gold mining

基本解釋

But over the next six years, from 2003 to 2009, the images showed a loss of more than 6,600 hectares (16,000 acres) to make way for gold mining activity.
但是在接下來的六年，也就是從2003年到2009年，衛(wèi)星地圖顯示有超過6600公頃（16000英畝）因爲金鑛開採活動而流失掉了。
Before 2003, the sites were pristine swaths of forest, but from 2003 to 2009, over 15, 000 acres (larger than the size of Bermuda) were cut down to make way for gold mining.
在2003年以前，那裡是一大片的原始森林。然而，從2003年至2009，超過15000畝（比百慕大麪積還大）森林被砍伐，衹是爲了騰出地方來開採黃金。
A gold mining company spent $80 million prospecting and actually found gold.
一個金鑛開採公司在那兒投資了8千萬美元探鑛，而且確實發(fā)現(xiàn)了黃金。

The story of her life became linked to romantic ideas about gold mining in the American West and the dream of getting rich quick.
For many, gold mining did not pan out.
Among the flower arrangements is an expression of sympathy with the Kyrgyz people from the Talas Gold Mining Company.

Only Wales, once the focus of British gold mining, seems destined to miss out.
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