Synonyms for mother lode
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : muhth-er-lohd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmʌð ərˌloʊd |
Définition of mother lode
- noun rich source
- The richest bonanza that the "mother lode" ever yielded he struck.
- Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock
- He starts from the placer fields to search for the mother lode.
- Extract from : « The Mystic Mid-Region » by Arthur J. Burdick
- It is hence not improbable that the “mother lode” will some day be found there.
- Extract from : « Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 4 [September 1902] » by Various
- Steve shouted down to me that the slip had uncovered the mother lode.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Canyon Pass » by Thomas K. Holmes
- She had found the mother lode that the Indian girl had told of.
- Extract from : « Ted Strong in Montana » by Edward C. Taylor
- But I can bring up the grub, while you keep after that mother lode.
- Extract from : « Smoke Bellew » by Jack London
- "Me, too," said Kit, and the other boys raised a shout for the mother lode and the excitement of finding gold.
- Extract from : « Ted Strong in Montana » by Edward C. Taylor
- Briefly Ted related the story told by Singing Bird about the gold in the river, and how her father found the mother lode.
- Extract from : « Ted Strong in Montana » by Edward C. Taylor
- If I hadn't that hunch to sit down here, we wouldn't have found the mother lode in a blue moon.
- Extract from : « Ted Strong in Montana » by Edward C. Taylor
- Much less than a commercially valuable placer deposit in unconsolidated surface rocks may start a search for the mother lode.
- Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith
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