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Mother lode   /mˈəðər loʊd/   Listen
Mother lode

noun
1.
The main vein of ore in a deposit.  Synonym: champion lode.






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"Mother lode" Quotes from Famous Books



... were like those of California where the richest gold finds were made. He was alone at the time, though the rest of his command was only a few miles away, but he picked among the rocks and saw enough to prove that it was a mother lode, a great gold seam that would make many men millionaires. It was his intention to resign from the army, get permission from the Sioux to come in, organize a company, and work what he meant to be the Clarke mine. But you know ...
— The Great Sioux Trail - A Story of Mountain and Plain • Joseph Altsheler



Words linked to "Mother lode" :   load, champion lode, lode



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