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(lái)的六年，也就是從2003年到2009年，衛(wèi)星地圖顯示有超過(guò)6600公頃（16000英畝）因?yàn)榻鸬V開(kāi)采活動(dòng)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，從2003年至2009，超過(guò)15000畝（比百慕大面積還大）森林被砍伐，只是為了騰出地方來(lái)開(kāi)采黃金。
A gold mining company spent $80 million prospecting and actually found gold.
一個(gè)金礦開(kāi)采公司在那兒投資了8千萬(wàn)美元探礦，而且確實(shí)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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