tributer

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tributer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tributer \Trib"u*ter\, n. (Mining)
     One who works for a certain portion of the ore, or its value.
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     Note: Tributers generally work in gangs, and have a limited
           portion of a lode set them, called a tribute pitch,
           beyond which they are not permitted to work, and for
           which they receive a certain portion of the ore, or so
           much per pound, as agreed upon, of the value of what
           they raise. --Weale.
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