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Definition of Run-of-the-mine
1. Adjective. Not special in any way. "A unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Run-of-the-mine
Literary usage of Run-of-the-mine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mining Rights on the Public Domain: Lode and Placer Claims, Tunnels, Mill by Robert Stewart Morrison (1908)
"... ore of a certain mine entitles the buyer to the run of the mine although the
ore tendered from another mine was not below the agreed assay.—Globe Co. v. ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Accepting this as the true basis for marketing the coal, however, the evidence
satisfies us that run of the mine coal from the mines of plaintiff would ..."
3. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1905)
"... coal was mined and loaded on the cars for $1.75 per ton for clean coal, $1.25
for " run of the mine " and 50 to 75 cents for slack. ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1896)
"These better-grade ores will run from $5 to $7 per ton, assay value, while the
average run of the mine is in the vicinity of $3. The fineness of the gold is ..."
5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1907)
"The length of track required for a single day's run of the mine can be determined
by dividing the daily output by the average capacity of a railroad car, ..."
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