wet digging, verbal noun phrase
- Origin:
- U.S. EnglishShow more Originally U.S. English, as a gold-mining term.
historical, Diamond-mining
river digging.
1985 A.J.A. Janse in Glover & Harris Kimberlite Occurrence & Origin 21These two mud quarries became the two famous diamond pipe mines Bultfontein and Dutoitspan. They were removed from any obvious rivers or streams so people referred to them as the Dry Diggings in contrast to the alluvial River, or Wet, Diggings.
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