Tin-mining. [Perh. identical with prec.] (See quots.)
1849–50. Weale, Dicts. Terms, Sturt, in mining: when a tributer takes a pitch at a higher tribute, and cuts a course of ore, he sometimes gets two, three, or five hundred pounds in two months: this great profit is called ‘a sturt.’
1860. Eng. & For. Mining Gloss., 25 [Cornw. terms].
1894. Cornishman, 19 Sept. (E.D.D.). A good ‘sturt.’ At Levant mine, during the past month, tributers, who found a rich pocket of tin at the 278. f. m. level, have divided between them £101 13s. 4d.
