miners. ..."
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