The boom made some prospectors millionaires, but the sudden surplus of petroleum was not entirely a blessing for Taxes.

这股热潮使一些矿者成为百万富翁，但石油的突然过剩并不完全是德克萨斯州的福音。

Here is an example of how to use pay dirt from Cambridge's online dictionary: Gold rushes continued into the 19th century as lucky prospectors struck pay dirt.

剑桥在线词典中有这样一个例句：幸运的矿者不断挖到高价值矿土，淘金热一直持续到19世纪。

Try your hand at prospecting, keep an eye out for the legendary Bigfoot, or just soak up the views from 14 000 feet.

您可以试试体验矿生活、留意有没有传说中的大脚怪 (Bigfoot)，或者从 14,000 高处沉醉於壮丽的景观中。

I have seen something of the sort on the side of a hill near Ballarat, where the prospectors had been at work.

我只在白拉莱特附近的山边看见过相同的景象，当时矿的正在那里钻。

Great times, then, for prospectors, and particularly for any who think they can increase the efficiency of their profession.

因此，对矿者来说，尤其是对那些为自己可以提高行业效率的人来说，这是一个大好时期。

Potential prospectors do get a consolation prize: a free lesson on the benefits of gold.

潜在的矿者确实得到了一个安慰奖：一堂关于黄金好处的程。

The early prospectors didn’t know the desert as well as the natives.

早期的矿者并不像当地人那样了解沙漠。

A trail was made through it about the time of the Mono gold excitement, in the year 1858, by adventurous miners and prospectors-men who would build a trail down the throat of darkest Erebus on the way to gold.

大约在 1858 年莫诺淘金热时期，富有冒险精神的矿工和矿者开辟了一条小径，他们将沿着最黑暗的厄瑞伯斯 (Erebus) 的喉咙开辟一条通往黄金的小径。

It had been found by a group of Dutch prospectors  on the land belonging to Vooruitzigt farm – which was owned by a pair of brothers named De Beers.

它是由一群荷兰矿者在福鲁伊茨格特农场发现的——该农场属于一对名叫迪比尔斯的兄弟。

He had been a miner, rancher, prospector, hunter, etc., rambling always, and wearing his life away in mere waste; but now he was going to settle down.

他当过矿工、牧场主、矿者、猎人等等，总是四处游荡， 虚度光阴。 但现在他要安定下来了。

Next, in Peru, researchers have used acoustic, prospecting, and ground-penetrating radar to find secret tunnels known as chincanas under the city of Cusco.

接下来，在秘鲁，研究人员使用声学测、矿技术和地面穿透雷达在库斯科市下发现了被称为钦坎纳的秘密隧道。

Many of those hopeful prospectors arrived here at the port town of Valdez nestled between Prince William Sound and the Chugach Mountains.

许多充满希望的矿者抵达港口城镇瓦尔迪兹坐落在威廉王子湾和楚加奇山脉间。

The silver and gold deposits of the Leadville and Cripple Creek regions had attracted an army of miners and prospectors.

Leadville 和 Cripple Creek 地区的金银矿床吸引了大批矿工和矿者。

For an " acoustic prospector" like Williams, which is what he calls himself, this silence is golden.

对于像威廉姆斯这样的“声学矿者” （他自称）来说，这种沉默是金。

The new trail over Thompson Pass opened the Alaska interior to thousands of prospectors.

汤普森山口上的新步道向成千上万的矿者开放了阿拉斯加内陆。

Through his contacts in the German and Dutch banking industries, Beit  was the financial powerhouse behind the rise of the Kimberley Central Diamond Mining Company, owned by the flamboyant prospector Barney Barnato.

通过他在德国和荷兰银行业的人脉，贝特成为了金伯利中央钻石矿业公司背后的金融巨头，该公司由张扬的矿者巴尼·巴纳托所有。

Copper, lead, gold, and silver in fabulous quantities were unearthed by the restless prospectors who left no plain or mountain fastness unexplored.

焦躁不安的矿者挖掘出数量惊人的铜、铅、金和银，他们在平原或山区的每个要塞都进行了勘。

Even before Congress could open their lands to prospectors, pioneers were swarming over the country.

甚至在国会向矿者开放他们的土地前，拓荒者就已经蜂拥而至。

Since living conditions were  so squalid, the prospectors frequently slept many men to a tent – and so Rhodes would bunk up with  future Members of the Cape Colony Parliament, future Cabinet members and future Prime  Ministers.

由于生活条件极其恶劣，矿者经常多人挤在一个帐篷里睡觉——因此罗兹会和未来的开普殖民地议会成员、内阁成员以及总理同住一帐篷。

It was first blazed across this valley in the 1930s by a prospector named Earl Pilgrim.

1930 年代，一位名叫 Earl Pilgrim 的矿者首次在这个山谷中发现了它。