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blanket ((v.)) Mining

• 1 v. stake only the margins of a group of claims so as to give the impression that staking has been done fully and properly.

  • 1913  I ought to go . . . make sure they don't blanket anything of mine.

• 2 v. cover; take in; include.

  • 1953  The claims are stated to blanket a favorable structure from which high-value assays of uranium have been taken.