diggings

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High above their diggings in the mining district of Kantishna, three Alaskan prospectors stopped to catch their breath in the thin, subzero air of America’s highest peak.

From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2018

My share of the diggings paid for my lifestyle for the next three years.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2018

Here were the signature diggings of a giant armadillo, one dedicated earthmover.

From Scientific American • Feb. 22, 2013

Founded in Kimberley, where diamond diggings established South Africa’s mining industry, De Beers was named after a nearby farm.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 4, 2011

We prowl around among the trees, looking for bones, for hummocks in the earth that could mark diggings, the outlines of buildings, turning over logs and rocks to see what’s underneath them.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood