gold mining

基本解释

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.
但是在接下来的六年，也就是从2003年到2009年，卫星地图显示有超过6600公顷（16000英亩）因为金矿开采活动而流失掉了。
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，那里是一大片的原始森林。然而，从2003年至2009，超过15000亩（比百慕大面积还大）森林被砍伐，只是为了腾出地方来开采黄金。
A gold mining company spent $80 million prospecting and actually found gold.
一个金矿开采公司在那儿投资了8千万美元探矿，而且确实发现了黄金。

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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