mining camp

Frequency: 6.02.5 per million words

A settlement, often temporary, where miners live.

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Examples (10)

  • The old mining camp is now a ghost town.
  • Life in a mining camp was often harsh and isolated.
  • Many prospectors flocked to the mining camp during the gold rush.
  • The company established a new mining camp deep in the mountains.
  • Children in the mining camp attended a small, one-room school.
  • Supplies were regularly brought to the remote mining camp.
  • The discovery of silver led to the rapid growth of the mining camp.
  • Archaeologists are studying the remains of an ancient mining camp.
  • He spent his youth working in a bustling mining camp.
  • Conditions in the mining camp improved after the union was formed.