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file Mining 
1 v. register (a claim) for a staked piece of land.
- 1910 . . . first thing in the mornin' we'll hike to the outside an' file the claim.
- 1912 At intervals we came to square posts driven into the earth, with inscriptions in lead pencil to the effect that so-and-so hereby gave notice of his intention to file a claim, etc., etc., with dates thirteen years old and upwards.
2 v. file on, make application for a mining claim or other tract of land.
- 1900 . . . Edwin Bentham . . . filed on Bench Claim 23, second tier, of French Hill.
- 1945 Miss Hind knew of the homesteaders standing in queues for a day and a night and a day and a night, that they might "file" on the quarter section of their choice.
- 1963 Amos had filed on a quarter by the creek, and had a small log shack sheltered against a cut bank. . . .
- 1910 . . . first thing in the mornin' we'll hike to the outside an' file the claim.