DCHP-3

muck (out)

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1v. — Placer Mining

remove muck (def. 1).

Quotations

1910
"One . . . got a job . . . down de shaft muckin' up and fillin' de buckets."
1957
It seems that but few of those who mucked, sweated, froze, and starved for the yellow stuff ever had any lasting benefit from it.
2v. — Hardrock Mining

remove muck (def. 2).

Quotations

1959
The miners . . . who contracted to work the mine were "mucking" (taking out blasted rock) from the floor of the vertical shaft. . . .
1964
Mining in the pits will constitute benching of the ore-body in 35-foot lifts by drilling large diameter down-holes and blasting, then mucking with two 3 1/2 cu.yd. shovels. . . .